The quality of education in Fort Bend County has long been a driving force to attract families to the area. Fort Bend County is one of the fastest-growing counties in the nation. As the largest school district in the county, Fort Bend ISD is an outstanding K-12 public education system.
The District is Texas’ sixth largest with more than 80,000 students and one of the most diverse in the nation. Working and learning cohesively alongside families who speak more than 100 languages and dialects, the schools work together with students, their families, and the community to address each student’s unique needs.
Board of Trustees
The mission of the Fort Bend ISD Board of Trustees is to focus on the knowledge, skills, and character development of each of our students by providing policies, oversight, and support to ensure continued district growth and improvement.
The local School Board concept grew out of American history dating back more than 300 years. Times have changed, but the basic function of School Boards remains the same: to provide local citizen supervision and control over education at a point close to the parent and child. This means that the School Board should represent the citizens of the school district — not just some of the citizens — all of them. Because different citizens have different ideas about schools, this responsibility always presents a challenge.
The ultimate responsibility for public education rests with the state. Texas has delegated much of that responsibility to the local School Board. Within the framework of state and federal law, and State Board of Education and Commissioner of Education rules, local school districts have significant latitude in shaping the educational programs of their schools.
Because a School Board is a governmental body, it can take action only by majority vote at a legally called public meeting. The individual Board Member’s major responsibility is to study, evaluate, and deliberate the policy issues confronting his or her district; then to vote in the best interest of ALL students. A Board Member who steps out of the policy-making role and attempts — without authorization — to speak for the total Board, direct members of the staff, interfere with the administration of policy, or make other individual decisions, is exceeding his or her authority.
District Facts:
FBISD currently has 83 campuses: 12 high schools, 15 middle schools, 51 elementary campuses, and five specialty schools to address the academic and vocational interests of students.
With more than 11,000 full-time employees and substitutes, the District is the largest employer in Fort Bend County
Fort Bend ISD is committed to its mission to inspire and equip all students to pursue futures beyond what they can imagine.
Points of Pride
Fort Bend ISD, its campuses, and its students are routinely recognized for exemplary achievements by organizations such as The National Merit Scholars Program, the National Association of Music Merchants, Children at Risk, The Washington Post’s Top High Schools in the national rankings, U.S. News & World Report’s Best High Schools in the nation and the United States Presidential Scholars Program.
Fort Bend ISD was named the 2018 H-E-B Excellence in Education Award Winner in the Large School District category, receiving a $100,000 grand prize with the honor.
At the 2017 ceremony, Fort Bend ISD's Board of Trustees, Travis High School Principal Julie Diaz, and Crockett Middle School Teacher Richard Embrick received the 2017 H-E-B Excellence in Education Awards.