ProsperIndependent School District is a public school district based in Prosper, Texas, United States. Located in Collin County, a portion of the district extends into Denton County. The high school enrollment is approximately 2,108. The student body of Prosper High School consists of 257 freshmen, 249 sophomores, 192 juniors, and 172 seniors. The town of Prosper continues to experience large population growth, and PISD expects to add new schools as the need arises. The land for Rock Hill High School is signed off of the west side of Coit in north Frisco south of U.S. 380. The School Board passed a $710 million bond package in November 2007 and used the funds for upgrades to the existing football stadium, a new elementary school, a new middle school, upgrades to the two previously existing elementary schools, a new transportation facility, a new Agriculture/Small Animal Facility, and a brand-new $120 million, state-of-the-art high school. In 2011, the school district was rated "Recognized" by the Texas Education Agency.
In the 1990s, PISD had 2 campus: Prosper Elementary and another campus housing Prosper Middle and High Schools In the early 2000s, a new Prosper High School was built, followed by 2 new elementary schools. Along the way, Prosper Elementary was renamed Rucker Elementary. In 2007, Prosper Middle School hosted 7th and 8th graders in its final year. In 2008, Rogers Middle School opened, replacing Prosper Middle School. The PMS campus was renovated into PISD's Administration Building. In 2009, Prosper High School moved into its new $120 million dollar campus, which was -- and still is -- the most expensive high school ever built in Texas. In 2010, the former PHS building opened after a year of renovations as Reynolds Middle school, housing 7th and 8th graders. With this change, Rogers Middle School housed only 5th and 6th graders. In 2012, Cockrell Elementary was opened. In 2015, Light Farms Elementary was opened. In 2016, Hughes and Windsong Elementary schools opened, which allowed the district to move from PK-4 elementary campuses to grades PK-5. With this transition, both middle schools now host grades 6-8. In 2018, the University Interscholastic League classified PISD's first high school as 6A. The district plans to open Rock Hill High School in 2020.
Future
Prosper ISD has yet to build everything promised from the 2007 bond package. Future facilities include:
A new Instructional Support Center, housing Central Administrative Offices and a Staff Development Center
Any other schools or facilities would need to be funded through additional bonds. The goal of PISD is to maintain all of its high schools in the UIL 5A classification. PISD has planned to have 6-8 comprehensive 5A high schools at build-out, and has already designated land in the north and western parts of the district for the next 2 high schools.
Criticism
In 2018, two editorials were removed from Prosper High School's student newspaper. John Burdett, the principal of the school, claimed that it put the school in an incorrectly assessed negative position. The students claimed that they would be censored if they tried to criticize the school.
