Houston Independent School District
Overview
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
and the seventh-largest in the United States
United States
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. Houston ISD serves as a community school district
School district
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for most of the city of Houston and several nearby and insular municipalities. Like most districts in Texas it is independent
Independent school district
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of the city of Houston and all other municipal and county jurisdictions. The district has its headquarters in the Hattie Mae White Educational Support Center (HMWESC) in Houston.
In 2009, the school district was rated "academically acceptable
Texas Education Agency accountability ratings system
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" by the Texas Education Agency
Texas Education Agency
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Houston ISD was established in the 1920s, after the Texas Legislature voted to separate school and municipal governments.
