| Fort Bend Independent School District | |
|---|---|
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 Administration Building | |
| Address | |
16431 Lexington Blvd
Sugar Land , Fort Bend County, Texas, 77479United States | |
| District information | |
| Type | School District |
| Motto | Inspire, Equip, Imagine |
| Grades | Pre K-12 |
| Established | April 18, 1959 |
| Superintendent | Dr. Marc Smith (January 8, 2024–current) |
| School board | Judy Dae (President-P2), Dr. Shirley Rose-Gilliam (Vice President-P4), David Hamilton (Secretary-P7), Kristen Davison Malone (P6), Rick Garcia (P3), Angie Hanan (P1), Sonya Jones (P5) |
| NCES District ID | 4819650[1] |
| Students and staff | |
| Students | 80,000+ (January 2023) |
| Staff | 11,000+ Full & Part-time |
| Other information | |
| Website | https://www.fortbendisd.com/ |
Fort Bend Independent School District, also known as Fort Bend ISD or FBISD, is a school district based in Sugar Land, Texas. It operates 86 schools in Fort Bend County It is the 5th most diverse school district in Texas and is the 43rd largest district in the United States.
The district spans 170 square miles (440 km2) covering almost all of the city of Sugar Land, the city of Meadows Place, the Fort Bend county portion of Missouri City, Arcola, small sections of Houston, small sections of Pearland (including some of Shadow Creek Ranch, which is attempting to secede from FBISD),[2] the unincorporated communities of Clodine, Four Corners, Juliff, and Fresno, and the Fort Bend County portion of Mission Bend.
Fort Bend Independent School District was created by the consolidation of the Sugar Land ISD and Missouri City ISD in 1959. The school district is the seventh-largest public school system in the state of Texas and third largest within the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown Metropolitan Area. The school district is currently the largest employer in Fort Bend County with more than 11,000 district employees, and encompasses some of the wealthiest locales in the State of Texas.[3]
Fort Bend ISD is distinguished by its honors. In 2010, the school district was rated "recognized" by the Texas Education Agency.[4]
The district is the only school district in the nation to be named a 2011 National School District of Character by the National Schools of Character Program in Washington DC—and only one of two districts in Texas to be honored with this designation. The Washington Post ranked Clements, Austin, Kempner, Travis, Dulles, Hightower, and Elkins High Schools as seven of the Top 2011 High Schools in the Nation.
- ^ "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for Fort Bend Independent School District". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved May 4, 2023.
- ^ "City of Pearland School Districts." (Archive) City of Pearland. Retrieved on March 21, 2014.
- ^ "District Information / History". www.fortbendisd.com. Retrieved 2017-03-20.
- ^ "2010 Accountability Rating System". Texas Education Agency. Archived from the original on 2011-11-14.