As of the 2010-2011 school year, the appraised valuation of property in the district was $2,578,963,000.[1][page needed] The maintenance tax rate was $0.117 and the bond tax rate was $0.026 per $100 of appraised valuation.[1][page needed]
Academic achievement
In 2011, the school district was rated "recognized" by the Texas Education Agency.[5] Thirty-five percent of districts in Texas in 2011 received the same rating.[6] No state accountability ratings will be given to districts in 2012.[7] A school district in Texas can receive one of four possible rankings from the Texas Education Agency: Exemplary (the highest possible ranking), Recognized, Academically Acceptable, and Academically Unacceptable (the lowest possible ranking).
Aledo High School participates in the boys sports of baseball, basketball, football, soccer, and wrestling.[4] The school participates in the girls sports of basketball, soccer, softball, volleyball, and wrestling.[4] For the 2015 through 2017 school years, Aledo High School will play football in UIL Class 5A.[3]
Aledo ISD Police Department was the first school district police department in Parker County,[9] and as with any Texas school police agency, it's officers have jurisdiction within the school district boundaries and in any county within the State of Texas in which the district has property owned, leased, rented, or otherwise under its control.[10]
As of March 2015[update] the Chief of Police is Fred Collie who formerly served as a Chief Deputy for Precinct 5, Dallas County Constables Office and as a Deputy Chief for the Arlington Texas Police Department.[11]
Notable incidents
In April 2021, students at the Daniel Ninth Grade Campus were disciplined after it was learned they were playing a game on messaging platform Snapchat in which they assigned prices to particular persons of color at the school and would then "trade" them according to that perceived value.[12] Screenshots show that the group chat in which the game occurred was, at various times, labelled as "Slave Trade" and other names that included an ethnic slur.[13]
Portions of some school districts extend into other counties; only high schools in Tarrant County are listed here Aledo ISD, Burleson ISD, and Godley ISD serve sections of Tarrant County, but they operate no high schools in it.