Clear Creek Independent School District


Clear Creek Independent School District is a school district based in League City, Texas. The district serves most of the Clear Lake Area and some other neighboring parts of the Houston metropolitan area. CCISD is the 29th largest school district in Texas, spanning 103 square miles and serving over 41,000 students. The district operates 44 distinct campuses, consisting of 6 composite high schools, 10 intermediate schools, 26 elementary schools, and 3 alternative campuses.
Since January 2008, the Superintendent of Schools has been Dr. Greg Smith.
Clear Creek ISD currently operates two football stadiums, Veterans Memorial Stadium and Challenger Columbia Stadium, both of which serve all five of the district's 6A high schools.

History

Clear Creek ISD was formed in 1948 when the districts of Kemah, League City, Seabrook, and Webster were consolidated, deriving its name from nearby Clear Creek, which forms Clear Lake, one of the few natural lakes in Texas. CCISD continued operating Webster High School until Clear Creek High School opened in 1957. The district opened Clear Lake High School in 1972, Clear Brook High School in 1989, Clear Springs High School in 2007, and Clear Falls High School in 2010.
In the 2000s, rising real estate costs in Galveston forced many families to move to other areas, including League City. This meant an influx of children out of Galveston ISD and into other school districts like Clear Creek ISD.
On May 11, 2013 the district was successful in a vote securing $367 million to "...rebuild or improve 40+ year old schools; address student safety, security systems, repairs and enrollment growth; construct or expand co-curricular and extracurricular facilities for growth in programs; and improve wireless infrastructure and access to technology for 21st century learning."
On May 6, 2017 the district was successful in a vote to approve a bond with largely the same purpose stated in 2013 "...to build new or rebuild schools, replace portables with permanent additions, renovate aging schools to bring them up to today’s learning standards, improve school and bus safety through the purchase of surveillance equipment and buses." This second bond in 2017 for $487 million resulted in a 4-year total of US$854 million of funding over and above that allocated by the state for this purpose.
CCISD is just the 29th largest school district in Texas. The total enrollment for the district is currently 42,008 students. According to the last CCISD reported actual financials, the annual per student cost is over $12,000. For comparison, the full year tuition and fees to attend Texas A&M University in pursuit of a bachelor's degree as an in-state undergraduate is $11,036.

Clear Creek ISD cities

CCISD serves the following municipalities in their entirety:
CCISD serves portions of the following municipalities:
In addition, some unincorporated sections of Harris County and Galveston County are zoned to CCISD.

Schools

High schools

, Clear Creek ISD was ranked as an "exemplary" district by the Texas Education Agency. For comparison, 29% of all schools in Texas rated by the TEA were ranked as "exemplary".
Among the high schools, Clear Horizons Early College High School and Clear Lake High School were ranked as "exemplary" with the others ranked as "recognized". On the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills examinations, 97% of students passed in reading, 97% passed in writing, 98% passed in social studies, 93% passed in mathematics, and 92% passed in science. the high school graduation rate was 97%.