Edgewood Independent School District (Bexar County, Texas)
Edgewood Independent School District is a public school district based in San Antonio, in Bexar County, 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).
In 2009, the school district was rated "academically acceptable" by the Texas Education Agency.[1]
Schools
High Schools (Grades 9-12)
- Memorial High School
Mascot: Minuteman; Colors: Red and Blue
- John F. Kennedy High School
Mascot: Rocket; Colors: Green, Silver, and Black
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
Harry S. Truman Middle is a 6-8 public school. This school is adjacent to Memorial High School. The school's mascot is the Eagle and its colors are blue and white.
- E.T. Wrenn Middle
Wrenn middle school's mascot is the mighty hornet and its colors are green and black
Elementary Schools (Grades PK-5)
- Burleson Early Childhood (PK/Headstart)
- Cardenas Early Childhood (PK/Headstart)
- Cisneros 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 Early Childhood (PK/Headstart)
- 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.
Sub Campus For High Schools
- Edgewood Fine Arts Academy Academy (Grades 9-12)
EDGE NEWS
Edge News
Edge News (formally "Edgewood On The Air") is the Edgewood Independent School District Local TV show which is broadcast on Time Warner Cable Ch. 98 On Saturdays and Sundays @ 4:30PM. The show started in the Fall of 2006. The show is taped monthly at the Edgewood Fine Arts Academy Studio and is under the direction of Edgewood Public Relations Director Mr. Mario Rios.
References
- ↑ "2009 Accountability Rating System". Texas Education Agency.
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