Argyle ISD has finalized the purchase of approximately 35 acres of the Furst Ranch development along US 377. This deal includes the option to accept an additional 15 acres adjacent to the purchased land for a combined 50-acre site to be used for future schools.

These land tracts are in the Flower Mound portion of Furst Ranch along frontage acreage on the east side of US 377. The land was purchased for $9.6 million, and funding was made possible by the voter-approved 2022 bond proposal. 

The Furst Ranch master-planned community is owned by Jack Furst, a long-time Denton County resident and former Argyle ISD parent. This new development includes 2,300 acres at the intersection of FM 1171 and US 377 and construction is underway on homes in the northern sector. The entire Furst Ranch property is within the Argyle ISD boundaries. 

“We are grateful to those in our communities that voted for the 2022 bond that helped make this land purchase for school facilities possible,” AISD School Board President Sam Slaton said. “We are also grateful for Jack Furst's generous 15-acre land donation to the district. As we continue to grow and look towards the future, it is exciting to know that this partnership has helped secure a site location for many future Argyle students.” 

AISD plans for the property include a future middle school and elementary school. The district expects students from Furst Ranch to begin enrolling in 2026 or 2027. The first phase of Furst Ranch includes 1,000 homes.

“We are very excited to continue our support of AISD,” Furst said. “Furst Ranch is looking forward to becoming the new home of a new middle school and elementary school before the decade concludes.”

The 2022 bond proposal included funding to purchase land as the district continues to experience rapid growth. AISD enrolled its 6,000th student in August 2024, and enrollment is expected to surpass 10,000 students in the 2031-2032 school year. This school year’s enrollment growth rate was 12.7 percent.

The 35-acre Furst Ranch site marks the district’s second land purchase in recent years. AISD purchased 50 acres (2022 bond funding) on the north side of FM 407 in 2023, on which Middle School #1 is currently being built. It is projected to open in August 2026 and will serve 7th-8th graders zoned to this campus. 

This donation of 15 acres follows a history of the district receiving land from master-planned communities to build schools. Hillwood Properties donated tracts of 12 and 23 acres to AISD to build Argyle West Elementary and Jane Ruestmann Elementary in the Harvest community. Argyle South Elementary was built on 16 acres donated by the developer of Canyon Falls.

The district will not utilize the new land in Furst Ranch to build a future high school. The Argyle Middle School facility on US 377 will become the second high school in AISD. The district is scheduled to transition to two high schools in the 2027-2028 school year.