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Spring Branch Independent School District is a school district headquartered in Hedwig Village, Texas, United States. The district serves a portion of Houston not covered by the Houston Independent School District and is located in the western part of the city, also including several small municipalities known as the Memorial Villages in its jurisdiction, such as Hedwig Village and Spring Valley Village. A majority of the district lies within Houston city limits.

The school district's boundaries include Hempstead Road to the northeast (formerly US 290), Interstate 610 to the east, Clay Road to the north, the Addicks Dam to the west, and Buffalo Bayou to the south. Spring Branch serves 33,000 kindergarten through 12th grade students and includes a region with 188,000 residents.

The Spring Branch ISD area is served by the Houston Community College System, but it is not within the tax base.^{[citation needed]}

SBISD is not to be confused with the Spring Independent School District, also located in the Greater Houston area (the latter is located in the northern portion of the region).

There are currently four traditional high schools (grades 9-12), one of which is 5A, and three 4A high schools, eight middle schools (grades 6-8), and twenty-six elementary schools (grades K-5), and six early education Pre-K centers in the district. Three more high school centers serve students in grades 9-12 with various purposes, including one public charter school.

In 2009, the school district was rated "academically acceptable" by the Texas Education Agency.^[1]

History

The school district originated from the Spring Branch School Society, which was sponsored by the St. Peter's Church in 1856. The first school opened in 1889. By 1905 the White school had one teacher with 49 pupils and the Black school had one teacher with 29 pupils.^[2]

The area did not become urban until the expansion of Houston city limits in the 1950s, which followed a failed attempt by the entire Spring Branch region to incorporate into a single entity, leading to the establishment of the Memorial Villages. ^[2] The schools desegregated.

In 2009 55% of SBISD students qualified for free or reduced lunch.^[3]

Governance

Spring Branch ISD is led by a Superintendent of Schools, Duncan Klussmann, chosen by the Board of Trustees, headed by President Susan Kellner. The Board of Trustees is elected by voters living in Spring Branch.

SBISD cities

SBISD covers all of the following cities:

SBISD covers portions of the following cities:

Houston (portions around the villages)
Hunters Creek Village (areas north of Buffalo Bayou)
Piney Point Village (areas north of Buffalo Bayou)

Schools

Secondary schools

6-12 schools

Westchester Academy for International Studies (Houston, Charter school, Grades 6-12)

High schools

AAAAA (Zoned)

Memorial High School (Hedwig Village)

AAAA (Zoned)

Other

The Guthrie Center (Houston) (Career & Technical Center)
School of Choice (Spring Valley Village, Alternative Education Campus)

Middle schools

Zoned

Landrum Middle School (Houston)
Memorial Middle School (Houston)
- 1988-89 National Blue Ribbon School ^[4]
Northbrook Middle School (Houston)
- 1994-96 National Blue Ribbon School ^[4]
Spring Branch Middle School (Hedwig Village)
- 1997-98 National Blue Ribbon School.^[5]
Spring Forest Middle School (Houston)
- 1994-96 National Blue Ribbon School ^[4]
Spring Oaks Middle School (Houston)
- 1994-96 National Blue Ribbon School ^[4]
Spring Woods Middle School (Houston)

Other

Cornerstone Academy (Spring Valley Village, Charter School)

Primary schools