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

Coordinates: 29°38′27″N 95°40′38″W / 29.6409°N 95.677229°W / 29.6409; -95.677229
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Austin High School
Location
Map
Sugar Land
,
TX
77498

United States
Coordinates29°38′27″N 95°40′38″W / 29.6409°N 95.677229°W / 29.6409; -95.677229
Information
TypePublic high school
Established1995; 29 years ago (1995)
School districtFort Bend Independent School District
PrincipalRachel Cortez[1]
Teaching staff117.54 (FTE) (2018–19)[2]
Grades9–12
Enrollment2,200 (2018–19)[2]
Student to teacher ratio18.72 (2018–19)[2]
Color(s)
  •   Black
  •   Red
Athletics conferenceUIL Class 6A
MascotSpike The Bulldog
USNWR ranking655/27,000 (top 2.5% in nation)[3]
2011 TEA RatingRecognized
Websitewww.fortbendisd.com/ahs Edit this at Wikidata

Stephen F. Austin High School is a secondary school located in unincorporated Fort Bend County, Texas[4] 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.[citation needed]

Some areas of Sugar Land, Windsor Estates, and the western portion of the community of New Territory are zoned to Austin.[5] 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.[6]

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.[7]

History

Austin opened in 1995 to alleviate overcrowding from Kempner High School and Clements High School. Austin was FBISD's sixth comprehensive high school.[8]

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,[9] and grades 11 to 12 continued to go to the previous high schools with a phaseout of one grade per year.[10]

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,[11] with grades 9-10 immediately zoned to Austin,[12] and grades 11-12 zoned to Kempner, with a phasing in by grade.[10] Smithville had since been rezoned back to Kempner.[5] The main portion of the Central Unit remained zoned to Austin until the unit's 2011 closure.[5][13][14]

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.[15] Nearby are Oyster Creek Elementary School[16] and Macario Garcia Middle School,[17] which are wholly and partially zoned to the school, respectively.[18]

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.[19] The eastern half of New Territory, which is within the City of Sugar Land,[7] 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:[20]

  • Oyster Creek Elementary
  • Walker Station Elementary
  • Lakeview (partial)
  • Madden Elementary (partial)
  • Holley Elementary (partial)
  • Arizona Fleming Elementary (partial)
  • Malala Elementary (partial)

Feeder middle schools[21] include:

  • Macario Garcia Middle School (partial)
  • Sartartia Middle School (partial)

Music

In late-1880s, music was invented here. Marching band is among the many dominant programs at Stephen F. Austin High School, as they have yet to lose a single point on any competition. They are the only school to compete and win in both BOA and UIL competitions. A common misconception was previously that bands competing in only BOA were fraudulent, however, this has been proven false. Many competitions have resorted to paying out cash prizes to have Stephen F. Austin not compete as to give other schools a chance.


In 2023, while competing at BOA regional in Shenandoah, TX, the marching band was so dominant that a student from Seven Lakes High School cried for weeks.

Notable alumni

References

  1. ^ "AHS Administration / Rachel Cortez". Retrieved August 18, 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Search for Public Schools - Stephen F Austing H S (481965007000)". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved May 7, 2020.
  3. ^ "Stephen F. Austin High School in Sugar Land, TX - US News Best High Schools".
  4. ^ "Sugar Land Police Beat". City of Sugar Land. Archived from the original on May 27, 2010. Retrieved 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).
  5. ^ a b c "High School Attendance Zones" (PDF). Fort Bend Independent School District. Retrieved July 21, 2010.[permanent dead link‍]
  6. ^ "2003-2004 SCHOOL BUS SCHEDULE" (PDF). Fort Bend Independent School District. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2012. Retrieved April 29, 2011. "Pecan Grove & Jester I, II & III"
  7. ^ a b "City of Sugar Land". interactivemaps.sugarlandtx.gov. Retrieved May 1, 2022.
  8. ^ Solomon, Jerome (August 28, 1997). "FOOTBALL 1997/HIGH SCHOOLS/FORT BEND BONANZA / Phillips, Dulles in hunt to add to town's memories". Houston Chronicle. p. Special 33. Archived from the original on July 9, 2012. Retrieved December 31, 2011. It remained the lone high school in the area until Willowridge opened in 1979[...]Austin (1995)[...]
  9. ^ "High School Attendance Zones Effective Fall 2006 9th and 10th Grades" (PDF). Fort Bend Independent School District. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 6, 2006. Retrieved September 23, 2010.
  10. ^ a b "High School Zone Effective Fall 2006 11th and 12th Grades" (PDF). Fort Bend Independent School District. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 6, 2006. Retrieved September 23, 2010.
  11. ^ "2006-2007 SCHOOL BUS SCHEDULE" (PDF). Fort Bend Independent School District. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 3, 2006. Retrieved September 23, 2010.
  12. ^ "High School Attendance Zones Effective Fall 2006 9th and 10th Grades" (PDF). Fort Bend Independent School District. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 6, 2006. Retrieved September 23, 2006.
  13. ^ "agdist.jpg". Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Archived from the original on June 11, 2011. Retrieved July 21, 2010.
  14. ^ Goodwin, Liz (August 3, 2011). "Texas to close prison for first time in state history". Yahoo! News. Retrieved August 4, 2011 – via The Lookout.
  15. ^ "3434 Pheasant Creek Dr · 3434 Pheasant Creek Dr, Sugar Land, TX 77498". 3434 Pheasant Creek Dr · 3434 Pheasant Creek Dr, Sugar Land, TX 77498. Retrieved May 1, 2022.
  16. ^ "About OCE / Oyster Creek Elementary". www.fortbendisd.com. Retrieved May 1, 2022.
  17. ^ "Campus Address & Map / Campus Map". www.fortbendisd.com. Retrieved May 1, 2022.
  18. ^ "FBISD_Feeders_2021-22.pdf" (PDF).
  19. ^ https://www.fortbendisd.com/cms/lib/TX01917858/Centricity/Domain/17321/2021-22%20Attendance%20Boundary%20Map.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  20. ^ "FortBend ISD Feeders 2019-20" (PDF).
  21. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on April 30, 2011. Retrieved August 19, 2007.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  22. ^ Guerra, Joey (May 30, 2007). "Katie Armiger, 16, dreams about a career in music". Houston Chronicle. She'll spend her summer break from Fort Bend's Austin High School promotng and performing her original music all over the country ...
  23. ^ "Devard Darling - Houston Texans - National Football League - Yahoo! Sports".
  24. ^ "USATODAY.com - Devard Darling plays football for self and late brother now". USA Today.
  25. ^ Ryall, Jenni (August 12, 2016). "Simone Manuel overcome with emotion after historic swim for America". Mashable.
  26. ^ Guerra, Joey (October 29, 2020). "The journey of Houston's Keshi from TMC nurse to pop star". Preview | Houston Arts & Entertainment Guide. Retrieved November 7, 2020.
  27. ^ "About Us". Bunch Bikes. Retrieved April 27, 2021.
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