• History Timeline  
     

    FBISD Continues to Grow

    Fort Bend ISD was formed in 1959 with the consolidation of the Missouri City School District and the Sugar Land School District. At that time, the District had seven campuses, approximately 2,800 students and was 80 percent white and 20 percent African American. The small town and rural communities that originally formed the District changed with the development of suburban, master-planned communities such as Quail Valley, Sugar Creek, First Colony, Pecan Grove, Sugar Lakes, Lake Olympia, New Territory and others.
     
    By the mid-1980s, Fort bend ISD had 27 schools with 26,702 students, and by 2005, the District doubled its size to 60 campuses with 66,140 students. The ethnicity of students has also changed, as reflected in its majority-minority student population.
     

    Bond History

    The last FBISD bond election was held on Nov. 6, 2007. The 2007 Bond projects included: Ridge Point High School; Bowie Middle School; Schiff Elementary; Seguin Elementary; Ferndell Henry Center for Learning; campus improvement projects; technology upgrades and replacements; new buses; and safety upgrades and replacements.
     
    Elementary 46 and Middle School 15 were also part of the 2007 Bond. Elementary 46 will open for the 2015-2016 school year, and Middle School 15 will be built in approximately 3-5 years.

    The remaining 2007 Bond funds as of August 31 are $22.1 million. The District also has $63 million of unissued, but authorized debt to fund construction of Elementary School 46, Middle School 15 and the purchase of some buses.
     

    25 Year History of Bonds in FBISD

    Year

    $ amount of bond

    # of campuses

    # of students

    1982

    $50,000,000

    22

    23,122

    1984

    $95,000,000

    25

    25,586

    1991

    $89,500,000

    38

    38,720

    1995

    $139,000,750

    46

    45,509

    1999

    $264,000,313

    53

    52,935

    2003*

    $299,950,000

    59

    61,293

    2007

    $428,000,000

    67

    69,247

    2014

    $484,000,000

    74

    72,317**
     
    * Feb.1, 2003, a $399,500,000 bond failed; Nov. 4, 2003 bond passed
    ** Nov. 4, 2014 Bond  

     

    Looking Ahead

    The District has faced challenges with state funding budget cuts while its enrollment and economically disadvantaged population continues to grow. The enrollment projection for the 2014-2015 school year is 72,317, an increase of approximately 2,000 students from the previous year. And, according to the most recent demographic update, Fort bend ISD is projected to serve more than 5,400 additional students over the next five years and 12,600 over the next 10 years. Right now, more than 7,000 of our students are attending classes in 168 portable, two-classroom buildings to keep up with the growth.