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Spring Branch is a district in west-northwest Harris County, Texas, United States, roughly bordered by Tanner Road and Hempstead Road to the north, Beltway 8 to the west, Interstate 10 to the south, and the 610 Loop to the east; it is almost entirely within the city of Houston. [4]
The Spring Branch ISD area is served by the Houston Community College System, but it is not within the tax base. [ citation needed ] SBISD is not to be confused with the Spring Independent School District , also located in the Greater Houston area (the latter is located in the northern portion of the region).
[74] German settlers also predominated in Spring Branch, a community that later become a part of Houston, in the mid-1800s. [75] Houston Saengerbund, established in 1883, is a German-American singing group; there were groups like it that proliferated in communities of Germans overseas in the 1800s. It bought the William Hamblen House in 1913.
Construction of the current library began in the summer of 2000. The current branch was anticipated to house over 120,000 books and materials, making it twice as large as the previous branch. Jesse Sendejas of the Houston Chronicle said there was "a need to provide a more spacious and accommodating facility to Spring and its surrounding areas ...
Spring Valley Village is zoned to Bear Boulevard School in Spring Valley Village, [26] Valley Oaks Elementary School in Spring Branch, Houston, [27] [28] Spring Branch Middle School in Hedwig Village, [29] and Memorial High School in Hedwig Village. [30] Spring Branch School of Choice is located in Spring Valley Village.
In the 1995–1996 school year the district had 28% low income students. Its racial demographics were 56% White, 20% Black, and 18% Hispanic. [8] In the 2002-2003 school year the low income percentage was 43.9%. [9] In the 2005-2006 school year the district had 55% low-income students. The demographics included 39% Black, 33% Hispanic, and 23% ...
Census figures show Houston is becoming younger, with a median age of around 35. No matter who wins, Houston will elect the oldest big-city mayor in the U.S. this weekend, choosing between two ...
Spring Branch is located in western Comal County along U.S. Highway 281, north of Bulverde, west of Canyon Lake and the surrounding unincorporated community of the same name. New Braunfels is approximately 21 miles (34 km) southeast of Spring Branch. The city covers 1.9 square miles, all land.