North East Independent School District


The North East Independent School District is a school district located in San Antonio, Texas, United States. North East ISD serves the north central and northeast areas of Bexar County, covering approximately. North East ISD serves the cities of Castle Hills, Hill Country Village, Hollywood Park, Windcrest, and portions of San Antonio, Balcones Heights, Terrell Hills, and Timberwood Park. North East ISD is the second largest school district serving the San Antonio area by student attendance, following Northside.

''Shanley v. North East ISD''

North East ISD was the defendant in Shanley v. Northeast Independent School District, a Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling which declared that North East ISD had an overly broad policy and the district's suspension of five students had interfered with their rights to free speech under the United States Constitution. North East had suspended five high school students for publishing an unapproved newsletter and then distributed it to students near campus before and after school hours. The NEISD school board declared the content, which included information about birth control and advocated for the review of marijuana laws, to be inappropriate and controversial. The Court found that public schools can limit the expression of its students when it materially and substantially interferes with school activities, or with the rights of teachers and other students, but not at non-school-sponsored events, and the district cannot exceed its authority to forbid or punish on-campus activity when punishing off-campus activity.
It should come as a shock to the parents of five high school seniors that their elected school board had assumed over their children before and after school, off school grounds, and with regard to their children's rights expressing their thoughts... We trust that it will come as no shock to the school board that their assumption of authority is an unconstitutional of the First Amendment.

Student information

Demographics

Students by grade

Schools

High schools

The district's seven main high school campuses were named after nationally or internationally renowned persons until 2018, when Robert E. Lee High School was renamed Legacy of Educational Excellence High School.
SchoolEstablishedNamesakeMascot
Churchill High School1966Winston ChurchillChargers
Johnson High School2008Claudia Alta Taylor "Lady Bird" JohnsonJaguars
Legacy of Educational Excellence High School
Robert E. Lee High School 		1958Originally named for Robert E. LeeVolunteers
MacArthur High School
North East High School 		1950Renamed for Douglas MacArthurBrahmas
Madison High School1976James MadisonMavericks
Reagan High School1999Ronald ReaganRattlers
Roosevelt High School1966Theodore RooseveltRough Riders

Secondary campuses

North East offers seven magnet programs housed at four main campuses, and an additional program at the Perrin Central complex. Each of these programs operates with various levels of autonomy and integration with its primary campus.
CampusMagnet program
Lee High SchoolInternational School of the Americas
North East School of the Arts
STEM Academy
MacArthur High SchoolElectrical Systems Technology
Madison High SchoolAgriscience Magnet Program
Roosevelt High SchoolDesign and Technology Academy
Engineering & Technologies Academy
Perrin CentralAutomotive Technology Academy

Middle schools

All of the district's middle schools are named after Texas-renowned persons.
The district's elementary schools are named in coordination with the neighborhood or community name. The year the school opened is in parentheses.

Athletic facilities

In addition to on-campus facilities, the district owns and operates a number of sports venues. Among these are two 11,000-seat football stadiums, Heroes Stadium and Comalander Stadium, the Josh Davis Natatorium, and baseball, soccer, and tennis facilities at the Blossom Athletic Center. The district signed a 50-year rent-free lease to operate Time Warner Cable Park on Wetmore Road from the City of San Antonio in 2015.