Fort Settlement Middle School is a middle school located in the Avalon community of Sugar Land, Texas. Fort Settlement is within the Fort Bend Independent School District. The school colors are crimson, silver and black, and the mascot is a falcon.
Fort Settlement serves the Sugar Land communities of Avalon, Commonwealth, parts of First Colony, and the undeveloped portions of Riverstone.
The school was a 2007 Blue Ribbon School.
The following elementary schools feed into Fort Settlement:
- Colony Meadows
- Commonwealth
- Settlers Way
Fort Settlement feeds into Clements High School and Elkins High School.
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