Arlington Independent School District, Texas

Arlington Independent School District
Arlington, Texas
District details
Superintendent: Matt Smith
# of school board members: 7
Website: Link

Arlington Independent School District is a school district in Texas.

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• Superintendent
• School board
• Elections
• Budget
• Teacher salaries
• Academic performance
• Students
• Staff
• Schools
• Contact information

Superintendent

This information is updated as we become aware of changes. Please contact us with any updates.

Matt Smith is the superintendent of the Arlington Independent School District. Smith was hired on January 10, 2024. His career experience includes working as superintendent of Belton Independent School District and chief academic officer at Leander Independent School District.

Past superintendents

• Steven Wurtz was the interim superintendent of the Arlington Independent School District between 2023 and 2024.
• Marcelo Cavazos was the superintendent of the Arlington Independent School District from June 2012 until his retirement on August 31, 2023. Cavazos began serving as interim superintendent and was appointed full superintendent on December 6, 2012. Cavazos' previous career experience includes working as the district's associate superintendent for instruction and deputy superintendent.

School board

The Arlington Independent School District board of trustees consists of seven members elected to three-year terms. All board members are elected at large by place.

Office	Name	Date assumed office
Arlington Independent School District, Place 1	Sarah McMurrough	May 20, 2021
Arlington Independent School District, Place 2	Melody Fowler	2018
Arlington Independent School District, Place 3	Larry Mike	May 16, 2024
Arlington Independent School District, Place 4	David Wilbanks	2019
Arlington Independent School District, Place 5	Justin Chapa	2018
Arlington Independent School District, Place 6	Brooklyn Richardson	May 18, 2023
Arlington Independent School District, Place 7	Leanne Haynes	May 18, 2023

Elections

See also: Arlington Independent School District, Texas, elections

Members of the board are elected annually in May to overlapping three-year terms.

Two seats on the board were up for general election on May 3, 2025. The filing deadline for this election was February 14, 2025.

Ballotpedia covered school board elections in 367 school districts in 29 states in 2024. Those school districts had a total student enrollment of 12,203,404 students. Click here to read an analysis of those elections.

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Public participation in board meetings

The Arlington Independent School District board of trustees maintains the following policy on public testimony during board meetings:

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A board shall allow each member of the public who desires to address the board regarding an item on an agenda for an open meeting of the board to address the board regarding the item at the meeting before or during the board's consideration of the item. A board may adopt reasonable rules regarding the public's right to address the board under these provisions, including rules that limit the total amount of time that a member of the public may address the board on a given item. If a board does not use simultaneous translation equipment in a manner that allows the board to hear the translated public testimony simultaneously, a rule adopted that limits the amount of time that a member of the public may address the board must provide that a member of the public who addresses the board through a translator must be given at least twice the amount of time as a member of the public who does not require the assistance of a translator in order to ensure that non-English speakers receive the same opportunity to address the board. A board may not prohibit public criticism of the board, including criticism of any act, omission, policy, procedure, program, or service. This does not apply to public criticism that is otherwise prohibited by law. It is a criminal offense for a person, with intent to prevent or disrupt a lawful meeting, to substantially obstruct or interfere with the ordinary conduct of a meeting by physical action or verbal utterance and thereby curtail the exercise of others' First Amendment rights. Penal Code 42.05; Morehead v. State, 807 S.W. 2d 577 (Tex. Cr. App. 1991)

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District map

School district map

Budget

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.

• Revenue
• Expenditures

Revenue, 2021-2022

SOURCE	AMOUNT	AMOUNT PER STUDENT	PERCENT
Federal:	$156,260,000	$2,775	19%
Local:	$466,255,000	$8,280	57%
State:	$195,509,000	$3,472	24%
Total:	$818,024,000	$14,527

Expenditures, 2021-2022

TYPE	AMOUNT	AMOUNT PER STUDENT	PERCENT
Total Expenditures:	$805,245,000	$14,299
Total Current Expenditures:	$646,959,000	$11,489
Instructional Expenditures:	$387,814,000	$6,887	48%
Student and Staff Support:	$90,744,000	$1,611	11%
Administration:	$62,432,000	$1,108	8%
Operations, Food Service, Other:	$105,969,000	$1,881	13%
Total Capital Outlay:	$109,115,000	$1,937
Construction:	$100,137,000	$1,778
Total Non El-Sec Education & Other:	$4,183,000	$74
Interest on Debt:	$44,082,000	$782

Teacher salaries

The following salary information was pulled from the district's teacher salary schedule. A salary schedule is a list of expected compensations based on variables such as position, years employed, and education level. It may not reflect actual teacher salaries in the district.

Year	Minimum	Maximum
2024-2025	$64,600	$78,900
2023-2024	$62,500	$76,700
2020	$56,500	$70,600

Academic performance

Each year, state and local education agencies use tests and other standards to assess student proficiency. Although the data below was published by the U.S. Department of Education, proficiency measurements are established by the states. As a result, proficiency levels are not comparable between different states and year-over-year proficiency levels within a district may not be comparable because states may change their proficiency measurements.

• Mathematics
• Reading/language arts
• Graduation rates

The following table shows the percentage of district students who scored at or above the proficiency level each school year:

School year	All (%)	Asian/Pacific Islander (%)	Black (%)	Hispanic (%)	Native American (%)	Two or More Races (%)	White (%)
2020-2021	24	54	15	19	15-19	28	42
2018-2019	45	76	35	42	40-44	47	61
2017-2018	42	74	30	38	35-39	47	59
2016-2017	74	92	65	72	70-74	78	84
2015-2016	70	90	59	67	65-69	74	83
2014-2015	67	88	56	64	70-74	73	80
2013-2014	71	89	61	67	65-69	77	83
2012-2013	73	91	63	68	70-74	78	84
2011-2012	79	93	70	77	75-79	83	88
2010-2011	80	92	72	77	80-84		89

The following table shows the percentage of district students who scored at or above the proficiency level each school year:

School year	All (%)	Asian/Pacific Islander (%)	Black (%)	Hispanic (%)	Native American (%)	Two or More Races (%)	White (%)
2020-2021	34	55	27	28	35-39	39	53
2018-2019	42	65	33	37	35-39	46	59
2017-2018	41	65	32	35	35-39	50	59
2016-2017	67	83	60	63	75-79	74	81
2015-2016	67	82	59	63	65-69	75	82
2014-2015	70	83	63	65	70-74	79	83
2013-2014	72	84	66	66	70-74	81	85
2012-2013	77	86	72	71	80-84	83	88
2011-2012	87	93	84	84	85-89	91	93
2010-2011	86	92	82	82	85-89		93

The following table shows the graduation rate of district students each school year:

School year	All (%)	Asian/Pacific Islander (%)	Black (%)	Hispanic (%)	Native American (%)	Two or More Races (%)	White (%)
2018-2019	87	94	85	84	>=50	80-84	91
2017-2018	86	95	85	82	>=80	85-89	92
2016-2017	85	94	83	82	>=80	85-89	90
2015-2016	83	93	80	79	>=80	85-89	88
2014-2015	84	96	81	79	60-79	70-74	89
2013-2014	83	93	83	78	>=80	80-89	88
2012-2013	84	92	81	80	>=50	90-94	89
2011-2012	83	90	79	77	>=50	85-89	90
2010-2011	81	94	78	74	>=80	90-94	87

Students

• Enrollment
• Demographics

Year	Enrollment	Year-to-year change (%)
2023-2024	54,750	-2.6
2022-2023	56,167	-0.3
2021-2022	56,311	-0.9
2020-2021	56,840	-4.7
2019-2020	59,532	-0.6
2018-2019	59,900	-2.0
2017-2018	61,076	-1.8
2016-2017	62,181	-1.7
2015-2016	63,210	-1.1
2014-2015	63,882	-1.3
2013-2014	64,688	-0.5
2012-2013	65,001	0.5
2011-2012	64,703	0.3
2010-2011	64,484	1.5
2009-2010	63,487	0.7
2008-2009	63,045	0.3
2007-2008	62,863	-0.3
2006-2007	63,082	-0.5
2005-2006	63,397	1.8
2004-2005	62,267	-0.3
2003-2004	62,454	0.8
2002-2003	61,928	2.8
2001-2002	60,222	2.3
2000-2001	58,866	3.6
1999-2000	56,773	0.0

Racial Demographics, 2023-2024

RACE	Arlington Independent School District (%)	Texas K-12 STUDENTS (%)
American Indian/Alaska Native	0.4	0.3
Asian or Asian/Pacific Islander	4.9	5.4
Black	26.0	12.8
Hispanic	49.4	53.2
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	0.2	0.2
Two or More Races	3.3	3.1
White	15.9	25.0

Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

Staff

• Teachers
• Administrators
• Other staff

As of the 2023-2024 school year, Arlington Independent School District had 3,917.32 full-time classroom teachers. The student-teacher ratio was 13.98.

Teachers, 2023-2024 school year

TYPE	NUMBER OF TEACHERS
Prekindergarten:	184.16
Kindergarten:	224.97
Elementary:	1,303.61
Secondary:	1,609.03
Total:	3,917.32

Arlington Independent School District employed 138.32 district administrators and 291.26 school administrators as of the 2023-2024 school year.

Administrators, 2023-2024 school year

TYPE	NUMBER OF ADMINISTRATORS
District Administrators:	138.32
District Administrative Support:	324.93
School Administrators:	291.26
School Administrative Support:	243.28

Other staff, 2023-2024 school year

TYPE	NUMBER OF OTHER STAFF
Instructional Aides:	944.09
Instruc. Coordinators & Supervisors:	4.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	163.53
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	0.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	0.00
Librarians/Media Specialists:	66.78
Library/Media Support:	3.00
Student Support Services:	403.01
Other Support Services:	1,554.52

Schools

The Arlington Independent School District operates 75 schools. They are listed below in alphabetical order.

List of schools

SCHOOL NAME	NUMBER OF STUDENTS	GRADES
Adams El	790	PK-6
Amos El	364	PK-6
Anderson El	413	PK-6
Arlington College And Career H S	365	9-12
Arlington Collegiate H S	405	9-12
Arlington H S	2,501	9-12
Ashworth El	480	PK-6
Atherton El	523	PK-6
Bailey J H	764	7-8
Barnett J H	570	7-8
Bebensee El	781	PK-6
Beckham El	427	PK-6
Berry El	657	PK-6
Blanton El	469	PK-6
Boles J H	538	7-8
Bowie H S	2,355	9-12
Bryant El	479	PK-6
Burgin El	626	PK-6
Butler El	598	PK-6
Carter J H	798	7-8
Community Based Pk	55	PK-PK
Corey Fine Arts / Dual Language Academy	488	KG-5
Crouch El	515	PK-6
Crow Leadership Academy	502	PK-6
Ditto El	734	PK-6
Duff El	592	PK-6
Dunn El	525	PK-6
Ellis El	791	PK-6
Farrell El	584	PK-6
Fitzgerald El	550	PK-6
Foster El	510	PK-6
Goodman El	456	PK-6
Gunn J H	874	6-8
Hale El	332	PK-6
Hill El	533	PK-6
Johns El	591	PK-6
Jones Fine Arts / Dual Language Academy	437	KG-5
Key El	401	PK-6
Kooken Ed Ctr	217	PK-PK
Lamar H S	2,479	9-12
Larson El	437	PK-6
Little El	736	PK-6
Martin H S	3,670	9-12
Mcnutt El	638	PK-6
Miller El	538	PK-6
Moore El	905	PK-6
Morton El	499	PK-6
Nichols J H	588	7-8
Ousley J H	865	7-8
Patrick El	568	PK-6
Peach El	955	PK-6
Pearcy Stem Academy	532	PK-6
Pope El	489	PK-6
Rankin El	538	PK-6
Remynse El	412	PK-6
Sam Houston H S	3,177	9-12
Seguin H S	1,562	9-12
Shackelford J H	558	7-8
Sherrod El	523	PK-6
Short El	369	PK-6
South Davis El	686	PK-6
Speer El	660	PK-6
Starrett El	521	PK-6
Swift El	562	PK-6
Tarrant Co J J A E P	44	7-12
Thornton El	761	PK-6
Turning Point Secondary School	96	7-12
Venture Alter H S	781	7-12
Webb El	664	PK-6
West El	622	PK-6
Williams El	608	PK-6
Wimbish World Language Academy	373	PK-6
Wood El	733	PK-6
Workman J H	1,255	7-8
Young J H	756	7-8

Contact information

Arlington Independent School District
690 E. Lamar Blvd.
Arlington, TX 76011
Phone: 682-867-4611

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