Lamar Consolidated Independent School District
Lamar CISD includes almost 43 percent of Fort Bend County, covering the cities of Richmond, Rosenberg, Kendleton, Simonton, Thompsons, Weston Lakes, a very small portion of Sugar Land, most of Fulshear, most of the village of Pleak, the census-designated place of Cumings, a portion of the Pecan Grove CDP, the community of Lakemont, the unincorporated areas of Booth, Crabb, Foster, and Powell Point, and most of the unincorporated rural areas (including areas in Sugar Land's extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ) in central Fort Bend County.
Lamar CISD enrolls over 27,000 students and is the fastest-growing district in Fort Bend County. In 2013 it received the highest possible academic rating (Met Standard) from the Texas Education Agency.
Dr. Roosevelt Nivens began his tenure as superintendent on June 1, 2021.
The 6th Junior and High School opened in the fall of 2021 with the completion of Dr. Thomas E Randle High School and Harry Wright Junior High School.
The school board approved names for 6 new campuses on April 19 , 2022, which included. 3 New Elementary Schools, 1 New Middle School, 1 New Junior High School, 1 New High School.
History
In 1947 LCISD was first defined in the Fort Bend County public records. It was a consolidation of Richmond ISD, Rosenberg ISD and Beasley ISD along with a number of rural "Common School Districts". The names of the Common School Districts were: Rice Farm, Thompsons, Booth, Simonton, Fulshear, Foster, Brandt, George, Cottonwood & Pleak. Beginning in 1985, LCISD began serving middle and high school students from the Kendleton Independent School District (KISD)'s boundaries. KISD and its one school, Powell Point Elementary, were merged into Lamar CISD on July 1, 2010. KISD ceased operations on that date and LCISD began serving elementary students from the former KISD. Kendleton ISD was originally one Common School District, also called Kendleton. In 2009, Lamar CISD was named an H.E.B. Excellence in Education School District.
Dr. Thomas Randle served as the district superintendent from 2001 until his retirement in 2021. During his tenure, LCISD grew from approximately 16,000 students to 34,000 students.
There were 36,345 students in 2020, and 44,385 students in 2024.
List of schools
Secondary schools
High schools (9-12)
- Lamar Consolidated High School (Rosenberg) (1949)
- B. F. Terry High School (Rosenberg) (1980)
- Foster High School (unincorporated area, Richmond postal address) (2001)
- George Ranch High School (unincorporated area, Richmond postal address) (2010)
- Fulshear High School (Fulshear) (2016)
- Randle High School (unincorporated area, Richmond postal address) (2021)
Junior high schools (7-8)
- George Junior High School (Rosenberg)
- Mirabeau Lamar Junior High School (Rosenberg)
- Andrew Briscoe Junior High School (Unincorporated area, Richmond address)
- Antoinette Davis Reading Junior High School (Unincorporated area, Richmond address)
- Dean Leaman Junior High School (Fulshear)
- Harry Wright Junior High School (Unincorporated area, Richmond address)
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Briscoe Junior High School -
George Junior High School -
Lamar Junior High School -
Dean Leaman Junior High School -
Antoinette Reading Junior High School -
Harry Wright Junior High School
Primary schools
Middle schools
- Jose Antonio Navarro Middle School (Rosenberg)
- James W. Roberts Middle School (Fulshear)
- Mary "Polly" Moore Jones Ryon Middle School (Unincorporated area)
- James Steenbergen Elementary School (Richmond)
- Henry Wertheimer Middle School (Unincorporated area)
- Jane Johnson Wessendorff Middle School (Rosenberg)
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Navarro Middle School -
James W. Roberts Middle School -
Polly Ryon Middle School -
Henry Wertheimer Middle School -
Wessendorff Middle School
Elementary schools
- Judge James C. Adolphus Elementary (Unincorporated area)
- John M. Arredondo Elementary (Unincorporated area)
- Stephen F. Austin Elementary School (Unincorporated area, Pecan Grove)
- Cecil A. Beasley Elementary School (Beasley)
- Carl Briscoe Bentley Elementary School (Fulshear)
- James Bowie Elementary School (Rosenberg)
- Bess Campbell Elementary School (Sugar Land, Greatwood)
- Don Carter Elementary School (Richmond)
- Judge Thomas R. Culver III Elementary School (Rosenberg)
- Susanna Dickinson Elementary School (Sugar Land, Greatwood)
- Samuel Miles Frost Elementary School (Unincorporated area, Pecan Grove)
- Adriane Mathews Gray Elementary School (Richmond)
- Joe A. Hubenak Elementary (Unincorporated area)
- Hubenak opened in 2009 and has a capacity of 740. The cost was $19.8 million. By 2015 Hubenak had more than 1,200 students, prompting the district to open another elementary school.
- John Huggins Elementary School (Fulshear)
- Irma Dru Hutchison Elementary School (Richmond)
- A.W. Jackson Elementary School (Rosenberg)
- Kathleen Joerger Lindsey Elementary School (Katy)
- Jane Long Elementary School (Richmond)
- Willie Melton Sr. Elementary School (Brookshire)
- Hillman F. McNeill Elementary School (Richmond)
- Fletcher Morgan Jr. Elementary School (Fulshear)
- Meyer Elementary School (Rosenberg)
- Maxine Phelan Elementary School (Richmond)
- T.L. Pink Elementary School (Richmond)
- Viola Gilmore Randle Elementary School (Fulshear)
- Taylor Ray Elementary School (Rosenberg)
- Deaf Smith Elementary School (Richmond)
- Cora Thomas Elementary (Unincorporated area)
- Thomas opened in 2009 and has a capacity of 740. The cost was $18.4 million. Students previously going to Meyer and Williams elementaries were moved to Thomas.
- Tamarron Elementary School (Katy)
- William B. Travis Elementary School (Rosenberg)
- Manford Williams Elementary School (Richmond)
- William Velasquez Elementary School (Unincorporated area)
Early Childhood
- Juan Seguin Early Childhood Center (Richmond)
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Judge James C. Adolphus Elementary School -
John M. Arredondo Elementary School -
Stephen F. Austin Elementary School -
Beasley Elementary School -
Carl Briscoe Bentley Elementary School -
Bowie Elementary School -
Bess Campbell Elementary School -
Don Carter Elementary School -
Judge Thomas R. Culver Elementary School -
Susanna Dickinson Elementary School -
Samuel Miles Frost Elementary School -
Adriane Mathews Gray Elementary School -
Joe A. Hubenak Elementary School -
Huggins Elementary School -
Irma Dru Hutchison Elementary School -
A. W. Jackson Elementary School -
Kathleen Joerger Lindsey Elementary School -
Jane Long Elementary School -
Hillman F. McNeill Elementary School -
Meyer Elementary School -
Fletcher Morgan Jr. Elementary School -
Maxine Phelan Elementary School -
T. L. Pink Elementary School -
Tamarron Elementary School -
Taylor Ray Elementary School -
Juan Seguin Early Childhood Center -
Deaf Smith Elementary School -
Cora Thomas Elementary School -
Travis Elementary School -
William C. Velasquez Elementary School -
Manford Williams Elementary School
References
- ^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Fort Bend County, TX" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2022-09-21. - Text list
- ^ "2009 Accountability Rating System". Texas Education Agency. Archived from the original on 2015-10-25.
- ^ Kent, Roy (2021-04-28). "Roosevelt Nivens officially named Lamar CISD superintendent in Fort Bend County". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 2021-07-21.
- ^ "Lamar Consolidated ISD organized in 1947".
- ^ Research done by the Texas State Library, recorded in the Fort Bend County Official Public Records under document number 2000062274 on July 27, 2000.
- ^ "Regular Board Meeting Lamar Consolidated Independent School District Board of Trustees Thursday, April 15, 2010 7:00 PM." Lamar Consolidated Independent School District. Retrieved on May 25, 2018. p. 35 (PDF p. 35/89). "Lamar CISD has provided educational services to Kendleton students in grades 7-12 since 1985."
- ^ "Ed commissioner closes Kendleton district". Associated Press at the Houston Chronicle. 2010-03-25. Retrieved 2010-03-25.
- ^ Eriksen, Helen (2013-04-23). "Ranked the fourth fastest-growing district in the Houston area, LCISD keeps focused on students". Chron. Retrieved 2021-07-21.
- ^ Varma, Juhi (2020-11-11). "Lamar CISD superintendent set to retire after 20 years". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 2021-07-21.
- ^ https://abc13.com:443/amp/cisd-school-enrollment-hypergrowth-district-new-students-schools/14363747/
- ^ "National Blue Ribbon Schools Program: 2018 National Blue Ribbon Schools" (PDF). United States Department of Education. Retrieved January 18, 2019.
- ^ Meeks, Flori (2009-08-18). "Fort Bend, Lamar districts open 3 elementaries in Richmond". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 2020-04-21. - Despite the headline saying they are in Richmond, they merely have "Richmond, TX" postal addresses and are not in the Richmond city limits, and the City of Houston noted postal address city names do not necessarily match municipal boundaries.
- ^ Kadifa, Margaret (2015-12-15). "Work underway to build LCISD elementary". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 2022-09-21.
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