| Austin High School | |
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| Coordinates | 29°38′27″N95°40′38″W / 29.6409°N 95.677229°W /29.6409; -95.677229 |
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| Type | Publichigh school |
| Established | 1995; 30 years ago (1995) |
| School district | Fort Bend Independent School District |
| Principal | Rachel Cortez[1] |
| Teaching staff | 134.48 (FTE)[2] |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 2,557 (2023–2024)[2] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 19.01[2] |
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| Athletics conference | UIL Class 6A |
| Mascot | Spike The Bulldog |
| USNWR ranking | 655/27,000 (top 2.5% in nation)[3] |
| 2011 TEA Rating | Recognized |
| Website | www |
Stephen F. Austin High School is a secondary school located inunincorporatedFort Bend County, Texas[4] and is named afterStephen 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 ofNew Territory are zoned to Austin.[5] On previous occasions employee housing units of theJester State Prison Farm (includingJester I Unit,Carol Vance Unit,Jester III Unit) were zoned to Austin.[6]
The school, which serves grades 9-12, is a part of theFort Bend Independent School District. Although having aSugar Land, Texas address, the school is located outside the city limits of Sugar Land; only students fromNew Territory live within the City of Sugar Land.[7]
Austin opened in 1995 to alleviate overcrowding fromKempner High School andClements High School. Austin was FBISD's sixth comprehensive high school.[8]
WhenTravis High School opened, some of Austin's territory was given to Travis, and Austin took some territory fromKempner 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 theCentral 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]
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]
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 ofNew Territory, which is within theCity of Sugar Land,[7] is also zoned to Austin but through Sartartia Middle School instead.
In previous eras, Austin served sections ofMission Bend andPecan Grove.
Feeder elementary schools to Austin include:[20]
Feeder middle schools[21] include:
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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.
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It remained the lone high school in the area until Willowridge opened in 1979[...]Austin (1995)[...]
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