Tobias Elementary is in Hays CISD and earned a 5/10 rating from Great School’s as of October 2026. The campus sits at 1005 E. FM 150, just east of downtown Kyle and I-35 in the 78640 zip code, and serves Pre-K through 5th grade. Tobias was not part of Hays CISD’s January 2026 rezoning, so its zone is unchanged for 2026-27. The zone splits between two feeder paths: most of it feeds Simon Middle School and Lehman High School, and the rest feeds Wallace Middle School and Jack C. Hays High School. Scroll down to read more about homes near Tobias Elementary School.
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Tobias Elementary School Snapshot
- Address: 1005 E. FM 150, Kyle, TX 78640
- Phone: (512) 268-8437
- School District: Hays CISD
- Grades Served: Pre-K through 5th grade
- Enrollment: 744 students (2025-26)
- Student-Teacher Ratio: 14.5 students per teacher (2024-25)
- Principal: Melissa English
- School Hours: 7:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. (doors open 7:05 a.m.)
- Mascot: Explorers
- School Colors: Blue, white and green
- Opened: 2003
- GreatSchools Rating: It is 5/10 as of October 2026.
Tobias opened in fall 2003. It is named for Rosalio Tobias, an Army veteran and 1973 Southwest Texas State graduate who in 1981 became the first Latino elected to the Hays CISD board and served as board president from 1988 to 1993. In 2025-26 the school enrolled 744 students, with 60.1% economically disadvantaged, 9.8% English learners, 25.7% receiving special education services and 5.5% identified as gifted and talented. Melissa English is the principal, and the school’s motto is ‘Work hard. Be kind. Explore.’ 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, Tobias Elementary earned an overall C with a score of 79. That is up 3 points from a C (76) in 2024-25. Tobias has been a steady C campus in every rated year shown, scoring 76 in 2021-22, 78 in 2022-23, 75 in 2023-24 and 76 in 2024-25.
- Overall TEA Rating (2025-26): C (79)
- Student Achievement: C, 76 out of 100 (based on STAAR performance)
- School Progress: C, 78 out of 100 (Academic Growth C/78, Relative Performance C/77)
- Closing the Gaps: B, 81 out of 100
- Prior Overall Ratings: C (76) in 2021-22, C (78) in 2022-23, C (75) in 2023-24, C (76) 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. Tobias’s 2025-26 rating rests on School Progress, a C (78), with Academic Growth at 78 and Relative Performance, which compares results with schools serving similar shares of economically disadvantaged students, at 77. Relative Performance rose 11 points from a D (66) the year before. Student Achievement, the share of students meeting STAAR standards, improved from 72 to 76 and stayed a C. Closing the Gaps, which measures results for student groups, rose from a C (76) to a B (81), the campus’s best domain score. Tobias has not earned distinction designations in the years shown, and it is not identified for state improvement support.
Source: Texas Education Agency accountability summaries for Tobias Elementary (campus 105906110), 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 Tobias Elementary
These are the programs Hays CISD and the Tobias campus list for this school. The campus site publishes little about clubs, enrichment or after-school care, so ask the school directly if a specific program matters to you.
- Pre-K: Free, full-day Pre-K for 4-year-olds (age 4 by Sept. 1, 2026) who live in Hays CISD and meet state eligibility guidelines. Tobias Elementary is on the district’s 2026-27 list of state-funded Pre-K campuses; the district’s tuition-based Community Pre-K is not offered at this campus.
- Gifted and Talented: Identified G/T students at Tobias are served through Hays CISD’s elementary model, which provides services through differentiation in a cluster classroom.
- PTA: According to the principal, the Tobias PTA has the highest membership in Hays CISD and earned the PTA President’s Award for having a member representing every student on campus.
For current details on Pre-K, gifted and talented services, special education or after-school options, contact Tobias Elementary at (512) 268-8437.
Where is Tobias Elementary School?
Tobias Elementary is located at:
1005 E. FM 150
Kyle, TX 78640
Tobias Elementary Attendance Zone Map
Tobias’s zone covers established neighborhoods in Kyle (78640), including Cool Springs, Waterleaf, Post Oak, Four Seasons Farm, Woodlands Park, Brookside and Creekside. Most of the housing predates the recent building wave: the median home sold in the zone was built in 2014, and about 18.8% of sales were homes built in 2022 or later. The zone was not changed in Hays CISD’s January 2026 rezoning.
Hays CISD is still growing, with an 18th elementary school projected to open around August 2028 and a 4th high school and 7th middle school now planned for 2030, so later boundary changes are possible. Because the Tobias zone splits between two middle and high school paths, confirm any address with Hays CISD’s interactive attendance zone map before buying.
Homes Zoned to Tobias Elementary: Market Stats
The figures below cover single-family homes sold through Unlock MLS whose addresses fall inside Tobias 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 Waterleaf, Post Oak, Cool Springs, Woodlands Park, Four Seasons Farm, Brookside and Creekside.
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 | 198 | $335,000 | $184.64 | 99.2% | 31 days |
| Sept 2023 – Aug 2024 | 115 | $305,000 | $168.95 | 100.0% | 33 days |
| Sept 2024 – Aug 2025 | 117 | $285,000 | $164.65 | 100.0% | 55 days |
| Trailing 12 Months (Sept 2025 – Aug 2026) | 108 | $266,690 | $145.42 | 99.8% | 59 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 Tobias 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 Tobias zone fell from $335,000 in 2022-23 to $266,690 over the trailing twelve months, a change of about -20.4%. Median price per square foot fell by a similar amount, from $184.64 to $145.42 (-21.2%), so the decline reflects lower prices rather than smaller homes selling.
Sales volume dropped from 198 homes in 2022-23 to between 108 and 117 a year since then, with 108 in the past twelve months. Median days on market nearly doubled, from 31 to 59 days, but sellers who did sell still received a median of 99.8% of their final list price, up from 99.2%.
Current Inventory Snapshot
As of October 3, 2026
| Status | Count | Median List Price | Median Days on Market |
| Active | 39 | $272,000 | 70 days |
| Active Under Contract | 3 | $250,000 | 35 days |
| Pending | 5 | $259,000 | 61 days |
Data sourced from Unlock MLS. Statistics deemed reliable but not guaranteed. Single-family homes only, same zone method as above.
47 homes are currently active, under contract, or pending in the Tobias Elementary zone. With 39 active listings against about 9 sales a month over the past year, the zone has about 4.3 months of inventory, a balanced market.
The median active list price of $272,000 is close to the trailing-twelve-month median sale price of $266,690, and active listings have been on the market a median of 70.5 days.
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Neighborhoods Zoned to Tobias Elementary
The neighborhoods below have their own guides and are zoned to Tobias Elementary for 2026-27. Waterleaf, Cool Springs, Woodlands Park and Brookside fall entirely inside the zone, and nearly all of Post Oak and Four Seasons sales do as well.
The zone also includes Creekside, which doesn’t have a separate guide.
Waterleaf
2-6 beds, 1-4 baths, 1,100-3,900 sqft, High $100,000s – Low $400,000s
Post Oak
2-5 beds, 1-3 baths, 1,000-2,400 sqft, Mid $100,000s – High $200,000s
Cool Springs
3-5 beds, 2-4 baths, 1,200-3,100 sqft, Mid $200,000s – High $400,000s
Woodlands Park
3-5 beds, 2-3 baths, 1,100-3,300 sqft, Mid $200,000s – High $200,000s
Four Seasons
3-6 beds, 2-4 baths, 1,500-3,700 sqft, Mid $100,000s – Mid $300,000s
Brookside
2-5 beds, 2-4 baths, 1,200-3,100 sqft, Low $200,000s – High $300,000s
Feeder Middle and High Schools
For 2026-27, Tobias feeds two middle and high school pairs by address. About 61% of the zone’s home sales fall in the Simon Middle School and Lehman High School zones, and about 39% fall in the Wallace Middle School and Jack C. Hays High School zones.
Feeder Middle Schools
- Simon Middle School (about 61% of the zone’s home sales)
3839 E. FM 150, Kyle, TX 78640
Great Schools Rating: 4/10 - Wallace Middle School (about 39% of the zone’s home sales)
1500 West Center Street, Kyle, TX 78640
Great Schools Rating: 5/10
Feeder High Schools
- Lehman High School (about 61% of the zone’s home sales)
1700 Lehman Road, Kyle, TX 78640
Great Schools Rating: 4/10 - Jack C. Hays High School (about 39% of the zone’s home sales)
4800 Jack C. Hays Trail, Buda, TX 78610
Great Schools Rating: 5/10
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
Tobias earned a C with a score of 79 in TEA’s 2025-26 accountability ratings, released in August 2026. That is up from 76 in 2024-25, and the campus has been rated C in each year since 2021-22.
Relative Performance rose from a D (66) to a C (77), and Closing the Gaps improved from a C (76) to a B (81). Student Achievement rose from 72 to 76. The campus is not identified for state improvement support.
No. Tobias was not part of Hays CISD’s January 2026 rezoning, so its attendance zone is the same as last year.
The zone includes Waterleaf, Post Oak, Cool Springs, Woodlands Park, Four Seasons Farm, Brookside and Creekside. These are mostly established Kyle neighborhoods, with a median build year of 2014 among homes sold.
Look up the address on Hays CISD’s interactive attendance zone map and confirm with the district. Check the middle and high school assignment too, since the Tobias zone splits between two feeder paths.
Programs, Feeder Schools and Home Prices
Yes. Tobias offers free, full-day Pre-K for 4-year-olds who live in Hays CISD and meet state eligibility guidelines. The district’s tuition-based Community Pre-K is not offered at this campus.
According to the principal, the Tobias PTA has the highest membership in Hays CISD. It earned the PTA President’s Award for having a member representing every student on campus.
It depends on the address. About 61% of the zone’s home sales are in the Simon Middle School and Lehman High School zones, and about 39% are in the Wallace Middle School and Jack C. Hays High School zones.
Over the trailing twelve months, 108 single-family homes sold in the Tobias zone at a median of $266,690, down about 20.4% from $335,000 in 2022-23. The median price per square foot was $145.42.
As of October 3, 2026, there were 39 active single-family listings in the zone, about 4.3 months of inventory, which is a balanced market. Homes that sold over the past year closed at a median of 99.8% of list price.
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