Alvin ISD started as a two-story, white frame building located on House Street in Alvin, and graduated five students in its first 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 history

While the district was officially formed in 1925 by the state legislature, AISD began in 1894 when Alvin High School opened. The school graduated its first class in 1897, just three years before a hurricane in 1900 heavily damaged the campus.

Over the next several years, the school was rebuilt and would graduate its first 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 construc

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