Pasadena Independent School District is a
school district
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that is based in
Pasadena
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,
Texas
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, United States.
Pasadena ISD serves much of southeast
Harris County.
The district includes most of Pasadena,
South Houston
South Houston is a city in the U.S. state of Texas, within Greater Houston, Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan area and Harris County, Texas, Harris County. The population was 16,153 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 cens ...
, a portion of
Houston
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(including
Genoa
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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
Texas Education Agency
The Texas Education Agency (TEA) is the branch of the government of Texas responsible for public education in Texas in the United States. .
History
It was established on March 26, 1898.
According to a report around November 2, 2004, by the
Texas Education Agency
The Texas Education Agency (TEA) is the branch of the government of Texas responsible for public education in Texas in the United States. , 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
Beltway 8
Beltway 8 (BW8), the Sam Houston Parkway, along with the Sam Houston Tollway, is an beltway around the city of Houston, Texas, United States, lying entirely within Harris County, Texas, Harris County.
Beltway 8, a state highway mai ...
.
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
Texas Education Agency
The Texas Education Agency (TEA) is the branch of the government of Texas responsible for public education in Texas in the United States. 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
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" reasons, such as religious reasons or philosophical objections.
List of schools
Secondary schools
File:Sam Rayburn High Schol.jpg, Sam Rayburn High School
File:DobieHSHouston.JPG, Dobie High School
J. Frank Dobie High School is a public secondary school located in Houston, Texas. Founded in 1968, it is named after the Texas writer of the same name. It houses grades 10-12. A Ninth Grade Center was opened recently to help with the influx of s ...
File:PasadenaMemorialHighTexas.JPG, Pasadena Memorial High School
File:SouthHoustonHighSchoolTexas.JPG, South Houston High School
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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Sam Rayburn High School (Pasadena) (1964)
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South Houston High School (South Houston) (1957)
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The Summit (High School) (Pasadena) (2004)
*
Dr. Kirk Lewis Career and Technical High School (Houston)(2014)
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 (
unincorporated area
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)
Earnesteen Milstead Middle School(Houston)
(Houston) (formerly Morris Fifth Grade Center)
(Houston)
(Pasadena)
(Pasadena)
Fred Roberts Middle School(Pasadena)
Intermediate schools

7 in Pasadena, 1 in South Houston, 2 in Houston
(Houston)
(Pasadena)
(Pasadena)
**
National Blue Ribbon School
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in 1999-2000
Vincent W. Miller Intermediate School(Pasadena)
**
National Blue Ribbon School
The National Blue Ribbon Schools Program is a United States Department of Education award program that recognizes exemplary public and non-public schools on a yearly basis. Using standards of excellence evidenced by student achievement measures, ...
in 1988-89 and 2001-02
Park View Intermediate School(Pasadena)
(Pasadena)
** Current campus opened in spring 2014
(Pasadena)
(South Houston)
(Pasadena)
(Houston)
** Current campus opened on fall 2023
[
]
Primary schools
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
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
Laura Lane Welch Bush (née Welch; born November 4, 1946) is an American educator who was the first lady of the United States from 2001 to 2009 as the wife of George W. Bush, the 43rd president of the United States. Bush was previously the fi ...
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
Pasadena Independent School District is a school district that is based in Pasadena, Texas, Pasadena, Texas, United States.
Pasadena ISD serves much of southeast Harris County, Texas, Harris County. The district includes most of Pasadena, Sou ...
(South Houston)
**National Blue Ribbon School
The National Blue Ribbon Schools Program is a United States Department of Education award program that recognizes exemplary public and non-public schools on a yearly basis. Using standards of excellence evidenced by student achievement measures, ...
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
* List of school districts in Texas
This is a list of school districts in Texas, sorted by Education Service Center (ESC) Region and then by County.
There are multiple classifications of school districts. Among them are independent school districts, common school districts, muni ...
References
External links
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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