Much of the former CDP is zoned to:[2] Townewest Elementary School. A portion to the southwest is zoned to Sugar Mill Elementary School and a portion to the southeast is zoned to Barrington Place Elementary School. All residents are zoned to Sugar Land Middle School and Kempner High School.[9]
The Texas Legislature specifies that the Houston Community College (HCC) boundary includes "the part of the Fort Bend Independent School District that is not located in the service area of the Wharton County Junior College District and that is adjacent to the Houston Community College System District."[10] Wharton College's boundary within FBISD is defined only as the City of Sugar Land and the ETJ of Sugar Land,[11] and Town West is not in the Sugar Land ETJ.[4] Town West is in HCC.[12]
^"Convenient, comfortable: U.S. Home's Town West". Houston Chronicle. 1979-09-08. p. Your Home Section, Classified Display, p. 7 – via Newsbank. - Accessible with a Houston Public Library library card.
^"Fire Stations". Northeast Fire Department. Retrieved 2024-03-10. 14007 Old Richmond Rd. Sugar Land, TX 77498 - Despite the city name in the address, it is not in Sugar Land. The City of Houston stated in 1996 that: "The U.S. Postal Service establishes ZIP codes and mailing addresses in order to maximize the efficiency of their system, not to recognize jurisdictional boundaries."
^"Fort Bend County Fire Stations". Fort Bend County. Retrieved 2024-03-10. Northeast Fort Bend County Volunteer Fire Station #1 14007 Old Richmond Rd, Sugar Land, TX 77498 - Confirms that Northeast Fort Bend County VFD is a fire department.
‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties ±Former CDP annexed by Missouri City ^Former CDP annexed by Sugar Land #Still active as a community, but is no longer listed as a census-designated place