The Carroll Independent School District is an independent PK-12 school district serving the majority of the city ofSouthlake, Texas and portions of northwest Grapevine, far northern Colleyville, and eastern Westlake. The administrative building is located at 2400 North Carroll Avenue at the intersection of Dove Road and Carroll Avenue.
History
In early 1919 the Carroll Common School District was formed from independent schools near Lonesome Dove and White's Church as well as Sams School. The district was named after B.E. Carroll who was the Tarrant CountySuperintendent of Public Instruction. The first Carroll School, known at the time as the Carroll Hill School, was completed in 1919 and served as the district's lone school until the opening of the new Carroll High School in the 1970-1971 school year. In 1957, Carroll CSD became an independent school district. Carroll ISD initially only offered kindergarten through 8th grade; students had to travel to Grapevine for high school. The district added 9th grade in the 1961-1962 school year and a high school wing to the building in 1965. Carroll ISD graduated its first senior class in 1965 making Carroll ISD a K-12 grade school district.
Overview
Carroll ISD is consistently ranked among the top-rated school districts in Texas. The district and all of its schools are often all rated "Exemplary" by the Texas Education Agency. In the 2004-2005 and 2005-2006 school years, the district was dropped to the "Recognized" ranking. In the 2006-2007 school year, the district not only regained the "Exemplary" ranking, but also became the largest all-Exemplary school district in Texas. Carroll ISD still holds this title today. Carroll ISD also staffs all of its schools with campus resource officers. All officers are full-time members of the Southlake Police Department. The decision to expand the resource officer program was made in the wake of the 2013 school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut. The program now includes 11 officers and one sergeant.
Demographics
Mascot
All of the district's schools share the same colors and the same mascot. The mascot was created by a student in the mid-eighties by combining an outline of Texas with a US Navy fighter squadron emblem. The logo was first used in the 1980s as helmet emblems for the Carroll Dragon Varsity Football teams and gradually adopted as the district mascot.
*The facility was left in the summer of 2011 to move to a new campus under the same name. The building has been renovated to accommodate the needs to be housed by the CISD Administration Center.
