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Districts, Campuses, and Attendance Zones
Districts, Campuses, and Attendance Zones
Schools are one of the biggest factors in choosing a neighborhood. Search Houston-area districts and campuses to see ratings, grade levels, and boundaries before you narrow your home search.
The Texas Education Agency assigns A–F accountability ratings to both districts and individual campuses, based largely on student achievement, academic growth, and how well schools serve students across different groups. Ratings are one useful signal among several, and a single letter grade compresses a great deal of detail.
It is worth looking past the grade at what sits behind it. A campus rated the same as another may differ substantially in growth measures, program offerings, class sizes, or the specific supports your child would use. Districts publish campus-level detail, and most welcome prospective-family tours.
The region is served by many independent school districts rather than one. Houston ISD covers much of the city proper, while the surrounding suburbs are served by districts including Katy ISD, Cypress-Fairbanks ISD, Fort Bend ISD, Klein ISD, Spring Branch ISD, Alief ISD, Conroe ISD, Lamar CISD, Pearland ISD, and Clear Creek ISD. District boundaries do not follow city limits or ZIP codes, and a single subdivision occasionally straddles two districts.
This is the practical point that matters most on this page. Attendance boundaries are set by each district and are redrawn periodically as enrollment shifts and new campuses open — particularly in fast-growing areas where a new school can change zoning for an entire section of a subdivision.
Because of that, the school shown on a listing or in any search tool should be treated as a starting point rather than a guarantee. Before you write an offer on a home chosen for its school, confirm the current attendance zone directly with the district for that specific address, and ask whether any rezoning is under consideration. Districts also run magnet, choice, and transfer programs with their own separate application processes, so a home outside a given zone does not always rule out a given campus.
Use the search above as a starting point, then confirm the current attendance zone directly with the district for that exact address before you rely on it. Zones are set by each district and change periodically, so the school shown on a listing or in any lookup tool should be verified, not assumed — especially in fast-growing areas where a new campus can rezone part of a subdivision.
The Texas Education Agency assigns A–F accountability ratings to districts and individual campuses, based largely on student achievement, academic growth, and how well a school serves students across different groups. It is one useful signal among several. A single letter compresses a lot of detail, so it is worth looking past the grade at growth measures, program offerings, and the specific supports your child would actually use.
Many independent districts rather than one. Houston ISD covers much of the city proper, while surrounding areas are served by districts including Katy ISD, Cypress-Fairbanks ISD, Fort Bend ISD, Klein ISD, Spring Branch ISD, Alief ISD, Conroe ISD, Lamar CISD, Pearland ISD, and Clear Creek ISD. District boundaries do not follow city limits or ZIP codes, and a single subdivision occasionally straddles two districts.
Yes. Districts redraw boundaries periodically as enrollment shifts and new campuses open, so a home's zoned schools can change over time. Districts also run magnet, choice, and transfer programs with separate application processes, which means a home outside a given zone does not always rule out a given campus. If schools are central to your decision, confirm both the current zone and any rezoning under consideration with the district.
Attendance zones and ratings change — always confirm the current zone for a specific address with the district before relying on it.
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