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District Announces New & Returning Student Registration Window: Opens Wednesday, July 23, 2025 Featured Photo

District Announces New & Returning Student Registration Window: Opens Wednesday, July 23, 2025

On Wednesday, July 23, 2025, all new and returning students and families may begin the registration process for the 2025-2026 school year via Skyward.

"Click" on this News Story to go to the New and Returning Student Registration website. This website contains the registration dates and times, calendars, school supply lists, immunization information, food services information, all Back-to-School event information, and campus front office contact information.

For more information, please call Amanda Adams, Assistant Superintendent, at (254) 981-2000.
2025-2026 West Elementary School Prekindergarten through Grade 5 School Supply Lists Featured Photo

2025-2026 West Elementary School Prekindergarten through Grade 5 School Supply Lists

It's back-to-school time, and time to purchase your school supplies. Please "click" on this News Story for a PDF copy of each grade level school supply list. These lists were organized and posted by each grade level teacher team. To view the lists, scroll down to the "School Supply" links on the West ISD Back-to-School Toolkit website.

For more information, please contact the campus front office at (254) 981-2200.
District Announces New Bully, Cyberbully, and Safety Reporting System Featured Photo

District Announces New Bully, Cyberbully, and Safety Reporting System

West ISD will now utilize the state-approved STOPit Solutions for all student bully, cyberbully, and safety reports. The STOPit reporting features include telephone access, texting, online, and mobile app. Report may include screenshots, photos, audio files, and video files. STOPit includes a 24/7/365 Incident Response Center with certified specialists who monitor, manage and notify officials and 911 (as needed) of submitted incidents. When needed for any life-threatening situations, the specialists will alert assigned officials via escalation email, text, and phone call. Please "click" on this News Story to go to the STOPit reporting website.

For more information, please contact the campus front office at (254) 981-2200.
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West ISD Facts

  • 4 Schools
  • 1,342 Students
  • 15:1 Student Teacher Ratio
  • 63 Extracurricular Activities
  • 37 State Championships over the Past 5 Years
  • 100% Graduation Rate
  • 49% College Dual Credit Enrollment
  • diploma100% College Acceptance Rate
  • $1.6M College Scholarships

About Us

West Independent School District (ISD) is a public school district based in West, Texas. West is located 26 miles north of Waco, Texas. In addition to West, the district serves the towns of Leroy, Tours, Gerald, and Ross in northern McLennan County. A small portion of Hill County lies within the district as well. This district covers 126.6 square miles. 
 
Currently, West ISD serves approximately 1,350 students over four campuses. These four campuses are: West Elementary School (Prekindergarten through Grade 5), West Middle School (Grades 6-8), West High School (Grades 9-12), and the Brookhaven Youth Ranch. The Grades 6-12 students are served on one comprehensive campus that opened in August, 2016. Over 200 staff members serve on the West ISD team. The high school mascot is the Trojans and Lady Trojans, and the school colors are black and red. Mr. David Truitt serves as the Superintendent of Schools.
 
Recent district accolades include:
 
2017, 2018, and 2019 "Best Communities for Music Education" by The NAMM Foundation 
2018-2019 Great! Schools College Success Award for College Preparation, College Enrollment, and College Performance - West High School
2018 Region 12 Honor Board - West ISD Board of Trustees
2017-2018 Project Lead the Way (PLTW) Grades 6-12 District Program
Texas Education Agency (TEA) Texas High Performance Consortium Associate School District 
University Interscholastic League (UIL) Lone Star Cup Top 25 Finisher - West High School (Finished in 6th Place in 2016-2017) 
36th Best School District for Teacher Support by Teacher.org 
2016-2017 Texas Honor Roll - West Middle School and High School by Edresults.org
2017 U.S. News and World Report Silver Medal for High-Performance in Student Achievement - West High School 
Texas Education Agency (TEA) Texas Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (T-STEM) Academy Designation - West Middle School and High School 
The following link highlights all district Snapshot State Accountability Data since 1994: Texas Education Agency Snapshot of West ISD from 1994 through Present
 
For additional information, please contact David Truitt, Superintendent, at (254) 981-2000. 
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Mission Statement

Mission: 
West Elementary grows every student in every way.
 
Vision:
Serve. Lead. Grow.
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