Northside Independent School District is a school district

School district

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 headquartered in Leon Valley

Leon Valley, Texas

Leon Valley is a city in Bexar County, Texas, United States. It is an enclave of San Antonio and is part of the San Antonio-New Braunfels Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 9,239 at the 2000 census; the July 1, 2009 Census estimate, however, showed the population had grown to 11,020...

, Texas

Texas

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. It is the largest school district in the San Antonio area and the fourth largest in the State of Texas (and is projected within the next 1-2 years to surpass the Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District

Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District

The Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District is a school district in northwest unincorporated Harris County, Texas, United States...

 for the third place position). Northside serves 355 square miles (919.4 km²) of urban landscape, suburban growth and rural Texas hill country. Northside is roughly 50 percent built out with the center of the district's boundaries near Helotes, TX, just north of the Bandera Road and Loop 1604 intersection. Because of fast paced growth, the district envisions possibly another four high schools over the next few decades, including far west areas off Potranco Road and Hwy 211 (near the Medina County line), Culebra Road (FM 471) past Talley Road, I-10 near Boerne Stage Road (north of the Dominion) and far north Bandera Road (Hwy 16) near the Pipe Creek/Bandera County/Medina County areas.

Northside ISD serves a portion of the city of San Antonio as well as the cities of Grey Forest

Grey Forest, Texas

Grey Forest is a city in Bexar County, Texas, United States. The population was 418 at the 2000 census. It is part of the San Antonio Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Grey Forest is located on Scenic Loop Road at ....

, Leon Valley

Leon Valley, Texas

Leon Valley is a city in Bexar County, Texas, United States. It is an enclave of San Antonio and is part of the San Antonio-New Braunfels Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 9,239 at the 2000 census; the July 1, 2009 Census estimate, however, showed the population had grown to 11,020...

, Shavano Park

Shavano Park, Texas

Shavano Park is a city located in Bexar County, Texas, United States. As of the 2000 census the population was 1,754. It is an enclave of San Antonio and is part of the San Antonio Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...

, Helotes

Helotes, Texas

Helotes is a city in Bexar County, Texas, United States. It is part of the San Antonio-New Braunfels Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 4,285 at the 2000 census; the July 1, 2009 Census estimate, however, showed the population had grown to 7,960.-History:According to...

 and the unincorporated communities of Cross Mountain

Cross Mountain, Texas

Cross Mountain is a census-designated place in Bexar County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,524 at the 2000 census. It is part of the San Antonio Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...

, Leon Springs

Leon Springs, Texas

Leon Springs is an unincorporated community in Bexar County, Texas, now partially within the limits of San Antonio.The region was settled in the mid-nineteenth century by German immigrants, most notably Johannes von Meusebach, George von Plehve, and Max Aue. Aue founded an inn which became the...

, and Scenic Oaks

Scenic Oaks, Texas

Scenic Oaks is a census-designated place in Bexar County, Texas, United States. It is considered part of the San Antonio Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 3,279 at the 2000 census...

. The district also serves some unincorporated portions of Bexar County

Bexar County, Texas

As of the census of 2000, there were 1,392,931 people, 488,942 households, and 345,681 families residing in the county. The population density was 1,117 people per square mile . There were 521,359 housing units at an average density of 418 per square mile...

, Bandera County

Bandera County, Texas

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, and Medina County.

In 2009, the school district was rated "recognized

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" by the Texas Education Agency

Texas Education Agency

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.

Traditional High Schools

Northside has chosen a unique method of naming its traditional high schools; each school is named for a former or current United States Supreme Court justice. Under current district policy , eighth graders who will be part of a new high school's first graduating class are encouraged to research prior justices and submit nominations.

The justices so honored are Louis D. Brandeis, Tom C. Clark

Tom C. Clark

Thomas Campbell Clark was United States Attorney General from 1945 to 1949 and an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States .- Early life and career :...

, Oliver Wendell Holmes

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. was an American jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1902 to 1932...

, John Jay

John Jay

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, John Marshall

John Marshall

John Marshall was the Chief Justice of the United States whose court opinions helped lay the basis for American constitutional law and made the Supreme Court of the United States a coequal branch of government along with the legislative and executive branches...

 (the oldest high school; originally named Northside Rural High School but later renamed to conform to the naming convention), Sandra Day O'Connor

Sandra Day O'Connor

Sandra Day O'Connor is an American jurist who was the first female member of the Supreme Court of the United States. She served as an Associate Justice from 1981 until her retirement from the Court in 2006. O'Connor was appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1981...

, John Paul Stevens

John Paul Stevens

John Paul Stevens served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from December 19, 1975 until his retirement on June 29, 2010. At the time of his retirement, he was the oldest member of the Court and the third-longest serving justice in the Court's history...

 (who attended the school's dedication), William Howard Taft

William Howard Taft

William Howard Taft was the 27th President of the United States and later the tenth Chief Justice of the United States...

, and Earl Warren

Earl Warren

Earl Warren was the 14th Chief Justice of the United States.He is known for the sweeping decisions of the Warren Court, which ended school segregation and transformed many areas of American law, especially regarding the rights of the accused, ending public-school-sponsored prayer, and requiring...

. The district's 10th high school, which opened in 2010, honors justice William J. Brennan.

• Louis D. Brandeis High School
  Louis D. Brandeis High School
  Brandeis High School is a 5A high school located in San Antonio, Texas . It is part of the Northside Independent School District located in north central Bexar County...
  
  , San Antonio
• William J. Brennan High School
  William J. Brennan High School
  William J. Brennan High School is the 10th and the newest high school in the Northside Independent School District of San Antonio, Texas, United States. It is scheduled to open for the 2010-2011 school year. It will open as a 4A high school with freshmen, sophomores and juniors. The first senior...
  
  
• Tom C. Clark High School
  Tom C. Clark High School
  Tom C. Clark High School is a high school, operated by the Northside Independent School District, in San Antonio, Texas, United States. Built in 1978 with five main buildings surrounding a court yard with over 120 class rooms it is one of NISD biggest schools.In 2009, the school was rated...
  
  , San Antonio
• Holmes High School
  Oliver Wendell Holmes High School
  Oliver Wendell Holmes High School is a high school part of the Northside Independent School District in San Antonio, Texas. It was established in the early 1960s, and is known for its circular architecture, in which several buildings are completely circular....
  
  , San Antonio
• John Jay High School
  John Jay High School (San Antonio, Texas)
  John Jay High School is a high school in the Northside Independent School District of San Antonio, Texaswhich serves a portion of the city of San Antonio. All high schools in the Northside Independent School District are named for US Supreme Court Chief Justices; the first Supreme Court Chief...
  
  , San Antonio
  • John Jay Science and Engineering Academy
    John Jay Science and Engineering Academy
    John Jay Science and Engineering Academy is a magnet school in San Antonio, Texas, United States which provides a comprehensive academic education in a digital environment. Students and teachers pursue research projects that are collaboratively designed to develop critical thinking, ensure...
    
    , San Antonio
• John Marshall High School, Leon Valley (formerly Northside High School, renamed in 1960)
  • National Blue Ribbon School in 1992-93
• Sandra Day O'Connor High School, Helotes
• John Paul Stevens High School
  John Paul Stevens High School
  John Paul Stevens High School is one of 9 high schools in the Northside Independent School District located in San Antonio, Texas near SeaWorld San Antonio. John Paul Stevens High School is one of the largest high schools in the San Antonio area with roughly 3600 students in the 2007-2008 school...
  
  , San Antonio
• William H. Taft High School
  William Howard Taft High School (San Antonio, Texas)
  William Howard Taft High School is a public secondary school in the Northside Independent School District.Taft High School was the fifth NISD high school, and the first one outside of Loop 1604. It is home to the magnet school Communications Arts High School which primarily focuses on...
  
  
  • National Blue Ribbon School in 1997-98
  • Communications Arts High School
    Communications Arts High School
    Communications Arts High School is a magnet school in the Northside Independent School District of San Antonio, Texas, United States. Founded in 1995, the school has an enrollment of 100-130 students per class, accepting 130 freshmen per year...
    
    , San Antonio
• Earl Warren High School
  Earl Warren High School
  Earl Warren High School is a public school located in San Antonio, Texas.The school is a part of the Northside Independent School District. As with all Northside ISD schools, it is named for a former United States Supreme Court justice - in this case, former Chief Justice Earl Warren.In 2009, the...
  
  , San Antonio

Career/Tech High Schools

• Business Careers High School
  Business Careers High School
  Business Careers High School is a business magnet high school part of the Northside Independent School District in San Antonio, Texas. It is a "school within a school" located on the campus of Oliver Wendell Holmes High School. The school attracts students who want to study business and other...
  
  , San Antonio
• Construction Careers Academy, San Antonio
• Health Careers High School
  Northside Health Careers High School
  Northside Health Careers High School is a magnet school in Northside Independent School District for students that are interested in pursuing a career in the health professions...
  
  , San Antonio

Middle Schools

• Dolph Briscoe
  Dolph Briscoe
  Dolph Briscoe, Jr. was a Uvalde, Texas rancher and businessman who was the 41st Governor of Texas between 1973 and 1979....
  
   (opens 2010)
• John B. Connally
• Hector Garcia
  Héctor García
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• William P. Hobby
  William P. Hobby
  William Pettus Hobby was the publisher of the Houston Post and the 27th Governor of the U.S. state of Texas from 1917 to 1921....
  
  
• Wallace B. Jefferson
  Wallace B. Jefferson
  Wallace Bernard Jefferson is the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas. His current term ends on December 31, 2014.- Historic judicial appointments and election :Jefferson has three times made Texas judicial history...
  
  
• Anson Jones
  Anson Jones
  Anson Jones was a doctor, businessman, congressman, the fourth and last President of the Republic of Texas, sometimes called the "Architect of Annexation."- Early life :...
  
  
• Jack C. Jordan
• Gregory Luna
  Gregory Luna
  Gregorio “Gregory” Luna was a San Antonio, Texas politician who served as a Democrat in both the Texas House of Representatives and the Texas Senate for the 14 years from 1985 to 1999. While in the legislature, Luna was considered to be a “champion of education”...
  
  
• Pat Neff
• E. M. Pease
• Ed Rawlinson
• Sam Rayburn
  Sam Rayburn
  Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn , often called "Mr. Sam," or "Mr. Democrat," was a Democratic lawmaker from Bonham, Texas, who served as the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives for seventeen years, the longest tenure in U.S. history.- Background :Rayburn was born in Roane County, Tennessee, and...
  
  
• Sul Ross
• Earl Rudder
• Coke R. Stevenson
  Coke R. Stevenson
  Coke Robert Stevenson was the 35th Governor of Texas from 1941 to 1947. He was the only 20th century Texan politician to serve as Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives, as Lieutenant Governor, and then as governor...
  
  
  • National Blue Ribbon School in 1990-91
• Katherine Stinson
  Katherine Stinson
  Katherine Stinson was an early female flier. She was the fourth woman in the United States to obtain a pilot's certificate, which she earned on July 24, 1912, at the age of 21 while residing in Pine Bluff, AR...
  
  
• Robert L. Vale
• H. B. Zachry

Elementary Schools

Adams Hill Aue Beard Behlau (opens 2010) Blattman Boone Brauchle National Blue Ribbon School in 1998-99 Braun Station Burke Cable Carlos Coon Carnahan Carson Cody Colonies North Driggers Elrod Esparza National Blue Ribbon School in 2000-01 Evers Fernandez Fisher Forester

Galm Glass Glenn Glenoaks National Blue Ribbon School in 1998-99 Hatchett Helotes Henderson (opens 2010) Hoffmann Howsman National Blue Ribbon School in 2000-01 Knowlton Krueger Kuentz Lackland City Langley Leon Springs Leon Valley Lewis Lieck (opens 2011) Linton Locke Hill National Blue Ribbon School in 1998-99 Martin (opens 2010) Mary Hull National Blue Ribbon School in 1996-97

May McDermott Mead Meadow Village Michael Murnin Myers Nichols Northwest Crossing Oak Hills Terrace Ott Passmore Powell Raba Rhodes Scarborough Scobee Steubing Thornton Timberwilde Valley Hi Villarreal Wanke Ward Westwood Terrace

In addition, two unnamed schools will open in future years, one in the Westwinds area (2011) and one in the Bandera Road North area (2012).

Special Schools

• Alternative Elementary School
• Alternative High School
• Alternative Middle School-North
• Alternative Middle School-South
• Children's Center
• Evening High School
• Excel Academy
• Habilitation Program
• Holmgreen Center
• Northside Vocational Transition Program
• Special Education Night School

History

The district was formed in 1949 via consolidation of several rural school districts, having a mere 823 students:

• Clifton
• Culebra
• Helotes (including the former Los Reyes district which Helotes absorbed in 1939)
• Hoffman
• Leon Springs
• Leon Valley (including the former Evers district which Leon Valley absorbed in 1924)
• Locke Hill
• Lockhart
• Mackey
• San Antonio Heights