Bagdad Elementary School is in the Leander ISD and earned a 4/10 rating from Great School’s as of October 2026. The kindergarten through 5th grade campus opened in 1999 on Deercreek Lane in west Leander and takes its name from the 1800s Bagdad community, which built the area’s first school. Bagdad is one of four Leander ISD elementaries with a two-way Spanish-English dual language program, and the campus finished a bond-funded modernization in 2025. Its attendance zone runs along Bagdad Road and Hero Way West and includes Rosenbusch Ranch, Hawkes Landing, Carneros Ranch, North Creek and Westwood, plus a rural section to the west. 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 inside Bagdad’s current boundary.
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Bagdad Elementary School Snapshot
- Address: 800 Deercreek Ln., Leander, TX 78641
- Phone: (512) 570-5900
- School District: Leander ISD
- Grades Served: Kindergarten through 5th grade (Pre-K for the Bagdad zone moved to the Faubion School for Early Childhood in 2026-27)
- Enrollment: About 701 students in 2024-25, including 122 Pre-K students who are no longer on campus as of 2026-27
- Student-Teacher Ratio: 10.7 to 1 (2024-25)
- Principal: Nadia Cristina Castañares
- School Day: Doors open at 7:10 a.m., and classes run from 7:30 a.m. to 2:45 p.m.
- Mascot: Bobcats
- Opened: 1999
- Feeder Schools: Leander Middle School (a rural western section attends Danielson Middle School), then Leander High School or Glenn High School depending on the address
- GreatSchools Rating: It is 4/10 as of October 2026.
Bagdad serves a diverse student body. In 2024-25, about 55% of students were emergent bilingual, compared with about 14% districtwide, about 46% were economically disadvantaged, about 21% received special education services, and about 7% were identified as gifted and talented. Bagdad is a Title I campus. 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
Bagdad Elementary received an F (59) in the Texas Education Agency’s 2025-26 accountability ratings, down from a C (76) in 2024-25. Student Achievement, which is based on STAAR results, was an F (54), compared with an F (57) the year before. School Progress, which measures how much students grew from one year to the next, fell from a C (76) to an F (58). Closing the Gaps, which tracks how each student group performs against state targets, fell from a C (76) to a D (61). TEA builds the overall score mainly from the better of Student Achievement and School Progress, so the 2024-25 C reflected stronger student growth that year, and the 2025-26 F reflects lower scores in both. TEA also identified Bagdad for Additional Targeted Support (ATS), a federal school-improvement designation based on the performance of individual student groups; campuses with this designation put a targeted improvement plan in place. Bagdad was identified for ATS in 2023 and 2024 and for Targeted Support and Improvement in 2025. Over the longer run, Bagdad earned C ratings in 2018-19 and 2021-22 and D ratings in 2022-23 and 2023-24. The F is one year’s result, and ratings can move from year to year. For comparison, Leander ISD as a whole earned a B (87).
- Overall TEA Rating (2025-26): F (59)
- Student Achievement: F (54)
- School Progress: F (58)
- Closing the Gaps: D (61)
- Federal Designation: Additional Targeted Support (2026). Also identified for Targeted Support and Improvement in 2025 and Additional Targeted Support in 2023 and 2024.
- Prior Overall Ratings: C (76) in 2024-25, D (68) in 2023-24, D (65) in 2022-23, C (74) in 2021-22, and C (79) 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. The 2024-25 enrollment included Pre-K students who moved to the Faubion School for Early Childhood in 2026-27, so the student body today is somewhat different.
Source: Texas Education Agency, 2026 Accountability Summary for Bagdad Elementary (campus 246913109), and prior-year TEA accountability summaries. Enrollment and student-group figures from TEA’s 2024-25 Texas Academic Performance Report.
Programs at Bagdad Elementary
Here is what Bagdad and Leander ISD publish for the campus. The clubs below are from the school’s clubs and organizations page:
- Two-Way Dual Language: Bagdad is one of four Leander ISD elementaries offering two-way Spanish-English dual language in kindergarten through 5th grade, where Spanish-speaking and English-speaking students learn together in both languages. The program started at Bagdad in kindergarten in fall 2018 and continues in two-way dual language at Henry and Danielson middle schools.
- Bilingual and ESL: About 63% of students were served in bilingual or ESL programs in 2024-25.
- Gifted and Talented: Identified students in kindergarten through 5th grade get weekly enrichment through QUEST, Leander ISD’s elementary GT curriculum, led by the campus GT teacher. All kindergartners are screened once a year, and referrals are accepted year-round. About 7% of Bagdad students were identified for GT in 2024-25.
- Pre-K: Starting in 2026-27, Pre-K 3 and Pre-K 4 for the Bagdad zone are held at Leander ISD’s Ada Mae Faubion School for Early Childhood, which also serves the Larkspur, North, Plain and Tarvin zones. Bagdad hosted Pre-K through 2025-26.
- Clubs: A Filipino Folk Dance Club, Colombian Cumbia Club, Ballet Folklorico, Destination Imagination, Cheer Club and Steppers.
- Special Education: About 21% of students received special education services in 2024-25, above the district rate of about 16%.
- Title I: Bagdad is a Title I campus and publishes a parent and family engagement policy, a teacher-student-family compact and parents’ right-to-know notices.
- Before and After School: The YMCA of Greater Williamson County runs after-school care on Leander ISD elementary campuses until 6:30 p.m. The 2026-27 rate is $102.50 per week for community members or $92.50 for Y members, plus a $50 registration fee.
- Campus Updates: Leander ISD’s 2023 bond paid for a modernization of the building, including new roofing, HVAC, lighting, electrical, plumbing, fire protection, finishes and playground equipment, plus playground shade structures. The main work wrapped up in 2025.
Clubs and schedules change from year to year, so check the Bagdad Elementary website for the current list.
Where is Bagdad Elementary School?
Bagdad Elementary is located at:
800 Deercreek Ln.
Leander, TX 78641
Bagdad Elementary Attendance Zone Map
Bagdad’s attendance zone covers about 8.5 square miles of west Leander. Most of its homes sit along Bagdad Road and Hero Way West, in Rosenbusch Ranch, Hawkes Landing, Carneros Ranch, North Creek, Westwood, South Brook and the Retreat at Hero Way. The zone also takes in a rural section farther west around Big Sandy Drive and Windy Valley Road, including parts of Sandy Creek Ranches and Roundmountain Oaks. Nearby zones include Hisle to the north and west, Camacho to the east, Plain to the northeast, Mason to the southwest and Whitestone to the southeast. To confirm the school for a specific address, use Leander ISD’s School Zone Finder.
Hisle Elementary opened in August 2024 partly to relieve enrollment at Bagdad, and some neighborhoods are split between nearby zones. Carneros Ranch is mostly zoned to Bagdad, but a small part is zoned to Camacho, and Sandy Creek Ranches and Roundmountain Oaks are split with Hisle. Because MLS listings don’t always reflect current boundaries, check the zone for a specific address rather than relying on a listing’s school field.
Homes Zoned to Bagdad Elementary: Market Stats
The figures below cover single-family homes sold through Unlock MLS that sit inside Bagdad Elementary’s current 2026-27 attendance zone. We pulled every Leander ISD sale, matched each address to Leander ISD address points (or a geocoder for the few that did not match) and checked it against Leander ISD’s official Bagdad boundary, regardless of which school the listing named. Most of these sales are in Rosenbusch Ranch, with smaller numbers in Hawkes Landing, Carneros Ranch, North Creek, Westwood, South Brook and the Retreat at Hero Way.
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 | 107 | $475,000 | $213.78 | 97.9% | 34 days |
| Sept 2023 – Aug 2024 | 165 | $479,990 | $204.38 | 97.1% | 54 days |
| Sept 2024 – Aug 2025 | 181 | $499,990 | $202.00 | 98.0% | 61 days |
| Trailing 12 Months (Sept 2025 – Aug 2026) | 187 | $465,990 | $187.12 | 97.7% | 80 days |
Data sourced from Unlock MLS. Statistics deemed reliable but not guaranteed. Single-family homes only, including condo-regime homes. Each address was matched to Leander ISD address points and checked against Leander ISD’s official 2026-27 attendance-zone boundary. Sale-to-list ratio is the median of each sale’s close price divided by its final list price. Days on market is cumulative days on market.
The median sale price in the Bagdad zone was $465,990 over the trailing twelve months, 6.8% below 2024-25’s $499,990 and 1.9% below the $475,000 median of 2022-23. Price per square foot has eased more steadily: $187.12 over the past year, down 12.5% from the 2022-23 high of $213.78 and down 7.4% from 2024-25. Bagdad’s median sale price sits well below the Leander ISD median of $535,000 over the same period.
Sales volume has grown each year. 187 homes sold over the past twelve months, up 3.3% from 181 the year before and up 74.8% from 107 in 2022-23. New construction is a big part of the market, with 44 of this year’s sales being newly built homes. Homes are taking longer to sell, with a median of 80 days on market, compared with 34 days in 2022-23, and sellers received a median of 97.7% of their final list price.
Current Inventory Snapshot
As of October 2, 2026
| Status | Count | Median List Price | Median Days on Market |
| Active | 55 | $494,000 | 57 days |
| Active Under Contract | 4 | $335,000 | 77 days |
| Pending | 17 | $493,740 | 54 days |
Data sourced from Unlock MLS. Statistics deemed reliable but not guaranteed. Same zone check as above. Days on market is cumulative days on market.
76 homes are currently active, under contract, or pending in the Bagdad zone. With 55 active listings against about 16 sales a month over the past year, the zone has roughly 3.5 months of inventory, which leans toward sellers, although the longer days on market show buyers still have room to negotiate.
The median active list price of $494,000 is a little above the trailing-twelve-month median sale price of $465,990. Active listings range from $296,000 to $995,000, 14 of the 55 are priced under $400,000, and 32 are new construction. Active listings have been on the market a median of 57 days. Sixteen of the 17 pending sales are new construction. Only four homes are under contract, so the median for that group doesn’t say much about the typical home in the zone.
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Neighborhoods Zoned to Bagdad Elementary
The neighborhoods below have their own guides and are zoned to Bagdad Elementary. Rosenbusch Ranch accounts for the largest share of the zone’s sales. Carneros Ranch is mostly zoned to Bagdad, with a small part zoned to Camacho. Smaller pockets without their own guides include South Brook and Hidden Mesa.
Rosenbusch Ranch
3-5 beds, 2-4 baths, 1,900-3,400 sqft, Mid $300,000s – High $500,000s
Hawkes Landing
3-6 beds, 2-4 baths, 1,600-4,500 sqft, High $400,000s – Mid $700,000s
Carneros Ranch
3-5 beds, 2-5 baths, 1,600-4,400 sqft, Low $400,000s – Mid $800,000s
North Creek
2-5 beds, 2-3 baths, 1,000-2,874 sqft, Low $200,000s – High $300,000s
Westwood
3-5 beds, 2-4 baths, 1,128-3,558 sqft, Low $200,000s – High $300,000s
Retreat at Hero Way
3-4 beds, 2-4 baths, 1,500-2,100 sqft, Low $300,000s – Mid $300,000s
Feeder Middle and High School
About 90% of the Bagdad zone’s address points feed Leander Middle School. The remaining 10%, mostly the rural western section around Big Sandy Drive and Windy Valley Road, feed Danielson Middle School. For high school, Leander ISD’s current 9th-10th grade boundaries split the zone roughly in half: the southern half, along Hero Way West, is zoned to Leander High School, and the northern half, along North Bagdad Road, plus most of the rural western section, is zoned to Glenn High School. The zone finder’s separate 11th-12th grade layer still shows the whole zone at Glenn. That layer reflects the boundaries before the district’s 2023 secondary rezoning, which took effect in 2024-25 and let students who were juniors and seniors that year stay at their old high school. That option has now run its course, so the 9th-10th grade boundaries are the ones to use, but confirm with the district for a specific address.
Feeder Middle Schools
- Leander Middle School
410 S. West Dr., Leander, TX 78641
Great Schools Rating: 8/10 - Danielson Middle School (rural western section)
1061 Collaborative Way, Leander, TX 78641
Great Schools Rating: 8/10
Feeder High Schools
- Leander High School (southern half of the zone)
3301 S. Bagdad Rd., Leander, TX 78641
Great Schools Rating: 6/10 - Glenn High School (northern half and rural western section)
1320 Collaborative Way, Leander, TX 78641
Great Schools Rating: 6/10
Source: Leander ISD’s attendance-zone boundaries (School Zone Finder). Most of the Bagdad zone falls inside the Leander Middle zone, and the zone is split roughly evenly between Leander High and Glenn High. Confirm with the district for any specific address.
Frequently Asked Questions
Ratings and Zoning
Bagdad received an F with a score of 59 in the 2025-26 TEA accountability ratings. Student Achievement was an F (54), School Progress an F (58), and Closing the Gaps a D (61). It earned a C (76) in 2024-25 and a D (68) in 2023-24.
Additional Targeted Support is a federal school-improvement designation that TEA assigns based on how individual student groups perform. Campuses with the designation put a targeted improvement plan in place for those groups. Bagdad was identified for it in 2026, as it was in 2023 and 2024.
The zone includes Rosenbusch Ranch, Hawkes Landing, most of Carneros Ranch, North Creek, Westwood, South Brook, the Retreat at Hero Way and Hidden Mesa, plus rural areas to the west such as parts of Sandy Creek Ranches and Roundmountain Oaks. Use Leander ISD’s School Zone Finder to confirm a specific address.
Yes. Hisle Elementary opened in August 2024 partly to relieve enrollment at Bagdad, and some homes that had been zoned to Bagdad now attend Hisle. Check the current zone for an address rather than relying on an older MLS listing.
Programs, Feeder Schools and Home Prices
Yes. Bagdad is one of four Leander ISD elementaries with two-way Spanish-English dual language in kindergarten through 5th grade. Students can continue in two-way dual language at Henry and Danielson middle schools.
Not on campus. Starting in 2026-27, Pre-K 3 and Pre-K 4 for the Bagdad zone are at Leander ISD’s Ada Mae Faubion School for Early Childhood. Bagdad hosted Pre-K through 2025-26.
About 90% of the zone feeds Leander Middle School, and the rural western section feeds Danielson Middle School. Under the current high school boundaries, the southern half of the zone is zoned to Leander High School and the northern half and rural western section to Glenn High School.
Over the trailing twelve months, 187 single-family homes in the Bagdad zone sold at a median of $465,990, or about $187 per square foot. Prices have eased from a median of $499,990 in 2024-25, and price per square foot is down about 12.5 percent from its 2022-23 high.
Inventory leans toward sellers, at roughly 3.5 months with 55 active listings. Homes are taking longer to sell, though, with a median of 80 days on market over the past year, and sellers received a median of 97.7 percent of their final list price.
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