Booker Independent School District

School district in Texas

Booker Independent School District
Location
Booker, Texas ESC Region 16^[1] USA
Coordinates	Maroon, Black^[4]
Other information
TEA District Accountability Rating for 2013-14	Met Standard^[5]
Website	Booker ISD

Booker Independent School District is a public school district based in Booker, Texas (USA). Located in Lipscomb County,^[6] small portions of the district extends into Hemphill County and Ochiltree County.^[7]^[8] The district operates one high school, Booker High School.

Finances

As of the 2010–2011 school year, the appraised valuation of property in the district was $252,857,000.^[1] The maintenance tax rate was $0.112 and the bond tax rate was $0.000 per $100 of appraised valuation.^[1]

Academic achievement

Between 2004 and 2011 a school district in Texas could receive one of four possible rankings from the Texas Education Agency: Exemplary (the highest possible ranking), Recognized, Academically Acceptable, and Academically Unacceptable (the lowest possible ranking). No state accountability ratings will be given to districts in 2012.^[9] As of 2013 TEA changed the ratings based on new EOC exams to Met Standard or Improvement Required.

Historical district TEA accountability ratings^[10]

2014: Met Standard ^[11]
2013: Met Standard ^[12]
2011: Recognized
2010: Academically Acceptable
2009: Academically Acceptable
2008: Academically Acceptable
2007: Academically Acceptable
2006: Academically Acceptable
2005: Academically Acceptable
2004: Academically Acceptable

Schools

In the 2011–2012 school year, the district operated two campuses.^[1]

Booker Jr/Sr School (Grades 6–12)
Kirksey Elementary (Grades PK-5)

Other information

In 2011, superintendent Michael Lee forbid an Al Jazeera TV crew from reporting at a Booker High School's football game.^[13]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Texas School Directory 2012" (PDF). Texas Education Agency. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 February 2012. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for Booker ISD". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
^ "UIL Alignments". University Interscholastic League. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
^ ^a ^b "Booker High School". CBS Interactive. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
^ "2014 Accountability Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-07-21. Retrieved 2015-07-18.
^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Lipscomb County, TX" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2022-06-26. - Text list
^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Hemphill County, TX" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2022-06-26. - Text list
^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Ochiltree County, TX" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2022-06-26. - Text list
^ "Accountability Rating System for Texas Public Schools and Districts". Texas Education Agency. Archived from the original on 24 August 2012. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
^ TEA District Ratings for 2004-2011 Archived 2012-07-02 at the Wayback Machine
^ "2014 Accountability Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-07-21. Retrieved 2015-07-18.
^ "2013 Accountability Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-07-21. Retrieved 2015-07-18.
^ Welcome to Texas! Unless you're Al Jazeera Archived September 5, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, Response to Al Jazeera Archived 2011-09-17 at the Wayback Machine