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Leander ISD
Williamson County · Region 13: Austin · 41,854 students
Leander ISD is rated B by TEA, scoring 87 out of 100 for 2025-26 — below the 89.5 average of the 74 districts serving a similar share of economically disadvantaged students, and above the statewide average of 81.7. It is up 1 point since 2021-22 — both years scored under TEA's current rules, since TEA rewrote them in 2023; under the rules in force back then it scored 89.
Ranks 253rd of 1,019 Texas districts (tied with 49 others), and 10th of 50 in Region 13: Austin (tied with 1 other).
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5 years of ratings
2021-22 is shown under the refreshed methodology TEA adopted in 2023, so it is comparable with later years. Under the original scoring it was rated B with 89 that year.
| Year | Rating | Score | Similar | State |
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| 2025-26 | B | 87 | 89.5 | 81.7 |
| 2024-25 | B | 88 | 89.2 | 80.3 |
| 2023-24 | B | 86 | 88.2 | 78.7 |
| 2022-23 | B | 88 | 88.0 | 79.2 |
| 2021-22 | B | 86 | 88.6 | 80.6 |
How this district's change over time is ranked
TEA publishes most measures for one year only, so a change ranking exists just where the same figure is published across years — the overall score, the five score domains, and per-student spending. This page does not yet state where Leander ISD itself places on these lists, only that the lists exist; open one to find this district's own row.
Texas districts
Region 13: Austin
Williamson County
Where the score comes from
Texas builds the overall rating from the better of Student Achievement and School Progress, weighted 70%, plus Closing the Gaps at 30%. School Progress is itself the better of Academic Growth and Relative Performance. The 60, 70, 80 and 90 rules mark the letter-grade thresholds.
- Leander ISD
- Similar student population (74)
- Region 13: Austin (50)
| Domain | Score | Grade | Points to next grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Student Achievement | 88 | B | 2 |
| School Progress | 79 | C | 1 |
| Closing the Gaps | 85 | B | 5 |
| Academic Growth | 79 | C | 1 |
| Relative Performance | 75 | C | 5 |
Closest to moving up: Student Achievement, 2 points below A in that domain — the nearest of the measures that count toward the overall rating.
TEA does not add the domains up. The overall score is the better of Student Achievement and School Progress at 70%, plus Closing the Gaps at 30%. For this district that better measure is Student Achievement (88), so School Progress (79) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 88.
Student outcomes
STAAR performance
- Approaches grade level
- Meets grade level
- Masters grade level
- Tick: Similar student population (74)
Percentage of tests at or above each level. Masters is a subset of Meets, which is a subset of Approaches. The tick on each bar marks the average for Similar student population (74 districts) — a comparison TEA does not publish.
Graduation
- Four-Year
- 97.7%−0.8 pts vs similar
- Five-Year
- 98.6%−0.1 pts vs similar
- Six-Year
- 99.0%+0.3 pts vs similar
- Dropout Rate
- 0.3%±0.0 pts vs similar
College, career and military readiness
| Criterion | This district | similar | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total credit for CCMR criteria | 86.0% | 90.1% | −4.1 |
| Scored at or above the college ready standard on SAT, ACT, TSIA, or earned credit for a college prep course | 73.0% | 63.9% | +9.1 |
| Scored at or above the college ready standard on SAT, ACT, TSIA | 70.2% | 47.4% | +22.8 |
| Met criterion score on AP/IB exam(s) | 47.5% | 18.2% | +29.3 |
| Earned college credit for a dual credit course | 20.2% | 45.8% | −25.6 |
| Earned an industry-based certification | 18.1% | 35.3% | −17.2 |
| Earned a level I or level II certificate | 0.0% | 0.2% | −0.2 |
| Earned an associate degree | 0.0% | 1.6% | −1.6 |
| Completed an OnRamps course and qualified for college credit | 11.5% | 6.6% | +4.9 |
| Graduated with completed individualized education program (IEP) and workforce readiness | 4.6% | 2.1% | +2.5 |
| Graduated under an advanced diploma plan and identified as a current special education student | 7.4% | 6.2% | +1.2 |
| Enlisted in the U.S. Armed Forces | 1.4% | 2.5% | −1.1 |
Who this district serves
Placed after the results deliberately: this is context for reading them, not an explanation of them.
- Students
- 41,854
- Economically disadvantaged
- 20.1%−2.0 pts vs similar
- English learners
- 14.4%+9.2 pts vs similar
- Special education
- 16.9%+2.4 pts vs similar
- Attendance
- 94.0%−1.6 pts vs similar
- Chronically absent
- 15.4%+6.9 pts vs similar
Student demographics
- African American 4.6%
- Hispanic 26.2%
- White 42.5%
- American Indian 0.3%
- Asian 19.2%
- Pacific Islander 0.1%
- Two or More Races 7.1%
Spending per student
Compared against TEA's own peer group, which controls for size and student population, and against the state.
- Leander ISD
- TEA peer group
- Texas average
Spends $2,160 more per student than its peer group, and $1,571 more than the state average.
Teachers
- Average salary
- $65,597−$1,681 vs similar
- Teachers
- 2,968
- Students per staff member
- 14.1
Teaching experience
- Beginning 2.9%
- 1 to 5 years 26.3%
- 6 to 10 years 20%
- 11 to 20 years 31.2%
- 21 to 30 years 16.5%
- Over 30 years 3%
Where this district ranks best
Out of 164 rankings computed across every published metric and every comparison group, these are the placements that stand out. Press Copy for a citable sentence.
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All Subjects — Masters
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Reading — Approaches
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Reading — Meets
Williamson County · of the 11 that report this measure · tied with 1
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Reading — Masters
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Science — Masters
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Social Studies — Meets
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Social Studies — Masters
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Scored at or above the college ready standard on SAT, ACT, TSIA
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Met criterion score on AP/IB exam(s)
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Graduated under an advanced diploma plan and identified as a current special education student
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Scored at or above the college ready standard on SAT, ACT, TSIA
Region 13: Austin · of the 48 that report this measure
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Overall score
Williamson County · of the 11 that report this measure · full ranking
These are selected high placements, not a summary. Every figure above this section is the full picture, including where this district ranks poorly. Each statement below states its cohort and its denominator so it can be checked — a rank without an n is a boast, not a fact. Ties are shown because a shared ceiling is not a sole first place. Every ranking this site publishes, including the ones no district would put in a press release.
51 schools in this district
| School | Type | Rating | Score | Students |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florence W Stiles MS | Middle / Jr. High | A | 96 | 1,550 |
| New Hope HS | High School | A | 94 | 72 |
| Early College HS | High School | A | 94 | 296 |
| Laura Welch Bush Elem | Elementary | A | 94 | 502 |
| River Ridge Elem | Elementary | A | 94 | 345 |
| Cedar Park HS | High School | A | 93 | 2,241 |
| Canyon Ridge MS | Middle / Jr. High | A | 93 | 889 |
| Deer Creek Elem | Elementary | A | 93 | 643 |
| Vista Ridge HS | High School | A | 92 | 2,458 |
| Vandegrift HS | High School | A | 92 | 2,338 |
| Rouse HS | High School | A | 91 | 2,370 |
| Running Brushy MS | Middle / Jr. High | A | 91 | 1,130 |
| Artie L Henry MS | Middle / Jr. High | A | 91 | 1,255 |
| Rutledge Elem | Elementary | A | 91 | 761 |
| Monta Jane Akin Elem | Elementary | A | 91 | 817 |
| Donald Lewis Hisle | Elementary | A | 91 | 575 |
| Cedar Park MS | Middle / Jr. High | A | 90 | 1,439 |
| Knox Wiley MS | Middle / Jr. High | A | 90 | 929 |
| Steiner Ranch Elem | Elementary | A | 90 | 378 |
| Leander HS | High School | B | 89 | 2,136 |
| Parkside Elem | Elementary | B | 89 | 800 |
| Cypress Elem | Elementary | B | 88 | 481 |
| William J Winkley Elem | Elementary | B | 88 | 678 |
| Westside Elem | Elementary | B | 88 | 457 |
| Tarvin Elem | Elementary | B | 87 | 863 |
| Ronald Reagan Elem | Elementary | B | 86 | 771 |
| Four Points MS | Middle / Jr. High | B | 85 | 582 |
| River Place Elem | Elementary | B | 84 | 521 |
| Glenn HS | High School | B | 82 | 1,881 |
| Leander MS | Middle / Jr. High | B | 82 | 945 |
| Pleasant Hill Elem | Elementary | B | 81 | 709 |
| C C Mason Elem | Elementary | B | 80 | 649 |
| Whitestone Elem | Elementary | C | 79 | 769 |
| Charlotte Cox Elem | Elementary | C | 79 | 463 |
| Larkspur Elem | Elementary | C | 79 | 802 |
| Stacy Kaye Danielson MS | Middle / Jr. High | C | 77 | 1,094 |
| Block House Creek Elem | Elementary | C | 76 | 436 |
| Pauline Naumann Elem | Elementary | C | 76 | 457 |
| Officer Leonard A Reed Elem | Elementary | C | 76 | 570 |
| Grandview Hills Elem | Elementary | C | 73 | 396 |
| North Elem | Elementary | C | 73 | 777 |
| Ada Mae Faubion Elem | Elementary | C | 72 | 363 |
| Jim Plain Elem | Elementary | C | 72 | 693 |
| Lois F Giddens Elem | Elementary | D | 63 | 439 |
| Patricia Knowles Elem | Elementary | D | 60 | 627 |
| Bagdad Elem | Elementary | F | 59 | 688 |
| Christine Camacho Elem | Elementary | F | 59 | 598 |
| Step - JJAEP | High School | Not Rated | — | 3 |
| Step - Detention | High School | Not Rated | — | 3 |
| Leander Extended Opportunity | K-12 | Not Rated | — | 80 |
| Denise Geiger Compass Center | High School | Not Rated | — | 135 |
Where this comes from
Every figure on this page comes from data the Texas Education Agency publishes at txschools.gov, fetched 15 August 2026 and archived with a checksum so each number stays traceable to the bytes TEA served.