Kennedale Independent School District is a public school district based in Kennedale, Texas (USA).
In addition to Kennedale, the district serves small portions of Arlington and Fort Worth.
In 2016-2017, the school district was rated "exemplary" by the Texas Education Agency.
Motto Kennedale ISD's motto is "Committed to Excellence"
Schools
Kennedale ISD has five schools - four in Kennedale and one (R.F. Patterson Elementary) in Arlington.
Kennedale High School (Grades 9-12) Kennedale Junior High (Grades 7-8) James A. Arthur Intermediate (Grades 5-6) James F. Delaney Elementary (Grades PK-4) R.F. Patterson Elementary (Grades K-4)
Students
Academics + STAAR - Percent at Level II Satisfactory Standard or Above (Sum of All Grades Tested) Subject Kennedale ISD Region 11 State of Texas Reading 79% 76% 73% Mathematics 80% 78% 76% Writing 75% 72% 69% Science 83% 81% 79% Soc. Studies 83% 80% 77% All Tests 80% 77% 75%
Students in Kennedale typically perform close to the local region and state-wide averages on standardized tests. In the 2015-2016 State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) results, 80% of students in Kennedale ISD met Level II Satisfactory standards, compared with 77% in Region 11 and 75% in the state of Texas. The average SAT score of the class of 2015 was 1413, and the average ACT score was 22.1.
Demographics In the 2015-2016 school year, the school district had a total of 3,134 students, ranging from pre-kindergarten through grade 12. The class of 2015 included 228 graduates; the annual drop-out rate across grades 9-12 was less than 1%.
As of the 2015-2016 school year, the ethnic distribution of the school district was 48.7% White, 22.0% Hispanic, 20.7% African American, 4.0% Asian, 0.5% American Indian, 0.4% Pacific Islander, and 3.8% from two or more races. Economically disadvantaged students made up 39.9% of the student body.
References
External links Kennedale ISD