Stephen F. Austin High School (Fort Bend County, Texas)
| Austin High School | |
|---|---|
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| Location | |
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Sugar Land , TX 77498 United States | |
| Coordinates | 29°38′27″N 95°40′38″W / 29.6409°N 95.677229°W |
| Information | |
| School type | Public Public |
| Established | 1995 |
| School district | Fort Bend Independent School District |
| Principal | Dr. Rizvan Quadri[1] |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 2,315[2] (2014-15) |
| Color(s) | Black & Red |
| Athletics conference | UIL Class 6A |
| Mascot | Bulldog |
| USNWR ranking | 655/27,000 (top 2.5% in nation) |
| 2011 TEA Rating | Recognized |
| Website | [1] |
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.[citation needed]
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) was zoned to Austin.[5]
History
Austin opened in 1995, making it FBISD's sixth comprehensive high school.[6]
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,[7] and grades 11 to 12 continued to go to the previous high schools with a phaseout of one grade per year.[8]
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,[9] with grades 9-10 immediately zoned to Austin,[10] and grades 11-12 zoned to Kempner, with a phasing in by grade.[8] 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][11][12]
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)
Notable alumni
- Katie Armiger, country musician[citation needed]
- Devard Darling, football player for NFL's Kansas City Chiefs[13]
- Devaughn Darling, twin brother of Devard Darling and former Florida State Seminoles
- Jerry Hughes, football player for Texas Christian University and NFL's Buffalo Bills, Indianapolis Colts[14]
- Simone Manuel, swimmer for Stanford, American record holder in 100-yard freestyle, 2016 Olympics gold medalist[15]
- Adam Senn, model, actor
- Jessica Zhu, classical concert pianist
References
- ^ "AHS Administration / Dr. Rizvan Quadri". Retrieved 20 December 2017.
- ^ "STEPHEN F AUSTIN H S". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 28, 2017.
- ^ "Sugar Land Police Beat Archived 2010-05-27 at the Wayback Machine." City of Sugar Land. Retrieved on July 21, 2010.
- ^ a b c "High School Attendance Zones[permanent dead link]." Fort Bend Independent School District. Retrieved on July 21, 2010.
- ^ "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"
- ^ Solomon, Jerome (1997-08-28). "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 2012-07-09. Retrieved 2011-12-31.
It remained the lone high school in the area until Willowridge opened in 1979[...]Austin (1995)[...]
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help); Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "High School Attendance Zones Effective Fall 2006 9th and 10th Grades." Fort Bend Independent School District. Retrieved on September 23, 2010.
- ^ a b "High School Zone Effective Fall 2006 11th and 12th Grades." Fort Bend Independent School District. Retrieved on September 23, 2010.
- ^ "2006-2007 SCHOOL BUS SCHEDULE." Fort Bend Independent School District. Retrieved on September 23, 2010.
- ^ "High School Attendance Zones Effective Fall 2006 9th and 10th Grades." Fort Bend Independent School District. Retrieved on September 23, 2006.
- ^ "agdist.jpg Archived 2011-06-11 at the Wayback Machine." Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Retrieved on July 21, 2010.
- ^ Goodwin, Liz. "Texas to close prison for first time in state history". Retrieved on Aug. 4, 2011.
- ^ "Devard Darling - Houston Texans - National Football League - Yahoo! Sports".
- ^ "USATODAY.com - Devard Darling plays football for self and late brother now".
- ^ Ryall, Jenni. "Simone Manuel overcome with emotion after historic swim for America".
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