Awards & Honors

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  • GCISD earned the 2025 Award of Excellence in Financial Management by the Texas Association of School Business Officials (TASBO).

  • iUniversity Prep finished as the high school champions and middle school runner-up in the Vanta National Esports Mario Kart League.

  • Grapevine High School's head baseball coach Jimmy Webster was named the National High School Baseball Coaches Association Coach of the Year for Region 6.

  • Colleyville Heritage High School Head Volleyball Coach Josh McKinney was named the National Federation of State High School (NFHS) Association’s 2023 Coach of the Year

  • Grapevine High School junior Piyush Mallick achieved a perfect score of 36 on the ACT.

  • Grapevine-Colleyville ISD voters approved the school district’s Voter-Approved Tax Ratification Election, listed as Proposition A on the ballot.

  • Colleyville Heritage High School, Grapevine High School and iUniversity Prep were named 2023-2024 AP (Advanced Placement) School Honor Roll recipients by the College Board.

  • iUniversity Prep was named #1 in Texas and #2 in America on Niche’s 2025 Best Public Online High Schools ranking.

  • GCISD was named #2 in the Best School Districts in the DFW Area and #4 in Texas on Niche’s 2025 rankings.

  • The Foundation for Music Education recognized eight GCISD fine arts music programs with the 2024 Mark of Excellence and Citation of Excellence awards.

  • 25 students of the Class of 2025 earned the National Merit Commended designation.

  • Colleyville Heritage High School senior Derek Yang and Grapevine High School senior Conor McGall both achieved a perfect score of 36 on the ACT.

  • Grapevine-Colleyville ISD Collegiate Academy was one of 356 schools recognized by U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona as the 2024 cohort of National Blue Ribbon Schools.

  • Colleyville Heritage High School physics and AVID teacher Stephanie Ovalle was named a recipient of Dave Campbell’s Texas Football 2024 Community Leader Award.

  • 19 members of the Class of 2025 were named National Merit Semifinalists by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC).

  • Thirty-seven GCISD students from the Class of 2024 earned the College Board’s Advanced Placement® (AP®) Capstone Diploma.

  • GCISD’s Financial Services was awarded the Certificate of Excellence (COE) in Financial Reporting Award from the Association of School Business Officials (ASBO) International.

  • GCISD’s Financial Services received the top rating of A for Superior Achievement in the state’s Financial Integrity Rating System of Texas.

  • Colleyville Heritage High School Head Golf Coach Ryan Parker was named the 2023-2024 North Texas High School Girls Golf Coach of the Year by the North Texas High School Golf Coaches Association (NTHSGCA).

  • GCISD’s Financial Services has been recognized with the Transparency Stars Award from the Texas Comptroller.

  • Grapevine High School Baseball defeated Lucas Lovejoy High School 6-5 to win the 2024 UIL 5A State Championship.

  • Grapevine High School students Emilia and Sara Gyöergy on their well-deserved victory in the UIL 5A Girls Doubles State Championship.

  • Stephen Hamrick, Colleyville Heritage High’s P.E./health teacher and the school’s head basketball coach, earned the Class 5A Don Coleman Outstanding Coach Award.

  • Grapevine-Colleyville ISD voters approved the school district’s $150,000,000 bond referendum.

  • Collegiate Academy competed at the UIL One-Act Play 3A Region III Championship and took home the title for the first time ever in program history.

  • Colleyville Heritage and Grapevine high schools competed at the state DECA competition and nine returned as first place champions.

  • Fourteen GCISD students were named 2024 All-State Musicians by the Texas Music Educators Association (TMEA).

  • Heritage Middle School was redesignated as an Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) National Demonstration School.

  • Grapevine High School junior Conor McGall has achieved a perfect score of 1600 on the SAT.

  • iUniversity Prep was named #1 in Texas and #2 in America on Niche’s 2024 Best Public Online High Schools ranking.

  • 36 students of the Class of 2024 earned the National Merit Commended designation.

  • 14 members of the Class of 2024 were named National Merit Semifinalists by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC).

  • Ashley Benson, GCISD Elementary Teacher of the Year was named one of the 10 “best of” essay award winners at the Region 11 Teacher of the Year Awards Banquet.

  • The Colleyville Heritage High School Wind and Percussion Ensemble has been selected to perform at the Music for All National Festival in Indianapolis, Indiana.

  • Colleyville Heritage High School and Grapevine High School landed in the Top 25 Standings of the 2023 UIL Lone Star Cup 5A Conference.

  • Colleyville Heritage High School Softball advanced to the 5A UIL State Tournament for the first time in school history.

  • Grapevine High School students competed in the UIL State Academics competition, where they earned several top places, including the UIL 5A State Championship in Number Sense.