, but does the county or school district?
That’s a great question and hope it gets answered. The county not the city where I live has gone completely nuts; raising real estate taxes every two years.
It's in the article. They do pay County and School taxes. I used to live in their neighboring city and worked at the newspaper covering Stafford when it was just a wide spot in the road. They formed their own school district and withdrew from the Ft. Bend Unified School District over some dispute. (It could have been football, but that was back in 1982, so I don't remember.)
Stafford also has the lion's share of business so they get revenue there. They always ran a conservative ship. I don't know how their school taxes compare with Fort Bend, but I imagine they would be lower. And their county taxes would be the same as everybody else in the county, so it's a net gain for the property owner.