White Settlement Independent School District

White Settlement Independent School District is a public school district based in White Settlement, Texas. The district serves students in White Settlement and a portion of Fort Worth in west central Tarrant County.

White Settlement Independent School District
Location
401 S. Cherry Lane, Fort Worth, TX 76108 United States of America
District information
Type	Public
Motto	Think Big … Bears Do!
Grades	Pre-K through 12
Superintendent	Frank Molinar[1]
Governing agency	Texas Education Agency
Budget	$62.3 million[2]
NCES District ID	4845540[2]
Students and staff
Students	6,697[3]
Teachers	414.6[3]
Staff	727.1[3]
Other information
Website	www.wsisd.com

In 2009, the school district was rated "academically acceptable" by the Texas Education Agency.^[4]

Schools

• Brewer High School
• Brewer Middle School
• Tannahill Intermediate School (Fort Worth)
• Blue Haze Elementary School (Fort Worth)
• Liberty Elementary School
• North Elementary School (Fort Worth)
• West Early Learners Academy
• Fine Arts Academy
• Mesa High School/Disciplinary Alternative Education Program (DAEP)

Students

Academics

STAAR - Percent at Level II Satisfactory Standard or Above (Sum of All Grades Tested)^[3]

Subject	White Settlement ISD	Region 11	State of Texas
Reading	76%	76%	73%
Mathematics	79%	78%	76%
Writing	73%	72%	69%
Science	81%	81%	79%
Soc. Studies	82%	80%	77%
All Tests	78%	77%	75%

Students in White Settlement typically perform close to local region and statewide averages on standardized tests. In 2015-2016 State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) results, 78% of students in White Settlement ISD met Level II Satisfactory standards, compared with 77% in Region 11 and 75% in the state of Texas.^[3] The average SAT score of the class of 2015 was 1360, and the average ACT score was 20.1.^[3]

Demographics

In the 2015-2016 school year, the school district had a total of 6,697 students, ranging from early childhood education and pre-kindergarten through grade 12. The class of 2015 included 397 graduates; the annual drop-out rate across grades 9-12 was 1.8%.^[3]

As of the 2015-2016 school year, the ethnic distribution of the school district was 49.5% White, 37.2% Hispanic, 7.1% African American, 1.5% Asian, 0.5% American Indian, 0.3% Pacific Islander, and 3.9% from two or more races. Economically disadvantaged students made up 53.8% of the student body.^[3]