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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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29°38′27″N 95°40′38″W / 29.6409°N 95.677229°W / 29.6409; -95.677229

Austin High School
Location
Map
Fort Bend County (Sugar Land address)
,
Texas
77498

United States
Information
School typePublic high school
Established1995
School districtFort Bend Independent School District
PrincipalMary Ellen Eidson
Grades9-12
Enrollment2405 (Spring 2012)
Color(s)    Black & Red
Athletics conferenceUIL Class 6A
MascotBulldogs/Lady Bulldogs
USNWR ranking655/27,000 (top 2.5% in nation)
2011 TEA RatingRecognized
Website[1]

Stephen F. Austin High School is a secondary school located in unincorporated Fort Bend County, Texas[1] 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 eastern portion of the community of New Territory are zoned to Austin.[2] 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.[3]

History

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,[4] and grades 11 to 12 continued to go to the previous high schools with a phaseout of one grade per year.[5]

In 2006 the Smithville area of the Central Unit was rezoned from Kempner to Austin,[6] with grades 9-10 immediately zoned to Austin,[7] and grades 11-12 zoned to Kempner, with a phasing in by grade.[5] Smithville had since been rezoned back to Kempner.[2] The main portion of the Central Unit remained zoned to Austin until the unit's 2011 closure.[2][8][9]

Feeder patterns

Feeder elementary schools to Austin [2] include [3]:

  • Oyster Creek
  • Lakeview (partial)
  • Walker Station

Feeder middle schools [4] include:

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

Clubs and extracurricular activities

Notable alumni

References

  1. ^ "Sugar Land Police Beat." City of Sugar Land. Retrieved on July 21, 2010.
  2. ^ a b c "High School Attendance Zones." Fort Bend Independent School District. Retrieved on July 21, 2010.
  3. ^ "2003-2004 SCHOOL BUS SCHEDULE." (Archived 2011-04-30 at WebCite) Fort Bend Independent School District. . Retrieved on April 29, 2011. "Pecan Grove & Jester I, II & III"
  4. ^ "High School Attendance Zones Effective Fall 2006 9th and 10th Grades." Fort Bend Independent School District. Retrieved on September 23, 2010.
  5. ^ a b "High School Zone Effective Fall 2006 11th and 12th Grades." Fort Bend Independent School District. Retrieved on September 23, 2010.
  6. ^ "2006-2007 SCHOOL BUS SCHEDULE." Fort Bend Independent School District. Retrieved on September 23, 2010.
  7. ^ "High School Attendance Zones Effective Fall 2006 9th and 10th Grades." Fort Bend Independent School District. Retrieved on September 23, 2006.
  8. ^ "agdist.jpg." Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Retrieved on July 21, 2010.
  9. ^ Goodwin, Liz. "Texas to close prison for first time in state history". Retrieved on Aug. 4, 2011.
  10. ^ "Stephen F. Austin High School Science Olympiad".
  11. ^ "Devard Darling - Houston Texans - National Football League - Yahoo! Sports".
  12. ^ "USATODAY.com - Devard Darling plays football for self and late brother now".
  13. ^ Ryall, Jenni. "Simone Manuel overcome with emotion after historic swim for America".
  14. ^ "Larry Fenix".
  15. ^ "YouTube".
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