Stephen F. Austin High School (Fort Bend County, Texas) Explained

Austin High School
Country:US
Zipcode:77498
Coordinates:29.6409°N -95.6772°W
Pushpin Map:Texas#USA
Principal:Rachel Cortez[1]
Enrollment:2,277 (2022–23)
Teaching Staff:118.25 (FTE) (2022–23)
Ratio:19.26 (2022–23)
Conference:UIL Class 6A
Mascot:Spike The Bulldog
Ranking:655/27,000 (top 2.5% in nation)[2]
Free Label5:2011 TEA Rating
Free Text5:Recognized

Stephen F. Austin High School is a secondary school located in unincorporated Fort Bend County, Texas[3] and is named after Stephen F. Austin, who helped lead American settlement of Texas, and who is widely regarded as "The Father of Texas." The school happens to be only miles from Austin's original colony in present-day Fort Bend County.

Some areas of Sugar Land, Windsor Estates, and the western portion of the community of New Territory are zoned to Austin.[4] On previous occasions employee housing units of the Jester State Prison Farm (including Jester I Unit, Carol Vance Unit, Jester III Unit) were zoned to Austin.[5]

The school, which serves grades 9-12, is a part of the Fort Bend Independent School District. Although having a Sugar Land, Texas address, the school is located outside the city limits of Sugar Land; only students from New Territory live within the City of Sugar Land.[6]

History

Austin opened in 1995 to alleviate overcrowding from Kempner High School and Clements High School. Austin was FBISD's sixth comprehensive high school.[7]

When Travis High School opened, some of Austin's territory was given to Travis, and Austin took some territory from Kempner High School. In the territories, grades 9 and 10 were immediately zoned to the new high school,[8] and grades 11 to 12 continued to go to the previous high schools with a phaseout of one grade per year.[9]

In 2006 the Smithville area, employee housing of the Central Unit state prison (which housed minor dependents of prison employees) was rezoned from Kempner to Austin,[10] with grades 9-10 immediately zoned to Austin,[11] and grades 11-12 zoned to Kempner, with a phasing in by grade.[9] Smithville had since been rezoned back to Kempner.[4] The main portion of the Central Unit remained zoned to Austin until the unit's 2011 closure.[4] [12] [13]

Campus

Austin is located off of FM 1464, across from Shiloh Lake Estates and Grand Parkway Baptist Church. Surrounding the building are the Summerfield neighborhood to the south, the Safari Texas Ranch banquet on the north side, and the Pheasant Creek neighborhood across a ditch to the east.[14] Nearby are Oyster Creek Elementary School[15] and Macario Garcia Middle School,[16] which are wholly and partially zoned to the school, respectively.[17]

Neighborhoods served

Several different communities within unincorporated Fort Bend County are zoned to Austin, including Old Orchard, Orchard Lake Estates, Stratford Park Village, Summerfield, Pheasent Creek, Park Pointe, Park Pointe Commons, Oak Lake Estates, Village of Oak Lake, Hidden Lake Estates, Shiloh Lake Estates, and the subdivisions of Aliana south of West Airport, which are all zoned to Macario Garcia Middle School.[18] The eastern half of New Territory, which is within the City of Sugar Land, is also zoned to Austin but through Sartartia Middle School instead.

In previous eras, Austin served sections of Mission Bend and Pecan Grove.

Feeder patterns

Feeder elementary schools to Austin include:[19]

Feeder middle schools[20] include:

Music

The SFA Bulldog Band consists of over 150 student performers within its Marching Band, Concert Band, and Full Orchestra. The program encompasses a wide range of musical endeavors, including state and national competitions, as well as individual and ensemble events.

The school's orchestra has participated in the Midwest Clinic, a renowned music conference held annually.

Notable alumni

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: AHS Administration / Rachel Cortez. August 18, 2021 .
  2. Web site: Stephen F. Austin High School in Sugar Land, TX - US News Best High Schools.
  3. Web site: Sugar Land Police Beat . https://web.archive.org/web/20100527135047/http://www.sugarlandtx.gov/police/services/crime_prevention/beat/index.asp . May 27, 2010 . City of Sugar Land . July 21, 2010. - Compare the address of the school to the map of Sugar Land to find that as of September 28, 2020 it is not within the Sugar Land city limits (this may change if the City of Sugar Land annexes the land housing the school).
  4. Web site: High School Attendance Zones . . July 21, 2010.
  5. Web site: 2003-2004 SCHOOL BUS SCHEDULE . https://web.archive.org/web/20120226215322/http://fortbend.k12.tx.us/about/documents/bussched0304.pdf . February 26, 2012 . dead . . April 29, 2011. "Pecan Grove & Jester I, II & III"
  6. Web site: City of Sugar Land . 2022-05-01 . interactivemaps.sugarlandtx.gov.
  7. News: Solomon . Jerome . FOOTBALL 1997/HIGH SCHOOLS/FORT BEND BONANZA / Phillips, Dulles in hunt to add to town's memories . . August 28, 1997 . Special 33 . December 31, 2011 . It remained the lone high school in the area until Willowridge opened in 1979[...]Austin (1995)[...] . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120709123726/http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=1997_1433312 . July 9, 2012.
  8. Web site: High School Attendance Zones Effective Fall 2006 9th and 10th Grades . https://web.archive.org/web/20061006021022/http://www.fortbend.k12.tx.us/cmf/var/tidbits/Tidbits_parentlinks_20051118_0958.pdf . October 6, 2006 . . September 23, 2010.
  9. Web site: High School Zone Effective Fall 2006 11th and 12th Grades . https://web.archive.org/web/20061006021134/http://www.fortbend.k12.tx.us/cmf/var/tidbits/Tidbits_parentlinks_20051118_1000.pdf . October 6, 2006 . . September 23, 2010.
  10. Web site: 2006-2007 SCHOOL BUS SCHEDULE . https://web.archive.org/web/20060903101949/http://www.fortbend.k12.tx.us/cmf/var/tidbits/Tidbits_parentlinks_20060822_0820.pdf . September 3, 2006 . . September 23, 2010.
  11. Web site: High School Attendance Zones Effective Fall 2006 9th and 10th Grades . https://web.archive.org/web/20061006021022/http://www.fortbend.k12.tx.us/cmf/var/tidbits/Tidbits_parentlinks_20051118_0958.pdf . . September 23, 2006 . October 6, 2006.
  12. Web site: agdist.jpg . https://web.archive.org/web/20110611195517/http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/manufacturing-logistics/transport/maps/agdist.jpg . June 11, 2011 . . July 21, 2010.
  13. Web site: Goodwin . Liz . Texas to close prison for first time in state history . . The Lookout . August 3, 2011 . August 4, 2011.
  14. Web site: 3434 Pheasant Creek Dr · 3434 Pheasant Creek Dr, Sugar Land, TX 77498 . 2022-05-01 . 3434 Pheasant Creek Dr · 3434 Pheasant Creek Dr, Sugar Land, TX 77498 . en.
  15. Web site: About OCE / Oyster Creek Elementary . 2022-05-01 . www.fortbendisd.com . en.
  16. Web site: Campus Address & Map / Campus Map . 2022-05-01 . www.fortbendisd.com . en.
  17. Web site: FBISD_Feeders_2021-22.pdf .
  18. https://www.fortbendisd.com/cms/lib/TX01917858/Centricity/Domain/17321/2021-22%20Attendance%20Boundary%20Map.pdf Attendance Boundary Map
  19. Web site: FortBend ISD Feeders 2019-20.
  20. Web site: Archived copy . August 19, 2007 . April 30, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110430041922/http://www.fortbend.k12.tx.us/cmf/var/tidbits/Tidbits_parentlinks_20070810_1515.pdf . dead .
  21. News: Katie Armiger, 16, dreams about a career in music . Guerra . Joey . . May 30, 2007 . She'll spend her summer break from Fort Bend's Austin High School promotng and performing her original music all over the country ....
  22. Web site: Devard Darling - Houston Texans - National Football League - Yahoo! Sports .
  23. Web site: USATODAY.com - Devard Darling plays football for self and late brother now . .
  24. Web site: Simone Manuel overcome with emotion after historic swim for America . Jenni . Ryall . . August 12, 2016 .
  25. Web site: Guerra. Joey. 2020-10-29. The journey of Houston's Keshi from TMC nurse to pop star. 2020-11-07. Preview Houston Arts & Entertainment Guide. en-US.
  26. Web site: About Us. 2021-04-27. Bunch Bikes. en.

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