Setting Crowley ISD apart is its educational focus on academics, arts, and athletics, using real-world applications to help set your child up for success. Crowley ISD has some innovative programs, including the following:
STEM Plus
ROTC
Crowley ISD schools for the children of Karis are S.H. Crowley Elementary School, Richard J. Allie Middle School, Crowley High School, and Bill R. Johnson Career and Technical Education Center. Crowley Montessori Academy is on-site in Karis zoned to Crowley ISD, which is excellent news if you are new to Karis.
Located in DFW in Northeast Texas, Crowley is only 20 minutes south of Fort Worth and 15 minutes northwest of Burleson, TX. Crowley, TX, is part of two counties. Primarily in southern Tarrant County, with a small portion that extends south into Johnson County.
In recent State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) Tests, Crowley ISD saw significant academic improvement with a B rating. This new rating brought them up from the previous two testing session. Superintendent Dr. Michael D. McFarland has been instrumental in the transformation of Crowley ISD since joining this district in 2017.
Without the dedication of educators, parents, and especially students, there would be no improvement in the ratings. Adding to the excitement, all of the schools in this district met or exceeded state standards for the first time in nine years. They are not stopping here.
Vision 2025 is Crowley ISD’s five-year strategic plan. They developed it with input from students, parents, educators, members of the community, and a design team with more than 30 district stakeholders. The three district goals of the strategic plan are to have thriving students, an engaged community, and an empowered staff.
This plan is to ensure all students in or graduating from Crowley ISD are equipped with social, emotional, and academic skills to help them thrive no matter their post-secondary path. The Vision 2025 plan also embodies the district’s cornerstone of equity and excellence in education.
With 25 campuses in Crowley ISD, keeping up with all the “Points of Pride” can be difficult. The success of students isn’t solely with academic achievement. Their achievements span into arts, athletics, and real-world applications. To stay up-to-date with everything good happening with Crowley ISD, check out the social media for the school your child attends or will be attending.
Crowley ISD also offers Montessori education for young students in Crowley Montessori Academy. For more than a century, the Montessori educational approach has nurtured and grown children’s cognitive, emotional, social, and physical development through hands-on independent learning that involves child-led activities. You can expect from this early childhood model that kids are encouraged to take ownership of their education and explore and discover as they show grace, courtesy, and respect to others. Through the encouragement of self-directed learning with the fostering of social-emotional and intellectual growth, Montessori education promotes the following:
Crowley Montessori Academy is an elementary school located in the Karis community.
Address: 10525 McCart Avenue, Crowley, TX 76036
Phone Number: 817-297-5960
Mascot: Coyotes
School Colors: Red and White
Distance from Karis: 6 minutes
Children from pre-kindergarten through 5th grade grow and thrive in the supportive and nurturing environment at S.H. Crowley Elementary School. The teachers here have an average of 9 years of teaching experience.
You can enroll qualifying four-year-old students in full-day pre-kindergarten. They have a sliding fee tuition scale providing equitable access to families of differing income levels. The STEM Plus program is an exciting aspect for these Crowley elementary school students. This focuses on these young students learning through applications of cultural relevance, communication skills, engineering design processes, and collaboration to enhance their 21st-century skills. The creative hands-on activities introduce and allow Pre-K through 2nd-grade students to explore STEM and STEM careers. Those students in 3rd through 5th grades actively engage in student-centered learning to help identify projects they are passionate about.
Visitors and volunteers are always welcome to support students’ educational endeavors. This additional support helps to establish an environment for students where they can build relationships, foster their academic excellence and develop a lifelong love of learning that will help them in their future schools.
Address: 1033 McCart Avenue, Crowley, TX 76036
Phone Number: 817-297-5394
Mascot: Ram
School Colors: Green and White
Distance from Karis: 6 minutes
Richard J. Allie Middle School teaches students in grades 6th through 8th, and the average experience the teachers have here is 8 years of teaching. Not only will you find Pre-Advanced Placement courses offered here, but this Crowley middle school also offers advanced courses in all core subject areas. The advanced academics offered are to challenge students to meet their fullest potential.
One of the best things about living in Karis within Crowley is that every middle school student at Richard J. Allie Middle School takes the PSAT at no cost when they are in 8th grade. After the results come in, your student learns to set up a College Board account providing students with individualized online instruction based on their performance on the PSATs.
Address: 1016 Highway 1187, Crowley, TX 76036
Phone Number: 817-297-5845
Mascot: Eagle
School Colors: Purple and White
Distance from Karis: 4 minutes
Crowley Ninth Grade Campus has teachers with an average experience of 9 years teaching 9th graders in Crowley. For many students starting the 9th grade, success begins at the Freshman Summer Academy, where they have the opportunities to:
This school aims to grow students academically, socially, and emotionally and is based on the fundamentals of the growth mindset. Student data profiles, interactive lessons, and consistent feedback help the Crowley Ninth Grade Campus ensure that the school is meeting students’ needs at every learning level. The school has the goal of helping students achieve their full potential by exposing them to career experience. They expose students through teaching, field trips, and guest lectures from industry personnel.
Address: 100 W Main Street, Crowley, TX 76036
Phone Number: 817-297-5810
Mascot: Eagle
School Colors: Purple and White
Distance from Karis: 3 minutes
The variety of academic and extracurricular offerings for 10th through 12th-grade students at Crowley High School provides a leg up to post-secondary readiness. Here they offer Advanced Placement (AP) and dual credit college courses all the way to University Interscholastic League (UIL) athletics and fine arts programs. Through this, there are so many academic and extracurriculars for students to explore.
Elevating the excellence at Crowley High School is the Destination Diploma program that aims to help students not only meet the requirements for graduation but also help them achieve post-secondary readiness. Further supporting student success are the graduation coach and family engagement specialists.
At Crowley High School, outside organizations, including Girls Inc., TCU Advise, and Communities in Schools, there is a focus on the complete scholar with these partnerships. These outside organizations offer students post-secondary and emotional support.
Address: 1900 Longhorn Trail, Crowley, TX 76036
Phone Number: 817-297-3018
Distance from Karis: 6 minutes
Suppose your high school student is looking for the opportunity to learn career skills from industry professionals. In that case, the Bill R. Johnson Career and Technical Education (CTE) Center is the place for them. They named this 210,00 square-foot campus in honor of the life and legacy of the late Dr. Bill R. Johnson, who was an outstanding leader and educator.
There are 30 programs that students in 9th through 12 grades can study. Students in these programs receive classroom instruction, find internships, find job-shadowing opportunities, and earn industry certifications. There are even dual credit courses. Here is a list of some of the programs available:
Students from Crowley High School get the opportunity to meet students from Crowley Collegiate Academy and Global Prep Academy while attending the Bill R. Johnson CTE Center.
Address: 1900 Longhorn Trail, Crowley, TX 76036
Phone Number: 817-297-3018
Distance from Karis: 7 minutes
Housed in a separate wing of the Bill R. Johnson Career & Technology Education Center, Crowley Collegiate Academy (CCA) gives students in grades 9th-12th a pathway from high school to college using a school within a school model. The CCA works in partnership with Tarrant County College so these students can simultaneously earn their high school diploma and an associate degree with tuition and textbooks provided at no cost.
So, students have the opportunity to save between $35,000-$75,000 toward a bachelor’s degree by earning an associate degree in high school. (These numbers are based on Texas in-state tuition and fees of four-year universities.) The students who graduate from CCA have a leg up in obtaining entrance to and having success in a four-year college or the workplace.
