EL PASO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT

The 'El Paso Independent School District' (EPISD) is a public school district based in El Paso, Texas (USA). It was organized in 1883 and is the largest district in the Texas Education Agency's Educational Service Center (ESC) Region 19.

Contents

Statistics

History

List of schools

High schools

Middle schools

Elementary Schools

Special Campuses

Notable EPISD Alumni

See also

External links

Statistics

★ More than 63,000 students.

★ 92 campuses.

★ More than 9,000 employees.

★ Covers more than 253 square miles.

★ Estimated annual operating budget is $403-million.

★ Seventh largest school district in Texas

★ 57th largest school district in the United States.

History

★ In 1889, The first kindergarten class ever established in Texas was in the EPISD.

★ In 1916, the first high school in the EPISD was established: El Paso High School.

★ In 1999, the district's oldest operating school, Alamo Elementary School, celebrated its 100th birthday.

List of schools

High schools

★ Located in Central El Paso

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★ Austin High School

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★ Bowie High School

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★ El Paso High School

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★ Jefferson High School

★ Located in East El Paso

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★ Burges High School

★ Located in Northeast El Paso

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★ Chapin High School

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★ Andress High School

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★ Irvin High School

★ Located in Northwest El Paso

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★ Coronado High School

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★ Franklin High School

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★ Sunset High School

Middle schools

★ Bassett Middle School

★ Canyon Hills Middle School

★ Charles Middle School

★ Cordova Middle School

★ Guillen Middle School

★ Henderson Middle School

★ Hornedo Hills Middle School

★ Lincoln Middle School

★ MacArthur Elementary-Intermediate School

★ Magoffin Middle School

★ Morehead Middle School

★ Richardson Middle School

★ Ross Middle School

★ Terrace Hills Middle School

★ Wiggs Middle School

Elementary Schools

★ Rosa Guerrero Elementary School

★ Zach White Elementary School

★ Hibbard G. Polk Elementary School

★ Dr. Green Elementary School

★ Dr. L.A. Nixon Elementary School

★ Hillside Elementary School

★ Edgar Park Elementary School

Special Campuses

★ Silva Health Magnet High School

★ Telles Academy

★ Captain John L. Chapin Engineering Magnet School

Notable EPISD Alumni

★ U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Sandra Day O'Conner is a graduate of Austin High School.

See also

★ List of school districts in Texas

External links

★ El Paso Independent School District