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Housing growth
Campus capacity By the 2032-33 school year, 47 of the district’s 59 campuses will be at or overcapacity without taking new campuses into consideration.
In the Conroe area, Artavia in the Caney Creek feeder is projected to see the most growth. Most CISD growth is occurring in the northern portions of the district.
Projections for 2032-33 school year
Single-family neighborhoods
Type of campus
Not at capacity
Over 100% capacity
Over 110% capacity
Over 120% capacity
Pine Acre Trails
Projected single-family occupancies Oct. 2022-Oct. 2032
Sweetwater Ridge
High schools
2
1
0
3
0 1-50 51-100 101-500
Silverthorne
Junior high schools
0
2
1
4
Intermediate schools
2
3
1
4
Timber Pointe
501-1,000 Over 1,000
Elementary schools
8
5
2
21
CONROE
SOURCE: POPULATION AND SURVEY ANALYSTS COMMUNITY IMPACT
Spring Branch Crossing
105
low-, moderate- and high-growth projections. Historically, CISD has recorded enrollment higher than the highest projections provided in previ- ous studies with the exception of the 2020-21 school year in the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the district. PASA’s highest enrollment projec- tion said in the 2032-33 school year, the district could have an enrollment of over 120,000 students, up from 73,195 in the current school year. PASA President Stacey Tapera said at the meeting that PASA aims to remain conservative in the projec- tions it presents. “It is very important to us that we don’t make big promises or big pro- jections that would cause you to over- build,” Tapera said. In Conroe, hot spots for growth come from single-family develop- ments Artavia, Grand Central Park, Mavera, Evergreen, Silverthorne, Spring Branch Crossing and Sweetwa- ter Ridge. By the 2032-33 school year, 47 of the district’s 59 campuses are estimated
to be at or over capacity, without tak- ing new campuses into consideration, according to the study. More than 54% of those schools over capacity will be at more than 120% capacity, it states. In addition to Bartlett Elemen- tary, Hines Elementary and Veter- ans Memorial Intermediate schools as well as the new Moorhead Junior High school—built with 2019 bond funds—the study found the district will need to add 21 schools, including one kindergarten through sixth-grade school, seven elementary schools, two intermediate schools, two junior high schools, two ninth-grade cam- puses and two high schools in north- ern CISD. “There are many, many, many other factors that go into the decision and reality of building this many schools,” Tapera said. “We are just here to give you one bit, one piece of the puzzle.” Current needs As of the 2022-23 school year, the district is already at 102% capacity overall, according to the district.
Evergreen
45
Grand Central Park
Mavera
242
THE WOODLANDS
L
Artavia
99 TOLL
Woodson's Reserve
SOURCES: CONROE ISD, POPULATION AND SURVEY ANALYSTS COMMUNITY IMPACT
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community [and] about our school district that families are moving here, and they want to raise their families in Montgomery County—in Conroe ISD,” he said. Demographic study results A demographic study by Population and Survey Analysts presented Dec. 6 showed three growth scenarios:
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Caney Creek feeder zones, 16 new schools will be needed by 2032-33, including two new high schools, o - cials said. CISD Superintendent Curtis Null said in an interview the district’s growth is a good challenge to have. “It says positive things about our
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