BY HALEY VELASCO
Alvin ISD celebrates rst 100 years
Looking back
Alvin ISD started as a two-story, white frame building located on House Street, Alvin, and graduated ve students in its rst year. Today, the district serves more than 30,000 students across nearly 40 campuses, with additional schools already in planning to keep pace with growth. The district is celebrating its rst 100 years but is looking to the future to keep up with its growth, as well as continue to recruit sta and personalize learning for students. While the district was o cially formed in 1925 by the state legislature, AISD began in 1894 when Alvin High School opened. The school graduated its rst class in 1897—just three years before a hurricane in 1900 heavily damaged the campus. Over the next several years, the school was eventually rebuilt and would graduate its rst class of students who completed a full four-year term in 1906. In the 1930s, an oil boom provided new funding for the district, in turn allowing the district to construct a new school. By the 1940s, AISD had established its rst three campuses, and the district has continued on its upward growth since then. From there, enrollment steadily increased as more families moved into the area. Over the past ve years, AISD has added over 3,000 students, according to demographic rm Population and Survey Analysts. This growth has marked the district as the eighth-largest growing district in the Greater Houston area.
AHS opens
1894
Hurricane damages AHS
1900
First class of four-year students graduates
1906
O cials incorporate the district
1925
Voters approve the consolidation of Manvel ISD O cials build new campuses, including Mark Twain Elementary, Alvin Junior High and Bill Hasse Elementary District expands to west Pearland and builds nine more schools, including Nolan Ryan Junior High School
1940s- 1960s
1973
2000s
Alvin High School building in the 1930s.
COURTESY ALVIN ISD
$70M bond passes to address growth
2009
District builds 12 more schools, including Pomona Elementary and Shadow Creek High School
Going forward
2010s
Looking ahead, the district’s 2023-26 strategic plan focuses on personalized learning, recruiting and retaining sta , and expanding support systems for students, documents show. “It was just amazing to see everyone come together and celebrate Alvin ISD and the last 100 years, and then also looking forward to the next 100 years,” Superintendent Carol Nelson said.
3 bonds pass totaling more than $900M
2013- 2018
District builds eight more schools, including Iowa Colony High School and Barbara Bennett Elementary
2020s
$380.1M bond passes to address growth
2024
SOURCE: ALVIN ISD COMMUNITY IMPACT
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