Pasadena Independent School District

{{About-distinguish-text|the school district in Texas|Pasadena Unified School District in California}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}} {{Infobox school district | name = Pasadena Independent School District | logo = | motto = | type = Public | grades = Pre-K – {{Ordinal|12|sup=yes}} | established = {{Start date and age|1898|03|26}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www1.pasadenaisd.org/about|title=About|website=Pasadena Independent School District|language=en-US|df=mdy-all|access-date=2019-11-22}}</ref> | address = {{Maplink|type=point|id=Q8560655|marker=star-stroked|frame=yes|zoom=14|plain=yes|frame-align=center|frame-width=280|frame-height=220}} | location = 1515 Cherrybrook Lane | city = Pasadena | county = Harris County | state = Texas | zipcode = 77502 | country = United States | coordinates = {{Coord|29.6779|-95.1916|type:edu_region:US-TX|format=dec|display=inline,title}} | president = Marshall Kendrick | vice-president = Jack Bailey | superintendent = Toni Lopez | deputy_superintendent = Karen Hickman | businessadmin = Arthur Allen | schools = 69 | budget = US$607.6 mil. (2015-16)<ref name="nces_dist" /> | us_nces_district_id = {{NCES District ID|4834320|district_name=Pasadena Isd|access_date=February 26, 2019}} | students = 56,282 (2016-2017)<ref name="nces_dist" /> | teachers = 3,857.95 FTE<ref name="nces_dist" /> | staff = 4,401.98 FTE<ref name="nces_dist" /> | ratio = 14.16 | conference = Region 3 (6A): District 22 | website = {{URL2|https://www.pasadenaisd.org/}} }} '''Pasadena Independent School District''' is a school district that is based in Pasadena, Texas, United States.

Pasadena ISD serves much of southeast Harris County.<ref name="Okaybond">{{Cite web|url=https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Pasadena-Lamar-OK-bond-issues-2259485.php|title=Pasadena, Lamar OK bond issues|date=2011-11-09|df=mdy-all|website=Houston Chronicle|access-date=2011-11-11}}</ref> The district includes most of Pasadena, South Houston, a portion of Houston (including  Genoa), and a portion of Pearland.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gis.pearlandtx.gov/Web/COP/MapsGIS/School%20Districts.pdf|title=City of Pearland School Districts|website=Pearland GIS Map Gallery|format=PDF|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140320190626/http://copgisweb.ci.pearland.tx.us/web/MapsGIS/School%20Districts.pdf|archive-date=2014-03-20|url-status=live|df=mdy-all|access-date=2014-03-21}}</ref>

Each Pasadena ISD house or residential area is assigned to an elementary school (PK-4th), a middle school (5th-6th), an intermediate school (7th-8th), and a high school (9th-12th).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www1.pasadenaisd.org/|title=Pasadena ISD Official Homepage}}</ref> Some areas are assigned to fifth grade centers.

In 2019, the school district received a "B" grade from the Texas Education Agency.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://rptsvr1.tea.texas.gov/cgi/sas/broker?_service=marykay&_debug=0&sublevel=camp&single=N&batch=N&app=PUBLIC&ptype=H&title=2019+Accountability+Reports&_program=perfrept.perfmast.sas&ptype=P&level=district&search=distnum&namenum=101917&district=101917&prgopt=2019%2Facct%2Fsummary.sas&subj=RE|title=2019 Accountability Rating: Overall|website=Texas Education Agency|date=2019-08-01|df=mdy-all|access-date=2019-11-22}}</ref>

== History == It was established on March 26, 1898.<ref>"[https://web.archive.org/web/20001120054600/http://www.pasadena.k12.tx.us/general_information.htm General Information]." Pasadena Independent School District. November 20, 2000. Retrieved on September 20, 2018.</ref>

According to a report around November 2, 2004, by the Texas Education Agency, among the 30 largest school districts in the state, Pasadena ISD was the 8th fastest-growing district in Texas by population;<ref>[http://www.pasadenaisd.org/bond2004/teagrowthreport.htm TEA report shows PISD one of fastest growing districts] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041031041414/http://www.pasadenaisd.org/bond2004/teagrowthreport.htm |date=2004-10-31 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.pasadenaisd.org/bond2004/enrollmentchart.htm Student Enrollment Growth Chart] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050829111640/http://www.pasadenaisd.org/bond2004/enrollmentchart.htm |date=2005-08-29 }}</ref> much of the growth occurred in the "South Belt" area along Beltway 8.<ref>[http://www.pasadenaisd.org/bond2004/southbeltboom.htm Growth Heavy in South Belt Area] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120909210325/http://www.pasadenaisd.org/bond2004/southbeltboom.htm |date=2012-09-09 }}</ref>

The district was named the National Model School District in 2005 by the International Center for Leadership in Education.{{Citation needed|date=October 2009}}

In 2011 voters approved of a new bond which allowed Pasadena ISD to complete building grade 5-6 middle school facilities for all of the district.<ref name="Okaybond" />

== School uniforms == All students in Pasadena ISD are required to follow a specific dress code.<ref>[http://www.pasadenaisd.org/BacktoSchool/dress.htm Pasadena ISD Dress Code] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120907185156/http://www.pasadenaisd.org/BacktoSchool/dress.htm |date=2012-09-07 }}</ref>

As of the 2016-2017 school year, students are free to wear any type of appropriate shirt or dress.

Students are required to wear khaki or navy blue slacks or khaki or blue denim trousers. Skirts and jumpers are also allowed as long as they are in the same styles as the slacks.

The Texas Education Agency specified that the parents and/or guardians of students zoned to a school with uniforms may apply for a waiver to opt out of the uniform policy, so their children do not have to wear the uniform; parents must specify "bona fide" reasons, such as religious reasons or philosophical objections.<ref>"[http://www.tea.state.tx.us/commissioner/2001/008901.DOC DOCKET NO. 008-R5-901] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081008203140/http://www.tea.state.tx.us/commissioner/2001/008901.DOC |date=8 October 2008 }}." Texas Education Agency. Accessed October 13, 2008.</ref>

== List of schools == === Secondary schools === <gallery mode="packed-hover" heights="180px" class="center"> File:Sam Rayburn High Schol.jpg|Sam Rayburn High School File:DobieHSHouston.JPG|Dobie High School File:PasadenaMemorialHighTexas.JPG|Pasadena Memorial High School File:SouthHoustonHighSchoolTexas.JPG|South Houston High School </gallery>

==== High schools ==== 4 in Pasadena, 1 in South Houston, 2 in Houston * J. Frank Dobie High School (Houston) (1968) * Pasadena High School (Pasadena) (1924) * Pasadena Memorial High School (Pasadena) (2003) * Sam Rayburn High School (Pasadena) (1964) * South Houston High School (South Houston) (1957) * The Summit (High School) (Pasadena) (2004) * Dr. Kirk Lewis Career and Technical High School (Houston)(2014) '''Other''' * [https://web.archive.org/web/20080510143002/http://www.pasadenaisd.org/skillcenter/SC%20Web%20Page.html L. P. Card Career and Technical Center] (Pasadena) * [https://web.archive.org/web/20080509134727/http://www.pasadenaisd.org/tegeler/index.html Tegeler Career Center] (Pasadena)

==== Middle schools ==== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20080307044235/http://www.pasadenaisd.org/DeZavala/frame2.htm Lorenzo DeZavala Middle School] (Pasadena) * [https://web.archive.org/web/20110609110018/http://www.pasadenaisd.org/keller/ Keller Middle School] (Pasadena) ** Current campus was scheduled to open on August 26, 2014<ref name=Trevizosettoopen /> * [https://web.archive.org/web/20071018101310/http://pasadenaisd.org/lomax/default.htm Carter Lomax Middle School] (Pasadena) * Dr. Dixie Melillo Middle School (unincorporated area)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://melillo.pasadenaisd.org/|title=Home|website=Dr. Dixie Melillo Middle School|df=mdy-all|access-date=2019-11-10|quote=9220 Hughes Rd., Houston, Texas 77089}}</ref> * [https://web.archive.org/web/20080909024950/http://www.pasadenaisd.org/milstead/Index.htm Earnesteen Milstead Middle School] (Houston) * Lonnie B. Keller Middle School (Pasadena) * [https://web.archive.org/web/20040620104243/http://www.pasadenaisd.org/Morris/default.htm Morris Middle School] (Houston) (formerly Morris Fifth Grade Center) * [https://web.archive.org/web/20080506130936/http://www.pasadenaisd.org/Schneider/default.htm Rick Schneider Middle School] (Houston) * [https://web.archive.org/web/20090518053127/http://www.pasadenaisd.org/shaw/default.htm Bobby Shaw Middle School] (Pasadena) * [http://pasadenaisd.org/Kendrick/default.html Marshall Kendrick Middle School]{{Dead link|date=April 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} (Pasadena) *[https://web.archive.org/web/20150719034831/https://roberts.pasadenaisd.org Fred Roberts Middle School] (Pasadena)

==== Intermediate schools ==== thumb|South Houston Intermediate School

7 in Pasadena, 1 in South Houston, 2 in Houston * [https://web.archive.org/web/20080321120944/http://www.pasadenaisd.org/beverlyhills/default.htm Beverly Hills Intermediate School] (Houston) * [https://web.archive.org/web/20080509103656/http://www.pasadenaisd.org/bondy/index2.html Elmer Bondy Intermediate School] (Pasadena) * [https://web.archive.org/web/20080509030231/http://www.pasadenaisd.org/jackson/default.htm James Andrew Jackson Intermediate School] (Pasadena) **National Blue Ribbon School in 1999-2000 <ref name="blueribbon">{{Cite web |url=http://www.ed.gov/programs/nclbbrs/list-1982.pdf |title=Blue Ribbon Schools Program: Schools Recognized 1928-1983 Through 1999-2002 |access-date=20 December 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090326055622/http://www.ed.gov/programs/nclbbrs/list-1982.pdf |archive-date=26 March 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> * [https://web.archive.org/web/20080512023557/http://www.pasadenaisd.org/miller/index.html Vincent W. Miller Intermediate School] (Pasadena) **National Blue Ribbon School in 1988-89 and 2001-02 <ref name="blueribbon"/> * [https://web.archive.org/web/20080511150153/http://www.pasadenaisd.org/parkview/index.html Park View Intermediate School] (Pasadena) * [https://web.archive.org/web/20010303060140/http://pasadenaisd.org/Queens/index.html Queens Intermediate School] (Pasadena) ** Current campus opened in spring 2014<ref name="Trevizosettoopen">{{Cite web|url=http://www.chron.com/neighborhood/pasadena/news/article/Pasadena-ISD-set-to-open-new-schools-this-fall-9936195.php|title=Pasadena ISD set to open new schools this fall|last=Trevizo|first=Melissa|website=Pasadena Citizen at the Houston Chronicle|date=2014-08-26|df=mdy-all|access-date=2016-12-31}}</ref> * [https://web.archive.org/web/20080421160541/http://www.pasadenaisd.org/sanjacinto/Default.htm San Jacinto Intermediate School] (Pasadena) * [https://web.archive.org/web/20080321123913/http://www.pasadenaisd.org/shis/index.html South Houston Intermediate School] (South Houston) * [https://web.archive.org/web/20080925190454/http://www.pasadenaisd.org/southmore/Default.htm Southmore Intermediate School] (Pasadena) * [https://web.archive.org/web/20080510100241/http://www.pasadenaisd.org/Thompson/index.html George A. Thompson Intermediate School] (Houston) ** Current campus opened on fall 2023<ref name=Trevizosettoopen/>

=== Primary schools === <gallery mode="packed-hover" heights="180px" class="center"> File:MatthysElementarySouthHoustonTexas.JPG|Walter Matthys Elementary School File:PearlHallElementarySchoolSouthHoustonTexas.JPG|Pearl Hall Elementary School File:LFSmithElementarySchoolSouthHoustonTexas.JPG|L. F. Smith Elementary School File:SouthHoustonElementarySchooltexas.JPG|South Houston Elementary School </gallery>

==== Elementary schools ==== 20 in Pasadena, 3 in South Houston, 12 in Houston, 1 in Pearland * Atkinson Elementary School (Houston) * Bailey Elementary School (Pasadena) * Burnett Elementary School (Houston) * Laura Welch Bush Elementary School (Houston) * Harley W. Fisher Elementary School (Pasadena) * Robert Bevis Frazier Elementary School (Houston) * A.B. Freeman Elementary School (Houston) * Gardens Elementary School (Pasadena) ** Current campus scheduled to open in late October/early November 2014<ref name=Trevizosettoopen/> * Garfield Elementary School (Houston) * Genoa Elementary School (Houston) * Golden Acres Elementary School (Pasadena) * Thomas Hancock Elementary (Houston) * Jensen Elementary School (Pasadena) * Charles D. Jessup Elementary School (Houston) * Kruse Elementary School (Pasadena) * Walter Matthys Elementary School (South Houston) **National Blue Ribbon School in 1998-99 <ref name="blueribbon"/> * McMasters Elementary School (Pasadena) * Meador Elementary School (Houston) * Richard H. Moore Elementary School (Houston) * Felix Morales Elementary School (Pasadena) * Parks Elementary School (Pasadena) * Pearl Hall Elementary School (South Houston) * Pomeroy Elementary School (Pasadena) * Red Bluff Elementary School (Pasadena) * Richey Elementary School (Pasadena) * L.F. Smith Elementary School (South Houston) * Mae Smythe Elementary School (Pasadena) * South Belt Elementary School (Pearland)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://southbelt.pasadenaisd.org/|title=Home|publisher=South Belt Elementary School|access-date=2019-11-10|quote=1801 Riverstone Ranch, Houston, Texas 77089}} - The city name says "Houston, Texas" but the school is actually in the [https://www.pearlandtx.gov/home/showdocument?id=11679 Pearland city limits] (the map indicates the location of South Belt Elementary). Compare these to the [https://cohegis.houstontx.gov/cohgisweb/MycityFiles/documents/map-2018CityLimit-Districts_pj20489.pdf Houston city limits] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190523095727/https://cohegis.houstontx.gov/cohgisweb/MycityFiles/documents/map-2018CityLimit-Districts_pj20489.pdf |date=23 May 2019 }}</ref> ** South Belt took areas previously zoned to Frazier and Moore elementaries.<ref>{{cite news|author=Sweeten, Valerie|url=http://www.chron.com/neighborhood/pasadena-news/article/Faces-in-the-Crowd-A-new-year-a-new-elementary-1746647.php|title=Faces in the Crowd: A new year, a new elementary|newspaper=Houston Chronicle|date=2009-08-17|access-date=2017-04-15}}</ref> * South Houston Elementary School (South Houston) ** Current campus opened in spring 2014<ref name=Trevizosettoopen/> * South Shaver Elementary School (Pasadena) ** Current campus scheduled to open on September 8, 2014<ref name=Trevizosettoopen/> * Sparks Elementary School (Pasadena) * Stuchbery Elementary School (Houston) * Carroll Teague Elementary School (Pasadena) * Harvey Turner Elementary School (Pasadena) * Williams Elementary School (Pasadena) * Young Elementary School (Pasadena)

== See also == {{Portal|Texas|Schools}} * List of school districts in Texas

== References == {{Reflist}}

== External links == {{Commons category}}

* {{Official website}}

{{Pasadena, Texas}} {{Harris County, Texas Schools}} {{Navboxes |list= {{Education in Harris County, Texas}} {{Houston, Texas}} {{Pearland, Texas}} {{Region 4 School Districts in Texas}} }}

Category:Pasadena Independent School District Category:School districts in Houston Category:School districts in Harris County, Texas Category:Education in Pasadena, Texas Category:Pearland, Texas Category:1898 establishments in Texas Category:School districts established in 1898