Hays Consolidated Independent School District

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by austinbroker

Hays Consolidated Independent School District (HCISD), located in North Central Hays County, is one of the fastest growing school districts in the state of Texas. The district has been rapidly growing for the last five years, adding 1,000 students during 2007. Currently enrolling 13,000 students, Hays anticipates this high level of growth to continue for several years. Of the four school districts in Hays County, HCISD is the largest.

Hays CISD's motto of "A Place Where Ideas Grow" is a reflection of the community's commitment to provide outstanding educational and extracurricular programs for its student population.

With a current total of seventeen campuses, HCISD includes two high schools, four middle schools, nine elementary schools, an alternative high school, and a disciplinary campus. A tenth elementary school is scheduled to open in the fall of 2008.

The student body within Hays reflects a richly diverse population in which 54% of the students are Hispanic, 42% are White, and 4% are African American.

Featured within HCISD are a highly acclaimed performing arts center and a dual-language magnet program at the elementary level. An advanced high school robotics program and internationally recognized music program are highlights of the services offered to students.

The teacher-mentoring program in Hays CISD serves as a model for the state. School-based health clinics provide services to all students and their siblings.

Based on the theory that building positive personal assets results in healthy, caring, and responsible students, as well as reducing high-risk behavior, the district implemented the Forty Developmental Assets Framework on a district wide basis.

Hays CISD has one of the lowest tax rates among the fast-growth districts in Central Texas. A tax rate decrease of $.3167 was approved for 2007-08, leaving the tax rate at $1.4613 per $100 valuation.

On the Texas Education Agency Academic Excellence Indicator System, HCISD was rated as Academically Acceptable. Four schools in Hays CISD, Elm Grove Elementary, Fuentes Elementary, Negley Elementary, and Tobias Elementary received Recognized ratings from TEA.

Texas Monthly magazine named Hays High School to its list of High Performing Schools in December 2007.

Hays Schools offers a wide variety of innovative programs with a rich level of cultural diversity within its student population.

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