Edgewood Independent School District (Bexar County, Texas)

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Edgewood Independent School District is a public school district based in San Antonio, Texas (USA).

The Edgewood district is most notable as the original plaintiff in a Texas court case which led to the infamous "Robin Hood" school finance plan (which was itself later ruled unconstitutional).

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[edit] Schools

[edit] High Schools (Grades 9-12)

Kennedy High School

John F. Kennedy High

John F. Kennedy High School is a comprehensive high school located in the Thompson Field area of San Antonio, TX. When the school opened in 1963 it was considered amongst the best high schools in the San Antonio region. Today the school is a Texas 4-A school with a population of approximately 1,300 students. Successful Kennedy alumnae/i have attended colleges including: Dartmouth College[1], the Massachusetts Institutue of Technology[2], Trinity University[3] and the University of Texas at Austin[4].

President Kennedy visited San Antonio on November 21, 1963 and promised to return and dedicate the new John F. Kennedy High School, which was the first high school named in his honor. Tragically, he was assassinated in Dallas the following day.

The school's mascot is the Rocket in honor of President Kennedy's support of the U.S. Space Program and the school's colors are green & white.

Memorial High

[edit] Middle Schools (Grades 6-8)

Brentwood Middle

Brentwood Middle School is a 6-8 public school located in the Thompson Field area of San Antonio, TX. The school was opened in 1965 adjacent to Kennedy High School. The school's mascot is the Viking and its colors are black and gold.

Gus Garcia Middle
Harry S. Truman Middle
E.T. Wrenn Middle

[edit] Elementary Schools (Grades PK-5)

Cenizo Park Elementary
Coronado/Escobar Elementary
Gardendale Elementary
H.B. Gonzalez Elementary
Regina Hoelscher Elementary

Hoelscher Elementary opened in 1961 in the Thompson Field area of San Antonio, TX, adjacent to Brentwood Middle School. At the time of the school's closure it was a K-5 facility. The school closed in the spring of 2005 due to high maintenance costs and declining enrollment in Edgewood. The school's mascot was the Little Rockets and its colors were green and white.

Las Palmas Elementary
Lyndon B. Johnson Elementary
Loma Park Elementary
Alonso S. Perales Elementary
Roosevelt Elementary
Stafford Elementary

Norman Winston Elementary

Winston Elementary is a K-5 school located in the Thompson Field area of San Antonio, TX. The school opened in 1952 at what was then the southern tip of Edgewood right at the entrance to what was then Kelly Air Force Base. Due to the school's proximity to housing facilities for airmen stationed at Lackland Air Force Base the school enrolls a higher percentage of children from military families than other Edgewood schools. Gloria Estefan attended the school in 1963-64. All of the school's students feed into Brentwood Middle School. The school's mascot is the Eagle and its colors are cyan and yellow.