Cedar Hill Independent School District

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Cedar Hill Independent School District
Location
Cedar Hill, TX
United States
District information
Type Public
SuperintendentDr. Gerald Hudson (2019 - present)
Governing agency Texas Education Agency
Students and staff
Students7,790 (2018-19) [1] [2]
Teachers469 (on an FTE basis) [2]
Student–teacher ratio16.56 [2]
Other information
Website http://www.chisd.net/
The Cedar Hill Government Center Cedar Hill Government Center.jpg
The Cedar Hill Government Center

Cedar Hill Independent School District (CHISD) is a public school district based in Cedar Hill, Texas, United States. The district superintendent is Dr. Gerald Hudson. [3]

Contents

Catchment, demographics and history

Cedar Hill ISD serves 36 square miles - Most of the city of Cedar Hill and portions of Grand Prairie, Ovilla, Duncanville and Dallas. [4]

The District has 61 buses and 2,270 daily bus riders. [5]

Cedar Hill ISD was established in 1904, with just one campus, when it enacted a special school tax per new law. The District counted 273 students in 1922–23. In the 1930s, the first Parent Teacher's Association was organized, and Mrs. Haswell was the first president. Bray Elementary was the District's original Elementary campus. It was named in honor of Ms. Floy Bray (1889-1985). The current Cedar Hill High School was built in 1978. [6]

The Student Ethnic Composition—66.14% African-American, 24.64% Hispanic, 4.02% White, 3.7% Two or More Races, 1.13% Asian, .27 American Indian, .09 Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander. Seventeen languages are represented at CHISD. [5]

Academic standards

In 2018–2019, the school district was rated "B" by the Texas Education Agency. [7]

Below are the A-F TEA Ratings for the individual campuses.

Schools

Cedar Hill High School Cedar Hill High School.jpg
Cedar Hill High School

High schools (2)

Middle schools (3)

Elementary schools (6)

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References

  1. ↑ "Cedar Hill ISD / CHISD Homepage". Chisd.net. Retrieved 2022-03-15.
  2. 1 2 3 "Cedar Hill Isd". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
  3. ↑ Holt, Jo Ann (2019-08-04). "Dr. Gerald Hudson Named Cedar Hill ISD Superintendent". Focus Daily News. Retrieved 2021-07-21.
  4. ↑ "SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP (2010 CENSUS): Dallas County, TX" (PDF). 2010 U.S. Census . U.S. Census Bureau . Retrieved 2019-11-05.
  5. 1 2 /chisd.net
  6. 1 2 3 4 "Don't Walk On The Brown Tile!" - The Complete History of Cedar Hill Schools by Linda Martin
  7. 1 2 "Cedar Hill ISD". 8 December 2015.
  8. ↑ "Highlands Elementary / Homepage". Chisd.net. Retrieved 2022-03-15.
  9. ↑ "High Pointe Elementary / Homepage". Chisd.net. Retrieved 2022-03-15.
  10. ↑ "Lake Ridge Elementary / Homepage". Chisd.net. Retrieved 2022-03-15.
  11. ↑ "Waterford Oaks Elementary / Homepage". Archived from the original on 2020-06-19. Retrieved 2020-06-17.
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