Hays Consolidated ISD is a growing Central Texas school district serving Kyle and Buda, with 26 zoned campuses: 17 elementary schools, 6 middle schools, and 3 high schools. It’s the highest-volume real estate market we track, with roughly 2,500 to 3,000 homes closing every year, and the district has had a busy year too, with a $968 million bond, a new elementary campus, and a January 2026 rezoning to relieve overcrowding. Scroll Down to Read More About Hays CISD Homes and Schools.
Quick Summary — For Busy Buyers
- 26 zoned campuses across Kyle and Buda: 17 elementary, 6 middle, and 3 high schools
- 2,567 homes closed in Hays CISD over the past year, more than any other district we track
- $325,000 median closed price over the past year, down from $379,350 four years ago
- Homes are taking a median of 53 days to sell, but sellers are still getting 99% of asking price
- A $968 million bond passed in 2025 is funding a fourth high school in Buda and relief for overcrowded campuses
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Hays CISD Homes for Sale
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Hays Consolidated Independent School District School Map
Use the interactive map below to find where Hays CISD Schools are located. Elementary schools are marked with a chalkboard, middle schools with a blue school icon and high schools with a black graduation cap.
Hays CISD Market Snapshot
Hays CISD is by far the highest-volume market we track, with 2,567 homes closing in the past year alone, more than double what most other districts in the area see. Active list prices are running a little above recent closed sales ($334,990 versus $325,000), which is normal in a market with this much inventory (1,079 active listings) and points to sellers testing the market rather than a sign of runaway appreciation. With homes taking a median of 76 days to sell while active, buyers have real room to shop and negotiate.
About Hays CISD
Hays Consolidated ISD covers Kyle and Buda, two of the fastest-growing cities along the I-35 corridor south of Austin. The district has grown rapidly over the last two decades, and it shows: Hays CISD opened its 17th elementary school, Lamont Ramage Elementary, for the 2025-26 school year, and a fourth comprehensive high school is now funded and headed for Buda.
Kyle and Buda have distinct personalities even though they share a school district. Kyle is almost entirely newer construction, with large master-planned communities built out over the past fifteen years. Buda blends a small, walkable historic downtown with its own wave of newer neighborhoods, so home styles and lot sizes vary more from one Buda community to the next than they do in Kyle. Either city puts you inside the same 26-campus district, with an easy commute up I-35 toward Austin or south toward San Marcos.
What Homes Look Like in Hays CISD
At the entry level, homes in Hays CISD are still some of the more attainable options this close to Austin. You’ll find single-story homes on smaller lots in Kyle’s newer sections and in Buda communities like Elliott Ranch and Garlic Creek, most built within the last ten to fifteen years.
Move up toward the district’s $325,000 to $335,000 median and you’ll find larger one and two-story homes with more finish-out, bigger primary suites, and larger yards, especially in established communities like Plum Creek and Sunfield that have a wider mix of builders and price points.
Price per square foot has eased about 15% over the past four years across the district, from roughly $200 to roughly $171, which in practical terms means buyers are getting meaningfully more home for the same monthly payment than they were two or three years ago.
Growth & District News in Hays CISD
Hays CISD has had an eventful year, and we think buyers deserve the full picture, not just the highlights.
A $968 Million Bond, Mostly Approved
On May 3, 2025, voters approved $968.65 million across five bond propositions. Proposition A ($499 million) funds capacity expansion, construction, renovations, a middle school turf field, buses, and CTE equipment. Proposition B ($396.3 million) funds a fourth comprehensive high school in Buda, sized for roughly 2,800 students and targeted to open in 2029. Proposition D ($51.4 million) funds four new multipurpose activity centers, and Proposition E ($16.2 million) funds technology upgrades. The one proposition that did not pass was Proposition C, a $6 million stadium for the new high school.
A January 2026 Rezoning
On January 26, 2026, the school board unanimously approved rezoning parts of six campuses, Buda, Carpenter Hill, Elm Grove, and Sunfield elementary schools, along with McCormick and Dahlstrom middle schools, to relieve overcrowding. The changes took effect this school year. The district’s own communications office has called it a stopgap, good for “about a year or so of extra time,” with a seventh middle school expected to come out of a future 2027 bond. If a specific elementary or middle school boundary matters to your search, it’s worth asking your agent to confirm current zoning before you write an offer.
Academic Ratings: Mostly Improving, One Honest Dip
Hays CISD holds a state “B” rating for 2024-25 (a score of 80 out of 100, down one point from 81 the year before). Four campuses earned an “A”: Elm Grove, Carpenter Hill, and Jim Cullen elementary schools, and Barton Middle School. No campus in the district is rated “F.” The one number worth stating plainly is Science Hall Elementary, which fell from a “C” to a “D,” a drop the district itself has called unacceptable and is actively working to address.
Budget Cuts, and Why They’re a Separate Story
Alongside all that construction spending, Hays CISD is also cutting $12.25 million from its 2026-27 operating budget: eliminating 125 positions, suspending stipends for 970 employees, and allowing larger class sizes. The driver is state funding: per-student funding rose only $55 this year, well under 1%, against real inflation. It can look contradictory to build a fourth high school while cutting the day-to-day budget, but the two are legally separate pots of money. Bond dollars are restricted to construction and capital projects by law and cannot be used to cover salaries or daily operating costs, so a large bond and a tight operating budget can be, and here are, both true at once.
Is Now a Good Time to Buy in Hays CISD?
More Time to Decide
The median days on market has climbed from 37 to 53 over four years. That’s real breathing room to see multiple homes and think before you write an offer.
Sellers Are Pricing Honestly
Sale-to-list has held steady at 99% every single year for four years straight. Sellers here aren’t getting picked apart after overpricing, they’re pricing close to market from the start.
The Most Inventory We Track
With 1,079 active listings, Hays CISD has more homes on the market at once than any other district we cover, giving buyers real choice across price points and neighborhoods.
4-Year Market Perspective
Hays CISD has seen the steepest, most consistent price pullback of any district we track. Median closed price has fallen from $379,350 in FY22-23 to $325,000 in FY25-26, a cumulative decline of about 14.3%. Price per square foot tells the same story, down about 14.7% over the same period, from $200.13 to $170.76.
What hasn’t moved is how accurately sellers are pricing. Sale-to-list has held at exactly 99% every year for four straight years, even as days on market climbed from 37 to 53 and annual closings dipped from a peak of 2,989 in FY23-24 down to 2,567 most recently. That combination, easing prices, steady sale-to-list, and more time to shop, is genuinely good material for a buyer’s market without it being a distressed one.
| Fiscal Year | Closed Sales | Median Close Price | Median $/SqFt | Median CP/LP | Median DOM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY22-23 | 2,565 | $379,350 | $200.13 | 99% | 37 |
| FY23-24 | 2,989 | $352,500 | $189.27 | 99% | 40 |
| FY24-25 | 2,930 | $334,999 | $181.09 | 99% | 49 |
| FY25-26 | 2,567 | $325,000 | $170.76 | 99% | 53 |
How to Buy in Hays CISD
- Get pre-approved with a local lender so you know your real budget before you start touring homes, and can move quickly once you find the right one.
- Decide how much the bond and rezoning news matters to your search. If a specific elementary boundary is important to you, ask your agent to confirm current zoning for any home you’re considering, especially near Buda, Carpenter Hill, Elm Grove, or Sunfield elementary, or McCormick or Dahlstrom middle schools.
- Tour homes in person. With a median of 53 days on market, you generally have time to see more than one home before deciding, rather than feeling rushed into an offer.
- Write an offer grounded in real comparable sales, not list price alone. With sale-to-list holding at 99%, most sellers here are already pricing close to market.
- Work with an agent who knows Hays CISD specifically. Kyle and Buda are close together but not interchangeable, and knowing which communities feed which campuses, and which boundaries are currently in flux, makes a real difference.
Schools in The Hays Consolidated Independent School District
The following is a list of the schools in the Hays ISD along with the school’s address, phone number and GreatSchools’ rating as of September 2026. For additional info, click the links to visit our page about each of the schools in Hays ISD.
Hays ISD Elementary Schools
Blanco Vista Elementary
2951 Blanco Vista Blvd.
San Marcos, TX 78666
Phone: (512) 268-8506
Great Schools Rating: 7/10
Buda Elementary
1060 Old San Antonio Road
Buda, TX 78610
Phone: (512) 268-8439
Great Schools Rating: 8/10
Camino Real Elementary
170 Las Brisas Blvd.
Niederwald, TX 78640
Phone: (512) 268-8505
Great Schools Rating: 4/10
Carpenter Hill Elementary
4410 RR 967
Buda, TX 78610
Phone: (512) 268-8509
Great Schools Rating: 9/10
Jim Cullen Elementary
873 Anthem Parkway
Kyle, TX 78640
Phone: (512) 268-8449
Great Schools Rating: Not Yet Rated
Elm Grove Elementary
801 FM 1626
Buda, TX 78610
Phone: (512) 268-8440
Great Schools Rating: 9/10
Fuentes Elementary
901 Goforth
Kyle, TX 78640
Phone: (512) 268-7827
Great Schools Rating: 5/10
Green Elementary
1301 Old Goforth Road
Buda, TX 78610
Phone: (512) 268-8438
Great Schools Rating: 4/10
Hemphill Elementary
3995 East FM 150
Kyle, TX 78640
Phone: (512) 268-4688
Great Schools Rating: 5/10
Kyle Elementary
500 W. Blanco
Kyle, TX 78640
Phone: (512) 268-3311
Great Schools Rating: 5/10
Negley Elementary
5940 McNaughton
Kyle, TX 78640
Phone: (512) 268-8501
Great Schools Rating: 8/10
Pfluger Elementary
4951 Marsh Lane
Buda, TX 78610
Phone: (512) 268-8510
Great Schools Rating: 7/10
Science Hall Elementary
1510 Bebee Road
Kyle, TX 78640
Phone: (512) 268-8502
Great Schools Rating: 4/10
Sunfield Elementary
155 Vista Gardens Dr
Buda, TX 78610
Phone: (512) 268-8517
Great Schools Rating: 6/10
Tobias Elementary
1005 E FM 150
Kyle, TX 78640
Phone: (512) 268-8437
Great Schools Rating: 5/10
Uhland Elementary
2331 High Road
Uhland, TX 78640
Phone: (512) 268-8503
Great Schools Rating: 6/10
Lamont Ramage Elementary
575 Gristmill Road
Kyle, TX 78640
Phone: (512) 268-7913
Great Schools Rating: Not Yet Rated
Hays ISD Middle Schools
Barton Middle
4950 Jack C. Hays Trail
Buda, TX 78610
Phone: (512) 268-1472
Great Schools Rating: 8/10
Chapa Middle
3311 Dacy Lane
Kyle, TX 78640
Phone: (512) 268-8500
Great Schools Rating: 5/10
Dahlstrom Middle
3600 FM 967
Buda, TX 78610
Phone: (512) 268-8441
Great Schools Rating: 8/10
McCormick Middle
5700 Dacy Lane
Buda, TX 78610
Phone: (512) 268-8508
Great Schools Rating: 5/10
Simon Middle
3839 East FM 150
Kyle, TX 78640
Phone: (512) 268-8507
Great Schools Rating: 4/10
Wallace Middle
1500 West Center
Kyle, TX 78640
Phone: (512) 268-2891
Great Schools Rating: 5/10
Hays ISD High School
Hays High
4800 Jack C. Hays Trail
Buda, TX 78610
Phone: (512) 268-2911
Great Schools Rating: 5/10
Johnson High
4260 FM 967
Buda, TX 78610
Phone: (512) 268-8512
Great Schools Rating: 6/10
Lehman High
1700 Lehman Road
Kyle, TX 78640
Phone: (512) 268-8454
Great Schools Rating: 4/10
Neighborhoods & Communities in Hays CISD
Hays CISD spans two cities, and each has its own distinct neighborhoods. Here’s a look at 16 communities across Kyle and Buda, spanning a range of price points.
Anthem
2-5 beds, 2-5 baths, 1,378-4,100 sqft, High $200,000s – Low $600,000s
Plum Creek
2-6 beds, 1-4 baths, 900-4,200 sqft, Low $200,000s – High $400,000s
Cool Springs
3-5 beds, 2-4 baths, 1,200-3,100 sqft, Mid $200,000s – High $400,000s
Post Oak
2-5 beds, 1-3 baths, 1,000-2,400 sqft, Mid $100,000s – High $200,000s
Waterleaf
2-6 beds, 1-4 baths, 1,100-3,900 sqft, High $100,000s – Low $400,000s
Kensington Trails
3-5 beds, 2-4 baths, 1,300-3,200 sqft, Low $200,000s – Mid $300,000s
Bunton Creek
3-5 beds, 2-3 baths, 1,100-2,812 sqft, Mid $100,000s – High $300,000s
Elliott Ranch
3-6 beds, 2-6 baths, 2,000-5,000 sqft, High $800,000s – $1.3MM
Ruby Ranch
3-5 beds, 2-6 baths, $781,000 – $1,530,000
Garlic Creek
3-5 beds, 2-5 baths, 1,500-4,028 sqft, Low $300,000s – High $500,000s
Shadow Creek
3-6 beds, 1-4 baths, 1,000-3,400 sqft, Mid $100,000s – Mid $300,000s
Sunfield
3-5 beds, 2-5 baths, 1,196-4,300 sqft, Low $200,000s – Low $700,000s
Stonefield
2-5 beds, 2-4 baths, 1,300-3,200 sqft, Mid $200,000s – High $300,000s
Hillside Terrace
3-4 beds, 2-3 baths, 1,298-2,100 sqft, Mid $200,000s
Whispering Hollow
3-5 beds, 2-5 baths, 1,500-3,900 sqft, Low $300,000s – Low $600,000s
Elm Grove
3-5 beds, 2-4 baths, 1,800-4,000 sqft, Mid $300,000s – High $500,000s
Frequently Asked Questions About Hays CISD
Hays CISD has 26 zoned campuses: 17 elementary schools, 6 middle schools, and 3 comprehensive high schools (Hays, Johnson, and Lehman). A fourth high school in Buda is funded and targeted to open in 2029.
Hays CISD holds a state “B” rating for 2024-25, with four campuses earning an “A” and none rated “F.” Ratings vary by individual campus, so it’s worth checking the specific school a home is zoned to rather than relying on the district average alone.
The district earned a “B” (80 out of 100) for the 2024-25 school year, down one point from the previous year. Elm Grove, Carpenter Hill, and Jim Cullen elementary schools, along with Barton Middle School, earned an “A.” Science Hall Elementary fell from a “C” to a “D,” a drop the district has called unacceptable.
Voters approved $968.65 million in bond funding in May 2025. It’s paying for a fourth comprehensive high school in Buda (targeted to open in 2029), capacity expansion and renovations across the district, four new multipurpose activity centers, and technology upgrades.
No schools are closing, but the board approved a rezoning in January 2026 affecting Buda, Carpenter Hill, Elm Grove, and Sunfield elementary schools, along with McCormick and Dahlstrom middle schools, to relieve overcrowding. The district has described it as a temporary fix while a seventh middle school is planned for a future bond.
The median closed price over the past year was $325,000, down from $379,350 four years ago. Active listings carry a slightly higher median list price of $334,990.
Prices have eased for four straight years, days on market have grown to a median of 53, and there are more active listings here than in any other district we track, all of which favor buyers. At the same time, sale-to-list has held steady at 99%, so well-priced homes are still selling close to asking.
Kyle is almost entirely newer, master-planned construction. Buda combines a small historic downtown with its own newer communities, so home styles, lot sizes, and prices vary more within Buda than they do in Kyle.
Yes. Both Kyle and Buda continue to add new sections in established master-planned communities, and the district’s rapid growth, including a new elementary school and a planned fourth high school, reflects ongoing new construction across the area.
The most reliable way is to confirm current attendance zones directly with Hays CISD, especially with the January 2026 rezoning in effect for several campuses. The schools section above lists every zoned campus, and a local agent can help you verify zoning for any specific address before you write an offer.
Looking for a Home in Hays ISD?
We can help you find the right home in the right neighborhood! We know the area well and can help you navigate the market. If you’re ready to get started on your home search, or just have some questions, call us at (512) 827-8323 or email us at info@11OaksRealty.com to set up a no obligation consultation.
Hays Realtor Specializing in Hays CISD Homes
Rebecca Jacks and Raymond Stoklosa are Hays County Realtors specializing in Hays CISD homes. Whether you’re looking to buy or sell a home in Hays ISD, Rebecca and Raymond know the area well and have the experience and tools necessary to make your next real estate transaction stress free. For more info about who we are and how we work, check out Buying a Home in Hays CISD and Selling a Home in Hays CISD.
