Big Sandy Independent School District is a public

school district A school district is a special-purpose district that operates local public Primary school, primary or Secondary school, secondary schools or both in various countries. It is not to be confused with an attendance zone, which is within a school dis ...

based in

Big Sandy Big Sandy may refer to: Communities *Big Sandy, Montana, a town in Chouteau County * Big Sandy, Nebraska, in Thayer County, Nebraska * Big Sandy, Tennessee, a town in Benton County * Big Sandy, Texas, a town in Upshur County * Big Sandy, West Virg ...

Texas Texas ( , ; or ) is the most populous U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. It borders Louisiana to the east, Arkansas to the northeast, Oklahoma to the north, New Mexico to the we ...

(

USA The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 contiguous ...

). The district is located in southwestern Upshur County and extends into a small portion of Wood County.

Finances

As of the 2010-2011 school year, the appraised valuation of property in the district was $177,403,000. The maintenance tax rate was $0.104 and the bond tax rate was $0.028 per $100 of appraised valuation.

Academic achievement

In 2011, the school district was rated " academically acceptable" by the

Texas Education Agency The Texas Education Agency (TEA) is the branch of the government of Texas responsible for public education in Texas in the United States.

Schools

In the 2011-2012 school year, the district had four open schools.

Regular instructional

* Big Sandy High School *Big Sandy Junior High *Big Sandy Elementary

Alternative instructional

*Upshur County Alternative School

Special programs

Athletics

The Big Sandy High School football team has won three Texas Class B (now Class A) state championships; 1973, 1974 (co-championship with Celina after the finals game ended in a 0-0 tie), and 1975. The 1975 team set a then national record of 824 points scored in a season (they went 14-0 for the regular season including playoffs), while giving up only 15 points (and only being behind in a game only one time, an early 2-0 deficit to Groom in the championship game, which also were the only points given up to any opponent in its three state title games). This record was not broken until 1994 by a high school in Bloomington, California. The 1975 team included later notable

NFL The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league in the United States. Composed of 32 teams, it is divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC). The N ...

stars such as

David Overstreet David Arthur Overstreet (September 20, 1958 – June 24, 1984) was an American professional gridiron football, football player who was a running back in the Canadian Football League (CFL) and National Football League (NFL). He played college f ...

, a former running back for the

Oklahoma Sooners The Oklahoma Sooners are the college athletics in the United States , athletic teams that represent the University of Oklahoma, located in Norman, Oklahoma, Norman. The 19 men's and women's varsity teams are called the "Sooners", a reference to ...

and the

Miami Dolphins The Miami Dolphins are a professional American football team based in the Miami metropolitan area. The Dolphins compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the American Football Conference (AFC) AFC East, East division. The team ...

, and

Lovie Smith Lovie Lee Smith (born May 8, 1958) is an American football coach. He has served as the head coach of the Chicago Bears, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and Houston Texans of the National Football League (NFL) and the Illinois Fighting Illini. Smith has be ...

, head coach for the

Chicago Bears The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago. The Bears compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the National Football Conference (NFC) NFC North, North division. They are one of two remaining ...

. In 2005, the Wildcats again reached the state final game (Class A, vs Stratford), however they fell short by one point (21-20).

References

External links

*{{URL, http://www.bigs.sprnet.org, Big Sandy ISD School districts in Upshur County, Texas School districts in Wood County, Texas