Lake Worth Independent School District

School district in Texas

Lake Worth Independent School District

Location

Lake Worth, Texas

Region 11

USA
District information
Type| Public
Grades| Pre-K through 12
Superintendent| Rose Mary Neshyba[1]
Governing agency| Texas Education Agency
NCES District ID| 4826490[2]
Students and staff
Students| 3,296[3]
Teachers| 233.8[3]
Staff| 474.5[3]
Athletic conference| UIL Class AAA
Colors| green and white
Other information
Mascot| bullfrog
Website| http://www.lake-worth.k12.tx.us

Lake Worth Independent School District is a public school district based in Lake Worth, Texas, United States.

In addition to Lake Worth, the district serves small portions of Fort Worth and Sansom Park.

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

## Schools

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Lake Worth ISD has six schools - three in Lake Worth and three in Fort Worth.

* Lake Worth High School (Lake Worth; grades 9-12)
* Lucyle Collins Middle (Fort Worth; grades 6-8)
* N.A. Howry STEAM Academy (Lake Worth; grades 1-5)
* Effie Morris Early Learning Academy (Lake Worth; prekindergarten and kindergarten)
* Marilyn Janice Miller Language Academy (Fort Worth; grades 1-5)
* Marine Creek Leadership Academy (Fort Worth; grades 1-5)

## History

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### Rosen Heights Independent School District (1916-1959)

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On May 6, 1916, local citizens voted 16-1 to incorporate Rosen Heights Independent School District (ISD). Rosen Heights Independent School was founded in 1923 with 16 pupils in a vacant store donated by a Mr. Hodgkins. In 1936, the district acquired land in Lake Worth to build a school building. The first reference to the building as Lake Worth School was on May 8, 1940. After a fire burned down the original school building, in the fall of 1943, school began in a yet-unfinished new school building.

In 1940, the City of Fort Worth, the Civil Aeronautics Administration, and Consolidated Aircraft began plans to build an airfield and aircraft assembly plant in the Lake Worth vicinity. The next year, the board of trustees asked the Texas State Legislature for assistance in providing additional room and equipment for the anticipated growth the airfield would bring.

The Rosen Heights ISD school board resisted an effort by the City of Fort Worth to annex the school district in 1946.

Starting in February 1948, several attempts were made to pass a municipal bond election for $50,000 to build new classrooms, including a 170-183 loss in August 1949. The bond eventually passed in August 1950; at the time, Rosen Heights' total taxable value was $2,731,164.

During 1948-1950, the school board and superintendent sent letters to Carswell Air Force Base, congressmen, and the War Department, requesting that the base reroute their flight plans so as to not fly over the Lake Worth school building. In November 1954, an attorney was named to address the issue of the planes flying over the school.

During the 1950s, the district made plans for a new high school building and two elementary school buildings. On June 29, 1959, a school board decision changed the legal name of the school district from Rosen Heights SD to Lake Worth ISD, effective September 1 of that year.

### Lake Worth ISD (1959-today)

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By the 1960s, noise from air traffic at Carswell Air Force Base caused the district's schools to lose 10% of teaching time each day. To mitigate this problem, Lake Worth Junior High School was built underground; this 1964 construction project included 18 rooms at a cost of $495,000.[5]

In August 1970, voting for school board members was changed from at-large to election by place. Each year, two or three of the seven board member positions are up for election.

## Students

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### Academics

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STAAR \- Percent at Level II Satisfactory Standard or Above (Sum of All Grades Tested)[3] Subject  | Lake Worth ISD  | Region 11  | State of Texas

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Reading  | 66%  | 76%  | 73%
Mathematics  | 68%  | 78%  | 76%
Writing  | 51%  | 72%  | 69%
Science  | 67%  | 81%  | 79%
Soc. Studies  | 61%  | 80%  | 77%
All Tests  | 65%  | 77%  | 75%

Local region and statewide averages on standardized tests typically exceed the average scores of students in Lake Worth. In the 2015-2016 State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness results, 65% of students in Lake Worth ISD met Level II satisfactory standards, compared with 77% in Region 11 and 75% in the rest of the state.[3] The average SAT score of the class of 2015 was 1293, and the average ACT score was 17.1.[3]

### Demographics

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In the 2015-2016 school year, the school district had a total of 3,296 students, ranging from early childhood education and prekindergarten through grade 12. The class of 2015 included 155 graduates; the annual drop-out rate across grades 9-12 was less than 0.5%.[3]

As of the 2015-2016 school year, the ethnic distribution of the school district was 58.5% Hispanic, 24.2% White, 12.4% African American, 1.1% Asian, 0.5% American Indian, 0.2% Pacific Islander, and 3.0% from two or more races. Economically disadvantaged students made up 79.5% of the student body.[3]

## References

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1. ^ Lake Worth ISD: Central Administration / Office of the Superintendent
2. ^ "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for Lake Worth Isd". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved January 16, 2017.
3. ^ a b c d e f g h "2015-16 Texas Academic Performance Report, LAKE WORTH ISD". Texas Education Agency. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
4. ^ "2009 Accountability Rating System". Texas Education Agency. Archived from the original on October 25, 2015.
5. ^ "Public Schools: New Digs". Time Magazine. February 5, 1965. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
Tom Vanderbilt (April 15, 2010). Survival City: Adventures among the Ruins of Atomic America. p. 113\. ISBN 9780226846958. Retrieved January 5, 2017.

## External links

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* Lake Worth ISD

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Education in Tarrant County, Texas

Public high schools|

| Arlington ISD|

* Arlington High
* James Bowie
* Sam Houston
* Lamar
* James W. Martin
* Juan Seguin

|

Birdville ISD|

* Birdville High
* Haltom
* Richland

Crowley ISD|

* Crowley High
* North Crowley High

Eagle Mountain-Saginaw ISD|

* Boswell
* Chisholm Trail
* Saginaw

Fort Worth ISD|

* See template

Grapevine-Colleyville ISD|

* Colleyville Heritage
* Grapevine High

Hurst-Euless-Bedford ISD|

* Lawrence D. Bell High School
* Trinity High School

Keller ISD|

* Central
* Fossil Ridge
* Keller High
* Timber Creek

Mansfield ISD|

* Mansfield High
* Lake Ridge
* Legacy
* Summit
* Timberview

Northwest ISD|

* V.R. Eaton
* Other schools are in Denton County

Other school districts|

* Azle ISD (Azle High)
* Carroll ISD (Carroll Senior High)
* Castleberry ISD (Castleberry High)
* Everman ISD (Everman Joe C. Bean)
* Kennedale ISD (Kennedale High)
* Lake Worth ISD (Lake Worth High)
* White Settlement ISD (Brewer High)

Charter high schools|

* Fort Worth Academy of Fine Arts

Former public schools|

* Masonic Home and School of Texas/Masonic Home ISD

Independent schools|

| Secular private
high schools|

* Anderson Private School
* The Oakridge School
* Trinity Valley School

|

Religious private
high schools|

* Bethesda Christian School
* Cassata Catholic High School
* Covenant Christian Academy
* Faith Christian School
* Fort Worth Christian School
* Fort Worth Country Day School
* Lake Country Christian School
* Grace Preparatory Academy
* Nolan Catholic High School
* Pantego Christian Academy
* Southwest Christian School
* Temple Christian School

Closed|

* St. Vincent's Cathedral School

Tertiary|

* University of Texas at Arlington
* Texas Christian University
* Tarrant County College
* The King's University

Portions of some school districts extend into other counties; only high schools in Tarrant County are listed here
Aledo ISD, Burleson ISD, and Godley ISD serve sections of Tarrant County, but they operate no high schools in it.

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School districts in Texas served by Region 11 Education Service Center

Cooke County|

* Callisburg ISD
* Era ISD
* Gainesville ISD
* Lindsay ISD
* Muenster ISD
* Pilot Point ISD
* Sivells Bend ISD
* Valley View ISD
* Walnut Bend ISD
* Some districts are in Region 9 ESC and Region 10 ESC

Denton County|

* Argyle ISD
* Aubrey ISD
* Denton ISD
* Era ISD
* Krum ISD
* Lake Dallas ISD
* Lewisville ISD
* Little Elm ISD
* Northwest ISD
* Pilot Point ISD
* Ponder ISD
* Sanger ISD
* Slidell ISD
* Some districts are in Region 10 ESC

Erath County|

* Bluff Dale ISD
* Dublin ISD
* Gordon ISD
* Huckabay ISD
* Lingleville ISD
* Lipan ISD
* Morgan Mill ISD
* Santo ISD
* Stephenville ISD
* Three Way ISD
* Some districts are in Region 12 ESC and Region 14 ESC

Hood County|

* Bluff Dale ISD
* Glen Rose ISD
* Godley ISD
* Granbury ISD
* Lipan ISD
* Tolar ISD

Johnson County|

* Alvarado ISD
* Burleson ISD
* Cleburne ISD
* Crowley ISD
* Godley ISD
* Granbury ISD
* Grandview ISD
* Joshua ISD
* Keene ISD
* Mansfield ISD
* Rio Vista ISD
* Venus ISD

| Consolidated|

* Lillian ISD

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Palo Pinto County|

* Gordon ISD
* Graford ISD
* Lipan ISD
* Millsap ISD
* Mineral Wells ISD
* Palo Pinto ISD
* Santo ISD
* Strawn ISD
* One other district is in Region 9 ESC

Parker County|

* Aledo ISD
* Azle ISD
* Brock ISD
* Garner ISD
* Granbury ISD
* Lipan ISD
* Millsap ISD
* Mineral Wells ISD
* Peaster ISD
* Poolville ISD
* Springtown ISD
* Weatherford ISD
* One other district is in Region 9 ESC

Somervell County|

* Glen Rose ISD
* Granbury ISD
* Three Way ISD
* One other district is in Region 12 ESC

Tarrant County|

* Aledo ISD
* Arlington ISD
* Azle ISD
* Birdville ISD
* Burleson ISD
* Carroll ISD
* Castleberry ISD
* Crowley ISD
* Eagle Mountain-Saginaw ISD
* Everman ISD
* Fort Worth ISD
* Grapevine-Colleyville ISD
* Hurst-Euless-Bedford ISD
* Keller ISD
* Kennedale ISD
* Lake Worth ISD
* Lewisville ISD
* Mansfield ISD
* Northwest ISD
* White Settlement ISD

| Consolidated|

* Masonic Home ISD

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Wise County|

* Alvord ISD
* Azle ISD
* Boyd ISD
* Bridgeport ISD
* Chico ISD
* Decatur ISD
* Krum ISD
* Northwest ISD
* Paradise ISD
* Poolville ISD
* Slidell ISD
* Springtown ISD
* One other district is in Region 9 ESC

This list is incomplete
Some districts extend into counties which mostly have districts in other ESCs

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