Austin High School (Fort Bend County, Texas)

Stephen F. Austin High School is a secondary school located in unincorporated Fort Bend County, Texas and is named after Stephen F. Austin, who helped lead the Anglo American colonization of Texas, and many regard as "The Father of Texas." The school happens to be only miles from Austin's original colony in present day Fort Bend County.

Some areas of Sugar Land as well as the eastern portion of the community of New Territory are zoned to Austin. The employee housing within the main portion of the Central Prison Unit is zoned to Austin High School."." Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Retrieved on July 21, 2010."." Fort Bend Independent School District. Retrieved on July 21, 2010. On previous occasions units of the Jester State Prison Farm (including Jester I Unit, Carol Vance Unit, Jester III Unit) were zoned to Austin."." () Fort Bend Independent School District. . Retrieved on April 29, 2011. "Pecan Grove & Jester I, II & III"

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,"." Fort Bend Independent School District. Retrieved on September...
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