Needville Independent School District
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| Needville Independent School District | |
|---|---|
 Bluejay Stadium | |
| Address | |
16319 Highway 36
Needville , Texas, 77461United States | |
| District information | |
| Grades | PK–12[1] |
| Established | December 17, 1947 |
| Schools | 4[1] |
| NCES District ID | 4832310[1] |
| Students and staff | |
| Students | 3,598 (2023–2024)[1] |
| Teachers | 249.60 (on an FTE basis) (2023–2024)[1] |
| Staff | 211.24 (on an FTE basis) (2023–2024)[1] |
| Student–teacher ratio | 14.42 (2023–2024)[1] |
| District mascot | Bluejay |
| Other information | |
| Website | www |
Needville Independent School District is a public school district based in unincorporated Fort Bend County, Texas (USA) (with a Needville postal address).[2]
The district has an area of 200 square miles (520 km2).[3] In addition to Needville, the district also serves the town of Fairchilds, a portion of Pleak,[4] and the unincorporated communities of Guy and Long Point.[citation needed]
History
[edit]Needville ISD, originally Needville Rural High School District, was established on December 17, 1946, when a group of about twenty to thirty members of each congregation in Needville, The two county commissioners (Otto Graeber and Louis Teykl; who had previously funded the project and tried to construct roads for school buses to pass., as well as the schools of Big Creek, Marlow, Guy, Brown, Forester, Seiler, Modena, Williams, Long Point, and Concord met to establish the Needville Rural High School District, covering 200 square miles, being the first Consolidated Independent School District in Fort Bend County. A board of educators was established, and their first meeting was held on January 9, 1947.[5][3]
Students from the community of Damon attend Needville High since Damon Independent School District did not have a high school. Damon ISD signed a contract with Needville ISD in 1949 so Damon ISD residents could go to school at Needville High.[3]
In 2009, the school district was rated "recognized" by the Texas Education Agency.[6]
In 2014, the school suspended a high school student for refusing to stand for the pledge of allegiance. After media attention, the suspension was eventually lifted due to unconstitutionality.[7]
The School also gained notoriety in 2018 when it threatened to suspend students for participating in protests or demonstrations against gun violence in schools, leading Constitutional law experts to call the policy a violation of student's First Amendment rights.
Schools
[edit]- Needville High School (Grades 9-12)
- Needville Junior High School (Grades 7-8)
- Needville Middle School (Grades 5-6)
- Needville Elementary School (Grades PK-4)
- Before 2007, high school students in Needville attended the old high school across the street. After the original 1947 building burned down due to arson in 2007, the school was put out of use and is only used for certain occasions such as U.I.L. Academic events.[8]
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Needville High School -
Needville Junior High School -
Needville Middle School -
Needville Elementary School
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for NEEDVILLE ISD". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved July 14, 2025.
- ^ "Home". Needville Independent School District. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
16319 Highway 36 Needville, Texas TX 77461
- It has a Needville address but is outside of the Needville city limits - ^ a b c "History of the District Archived 2017-01-17 at the Wayback Machine." Needville Independent School District. Retrieved on December 5, 2016.
- ^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Fort Bend County, TX" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved September 21, 2022.
- ^ "NHS 4'27'2024.pdf".
- ^ "2009 Accountability Rating System". Texas Education Agency. Archived from the original on October 25, 2015.
- ^ "A Kid Got Suspended from School for Refusing to Recite the Pledge of Allegiance".
- ^ Hanson, Eric; Chronicle, Copyright 2007 Houston (May 8, 2007). "Teen admits to Needville school fire". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
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