Conroe Independent School District (CISD) is a school district based in the Deane L. Sadler Administration/Technology Center in Conroe, Texas.
CISD serves the cities of Conroe, Oak Ridge North, and Shenandoah, and the towns of Cut and Shoot and Woodloch. It also serves unincorporated communities in Montgomery County, including the Montgomery County portion of The Woodlands, which makes up almost all of The Woodlands (a new section of The Woodlands will be located in Harris County in the Tomball ISD), the settlement of Tamina, the community of River Plantation, and a portion of the Porter Heights CDP.
As of August 2009, the district has 48,700 students in 55 campuses (29 elementary schools, 9 intermediate schools, 6 junior high schools, 6 high schools, and two academies). The CISD area, which covers 348 square miles (900 km2), is part of the Lone Star College System (formerly the North Harris Montgomery Community College District). The ethnic breakdown of the school district is 63% White, 26.1% Hispanic, 6.7% African American, 3.8% Other. The completion rate is 98.2%. In total, the school district employs over 5,900 employees. (3,320 professional teaching staff, 2,080 paraprofessional and auxiliary staff, 579 administrators). The average enrollment growth is 1,570 per year.
In 2005, CISD enrolled displaced Louisianans from the areas affected by Hurricane Katrina who were residing in the Conroe ISD boundaries.
CISD has its own police department of over 40 Officers. As of 2007, CISD PD is run by Chief William Harness.
In 2011, the school district was rated "recognized" by the Texas Education Agency.
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