About Us

Mission Statement

The mission of the Beaumont Independent School District, as the unifying force of the community, is to guarantee that our graduates possess the necessary skills, values and knowledge to compete successfully as productive citizens in a diverse global society through an educational system characterized by:

Expectation of SUCCESS for each person;
Optimum application of TECHNOLOGY;
An APPRECIATION of various cultures;
Full INVOLVEMENT of parents, teachers and the community;
RESPECT and CARE for each other.

Goals Statement

After conducting a comprehensive needs assessment, analyzing surveys and identifying causes for low student performance, the District Educational Improvement Committee developed the following goals for the school years 2000-2003:

Manage DIVERSITY among schools, 100%.
Provide a SAFE, ORDERLY and DISCIPLINED school climate, at least 90%.
Develop and implement QUALITY schools, 100%.
Close the GAP between the MINORITY AND MAJORITY learner to no more than 10%.

The Beaumont Independent School District was established in 1983 through the merger of the former Beaumont School District (founded in 1883) with South Park Public Schools (founded in 1891). The citywide district encompasses 153.34 square miles in Jefferson County in Southeast Texas.

Personnel

Number of Employees
Certified.......................................................1,665
Noncertified.................................................1,110
TOTAL..........................................................2,775

Teacher Salary Schedule
Bachelor's...........$41,000 Min. ...........$56,632 Max.
Master's...............$42,500 Min. ...........$60,844 Max.
Doctorate.............$44,000 Min.............$62,344 Max.

Benefits include: Insurance, retirement, tax sheltered annuities, supplemental life, insurance programs for cancer, dental & disability, savings bond program, educator's credit union, direct deposit, TRS Long Term Care, cafeteria plan for insurance benefits.

Beaumont Independent School District is an Equal Opportunity Employer in full compliance with Title VI, Civil Rights Act, 1964; Title IX, Education Amendment, 1972; Section 504, Rehabilitation Act, 1973. BISD does not discriminate on the basis of sex, national origin, race, color, veteran or marital status, age, religion, or the presence of a medical condition, disability or any other legally protected status in making decisions regarding employees or students in all its functions.

Students

Enrollment
High School...........................................5,952
Middle School........................................4,572
Elementary School.............................10,295
TOTAL...................................................20,819

Age Requirements

Kindergarten: Five years old on or before Sept. 1
First Grade: Six years old on or before Sept. 1

Transportation

According to state law, students must live two or more miles from the school they attend to be eligible for bus transportation. Bus service is available to all BISD students meeting the requirement.

National and State Tests

Metropolitan Readiness Test; Texas Assessment of Academic Skills; Texas Primary Reading Inventory; Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test, National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test; Scholastic Aptitude Test; American College Test; Texas Academic Skills Program.

Special Programs and Services

Academic Decathlon
Adult Education and Young Adult Night School
Advanced Placement Classes
Art, Speech and Theatre Arts
Arts Related Curriculum
Athletics and Physical Education
Career Technology
Challenge (Grades 2-5)
Chapter Programs
Communities in Schools
Community Education
Comprehensive Summer Enrichment Program
Dance and Gymnastics
Distance Learning Lab
Dyslexia Classes
Early Childhood Education
Educational Enhancement for Non-Degree Personnel
English as a Second Language
Enterprise 2002
Even Start
Extended Day Classes
Extended Year Classes
Extended Year School (Special Needs Students)
Food and Nutrition Services (Breakfast, Lunch)
Foreign Languages
Future Problem Solving
Goals Night at Each School Campus
Guidance and Counseling Services
Head Start
Health Services
High Schools That Work (Central High School)
Home Instruction Program for Preschool Youngsters
Individual Humanities Program and Honors Classes (Grades 6-8)
Information Services/Technology
Integrated Learning Systems
Key Communicators
Kindergarten (Full-day Program)
Library Services
Multisensory Phonics
Music (Choir, Band and Orchestra)
Odyssey of the Mind
Online Encyclopedia
Operation Breakthrough!
Optional Extended Year Program (K-Grade 8)
Parent-Teacher Associations
Parental Involvement Program
Peer Assistance Program
Pegasus (Odom Academy, Ozen High School)
Prekindergarten
Principles of the Alphabet Literacy System
Project Step Up
Pupil Enrichment Program
Read for Texas
Reading Recovery Program<
Reteach Policy
Safe and Drug Free Schools and Communities
School/Business Partnerships
School Volunteer Program
Secondary Humanities Program and Honors Classes (Grades 9-12)
Secondary Science Fairs
Senior Citizen Activity Passes
Southeast Texas Regional Day School Program for the Deaf
Special Education (Comprehensive Program)<
Stakeholder Friendly Conference
Step Forward
Teenage Parenting Program
Think and Create (K-Grade 3)
Two Step
University Interscholastic League Participation
Urban Education Summit
Writing to Read
Writing to Write

Accreditation

All BISD schools are fully accredited by the Texas Education Agency