AISD to add new high school, middle school with growth From the cover
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capacity in 2027-28, Slaton said. That school year, grades nine and 10 will be added to the US 377 campus, providing enrollment relief as AHS tops its capacity that year. Then in 2028- 29, 11th graders will be added to the campus, Carpenter said. By the 2029-30 school year, the district aims to have built an additional middle school—the one included in the failed May 2024 bond proposition—to absorb seventh and eighth graders from the US 377 campus, which will allow it to function as a dedicated high school. Sixth graders will remain at the Sixth Grade Center. The additional middle school would need to be funded from future bonds, Slaton said.
through eighth grades in the 2024-25 school year. The Sixth Grade Center is serving around 500 of those students, and will surpass that in the 2025- 26 school year, but even with the relief, AMS would serve over 1,100 students in the 2026-27 school year, highlighting the need for the FM 407 middle school, Carpenter said. This new campus will also serve seventh through eighth graders with a 1,200 student capacity, she added. Without aid from the new campus, AMS will nearly hit its 1,300 student capacity in the 2027-28 school year, according to district data. Additionally, AMS cannot remain a middle school because AHS will surpass its 2,100-student
The FM 407 campus, which broke ground this summer, was part of the 2022 bond and is the catalyst for both the high school and middle school transitions. In the 2026-27 school year, seventh and eighth graders will be zoned to both the FM 407 and US 377 campuses, Carpenter said. The district has four elementary schools serving over 700 students, per demographic firm Zonda Education’s data. As students matriculate from the district’s four elementary schools they feed into the Sixth Grade Center and one middle school, creating a bottleneck at those grade levels, officials said. The district has over 1,400 students in sixth
Argyle ISD projected enrollment growth by school year
By 2033-34 school year, the district could serve around 11,000 students. It has already grown 13% since the end of the 2021-22 school year. The district will serve over 6,0000 students this school year.
Enrollment grades 6-8
Enrollment grades 9-12
Total district enrollment
12K
+108.07%
10K
8K
6K
+118.38%
+128.82%
4K
2K
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SOURCE: ZONDA EDUCATION/COMMUNITY IMPACT
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