Starting with its humble beginnings in 1846, C-FB serves an expanding community.
| 1846 | Webb Chapel School, Farmers Branch |
| 1856 | “Rainwater College,” Carrollton Union School, Carrollton |
| 1890 | The Carrollton Academy, Carrollton |
| 1900 | Carrollton School, Belt Line at Erie |
| 1901 | State of Texas authorizes establishment of local school districts |
| 1902 | Creation of the Carrollton Independent School District, |
| 1903 | Creation of the Farmers Branch Independent School District |
| 1904 | Farmers Branch School, Valley View Lane |
| 1916 | New Carrollton School (red brick building) |
| 1918 | Trinity Mills Common School District consolidates with Carrollton ISD |
| 1936 | Carrollton High School (current DeWitt Perry) |
| 1948 | Hackberry Independent School District consolidates with the Carrollton ISD |
| 1951 | Carrollton Elementary School |
| 1954 | Farmers Branch Independent School District consolidates with the Carrollton ISD |
| 1955 | Valwood Elementary School |
| 1956 | R. E. Good Elementary School |
| 1959 | Webb Chapel Elementary School |
| 1960 | Vivian Field Middle School |
| 1962 | R. L. Turner High School, Former Carrollton High School recognized as DeWitt Perry Junior High School |
| 1963 | School district’s name officially changed to Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD |
| 1964 | Janie Stark Elementary School |
| 1965 | Central Elementary School |
| 1967 | Farmers Branch Elementary School (on Tom Field Road) |
| 1968 | Name of Webb Chapel Elementary School changed to Neil Ray McLaughlin Elementary |
| 1971 | L. F. Blanton Elementary School |
| 1974 | Woodlake Elementary School (now June R. Thompson Elementary) |
| 1975 | Former Farmers Branch school building opened as Valley View Learning Center to house alternative high school program; Newman Smith High School; Dale B. Davis Elementary School; Country Place Elementary School |
| 1978 | McCoy Elementary School |
| 1979 | North Carrollton Junior High School |
| 1980 | Furneaux Elementary School |
| 1981 | Name of Valwood Elementary School changed to L. P. Montgomery Elementary School |
| 1983 | Rosemeade Elementary School; New district administration building opened on Perry Road; Special Education center opened in old administration building on Walnut Street |
| 1985 | Blalack Junior High School, Sheffield Elementary School |
| 1986 | Las Colinas Elementary School |
| 1988 | Name of North Carrollton Junior High changed to Dan F. Long Middle School |
| 1989 | E. L. Kent Elementary School; Sheffield Elementary School changed to Sheffield Primary School; Sheffield Intermediate School |
| 1993 | Charles C. McKamy Elementary School |
| 1994 | Annie Heads Rainwater Elementary School |
| 1996 | Tom Landry Elementary School |
| 1997 | Ted Polk Middle School |
| 1998 | Creekview High School, Barbara Bush Middle School |
| 2000 | Riverchase Elementary School |
| 2001 | Kathryn S. McWhorter Elementary School |
| 2002 | Dave Blair Intermediate School |
| 2002 | Ranchview High School |
| 2004 | Bernice Chatman Freeman Elementary |
| 2007 | Community Learning Complex/CLC Pre-Kindergarten Center |
| 2007 | Kelly Pre-Kindergarten |
| 2008 | Nancy Strickland Intermediate |
| 2008 | LaVillita Elementary |
