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Fort Bend ISD saw an uptick in both its total enrollment and students enrolled in special education, according to Texas Education Agency data released March 6. Meanwhile, average teacher pay for FBISD is lower than some districts in the Greater Houston area.

The gist: Fort Bend ISD covers 170 square miles and is located in Fort Bend County, according to TEA data. It serves more than 78,000 students and has nearly 13,000 employees across 78 campuses.

What to know: Over the last five years, more than half of public school districts across the Greater Houston area lost students, with one district seeing a more than 15% decline in enrollment.

By the numbers: Meanwhile, local teacher pay, according to TEA data, shows Fort Bend County on the lower end compared to several other districts in the area.

Also of note: Fort Bend ISD and Lamar CISD both saw students transfer out of the district, according to state data dated as of October 2025.
 

Sterling Physical Therapy & Wellness will open its fifth location in Missouri City, officials confirmed.

What to expect: The physical therapy business offers treatments for various body part pain such as back, neck and knees as well as pre- and post-surgical rehabilitation, according to its website.

Zooming out: The Missouri City location will join the company's existing locations in Bellaire, Stafford, Sugar Land and Katy, per its website.

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Ahead of the 2026-27 school year, public school leaders in Community Impact’s coverage areas shuttered at least nine individual schools to respond to repeated state accountability issues and stave off state intervention. A new Texas Education Agency rule may make it harder for districts to do so in the future.

The details: Beginning Aug. 16, if a district closes a D- or F-rated campus and transfers the largest share of students from the closed campus to a school with a C, D or F rating, the closed campus’ rating will be assigned to the new campus. 

Districts will only avoid transferring a shuttered school’s rating history if they relocate a plurality of students to an A- or B-rated campus.

Stay tuned: The TEA is scheduled to release A-F ratings for the 2025-26 school year on Aug. 14. If a school receives five failing ratings in a row, the TEA is required under state law to close that campus or replace the district’s board of trustees with a state-appointed board of managers.