Alief Independent School District
Alief Independent School District, also known as Alief ISD, is a school district that is based in southwest Houston, Texas, United States. The district is one of the largest school districts in the state and one of the largest school districts in the United States.
Alief ISD, which covers of land, covers a small portion of southwest Houston and parts of unincorporated Harris County. In Houston, Alief ISD serves the Alief community, almost all of the district of Westchase, Keegan's Glen, Leawood, Ashford Park, Bellaire West, Royal Oaks Country Club, Sharpstown, and the Southwest Management District. It also serves a small portion of Brays Oaks. In unincorporated Harris County, Alief ISD serves Wingate, portions of the Mission Bend CDP, and Enclave Crescent Park Village. The Alief ISD area is a part of the Houston City College System tax base.
History
In 1894, Jacamiah Seaman Daughtery founded the town of Dairy. Until 1906, Addicks, Barker, and Dairy constituted a single School District. From 1906 to 1917, Alief was a Common School District known as Dairy School District #46. In 1917, the district was renamed Alief. Alief had only one school until a separate elementary school, Alief Elementary School, was built in 1964. Bonds passed in the 1960s caused the first modern campuses to open.In 2011 the Brays Oaks district expanded. A small portion of Alief ISD became a part of the district.
Governance
The district offers prekindergarten to children meeting set criteria. To qualify for enrollment in a prekindergarten program, children must be 4 years old by the district's cut-off date. Children also must be either unable to speak or comprehend English or come from families which have a household income at or below the subsistence level as defined by the State Board of Education. Students between the ages of 5 years old and 21 may attend kindergarten through twelfth grade in the district. In addition, students who are between the ages of 21 and 26 may attend high school in the district to complete their high school diploma requirements.Finances
As of the 2010–2011 school year, the appraised valuation of property in the district was $10,678,843,000. The maintenance tax rate was $0.113 and the bond tax rate was $0.022 per $100 of appraised valuation.As of the 2022-23 school year, the appraised valuation of property in the district was $212,366,606. The maintenance tax rate was $0.9561 and the total operating financial sources for bonds and assets were $80,981,948.
Academic achievement and recognitions
In 2011, the school district was rated "recognized" by the Texas Education Agency. Thirty-five percent of districts in Texas in 2011 received the same rating. No state accountability ratings will be given to districts in 2012. A school district in Texas can receive one of four possible rankings from the Texas Education Agency: Exemplary, Recognized, Academically Acceptable, and Academically Unacceptable.Historical district TEA accountability ratings
- 2017: Exemplary
- 2016: Exemplary
- 2011: Recognized
- 2010: Recognized
- 2009: Academically Acceptable
- 2008: Academically Acceptable
- 2007: Academically Acceptable
- 2006: Academically Acceptable
- 2005: Academically Acceptable
- 2004: Academically Acceptable
School uniforms
Students in elementary, intermediate, and middle schools are required to wear school uniforms.List of schools
Grades K - 4 are considered to be elementary school, 5 - 6 intermediate school, 7 - 8 middle school, and 9 - 12 high school. Each house in the district is assigned to an elementary school, an intermediate school, and a middle school. Alief ISD has an alternative elementary zoning boundary set for bilingual students, as some Alief ISD elementary schools do not offer bilingual programs.High school attendance is chosen by a computer lottery, which can result in the student going to Alief Elsik High School, Alief Hastings High School or Alief Taylor High School. High school students may apply to attend Alief Kerr High School, a magnet school, or they can apply to the newest school Alief Early College High School, which in combination with HCC, provides students the chance to get their associate degree at the same time as their diploma.
The newly Alief ISD Center for Advanced Careers building which is also known as the Marshall Center for Advanced Careers, are for high school students who are assigned to Hastings, Elsik and Taylor offers students the tools to achieve the level of their academic careers based on their career cluster. The center offers courses in architectural design, automotive technology, engineering design, construction technology, culinary arts, digital design, health science, industrial robotics, IT, veterinary science and welding and more to choose from.
Secondary schools
High schools
There are four high schools in Houston and one in unincorporated Harris County, a total of five high schools in the district.Regular
- Alief Elsik High School and Alief Elsik Ninth Grade Center
- Alief Hastings High School and Alief Hastings Ninth Grade Center
- Alief Taylor High School
- Alief Early College High School
- Alief Kerr High School
- *National Blue Ribbon School in 2010-2011
- *National Blue Ribbon School in 2016
Middle schools
- Jack Albright Middle School
- Alief Middle School
- James Holub Middle School
- *National Blue Ribbon School in 1999-2000
- Killough Middle School
- O'Donnell Middle School
- E. A. Olle Middle School
- *National Blue Ribbon School in 1990-91
Primary schools
Intermediate schools
There are 5 intermediate schools in Houston and 1 in unincorporated Harris County, a total of 6 intermediate schools in the district.- Gary P. Budewig Intermediate School
- * The school is named after a firefighter at Fire Station 76, who is an alumnus of Alief Hastings. The cost to build the school was $12,500,000.
- Ivena C. Klentzman Intermediate School
- Helen Mata Intermediate School
- Judith G. Miller Intermediate School
- L. C. Owens Intermediate School
- J. W. Youngblood Intermediate School
Elementary schools
- Deborah Brown Alexander Elementary School
- Betty Roberts Best Elementary School
- Sylvester B. Boone Elementary School
- Audrey Judy Bush Elementary School
- Velma G. Chambers Elementary School
- Chancellor Elementary School
- Margaret Collins Elementary School
- Cummings Elementary School
- Charlette Taylor Hearne Elementary School
- Talmadge Heflin Elementary School
- Howard J. Hicks Elementary School
- David Kent Holmquist Elementary School
- Gladys Birdwell Horn Elementary School
- Michael Kennedy Elementary School
- *National Blue Ribbon School in 1996-97
- Mildred Rickard Landis Elementary School
- Liestman Elementary School
- Viola Mahanay Elementary School
- A. J. Martin Elementary School
- David Outley, Sr. Elementary School
- Willard L. Petrosky Elementary School
- Flem Rees Elementary School
- Douglas Smith Elementary School
- Ruth Conner Sneed Elementary School
- * Sneed is in Westchase Section 5
- Cynthia Youens Elementary School
Alternative schools
- Alief Learning Center
Early learning centers
- Maria Del Carmen Martinez Early Learning Center
- Jefferson Early Learning Center
Other schools and facilities
- William Robert Marshall Center for Advanced Careers Hosts CTE classes for all Alief ISD high school students
- Alief ISD Center for Talent Development
Facilities