River Ridge Elementary School is in the Leander ISD and earned a 10/10 rating from Great School’s as of October 2026. The kindergarten through 5th grade campus opened in 2009 on Tierra Grande Trail in the River Dance section of Steiner Ranch, in Northwest Austin’s 78732 zip code. It serves the southern, Lake Austin side of Steiner Ranch, including River Dance, the Palisades and the Section 10 neighborhoods along Eagles Glen and Woodland Hills, along with McCormick Ranch on Lake Austin and a handful of older lakefront streets off Quinlan Park Road. Below you’ll find the school’s current Texas Education Agency rating, its programs, the zone and feeder schools, and three years of MLS sales data for homes zoned to the school.
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River Ridge Elementary School Snapshot
- Address: 12900 Tierra Grande Trl., Austin, TX 78732
- Phone: (512) 570-7300
- School District: Leander ISD
- Grades Served: Kindergarten through 5th grade (Pre-K 3 for River Ridge families is at Grandview Hills Elementary and Pre-K 4 at Laura Welch Bush Elementary)
- Enrollment: About 345 students (2025-26)
- Student-Teacher Ratio: 12.9 to 1 (2025-26)
- Principal: Marcia Fields
- School Day: Doors open at 7:10 a.m., classes run 7:30 a.m. to 2:50 p.m.
- Mascot: Rattlers
- Opened: 2009
- Feeder Schools: Canyon Ridge Middle School, then Vandegrift High School
- GreatSchools Rating: It is 10/10 as of October 2026.
River Ridge is one of the smallest elementary schools in Leander ISD. In 2025-26, about 34% of students were identified as gifted and talented, about 15% received special education services, about 6% were emergent bilingual students, and fewer than 4% were economically disadvantaged. Enrollment has fallen steadily as Steiner Ranch has matured, from 684 students in 2018-19 to 478 in 2022-23 and 345 in 2025-26.
That decline matters for families planning a move. In December 2025, Leander ISD set enrollment thresholds for possible campus consolidation, and River Ridge is below the 400-student level that triggers a formal review. The board left River Ridge unchanged for 2026-27 and kept nearby Steiner Ranch Elementary open, but it asked staff to develop consolidation scenarios for the Vandegrift feeder pattern for 2027-28 if enrollment warrants it. No 2027-28 decision has been announced. Keep in mind that the GreatSchools rating above and the TEA accountability rating below measure different things, so the two can tell somewhat different stories.
Academic Performance: Texas Education Agency Accountability Rating
River Ridge Elementary received an A (94) in the Texas Education Agency’s 2025-26 accountability ratings, its sixth straight A since 2018-19 (TEA issued no ratings in 2019-20 or 2020-21). It earned an A in all three domains: Student Achievement (94), School Progress (95) and Closing the Gaps (93). The campus also earned four of the six possible TEA distinction designations in 2025-26: Science, Top 25% Comparative Academic Growth, Top 25% Comparative Closing the Gaps, and Postsecondary Readiness. River Ridge has not been identified for any federal school improvement support. For comparison, Leander ISD as a whole earned a B (87).
- Overall TEA Rating (2025-26): A (94)
- Student Achievement: A (94)
- School Progress: A (95)
- Closing the Gaps: A (93)
- Distinctions (2025-26): Science, Comparative Academic Growth, Comparative Closing the Gaps, Postsecondary Readiness
- Prior Overall Ratings: A (95) in 2024-25, A (92) in 2023-24, A (92) in 2022-23, A (97) in 2021-22, and A (96) in 2018-19 (no ratings were issued for 2019-20 or 2020-21)
Under TEA’s scale, an A reflects exemplary performance, B is recognized, C is acceptable, D needs improvement, and F is unacceptable. The 2022-23 and 2023-24 ratings were delayed by litigation over TEA’s methodology and were not released until 2025.
Source: Texas Education Agency, 2026 Accountability Summary for River Ridge Elementary (campus 246913123), and prior-year TEA accountability summaries. Enrollment and student-group figures from TEA’s 2025-26 Texas Academic Performance Report.
Programs at River Ridge Elementary
Here is what River Ridge and Leander ISD publish for the campus:
- Gifted and Talented: Identified students take part in QUEST, Leander ISD’s elementary GT program, through about two hours a week of enrichment plus an annual independent study project (QUEST at River Ridge). About a third of River Ridge students were identified for GT in 2025-26.
- English Learners: English learners are served through ESL. River Ridge is not one of Leander ISD’s dual language campuses (those are Bagdad, Knowles, Reed and Whitestone).
- Pre-K: River Ridge is not a Pre-K site. For 2026-27, Leander ISD assigns River Ridge families to Grandview Hills Elementary for Pre-K 3 and Laura Welch Bush Elementary for Pre-K 4, with bilingual Pre-K at Knowles and Reed.
- Destination Imagination: Student teams solve open-ended STEAM and performance challenges in this campus-sponsored program.
- PTA Clubs: Academic Games, Art, the Nature Nerds Garden Club, Kardivas, LEGO Robotics, Math Pentathlon, the Running Rattlers running club, Spanish, and the Reflections arts program.
- Student Support: Counseling, special education services, a campus library, the HEROES mentoring program, a Spanish language volunteer program, and Watch D.O.G.S., which brings fathers and father figures onto campus as volunteers.
- Before and After School: YMCA of Central Texas runs after-school care at River Ridge, as it does across Leander ISD elementaries.
- Family Involvement: The campus has an active PTA (River Ridge PTA).
Clubs and schedules change from year to year, so check the River Ridge Elementary website for the current list.
Where is River Ridge Elementary School?
River Ridge Elementary is located at:
12900 Tierra Grande Trl.
Austin, TX 78732
River Ridge Elementary Attendance Zone Map
River Ridge’s attendance zone covers about 4 square miles along the north shore of Lake Austin. It takes in the southern half of Steiner Ranch: the River Dance phases around the school, the Palisades off North Quinlan Park Road, and the Section 7B and Section 10 neighborhoods along Eagles Glen Drive, Woodland Hills Trail and Lakecliff Hills Lane near the UT Golf Club. It also includes McCormick Ranch on Lake Austin and older lakefront pockets such as the River Ridge subdivision, Lakeland Park, Baldwins Point, River Bend and Lake Austin Village. Laura Welch Bush Elementary serves the Steiner Ranch sections to the north, including Section 9 along Horseback Hollow and Rush Creek. Steiner Ranch Elementary serves the western sections, and River Place Elementary lies to the east. To confirm the school for a specific address, use Leander ISD’s School Zone Finder.
Because three elementary schools split Steiner Ranch, the school a home is zoned to depends on its section, not just its Steiner Ranch address. Leander ISD did not change River Ridge’s boundaries for 2026-27, but with enrollment below the district’s 400-student review threshold, the zone could be revisited if the district pursues consolidation in the Vandegrift feeder pattern for 2027-28.
Homes Zoned to River Ridge Elementary: Market Stats
The figures below cover single-family homes sold through Unlock MLS that are zoned to River Ridge Elementary. We pulled every Leander ISD sale in the 78730, 78732 and 78734 zip codes. Then we checked each address against Leander ISD’s official attendance-zone map and kept only the ones inside it, regardless of which school the listing named. Most of these sales are in the River Dance and Section 10 parts of Steiner Ranch, with smaller numbers in McCormick Ranch and the lakefront streets off Quinlan Park Road.
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 | 54 | $1,174,750 | $328.42 | 96.3% | 31 days |
| Sept 2023 – Aug 2024 | 59 | $940,000 | $306.63 | 98.1% | 27 days |
| Sept 2024 – Aug 2025 | 66 | $1,284,050 | $339.97 | 96.6% | 42 days |
| Trailing 12 Months (Sept 2025 – Aug 2026) | 72 | $1,170,000 | $315.10 | 96.5% | 36 days |
Data sourced from Unlock MLS. Statistics deemed reliable but not guaranteed. Single-family homes only, including condo-regime homes. Each sale was geocoded and checked against Leander ISD’s official attendance-zone boundaries. We left out seven sales tagged River Ridge that sit outside the zone, six of them in Steiner Ranch Section 9, which is zoned to Laura Welch Bush. We added five in-zone sales tagged to other schools and removed one duplicate record. Sale-to-list ratio is the median of each sale’s close price divided by its final list price.
The median sale price in the River Ridge zone was $1,170,000 over the trailing twelve months. That is essentially unchanged (0.4% lower) from the $1,174,750 median of 2022-23 and 8.9% below the 2024-25 peak of $1,284,050. The yearly median swings with the mix of homes sold, from River Dance homes in the $500,000s to Lake Austin waterfront estates above $4 million, which is why it dipped to $940,000 in 2023-24. Price per square foot is the steadier measure. It was $315.10 over the past year, 4.1% below 2022-23’s $328.42 and 7.3% below the 2024-25 high of $339.97.
Sales volume has risen every year, from 54 homes in 2022-23 to 72 over the past twelve months, an increase of 33%. Homes are taking a bit longer to sell than in 2022-23, with a median of 36 days on market compared with 31 then, and sellers received a median of 96.5% of their final list price.
Current Inventory Snapshot
As of October 2, 2026
| Status | Count | Median List Price | Median Days on Market |
| Active | 25 | $1,135,000 | 70 days |
| Active Under Contract | 7 | $1,125,000 | 124 days |
| Pending | 3 | $1,499,994 | 33 days |
Data sourced from Unlock MLS. Statistics deemed reliable but not guaranteed. Same zone check as above; one in-zone pending listing tagged to Laura Welch Bush was added. Days on market is the median among listings that report it.
35 homes are currently active, under contract, or pending in the River Ridge zone. With 25 active listings against about 6 sales a month over the past year, the zone has roughly 4 months of inventory, which is a fairly balanced market.
The median active list price of $1,135,000 is slightly below the trailing-twelve-month median sale price of $1,170,000. Active listings have been on the market a median of 70 days, so buyers have some room to negotiate, especially on the higher-priced lakefront homes. The pending median is based on only three homes, so it doesn’t say much about the typical home in the zone.
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Neighborhoods Zoned to River Ridge Elementary
The neighborhoods below have their own guides and are zoned to River Ridge Elementary. Only the southern sections of Steiner Ranch, including River Dance and the Section 10 neighborhoods near the UT Golf Club, are zoned here; the rest of Steiner Ranch goes to Laura Welch Bush or Steiner Ranch Elementary. Smaller lakefront pockets without their own guides include the River Ridge subdivision, Lakeland Park, Baldwins Point, River Bend and Lake Austin Village.
Steiner Ranch
2-7 beds, 2-10 baths, 1,400-14,000 sqft, High $400,000s – $6.2MMs
Palisades at Steiner Ranch
3-7 beds, 2-9 baths, 1,500-7,500 sqft, High $400,000s – $6.2MMs
McCormick Ranch on Lake Austin
4-6 beds, 3-6 baths, 3,300-6,100 sqft, $1.1MMs – $2.9MMs
Feeder Middle and High School
Every home zoned to River Ridge Elementary feeds the same middle and high school:
Feeder Middle School
- Canyon Ridge Middle School
12601 Country Trails Ln., Austin, TX 78732
Great Schools Rating: 10/10
Feeder High School
- Vandegrift High School
9500 McNeil Dr., Austin, TX 78750
Great Schools Rating: 8/10
Source: Leander ISD’s attendance-zone boundaries (School Zone Finder). The entire River Ridge zone falls inside the Canyon Ridge Middle and Vandegrift High zones. Confirm with the district for any specific address.
Frequently Asked Questions
Ratings and Zoning
River Ridge earned an A with a score of 94 in the 2025-26 TEA accountability ratings, with an A in all three domains. Student Achievement was 94, School Progress 95 and Closing the Gaps 93. It has earned an A in every year TEA issued ratings since 2018-19.
In 2025-26 River Ridge earned four TEA distinction designations: Science, Top 25 percent Comparative Academic Growth, Top 25 percent Comparative Closing the Gaps, and Postsecondary Readiness.
The southern, Lake Austin side. That includes River Dance, the Palisades, Section 7B and the Section 10 neighborhoods along Eagles Glen Drive, Woodland Hills Trail and Lakecliff Hills Lane. Section 9 and the northern sections are zoned to Laura Welch Bush, and the western sections to Steiner Ranch Elementary.
McCormick Ranch on Lake Austin and several older lakefront areas off Quinlan Park Road, including the River Ridge subdivision, Lakeland Park, Baldwins Point, River Bend and Lake Austin Village.
Use Leander ISD’s School Zone Finder, which is linked in the attendance zone section of this page. MLS school tags are usually right here, but a few Steiner Ranch Section 9 listings are tagged River Ridge even though that section is zoned to Laura Welch Bush.
It is possible but not decided. River Ridge had about 345 students in 2025-26, below the 400-student threshold Leander ISD set in December 2025 for a formal consolidation review. The board kept River Ridge unchanged for 2026-27 and asked staff to develop scenarios for the Vandegrift feeder pattern for 2027-28 if enrollment warrants it.
Programs, Feeder Schools and Home Prices
The entire River Ridge zone feeds Canyon Ridge Middle School in Steiner Ranch and then Vandegrift High School on McNeil Drive.
No. River Ridge is not a Pre-K site. For 2026-27, Leander ISD assigns River Ridge families to Grandview Hills Elementary for Pre-K 3 and Laura Welch Bush Elementary for Pre-K 4.
Identified gifted students take part in QUEST, Leander ISD’s elementary GT program, and about a third of River Ridge students were identified for GT in 2025-26. River Ridge is not a dual language campus; English learners are served through ESL.
Recent offerings include Destination Imagination and PTA clubs for Academic Games, Art, gardening, LEGO Robotics, Math Pentathlon, running and Spanish. YMCA after-school care is offered on campus.
Over the trailing twelve months, 72 single-family homes zoned to River Ridge sold at a median of $1,170,000, or about $315 per square foot. Prices range from River Dance homes in the $500,000s to Lake Austin estates above $4 million.
It is fairly balanced. There are 25 active listings and roughly 4 months of inventory. Active listings have been on the market a median of 70 days, and over the past year homes sold for a median of 96.5 percent of their final list price.
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