Sienna goes to the head of the class on Education.
Elementary Middle High School
With three on-site elementaries, one on-site middle school and a new high school, Sienna Plantation earns an A+ on the education component of its master plan.
Inside the Fort Bend Independent School District, Sienna Plantation is home to Sienna Crossing Elementary, Scanlan Oaks Elementary and Jan Schiff Elementary. In the 2010 School Accountability Ratings, both Scanlan Oaks and Sienna Crossing earned Exemplary ratings with Jan Schiff receiving a Recognized rating. A series of tunnels and sidewalks within Sienna allows students to travel safely to schools.
Baines Middle School in Sienna boasts strong academics and a broad range of extra-curricular choices. Additionally, Sienna Plantation was selected as the home of Fort Bend Independent School District’s 11th High School - Ridge Point High School. Ridge Point High School opened in 2010 and can accommodate 2,200 to 2,500 students in grades 9 through 12.
But Sienna's educational landscape is not limited to public schools. Several day cares and preschools operate within the development and the Houston Community College System has opened a 45,000-square-foot Academic Center, the cornerstone of a 50-acre campus located in Sienna. The state-of-the-art educational facility can accommodate 2,162 students in 22 classrooms and/or laboratories, 13 lecture rooms, seven multi-purpose rooms and a science laboratory. The center also houses student services, including registration and testing, and faculty offices.
As the Academic Center reaches capacity, the HCC system plans to add other buildings and specialty programs to serve community needs. Eventually, the campus will offer a full academic program as well as technology and workforce programs. This is the first full-service HCC campus to be built in the Missouri City area, which, since 1996, has been served by a storefront facility.
Plus, a bonus not just for students, but for all residents, is a new Fort Bend County Library, opened in April 2010. The 45,000-square-foot library serves Houston Community College (HCC) students and the general public. The almost 45,000 square foot two-story building is the second largest library in the county and sits on a 4.5 acre site next to the HCC Missouri City Campus. The county is working in partnership with the HCC system, and the Sienna library was the first joint-use facility in the Fort Bend County library system.
The two-story facility includes public meeting rooms, staff work areas and shelving capacity for 100,000 volumes. The library offers materials of all types, including hardcover and paperback books, audio books on CD, music CDs and DVDs, with selections appropriate for adults to infants. The library features the latest technological innovations, including self-checkout kiosks.
Living is learning in Sienna Plantation.