Students, teachers, and staff at Crockett Middle School started a new chapter this week, walking into a brand-new four-story campus in Irving built to replace a building that had served the district since the 1950s. The rebuild, funded through a voter-approved bond, sits along Highway 183 near North Story Road at 2431 Hancock St., just blocks from where the original school once stood.
The opening was documented in a video posted by City of Irving, Texas - City Hall on Facebook, which showed students, teachers and staff at Crockett Middle School heading into the new building for the first time. According to design firm WRA Architects, the new facility is recognized as the nation's first four-story middle school, featuring a four-story classroom tower, a two-story storm shelter, fine arts spaces, a competition gymnasium and a specialized career and technical education courtyard. Dallas-based WRA Architects designed the project with Pogue Construction as contractor, and the replacement carried a budget of approximately $102 million, per the firm.
How Irving Voters Paid for It
The new Crockett campus traces back to May 2023, when Irving ISD voters approved Proposition A with 56.6% of the vote, authorizing $538.75 million in school facility bonds earmarked for new replacement campuses at Crockett Middle School, Farine Elementary and Barton Elementary, along with a career and technical education center and security upgrades, according to Ballotpedia. That measure was part of a larger $573.75 million bond package spread across three propositions, which also funded renovations at 32 other district campuses, as reported by WFAA.
Irving ISD held a formal ribbon-cutting ceremony and public open house for the rebuilt campus, officially designated as the Leadership Academy at Crockett Middle School, on June 29. The district's completion of Crockett came alongside a wave of other major bond projects finishing around the same time: Barton Elementary held its own ribbon-cutting on June 8, and Farine Elementary followed on June 30, according to Irving Independent School District's Facebook page.
Aging Buildings Drive a Bigger Push
The Crockett rebuild lands amid a much larger reckoning over the age of Irving ISD's facilities. Approximately 50 percent of the district's school buildings are over 50 years old, according to facility assessments published during the district's 2026 bond planning process. Irving ISD serves roughly 29,000 PreK-12 students across Dallas County, per Texas Scorecard.
That aging infrastructure is why the district isn't stopping with Crockett. Following delivery of the 2023 bond projects, the Irving ISD Board of Trustees voted in July 2026 to call a new $952 million bond election for November 3, proposing three propositions to replace five additional campuses and upgrade districtwide technology and facilities, WFAA reported. If approved, that measure would mark an even larger investment than the one that just delivered Crockett's new four-story tower.
