Background
The school is located in the Katy Independent School District, and has the distinction of being the largest high school construction project at one time in the state of Texas. Seven Lakes was designed by PBK Architects, as were many other area schools. It is also the second largest, as well as the most expensive, school in the United States to be built at one time. The total cost of the school came around to $77,424,704 after construction was complete. The name of the school is derived from two major communities that are zoned to it, Seven Meadows and Grand Lakes, taking "Seven" from the name of the Seven Meadows community and "Lakes" from the name of the Grand Lakes community. The school is meant for a maximum of 3,000 students, but schools in Katy ISD often become overcrowded due to the rapid development in the area.
The school maintains a rivalry of sorts with Cinco Ranch High School, another high school also located in the same school district as Seven Lakes (Katy Independent School District) and located a mere 3 miles away. Logically, much of the area now zoned to Seven Lakes was originally zoned to Cinco Ranch High School before Seven Lakes opened. The "rivalry" consists of mainly competition between one another in athletics, rankings of the school, and standardized test scores.
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