Each Pasadena ISD house or residential area is assigned to an elementary school (PK-4th), a middle school (5th-6th), an intermediate school (7th-8th), and a high school (9th-12th).[5] Some areas are assigned to fifth grade centers.
According to a report around November 2, 2004, by the Texas Education Agency, among the 30 largest school districts in the state, Pasadena ISD was the 8th fastest-growing district in Texas by population;[8][9] much of the growth occurred in the "South Belt" area along Beltway 8.[10]
The district was named the National Model School District in 2005 by the International Center for Leadership in Education.[citation needed]
In 2011 voters approved of a new bond which allowed Pasadena ISD to complete building grade 5-6 middle school facilities for all of the district.[3]
All students in Pasadena ISD are required to follow a specific dress code.[11]
As of the 2016-2017 school year, students are free to wear any type of appropriate shirt or dress.
Students are required to wear khaki or navy blue slacks or khaki or blue denim trousers. Skirts and jumpers are also allowed as long as they are in the same styles as the slacks.
The Texas Education Agency specified that the parents and/or guardians of students zoned to a school with uniforms may apply for a waiver to opt out of the uniform policy, so their children do not have to wear the uniform; parents must specify "bona fide" reasons, such as religious reasons or philosophical objections.[12]
^"Home". South Belt Elementary School. Retrieved 10 November 2019. 1801 Riverstone Ranch, Houston, Texas 77089 - The city name says "Houston, Texas" but the school is actually in the Pearland city limits (the map indicates the location of South Belt Elementary). Compare these to the Houston city limits
This list is incomplete. Houses in the community of Silverlake have Pearland, Texas street addresses, but are outside of the Pearland city limits. (*) It was in the Pearland city limits from November 27, 2017 until March 26, 2018.
Cleveland ISD extends into portions of Montgomery and San Jacinto counties, and Tomball ISD extends into portions of Montgomery County. Other districts in those counties are served by Region 6 ESC.