Carpenter Hill Elementary is in Hays CISD and earned a 9/10 rating from Great School’s as of October 2026. The campus sits at 4410 RR 967 west of Buda, near Johnson High School, in the 78610 zip code and serves Pre-K through 5th grade. Its zone takes in Hill Country neighborhoods west of Buda, and for 2026-27 Hays CISD’s January 2026 rezoning added the Persimmon neighborhood, which moved from Buda Elementary. The entire zone feeds Dahlstrom Middle School and Moe and Gene Johnson High School. Scroll down to read more about homes near Carpenter Hill Elementary School.
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Carpenter Hill Elementary School Snapshot
- Address: 4410 RR 967, Buda, TX 78610
- Phone: (512) 268-8509
- School District: Hays CISD
- Grades Served: Pre-K through 5th grade
- Enrollment: 520 students (2025-26)
- Student-Teacher Ratio: 14.6:1 (2024-25)
- Principal: Ginger Bordeau
- School Hours: 7:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. (Hays CISD elementary bell schedule)
- Mascot: Colts
- School Colors: Red and navy blue
- Opened: 2010
- GreatSchools Rating: It is 9/10 as of October 2026.
Carpenter Hill Elementary opened in August 2010 and is named for the Carpenter family. W.H.H. Carpenter settled the area in 1855, and the land became known as Carpenter Hill; his son Cyrus was a Methodist minister who published The Buda Star, and Cyrus’s son Fred was a lifelong cowboy. The school’s first PTA was organized by parents from Buda and Elm Grove elementary schools. In 2025-26, Carpenter Hill enrolled 520 students; only 18.3% were economically disadvantaged, among the lowest shares in Hays CISD, while 5.0% were emergent bilingual and 27.1% received special education services. District projections put Carpenter Hill at 478 students in 2026-27, about 60% of its 800-seat capacity, rising past 100% around 2032-33 as Persimmon builds out. 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, Carpenter Hill Elementary earned an overall B with a score of 88. That is down 2 points from an A (90) in 2024-25. Carpenter Hill has alternated between high B and A ratings: A (94) in 2021-22, A (92) in 2022-23 and B (88) in 2023-24.
- Overall TEA Rating (2025-26): B (88)
- Student Achievement: A, 91 out of 100 (based on STAAR performance)
- School Progress: B, 87 out of 100 (Academic Growth B/87, Relative Performance C/77)
- Closing the Gaps: B, 81 out of 100
- Prior Overall Ratings: A (94) in 2021-22, A (92) in 2022-23, B (88) in 2023-24, A (90) in 2024-25
- Hays CISD (2025-26): B (81) district-wide
Under TEA’s scale, an A reflects exemplary performance, B is recognized, C is acceptable, D needs improvement, and F is unacceptable. Carpenter Hill’s strength is Student Achievement, the share of students meeting STAAR standards, which has been an A (91 or 92) in all five rated years and was 91 in 2025-26. School Progress was a B (87), with Academic Growth at 87 and Relative Performance, which compares results with schools serving similar shares of economically disadvantaged students, at a C (77). Closing the Gaps, which measures results for student groups, fell from 86 to a B (81), and that decline kept the overall score just under an A. The campus earned distinctions in Postsecondary Readiness and Comparative Closing the Gaps in 2021-22 and none since, and it is not identified for state improvement support.
Source: Texas Education Agency accountability summaries for Carpenter Hill Elementary (campus 105906115), 2022 through 2026 (2025-26 ratings released August 2026). The 2022-23 and 2023-24 ratings were delayed by litigation and released in 2025. TEA issues updated ratings annually, so verify the current rating directly with Hays CISD or TEA before making a decision based on it.
Programs at Carpenter Hill Elementary
These are the programs Hays CISD and the Carpenter Hill campus list for this school. The campus website could not be read for this update, so ask the school about clubs and after-school care.
- Pre-K: Hays CISD offers free full-day Pre-K for 4-year-olds (age 4 by Sept. 1) who live in a Hays CISD elementary zone and meet state eligibility guidelines; ask the campus whether its Pre-K classes are on site this year.
- Early Learning Center: Carpenter Hill hosts one of Hays CISD’s Early Learning Centers, a child care program for children and grandchildren of district employees, with priority for staff at the host campus.
- Gifted and Talented: Identified students are served through Hays CISD’s Gifted and Talented Services, which at the elementary level uses cluster classrooms with differentiation. TEA counted 7.5% of students as gifted and talented in 2025-26.
- Special education: About 27.1% of students received special education services in 2025-26, above the district average, which suggests the campus houses one or more district special education programs. Ask the school which programs are on site.
- PTA: Carpenter Hill has an active PTA that has funded campus projects since the school opened.
A Carpenter Hill expansion design was listed in late 2024 as an item that could wait for a future bond. For current details on Pre-K, special education programs or gifted and talented services, contact Carpenter Hill Elementary at (512) 268-8509.
Where is Carpenter Hill Elementary School?
Carpenter Hill Elementary is located at:
4410 RR 967
Buda, TX 78610
Carpenter Hill Elementary Attendance Zone Map
For 2026-27, Carpenter Hill’s zone covers the Hill Country west of Buda around RR 967 in the 78610 zip code. The largest neighborhood is Carpenter Hill itself, and the zone also includes Leisurewoods, La Ventana, Coves of Cimarron, Cimarron Park, Elliott Ranch, Rutherford West, Hays Country Oaks, Huntington Estates, Oak Forest, Chaparral Park, Copper Hills, Country Estates, Cimarron Acres, Ruby Ranch and Oxbow Trails. In January 2026, the Hays CISD board moved the Persimmon neighborhood (planning unit 14) from Buda Elementary to Carpenter Hill. Current Persimmon students may stay at Buda Elementary through 5th grade, but without bus service.
Hays CISD’s 18th elementary school is projected to open around August 2028, and a 4th high school and 7th middle school are now planned for 2030. Confirm any address with Hays CISD’s interactive attendance zone map before buying, especially for older Persimmon listings that may still show Buda Elementary.
Homes Zoned to Carpenter Hill Elementary: Market Stats
The figures below cover single-family homes sold through Unlock MLS whose addresses fall inside Carpenter Hill Elementary’s 2026-27 attendance zone, based on Hays CISD’s official 2026-27 attendance zone map (which includes the January 2026 rezoning), not the school typed into each listing. The largest groups of sales were in Carpenter Hill, Leisurewoods, La Ventana, Coves of Cimarron and Cimarron Park. Unlike much of Hays CISD, this is mostly an established-home market: the median home sold was built in 2002, and about 24% of sales were homes built in 2022 or later.
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 | 131 | $612,900 | $268.64 | 97.9% | 26 days |
| Sept 2023 – Aug 2024 | 106 | $612,432 | $260.89 | 98.3% | 45 days |
| Sept 2024 – Aug 2025 | 116 | $628,226 | $260.75 | 97.3% | 51 days |
| Trailing 12 Months (Sept 2025 – Aug 2026) | 107 | $660,500 | $267.76 | 97.1% | 56 days |
Data sourced from Unlock MLS. Statistics deemed reliable but not guaranteed. Single-family homes only. Each Hays CISD listing was geocoded and matched to Hays CISD’s official 2026-27 Carpenter Hill Elementary attendance zone, so the figures reflect today’s zone (including the January 2026 rezoning) rather than the school typed into each listing.
The median sale price in the Carpenter Hill Elementary zone has risen, from $612,900 in 2022-23 to $660,500 over the trailing twelve months, a change of about 7.8%. Median price per square foot was nearly flat, moving from $268.64 to $267.76 (-0.3%), so the higher median reflects larger homes selling rather than higher prices per foot.
Sales volume went from 131 homes in 2022-23 to 107 in the past twelve months. Median days on market more than doubled, from 26 to 56 days, and sellers received a median of 97.1% of their final list price over the past year, down from 97.9%.
Current Inventory Snapshot
As of October 3, 2026
| Status | Count | Median List Price | Median Days on Market |
| Active | 39 | $675,000 | 63 days |
| Active Under Contract | 4 | $499,950 | 30 days |
| Pending | 1 | $1,645,000 | 82 days |
Data sourced from Unlock MLS. Statistics deemed reliable but not guaranteed. Single-family homes only, same zone method as above.
44 homes are currently active, under contract, or pending in the Carpenter Hill Elementary zone. With 39 active listings against about 8.9 sales a month over the past year, the zone has roughly 4.4 months of inventory, a balanced market.
The median active list price of $675,000 is a little above the trailing-twelve-month median sale price of $660,500, and active listings have been on the market a median of 63 days.
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Neighborhoods Zoned to Carpenter Hill Elementary
The neighborhoods below have their own guides and are zoned to Carpenter Hill Elementary for 2026-27. All of the sales we matched in each of these neighborhoods fall inside the zone.
The zone also includes Oak Forest, Chaparral Park, Copper Hills, Country Estates, Cimarron Acres, Ruby Ranch and Persimmon, which don’t have separate guides.
Carpenter Hill
2-5 beds, 2-4 baths, 2,000-3,000 sqft, High $400,000s – Mid $600,000s
Leisurewoods
3-6 beds, 2-6 baths, 1,500-5,000 sqft, Low $400,000s – High $600,000s
La Ventana
3-6 beds, 2-6 baths, 2,769-5,800 sqft, High $700,000s – $2.2MMs
Coves of Cimarron
3-5 beds, 2-4 baths, 1,500-3,300 sqft, High $300,000s – High $500,000s
Cimarron Park
2-5 beds, 2-3 baths, 700-3,300 sqft, Low $300,000s – Low $500,000s
Elliott Ranch
3-6 beds, 2-6 baths, 2,000-5,000 sqft, High $800,000s – $1.3MM
Rutherford West
4-5 beds, 2-5 baths, 2,500-4,200 sqft, Mid $800,000s – $1.1MMs
Hays Country Oaks
3-6 beds, 2-4 baths, 1,600-4,742 sqft, Mid $500,000s – $1.1MMs
Huntington Estates
3-4 beds, 2-3 baths, 1,300-2,700 sqft, Mid $500,000s – Low $600,000s
Oxbow Trails
2-5 beds, 2-6 baths, 1,700-4,103 sqft, Low $500,000s – $1.4MMs
Marlboro Country
3-5 beds, 2-5 baths, 1,600-4,200 sqft, Mid $500,000s
Southern Woods
3-6 beds, 3-6 baths, 2,184-4,900 sqft, High $800,000s
Feeder Middle and High Schools
For 2026-27, the entire Carpenter Hill zone, including the Persimmon area added in January 2026, feeds Dahlstrom Middle School and then Moe and Gene Johnson High School.
Feeder Middle School
- Dahlstrom Middle School
3600 FM 967, Buda, TX 78610
Great Schools Rating: 8/10
Feeder High School
- Moe and Gene Johnson High School
4260 FM 967, Buda, TX 78610
Great Schools Rating: 6/10
Source: Hays CISD’s official 2026-27 attendance zone map (hayscisd.net/zonemap), which reflects the January 2026 rezoning; shares are based on where the zone’s single-family home sales since Sept 2022 fall. Feeder patterns can change, so confirm any address with Hays CISD.
Frequently Asked Questions
Ratings and Zoning
Carpenter Hill earned a B with a score of 88 in TEA’s 2025-26 accountability ratings, released in August 2026. It was an A (90) in 2024-25 and has been rated A or high B in every rated year since 2021-22.
Closing the Gaps, which looks at results for student groups, fell from 86 to 81, and School Progress slipped from 88 to 87. Student Achievement on STAAR stayed at an A (91).
Hays CISD’s January 2026 rezoning moved the Persimmon neighborhood from Buda Elementary to Carpenter Hill. Current Persimmon students may stay at Buda Elementary through 5th grade, but without bus service.
No. District projections put Carpenter Hill at 478 students in 2026-27, about 60% of its 800-seat capacity. Projections show it passing 100% around 2032-33 as Persimmon builds out.
Check the address on Hays CISD’s interactive attendance zone map and confirm with the district. Older listings in Persimmon may still name Buda Elementary.
Programs, Feeder Schools and Home Prices
Hays CISD offers free full-day Pre-K for 4-year-olds who live in a Hays CISD elementary zone and meet state eligibility guidelines. Ask the campus whether its Pre-K classes are on site this year. Carpenter Hill also hosts an Early Learning Center for children of district employees.
The entire zone feeds Dahlstrom Middle School and Moe and Gene Johnson High School.
The median sale price was $660,500 over the trailing twelve months (Sept 2025 to Aug 2026), up about 7.8% from $612,900 in 2022-23. Price per square foot was nearly unchanged at $267.76.
It is fairly balanced. With 39 active listings and about 8.9 sales a month, the zone has roughly 4.4 months of inventory, and homes that sold over the past year took a median of 56 days.
The zone includes Carpenter Hill, Leisurewoods, La Ventana, Coves of Cimarron, Cimarron Park, Elliott Ranch, Rutherford West, Hays Country Oaks, Huntington Estates and Oxbow Trails, among others. Persimmon joined the zone in 2026-27.
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