Brazosport Independent School District is a

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based in Clute,

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( USA) in

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. The district serves the cities, towns, and villages of Clute, Freeport,

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, Lake Jackson, Oyster Creek, Quintana,

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, and Surfside Beach. In addition it serves the unincorporated area of Turtle Cove.

History

The district opened in 1944.About BISD

Archive
Brazosport Independent School District. Retrieved on March 22, 2014. Prior to 2013 the district had contracts with the police forces of Clute, Freeport, and Lake Jackson to provide police services to the district. In 2013 the district decided to end the contracts and create a district police department. The yearly cost to maintain this department would be $32,000.

Finances

As of the 2010-2011 school year, the appraised valuation of property in the district was $6,406,446,000. The maintenance tax rate was $0.104 and the bond tax rate was $0.020 per $100 of appraised valuation.

Academic achievement

In 2011, the school district was rated "

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" by the

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Schools

; High schools *

Brazoswood High School Brazoswood High School is a public high school located in Clute, Texas, United States. It educates grades nine through twelve and is part of the Brazosport Independent School District. Its attendance boundary includes: - Compare to town limit ...

(Clute; Grades 9-12; Mascot: Buccaneers) *

Brazosport High School Brazosport High School is a public high school located at the intersection of Brazosport Boulevard and West 2nd Street in Freeport, Texas, United States. It handles grades nine through twelve and is part of the Brazosport Independent School Distr ...

(Freeport; Grades 9-12; Mascot: Exporters) ; 5-8 schools * Clute Intermediate School (Clute; Grades 5-6 & 7-8; Mascot: Cougars) ; Intermediate Schools (7-8) * Freeport Intermediate School (Freeport; Grades 7-8; Mascot: Redskins) **2001-02

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* Lake Jackson Intermediate School (Lake Jackson; Grades 7-8; Mascot: Panthers) ; Middle Schools (5-6) * R. O'Hara Lanier Middle School (Freeport; Grades: 5-6; Mascot: Lions) * Grady B. Rasco Middle School (Lake Jackson; Grades: 5-6; Mascot: Rockets) ; Elementary Schools * Stephen F. Austin Elementary (Jones Creek; Grades: PreK-6) * A. P. Beutel Elementary School (Lake Jackson; Grades: K-4) - Its current building was scheduled to open in 2017. **2007

* Bess Brannen Elementary School (Lake Jackson; Grades: K-4) * Freeport Elementary School - The $19.2 million facility opened in 2018. VLK Architects designed the building. The student capacity is 750. * Madge Griffith Elementary School (Clute; Grades: K-4) * Elisabeth Ney Elementary School (Lake Jackson; Grades: K-4) * T. W. Ogg Elementary (Clute; Grades: K-4) **1996-97

* Gladys Polk Elementary (Richwood; Grades: K-4) * O. M. Roberts Elementary (Lake Jackson; Grades: K-4) * Velasco Elementary School (Freeport; Grades: 2-4) - It was a Kindergarten through grade 4 school until 2017, when it became a grade 2-4 school for all of Freeport. Grades K-1 were moved to O. A. Fleming Elementary, which was scheduled to close in 2018 and be replaced by Freeport Elementary. ; Alternative School * Lighthouse Learning Center (Clute; All Grades)

Former schools

* O. A. Fleming Elementary School (Freeport; Grades: K-1) - Fleming was scheduled to close when the new Freeport Elementary School opened in 2018. * Jane Long Elementary School - It opened in 1952 and closed in August 2017.

Headquarters

The headquarters are physically in Clute, while the district uses a separate Freeport mailing address.Home page
(). Brazosport Independent School District. March 1, 2001. Retrieved on March 22, 2014. "Physical Address: 301 W. Brazoswood Drive, Clute, TX 77531 Mailing Address: P.O. Drawer Z, Freeport, TX 77541-1926"

Athletics

The district was formed in the year 1944 when all the existing school districts merged into one. Many athletics events for the district take place at

Hopper Field Hopper Field is a stadium located in Freeport, Texas on the campus of Brazosport High School at the east banks of the Brazos River. It is currently home to the high school football teams of the Brazosport Independent School District (BISD), and s ...

in Freeport.

Brazosport College Brazosport College (BC) is a public community college in Lake Jackson, Texas. The college was opened in 1968 and offers primarily associate degrees and some bachelor's degrees. The campus features The Clarion, a regional musical performance ven ...

serves communities served by the district.

References

External links

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Brazosport ISD
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