Northside Independent School District, TX

NISD BASIC FACTS

• Northside Independent School District is the 4^th largest school system in Texas, and we are an urban, suburban and rural district. Northside ISD is a Texas Education Agency “Recognized” School District in Texas and was the first school district in the state to be honored by the H-E-B Excellence in Education Awards.

• We are situated in the northwest quadrant of San Antonio. About 472,851 people and almost 7,000 businesses call Northside home, including the South Texas Medical Center, USAA Insurance, SeaWorld, Fiesta Texas, the University of Texas at San Antonio, QVC, and Microsoft Corporation. Currently, the 355 square miles that comprise Northside ISD are only 50 percent developed. When the District is built out, student enrollment is expected to be about 145,000.

• The District opens three to five schools each year to accommodate an enrollment that is growing by about 3,000 students per year. Altogether, NISD has 119 campus and support facilities that comprise more than 12 million square feet of space.

• NISD offers five high school magnet programs: Business Careers, Communications Arts, Construction Careers, Health Careers, and Science and Engineering.

• For seven consecutive years, Northside has achieved the highest rating of “Superior Achievement” from the state’s financial accountability rating system, called Schools FIRST. In addition, for 18 years in a row, NISD has been recognized by the Government Finance Officers Association for exemplary reporting.

• Northside ISD has an extensive energy management program saves the District more than $1 million a year in utility bills. In addition, Northside ISD was the 1st school district in the country to purchase a new line of buses fueled exclusively by propane, an alternative fuel that is cheaper and cleaner than gasoline.

• Since 1995, the Northside Education Foundation has administered $4 million in scholarships and teacher and program grants.

• More than 20,000 community members volunteer in Northside schools annually.

In Northside we value a diversified workforce, and we are committed to continually enhance our workforce diversity. Please consider joining us in improving the lives of our students.

Our beginning salary is $47,000 with a bachelor’s degree and $48,100 with a master’s degree. Our teacher workforce is 6,356, and student enrollment is 91,578.

Please apply on line at www.nisd.net

Contact:
Rudy Pena
Director Secondary
Human Resources
210-397-8618
877-513-9962 toll free

Northside Independent School District
5617 Grissom Road,  San Antonio TX  78238