Spring Branch Independent School District
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Spring Branch Independent School District is a school district headquartered in Hedwig Village, Texas (USA). The district serves a portion of Houston not covered by the Houston Independent School District and is located in the western part of the city, also including several small municipalities known as the Memorial Villages in its jurisdiction, such as Hedwig Village and Spring Valley. A majority of the district lies within Houston city limits.
The school district's boundaries include Hempstead Road to the northeast (formerly U.S. 290), Interstate Loop 610 to the east, Clay Road to the north, the Addicks Dam to the west, and Buffalo Bayou to the south. Spring Branch serves 33,000 kindergarten through 12th grade students and includes a region with 188,000 residents.
The Spring Branch ISD area is a part of the Houston Community College System tax base.
SBISD is not to be confused with the Spring Independent School District, also located in the Greater Houston area (the latter is located in the northern portion of the region).
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[edit] History
The origins of the school district date from a school built cooperatively by farmers in the area in the 1850s. The area did not become urban until the expansion of Houston city limits in the 1950s, which followed a failed attempt by the entire Spring Branch region to incorporate into a single entity, leading to the establishment of the Memorial Villages. There are currently four traditional high schools (grades 9-12), all of which are classified as 5A, eight middle schools (grades 6-8), and twenty-six elementary schools (grades K-5), and six early education Pre-K centers in the district. Three more high school centers serve students in grades 9-12 with various purposes, including one public charter school.
[edit] Governance
Spring Branch ISD is led by a Superintendent of Schools, Duncan Klussmann, chosen by the Board of Trustees, headed by President Wayne Schaper, Sr. The Board of Trustees is elected by voters living in Spring Branch.
[edit] SBISD cities
SBISD covers all of the following cities:
SBISD covers portions of the following cities:
- Houston (portions around the villages)
- Hunters Creek Village (areas north of Buffalo Bayou)
- Piney Point Village (areas north of Buffalo Bayou)
[edit] Schools
[edit] Secondary schools
[edit] 6-12 schools
- Westchester Academy for International Studies (Houston, Charter school, Grades 6-12)
[edit] High schools
AAAAA
- Memorial High School (Hedwig Village)
- Northbrook High School (Houston)
- Spring Woods High School (Houston)
- Stratford High School (Houston)
Other
- Guthrie Center (Houston, Vocational Education Center)
- School of Choice (Houston, Alternative Education Campus)
[edit] Middle schools
- Landrum Middle School (Houston)
- Memorial Middle School (Houston)
- Northbrook Middle School (Houston)
- Spring Branch Middle School (Hedwig Village)
- Spring Forest Middle School (Houston)
- Spring Oaks Middle School (Houston)
- Spring Woods Middle School (Houston)
- Cornerstone Academy (Houston, Charter School)
[edit] Primary schools
- Bendwood Campus Elementary School (Houston)
- Buffalo Creek Elementary School (Houston)
- Bunker Hill Elementary School (Bunker Hill Village)
- Cedar Brook Elementary School (Houston)
- Edgewood Elementary School (Houston)
- Frostwood Elementary School (Bunker Hill Village)
- Hollibrook Elementary School (Houston)
- Housman Elementary School (Houston)
- Hunters Creek Elementary School (Hunters Creek Village)
- Meadow Wood Elementary School (Houston)
- Memorial Drive Elementary School (Piney Point Village)
- Nottingham Elementary School (Houston) - Located in Nottingham Forest VIII
- Pine Shadows Elementary School (Houston)
- Ridgecrest Elementary School (Houston)
- Rummel Creek Elementary School (Houston)
- Shadow Oaks Elementary School (Houston)
- Sherwood Elementary School (Houston)
- Spring Branch Elementary School (Houston)
- Spring Shadows Elementary School (Houston)
- Terrace Elementary School (Houston)
- Thornwood Elementary School (Houston)
- Westwood Elementary School (Houston)
- Wilchester Elementary School (Houston)
- Treasure Forest Elementary School (Houston)
- Valley Oaks Elementary School (Houston)
- Woodview Elementary School (Houston)
[edit] Pre-kindergarten schools
- Bear Boulevard School
- Early Childhood Collaborative
- Lion Lane School
- Panda Path School
- Tiger Trail School
- Wildcat Way School
[edit] Former schools
- Spring Branch High School
- Westchester Junior High
- Westchester High School
[edit] See also
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