Superintendent

Jeffrey Burke, Ed.D
jburke@splendoraisd.org
281-689-3128

The Splendora Independent School District Board of Trustees appointed Dr. Jeff Burke as Superintendent of Schools in January 2017.  Previously, Dr. Burke was the assistant superintendent of academics at Georgetown ISD in Georgetown, TX, for two years, was the Executive Director of Professional Learning and Student Engagement at Alvin ISD, and was the High School Principal at Anderson-Shiro CISD in 2010.  

Born in Orange, Texas, Dr. Burke graduated from Hardin Jefferson High School. He attended Houston Baptist University and Lamar University before starting his teaching career in 1995 at Little Cypress-Mauriceville CISD.  

Dr. Burke received his doctorate in educational leadership from Texas A&M University in 2015. Currently, Dr. Burke serves at the state level as a member of the Texas Association of School Administrators (TASA) Member Engagement Committee, is on the board of the Texas Association of Mid-Size Schools as legislative chair, and serves as a member of the steering committee of the Fast Growth Schools Coalition. In 2022, Dr. Burke was named the Region VI Superintendent of the Year.  For the 2024-2025 school year, Dr. Burke will serve as the Region 6 ESC representative on the Texas Education Agency’s commissioner’s cabinet.  

Dr. Burke began his career in public education in 1996 and is focused on creating and facilitating systems that focus on student engagement through positive relationships and the design of meaningful learning experiences. As the child of two public school educators, Dr. Burke holds true to the belief that public schools are the foundation of our democracy and that it is our responsibility to look beyond state test scores to the talents, hopes, and dreams of every child. He is honored to serve Splendora ISD as Superintendent of Schools.

He and his wife, Kim, also an educator, have two children: their daughter Tylee and son Beckett, both of whom attend Timber Lakes Elementary.