# Fort Worth Independent School District

Fort Worth Independent School District is a school district based in Fort Worth, Texas, United States. Based on a 2017-18 enrollment of 86,234 students, it is the fifth largest school district in Texas.
Fort Worth ISD serves most of the city of Fort Worth, and the cities of Benbrook, Westover Hills, and Westworth Village. The district also covers portions of Arlington, Edgecliff Village, Forest Hill, Haltom City, Kennedale, Sansom Park, White Settlement, and unincorporated portions of Tarrant County.
In 2010, the district unveiled one of the largest, most comprehensive redesigns of secondary education in the nation with its Gold Seal Programs of Choice and Gold Seal Schools of Choice. Each of its 13 high schools introduced curricula focused on college and career pathways. As part of the Gold Seal plan, the district has also opened a single-gender school for girls, the Young Women's Leadership Academy; a single-gender school for boys, the Young Men's Leadership Academy Paul Laurence Dunbar Young Men's Leadership Academy; an early college high school, Marine Creek Collegiate High School; and an early college medical high school, the Texas Academy of Biomedical Sciences.
In 2018, the school district was given an overall grade of "C" by the Texas Education Agency.

## History

Superintendent Walter Dansby, who started his FWISD career circa 1974, began his term in 2012. His base salary was $338,817.60. He resigned on Monday June 2, 2014,; the following day the district announced his severance pay, to be doled out over a seven month period, would be over $900,000. His final day of work was January 31, 2015.
In 2019 the district planned a major redraw of attendance boundaries, the first since circa 1999. In 2020 the FWISD board of education accepted proposed changes. Parents upset with some of the changes considered filing lawsuits to stop the changes.

## Salary

Teacher salaries in the FWISD are above the state average and significantly higher than the minimum teacher salary schedule in Texas. For the 2018-19 school year, the salary for new teachers with a Bachelor's degree in FWISD averaged $53,000 with no experience. The 2018-19 average salary for teachers with 30 years experience is $70,000. Teachers with a Master's degree or higher and the same years of experience averaged $1,000-$1,500 more per year.

## Schools
### Schools of Choice (Magnet Schools) K-12th

* Alice Carlson Applied Learning Center K-5th (Fort Worth)
* Applied Learning Academy (A.L.A) 6th-8th (Fort Worth)
* Daggett Montessori School K-8th (Fort Worth)
* I.M. Terrell Academy for STEM & VPA 9th-12th (Fort Worth)
* Marine Creek Collegiate High School 9th-12th (Fort Worth)
* Riverside Applied Learning Center (R.A.L.C) K-5th (Fort Worth)
* TCC South/FWISD Collegiate High School 9th-12th (Fort Worth)
* Texas Academy of Biomedical Sciences (T.A.B.S) 9th-12th (Fort Worth)
* World Languages Institute 6th-12th (Fort Worth)
* Young Men's Leadership Academy 6th-12th (Fort Worth)
* Young Women's Leadership Academy 6th-12th (Fort Worth)

### Secondary Schools
#### High Schools (Grades 9-12)
##### Zoned

* Amon Carter Riverside High School (1936)
* Arlington Heights High School (1920)
* Benbrook Middle-High School (2011)
* Diamond Hill-Jarvis High School (1903)
* Paul Laurence Dunbar High School (1953)
* Eastern Hills High School (1959)
* North Side High School (1884)
* R. L. Paschal High School (1885)
* Polytechnic High School (1907)
* South Hills High School (1998)
* Southwest High School (1967)
* Trimble Technical High School (1955)
* Western Hills High School (1968)
* O. D. Wyatt High School (1968)

#### Middle Schools (Grades 6-8)

* Benbrook Middle-High School (Benbrook)
* Daggett Middle School
* J.P. Elder Middle School
* Leadership Academy @ Forest Oak Middle School
* Leadership Academy @ Forest Oak 6th Grade Campus
* J. Martin Jacquet Middle School
* William James Middle School
* Kirkpatrick Middle School
* Leonard Middle School
** When it first opened, parents were only able to go on a single road, Chapin Road, to get there.
* Jean McClung Middle School
* W.P. McLean Middle School (7-8)
* McLean 6th Grade
* W.A. Meacham Middle School
* Meadowbrook Middle School
* William Monnig Middle School
* Morningside Middle School
* Riverside Middle School
* Rosemont Middle School
* W. C. Stripling Middle School
* Wedgwood Middle School
Other Schools
* Boulevard Heights (Fort Worth)
* Horizons Alternative School (Fort Worth)
* J.J.A.E.P Juvenile Justice Alternative Education Program (Fort Worth)
* Jo Kelly School (Fort Worth)
* Lena Pope Home (Fort Worth)
* Metro Opportunity School (Fort Worth)
* Middle Level Learning Center (Fort Worth)
* International Newcomer Academy (I.N.A) (Fort Worth)
* Success High School (Fort Worth)

### Elementary Schools Pre-K - 5th Grade

* Harlean Beal Elementary School (Forest Hill)
* Benbrook Elementary School (Benbrook)
* Bonnie Brae Elementary School
* Edward J. Briscoe Elementary School
* Burton Hill Elementary School (Westworth Village)
* Carter Park Elementary School
* Cesar Chavez Elementary School
* George C. Clarke Elementary School
* Lily B. Clayton Elementary School
* Leadership Academy @ Como Elementary School
* Alice D. Contreras Elementary School
* E.M. Daggett Elementary School
* Clifford Davis Elementary School
* De Zavala Elementary School
* Diamond Hill Elementary School
* S.S. Dillow Elementary School
* East Handley Elementary School
* Eastern Hills Elementary School
* Bill J. Elliott Elementary School
* M.G. Ellis Primary School (PreK-K)
* Glen Park Elementary School
** 2004 National Blue Ribbon School
* W.M. Green Elementary School
* Greenbriar Elementary School
* H.V. Helbing Elementary School
* Natha Howell Elementary School (Haltom City)
* Hubbard Heights Elementary School
* Dolores Huerta Elementary School
* Manuel Jara Elementary School
* M.L. Kirkpatrick Elementary School
* Leadership Academy @ Maude I. Logan Elementary School
* Lowery Road Elementary School
* Atwood McDonald Elementary School
* D. McRae Elementary School
* Meadowbrook Elementary School
* Rufino Mendoza Elementary School
** 2003 National Blue Ribbon School
* Luella Merrett Elementary School
* Leadership Academy @ Mitchell Boulevard Elementary School
** In 2018 the district categorized the school as a "leadership academy" as a way to turn around historically low test scores.
* M.H. Moore Elementary School
* Morningside Elementary School
* Christene C. Moss Elementary School
* Charles Nash Elementary School
* North Hi Mount Elementary School
* Oakhurst Elementary School
* Oaklawn Elementary School
* Overton Park Elementary School
* A.M. Pate Elementary School
* Hazel Harvey Peace Elementary School
* Carrol Peak Elementary School
* Mary Louise Phillips Elementary School
* Ridglea Hills Elementary School
* Rolling Hills Elementary School
* Sam Rosen Elementary School
* Sagamore Hill Elementary School
* David K. Sellars Elementary School (Forest Hill)
* Seminary Hills Park Elementary School
* Bruce Shulkey Elementary School
* T.A. Sims Elementary School
* South Hi Mount Elementary School
* South Hills Elementary School
* Springdale Elementary School
* J.T. Stevens Elementary School
* Sunrise-McMillan Elementary School
* Tanglewood Elementary School
** 1991-92 National Blue Ribbon School
* W.J. Turner Elementary School
* Van Zandt-Guinn Elementary School
* Maudrie M. Walton Elementary School
* Washington Heights Elementary School
* Waverly Park Elementary School
* West Handley Elementary School
* Westcliff Elementary School
* Westcreek Elementary School
* Western Hills Elementary School (2-5)
* Western Hills Primary School (PreK-1)
* Westpark Elementary School (Benbrook)
* Leadership Academy @ John T. White Elementary School
* Versia L. Williams Elementary School
* Richard J. Wilson Elementary School
* Woodway Elementary School
* Worth Heights Elementary School