Waxahachie Independent School District

High schools • Waxahachie High School (grades 9-12) • Waxahachie Global High School (grades 9-12) - Opened on August 27, 2007, it is an Early College and a Texas-STEM school emphasizing instruction in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics in a small learning-community environment. • Waxahachie High School of Choice (grades 9-12) • Waxahachie Challenge Academy Junior high schools (grades 6-8) • Coleman Junior High • Finley Junior High • Howard Junior High Elementary schools (kindergarten - grade 5) • Clift Elementary • Dunaway Elementary • Felty Elementary • Marvin Biomedical Academy • Northside Elementary • Ray Elementary • Shackelford Elementary • Simpson Elementary • Wedgeworth Elementary • Wilemon STEAM Academy Prekindergarten • Turner Prekindergarten Academy • Marvin Elementary • Northside Elementary Facilities • Lumpkins Stadium • Richards Park ==Students==

Academics Students in Waxahachie typically outperform local region and statewide averages on standardized tests. In 2015-2016 State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) results, 80% of students in Waxahachie ISD met Level II Satisfactory standards, compared with 76% in Region 10 and 75% in the state of Texas. The average SAT score of the class of 2015 was 1476, and the average ACT score was 22.6. Demographics In the 2015-2016 school year, the school district had a total of 8,107 students, ranging from early childhood education and prekindergarten through grade 12. The class of 2015 included 545 graduates; the annual drop-out rate across grades 9-12 was 2.2%. As of the 2015-2016 school year, the ethnic distribution of the school district was 49.7% White, 34.8% Hispanic, 11.8% African American, 0.5% Asian, 0.4% American Indian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, and 2.7% from two or more races. Economically disadvantaged students made up 47.1% of the student body. == References ==