Riverside Middle School is in the Bastrop ISD and earned a 5/10 rating from Great School’s as of October 2026. Riverside Middle School, formerly Bastrop Intermediate, is on Old Austin Highway in Bastrop next door to Bastrop Middle School, and 2026-27 is its first year serving all of grades 6 through 8. Its zone takes in the Emile and Lost Pines Elementary zones, including Tahitian Village, most of Circle D and the Lake Bastrop area, plus Riverside Grove and the older streets of central Bastrop. In TEA’s 2025-26 ratings, issued for its transition year, the campus earned a D (65). This page covers the school’s official ratings and programs, its 2026-27 attendance zone, its feeder schools, and real closed-sales data for homes in the zone from Unlock MLS.
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From Bastrop Intermediate to Riverside Middle School
Riverside Middle School is the former Bastrop Intermediate School, one of Bastrop ISD’s two 6th-grade centers. Under the 2021 bond, the district converted both intermediate campuses into comprehensive middle schools for grades 6 through 8, and trustees approved the new name, the Grizzlies mascot and the school colors on April 15, 2025. The campus opened as Riverside Middle in fall 2025. If you previously visited our Bastrop Intermediate School page, this page replaces it.
2025-26 was a transition year. The campus served 6th and 7th graders that year, and those 7th graders returned in 2026-27 as the school’s first 8th graders, so this is the first year Riverside serves all three middle school grades. The bond conversion covers a competition gym, weight room, locker rooms, an athletic field and track, music, drama and art spaces and science labs; in mid-2025 the district expected the renovations to be finished around the middle of the 2025-26 school year, and its bond page still listed some items as in progress.
Keep the TEA ratings in context. The 2024-25 rating (C, 77) was issued to Bastrop Intermediate as a 6th-grade campus that tested only reading and math. The 2025-26 rating (D, 65) was issued under the Riverside Middle name, and TEA’s data show reading and math tests only, with no 8th-grade science or social studies tests, because the campus did not yet have 8th graders. Neither rating reflects a full 6-8 campus. The 2026-27 rating, expected in August 2027, will be the first.
Riverside Middle School Snapshot
- Address: 509 Old Austin Hwy., Bastrop, TX 78602
- Phone: (512) 772-7450
- School District: Bastrop ISD
- Grades Served: 6–8 (first year with all three grades in 2026-27)
- Enrollment: 717 students (2025-26)
- Student-Teacher Ratio: 15.6:1 (2024-25, as Bastrop Intermediate)
- Principal: Michelle Nicholas
- School Hours: 8:40 a.m. to 4:10 p.m. (Bastrop ISD secondary schedule, 2026-27); early release 12:40 p.m.
- Mascot: Grizzlies
- Opened: Fall 2025 as Riverside Middle School, in the former Bastrop Intermediate building
- GreatSchools Rating: It is 5/10 as of October 2026.
Riverside Middle School shares Old Austin Highway with Bastrop Middle School, and together the two serve the Bastrop side of the district. Michelle Nicholas is the principal; her 2026-27 welcome letter mentions new clubs, sports and activities as the campus grows into a full middle school, and the campus motto is Grizzlies rise with knowledge, character, and excellence. Enrollment was 717 in 2025-26, and about 57 percent of students were economically disadvantaged. GreatSchools and TEA measure different things. GreatSchools weighs test results against schools with similar student populations, while TEA’s rating, below, is the state’s official accountability measure.
Academic Performance: Texas Education Agency Accountability Rating
In TEA’s 2025-26 accountability ratings, released in August 2026, Riverside Middle School earned an overall D with a score of 65, and TEA identified the campus for comprehensive support and improvement. That rating covers the 2025-26 transition year, when the campus served grades 6 and 7. In 2024-25, as Bastrop Intermediate, a 6th-grade campus, it earned a C (77).
- Overall TEA Rating (2025-26): D (65)
- Student Achievement: C, 71 out of 100 (based on STAAR reading and math)
- School Progress: D, 66 out of 100 (Academic Growth D/64, Relative Performance D/66)
- Closing the Gaps: F, 51 out of 100
- Improvement Status: Identified for comprehensive support and improvement (CSI)
- Prior Overall Ratings (as Bastrop Intermediate, grade 6): C (78) in 2021-22, D (65) in 2022-23, D (64) in 2023-24, and C (77) in 2024-25
Under TEA’s scale, an A reflects exemplary performance, B is recognized, C is acceptable, D needs improvement, and F is unacceptable. TEA builds the overall score from the better of Student Achievement or School Progress, weighted at 70 percent, plus Closing the Gaps at 30 percent. School Progress itself uses the better of Academic Growth or Relative Performance, which compares results with campuses that have a similar share of economically disadvantaged students.
Student Achievement, a C at 71, was the strongest part of the 2025-26 rating, while Closing the Gaps, which looks at how individual student groups perform, was an F. Comprehensive support and improvement (CSI) is the most intensive federal identification TEA uses, given to campuses whose overall performance is among the lowest in the state; the campus then writes and carries out an improvement plan with district oversight. The campus posts its Targeted Improvement Plan on its website. As Bastrop Intermediate, the campus was identified for targeted support and improvement in 2021-22, 2022-23 and 2024-25, and for additional targeted support in 2023-24. Targeted support and improvement (TSI) is a federal identification TEA gives a campus when one or more student groups consistently underperform on the state’s measures; the campus then writes and carries out an improvement plan. Additional targeted support (ATS) is a federal identification TEA gives a campus when at least one student group performs at a level comparable to the state’s lowest-performing campuses; the campus then writes and carries out an improvement plan.
Source: Texas Education Agency accountability summaries for Riverside Middle School (campus 011901104), 2022 through 2026 rating years (2025-26 ratings released August 2026). TEA’s ratings for 2022-23 and 2023-24 were released late, in 2025, after litigation over the rating system, and 2021-22 ratings labeled scores below 70 as Not Rated under Senate Bill 1365. Ratings through 2024-25 were issued as BASTROP INT for a 6th-grade campus; the 2025-26 rating was issued as RIVERSIDE MIDDLE for the grade 6-7 transition year. TEA issues updated ratings annually, so verify the current rating directly with Bastrop ISD or TEA before making a decision based on it.
Programs at Riverside Middle School
Riverside is still building out its middle school program, so these are the programs and resources the campus lists today. Ask the school for current details.
- UIL Academics: A campus UIL academic competition program
- Athletics: Middle school athletics with published coaching staff and game schedules; the principal’s 2026-27 letter mentions new sports as the campus adds 8th grade
- Facilities: Bond 2021 conversion work for a competition gym, weight room, locker rooms, athletic field and track, music, drama and art spaces and science labs
- Targeted Improvement Plan: The campus publishes its 2026-27 improvement plan on its website
- Next door to Bastrop Middle School: Both campuses sit on Old Austin Highway in Bastrop
For current details on electives, athletics, or special education, contact Riverside Middle School at (512) 772-7450 or visit rms.bisdtx.org.
Where is Riverside Middle School?
Riverside Middle School is located at:
509 Old Austin Hwy.
Bastrop, TX 78602
Riverside Middle School Attendance Zone Map
For 2026-27, Riverside Middle School’s zone covers all of the Emile and Lost Pines Elementary zones, including Tahitian Village, Pine Forest, most of Circle D and Circle D East, Lake Bastrop Acres and the Lake Bastrop area, the Paige area and Holiday Hills. It also takes in Riverside Grove from the Colony Oaks zone and the older streets of central Bastrop from the Mina zone, such as Hill, Pecan, Wilson, Cedar, Farm, Main, Water and Fayette Streets. Bastrop ISD does not offer an address lookup tool, so check the 2026-2027 middle school attendance zone map on the Bastrop ISD school boundaries and maps page and confirm a specific address with the district.
Neighborhoods north and northeast of downtown in the Mina zone, such as Pine View, Piney Ridge and Piney Creek Bend, go to Bastrop Middle School instead, as does the small part of Circle D zoned to Mina Elementary. Riverside Grove is zoned to Riverside even though the rest of the Colony Oaks zone goes to Bastrop Middle or Creekside Middle. The current boundaries were adopted by Bastrop ISD trustees in January 2025 and cover the 2025-26 and 2026-27 school years. Older MLS listings in this area may still show Bastrop Intermediate or Bastrop Middle as the middle school.
Homes Zoned to Riverside Middle School: Market Stats
The figures below cover single-family homes in Bastrop ISD sold through Unlock MLS whose addresses fall inside Riverside Middle School’s official 2026-27 attendance zone. Rather than relying on the school name typed into each listing, we geocoded every Bastrop ISD sale and tested it against the district’s own zone maps. That matters here because the 2025 rezoning, which came with Adelton’s opening and the middle-school conversions, left many listings carrying old school names, for example homes now zoned to Adelton or Colony Oaks still tagged Mina or Bluebonnet, and older listings that predate Riverside and Creekside Middle Schools carry no middle school name for them at all. Tahitian Village accounts for most sales in the zone, followed by Circle D, Riverside Grove, the Lake Bastrop area and Pine Forest.
3-Year Closed Sales Trend
| Period | Homes Sold | Median Sale Price | Median $/Sq Ft | Sale-to-List Ratio | Median Days on Market |
| Sept 2022 – Aug 2023 | 226 | $399,500 | $226.16 | 99.0% | 37 days |
| Sept 2023 – Aug 2024 | 259 | $380,000 | $221.22 | 99.0% | 35 days |
| Sept 2024 – Aug 2025 | 253 | $372,500 | $211.90 | 98.0% | 51 days |
| Trailing 12 Months (Sept 2025 – Aug 2026) | 251 | $377,500 | $206.44 | 98.0% | 65 days |
Data sourced from Unlock MLS. Statistics deemed reliable but not guaranteed. Single-family homes only. Each sale was geocoded and matched to Bastrop ISD’s official 2026-27 attendance-zone maps, so the figures reflect today’s zone rather than the school name typed into each listing; 4 Bastrop ISD listings that fell outside every zone, and 3 that could not be located, were left out.
The median sale price for homes in the Riverside Middle School zone has fallen, from $399,500 in 2022-23 to $377,500 over the trailing twelve months, a change of about 5.5%. Median price per square foot moved from $226.16 to $206.44 (-8.7%), so the per-foot picture is softer than three years ago.
Sales volume went from 226 homes in 2022-23 to 251 in the past twelve months. Median days on market rose from 37 to 65 days, and sellers received a median of 98.0% of their final list price over the past year.
Current Inventory Snapshot
As of October 2, 2026
| Status | Count | Median List Price | Median Days on Market |
| Active | 146 | $419,900 | 79 days |
| Active Under Contract | 14 | $367,000 | 62 days |
| Pending | 7 | $340,000 | 65 days |
Data sourced from Unlock MLS. Statistics deemed reliable but not guaranteed. Same method as above.
167 homes are currently active, under contract, or pending in the Riverside Middle School zone. With 146 active listings against about 21 sales a month over the past year, the zone has roughly 7.0 months of inventory, a buyer-leaning market with room to negotiate.
The median active list price of $419,900 compares with a trailing-twelve-month median sale price of $377,500, and active listings have been on the market a median of 79 days.
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Neighborhoods Zoned to Riverside Middle School
These are the main neighborhoods that make up Riverside Middle School’s 2026-27 zone, drawn from MLS sales whose addresses fall inside the official zone map. For an overview of the wider area, see our Bastrop neighborhood guide.
- Tahitian Village: The largest neighborhood in the zone by far; entirely zoned to Riverside, through Emile Elementary
- Circle D and Circle D East: Mostly zoned to Riverside, through Emile or Lost Pines Elementary. The small part zoned to Mina Elementary goes to Bastrop Middle School
- Riverside Grove: Entirely zoned to Riverside, through Colony Oaks Elementary
- Lake Bastrop Acres, Lake Bastrop and Lake Bastrop Club: Nearly all zoned to Riverside, through Lost Pines Elementary
- Pine Forest: Zoned to Riverside, through Emile Elementary
- Paige area and Holiday Hills: Zoned to Riverside, through Lost Pines Elementary
- Central Bastrop: The older streets around downtown, including Riverview Heights, are zoned to Riverside through Mina Elementary
- River Meadows, Pine Valley and El Camino Real: Smaller subdivisions in the Emile zone, all zoned to Riverside
Feeder Elementary and High Schools
Riverside Middle School draws from four elementary zones, and all of its students continue to Bastrop High School:
- Emile Elementary (entire zone): Tahitian Village, most of Circle D, Pine Forest and nearby subdivisions
- Lost Pines Elementary (entire zone): The Lake Bastrop area, part of Circle D, the Paige area and Holiday Hills
- Mina Elementary (part of the zone): The older streets of central Bastrop around downtown. Neighborhoods north and northeast of downtown go to Bastrop Middle
- Colony Oaks Elementary (Riverside Grove only): The Colony and Hunters Crossing go to Bastrop Middle or Creekside Middle
Feeder Elementary Schools
- Emile Elementary
Great Schools Rating: 4/10 - Lost Pines Elementary
Great Schools Rating: 2/10 - Mina Elementary
Great Schools Rating: 4/10 - Colony Oaks Elementary
Great Schools Rating: 5/10
Feeder High School
- Bastrop High School
Great Schools Rating: 5/10
Source: Bastrop ISD’s 2026-2027 elementary, middle and high school attendance zone maps (boundaries adopted January 2025), with neighborhood and street splits estimated by testing MLS sale locations against those maps. Creekside Middle School was formerly Cedar Creek Intermediate and Riverside Middle School was formerly Bastrop Intermediate. Feeder patterns can change with future rezoning, so confirm with Bastrop ISD for any specific address.
Frequently Asked Questions
Ratings and Zoning
Yes. Bastrop Intermediate, one of the district’s two 6th-grade centers, became Riverside Middle School in fall 2025 under the 2021 bond plan, with the new name and Grizzlies mascot approved by trustees on April 15, 2025.
Riverside Middle earned a D with a score of 65 in TEA’s 2025-26 ratings, released in August 2026. In 2024-25, as Bastrop Intermediate, it earned a C (77).
No. 2025-26 was a transition year with grades 6 and 7, and TEA’s data show no 8th-grade science or social studies tests. The 2026-27 rating, expected in August 2027, will be the first for a full 6-8 campus.
TEA identified the campus for comprehensive support and improvement in 2025-26, its most intensive federal identification, for campuses whose overall performance is among the lowest in the state. The campus must carry out an improvement plan, which it posts on its website.
For 2026-27 the zone includes Tahitian Village, most of Circle D, Pine Forest, the Lake Bastrop area, the Paige area, Holiday Hills, Riverside Grove and the older streets of central Bastrop.
Bastrop ISD does not offer an address lookup tool. Check the 2026-2027 middle school attendance zone map on the district’s school boundaries and maps page, then confirm the address with Bastrop ISD, especially near downtown where the Mina zone splits between Riverside and Bastrop Middle.
Programs, Feeder Schools and Home Prices
All of Emile and Lost Pines Elementary, the central Bastrop part of Mina Elementary, and Riverside Grove from the Colony Oaks Elementary zone.
All Riverside Middle students are zoned to Bastrop High School. Students can also apply to Colorado River Collegiate Academy, the district’s early college high school.
The Grizzlies, chosen when the campus was renamed in 2025.
Michelle Nicholas is the principal of Riverside Middle School.
Over the past 12 months, 251 single-family homes sold in the Riverside Middle School zone at a median price of $377,500, compared with $399,500 three years earlier, a decline of 5.5%.
There are 146 active listings in the Riverside Middle School zone with a median list price of $419,900.
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