Lakes on Eldridge is an
unincorporated area
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in northwestern
Harris County, Texas
Harris County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 4,731,145, and was estimated to be 5,009,302 in 2024, making it the List of counties in Texas, most populous cou ...
, United States, in
Greater Houston
Greater Houston, designated by the Office of Management and Budget, United States Office of Management and Budget as Houston–Pasadena–The Woodlands, is the List of metropolitan statistical areas, fifth-most populous metropolitan statistical ...
.
[Lakes on Eldridge Street Map]
" Lakes on Eldridge. Retrieved on September 30, 2018. There is an adjacent subdivision, Lakes on Eldridge North.
It is adjacent to the
Barker Reservoir
Barker Reservoir is a flood control structure in Houston, Houston, Texas which prevents downstream flooding of Buffalo Bayou, the city's principal river. The reservoir operates in conjunction with Addicks Reservoir to the northeast, which impou ...
and Cullen Park and is in proximity to the
Houston Energy Corridor
The Energy Corridor is a business district in Houston, Texas, located on the west side of the metropolitan area between Beltway 8 and the Grand Parkway. The district straddles a stretch of Interstate 10 (the Katy Freeway) from Kirkwood Road we ...
.
[ The article includes information on the British School and Awty bus services.] It is equidistant to both
Bush Intercontinental Airport and
William P. Hobby Airport.
History
Lakes on Eldridge opened in 1995 while Lakes on Eldridge North opened in 2000, with building out completed in 2006.
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Transportation
Nearby major freeways include Beltway 8
Beltway 8 (BW8), the Sam Houston Parkway, along with the Sam Houston Tollway, is an beltway around the city of Houston, Texas, United States, lying entirely within Harris County, Texas, Harris County.
Beltway 8, a state highway mai ...
(Sam Houston Parkway), Interstate 10
Interstate 10 (I-10) is the southernmost transcontinental highway in the Interstate Highway System of the United States. It is the fourth-longest Interstate in the country at , following I-90, I-80, and I-40. It was part of the origina ...
,[ and U.S. Route 290.][
]
Composition
Lakes on Eldridge has 750-800 houses, on a total of of land.[ housing prices ranged between $300,000 and $1,500,000.][ an Olympic-sized swimming pool,][ and tennis courts with lighting.][
Lakes on Eldridge North has over 1,000 houses. It has a fitness center, a playground, and a volleyball court. It also has three tennis courts with lighting and two swimming pools.][
]
Education
The community is within the Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District
The Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District (CFISD, often referred to as Cy-Fair) is an independent school district with its headquarters in Cypress, Texas, United States. Cy-Fair ISD is the largest Recognized school district in the st ...
,[ and is zoned to Shirley Kirk Elementary School, Truitt Middle School, and Cypress Ridge High School. Kirk Elementary, named after teacher Shirley Kirk (October 8, 1930-February 11, 2015), opened in 2000. The namesake worked for the district until she retired in 1994.
Awty International School, which includes Houston's French international school; and the ]British International School of Houston
The British International School of Houston (BISH), formerly the British School of Houston (BSOH), is a non-sectarian, co-educational college preparatory day school in the Greater Katy region of the Greater Houston, Houston area. BISH, which open ...
, maintain school bus services to Lakes on Eldridge.[ The Village School also has a bus service to/from Lakes on Eldridge and Lakes on Eldridge North.
Areas in Cy-Fair ISD (and therefore Lakes on Eldridge) are located in ]Lone Star College
Lone Star College (LSC) is a public community college system serving the northern portions of the Greater Houston, Texas, area. In 2017, it enrolled about 95,000 students. The headquarters of the Lone Star College System are located in The Woo ...
.Sec. 130.191. LONE STAR COLLEGE SYSTEM DISTRICT SERVICE AREA.
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References
External links
Lakes on Eldridge
Lakes on Eldridge North Community Association
Kirk Elementary School
Harris County, Texas
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