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Pasadena Independent School District is a
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that is based in Pasadena,
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, United States. Pasadena ISD serves much of southeast Harris County. The district includes most of Pasadena,
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, a portion of
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(including
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), and a portion of Pearland. 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). Some areas are assigned to fifth grade centers. In 2019, the school district received a "B" grade from the
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's Accountability Ratings Report.


History

It was established on March 26, 1898. According to a report around November 2, 2004 by the
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, among the 30 largest school districts in the state, Pasadena ISD was the 8th fastest-growing district in Texas by population; much of the growth occurred in the "South Belt" area along
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. The district was named the National Model School District in 2005 by the International Center for Leadership in Education. 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.


School uniforms

All students in Pasadena ISD are required to follow a specific dress code. 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
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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 "
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" reasons, such as religious reasons or philosophical objections.


List of schools


Secondary schools

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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) *
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(Pasadena) (1964) * South Houston High School (South Houston) (1957) * Dr. Kirk Lewis Career and Technical High School (Houston)(2015) Other
L. P. Card Career and Technical Center
(Pasadena)

(Pasadena)


Middle schools



(Pasadena)
Keller Middle School
(Pasadena) ** Current campus was scheduled to open on August 26, 2014

(Pasadena) * Dr. Dixie Melillo Middle School (
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)
Earnesteen Milstead Middle School
(Houston)

(Houston) (formerly Morris Fifth Grade Center)

(Houston)

(Pasadena)

(Pasadena)


Intermediate schools

7 in Pasadena, 1 in South Houston, 2 in Houston

(Houston)

(Pasadena)

(Pasadena) **
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in 1999-2000
Vincent W. Miller Intermediate School
(Pasadena) **
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in 1988-89 and 2001-02
Park View Intermediate School
(Pasadena)

(Pasadena) ** Current campus opened in spring 2014

(Pasadena)

(South Houston)

(Pasadena)

(Houston)


Primary schools

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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) *
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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 * Garfield Elementary School (Houston) * Genoa Elementary School (Houston) * Golden Acres Elementary School (Pasadena) * Jensen Elementary School (Pasadena) * Charles D. Jessup Elementary School (Houston) * Kruse Elementary School (Pasadena) * Walter Matthys Elementary School (South Houston) **
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in 1998-99 * 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) ** South Belt took areas previously zoned to Frazier and Moore elementaries. * South Houston Elementary School (South Houston) ** Current campus opened in spring 2014 * South Shaver Elementary School (Pasadena) ** Current campus scheduled to open on September 8, 2014 * 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) * Fisher Elementary School (Pasadena)


See also

*
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References


External links

* {{Authority control School districts in Houston School districts in Harris County, Texas Education in Pasadena, Texas Pearland, Texas 1898 establishments in Texas School districts established in 1898