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

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 staff118.25 (FTE) (2022–23)[2]
Grades9–12
Enrollment2,277 (2022–23)[2]
Student to teacher ratio19.26 (2022–23)[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]

  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 August 6, 2024.
  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. ^ "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. ^ "City of Sugar Land". interactivemaps.sugarlandtx.gov. Retrieved May 1, 2022.