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EDUCATION

Commerce Independent School District strives for excellence in education. In addition to required academic programs, CISD offers Accelerated Reading, Advanced Placement (9-12), Athletics (7-12), Tech 2000 Lab, CISCO Certification, Computer Instruction, Concurrent Enrollment at Texas A&M-Commerce, Correspondence Courses, Credit by Examination, English as a Second Language and Head Start.

There is a strong partnership between CISD and Texas A&M University-Commerce. Students can receive college credit for concurrent enrollment courses, and the CISCO Certification program is a partnership between the high school and university. The $15.7 million high school campus, opened in the fall of 2000, was built on 85 acres of leased University land.

Student/Teacher Ratio is 14 to 1, allowing individual attention and hands-on instruction for students at all grade levels.

Approximately 80% of high school graduates attend college, and the dropout rate for the 2004-2005 school year was a low, 0.0%. The attendance rate for 2004-2005 was 95.8%

Commerce ISD School Campus Enrollments

Commerce Elementary

473

A.C. Williams Elementary

365

Middle School

367

High School

504



Total

1,709

CISD 2005 - 2006 Budget:     $18,698,000

College Entrance Test Scores (2004 - Most Recent)

Test

State

Commerce

SAT

987

993

ACT

20.1

20.5

Commerce ISD Sports Programs

Texas is known nationwide for its love of high school football and other sports. Commerce is no exception, and the community is a strong supporter of the school system in both academics and sports. The Commerce High School Tigers went to the state playoffs in football in 1995, 1997, 1999 & 2001. They won the State 3A Football Championship in 1999 & 2001.

For more information on the Commerce ISD, go to their website at www.commerceisd.org.

Commerce Elementary School

Commerce Middle School

Commerce High School