Canyon Ridge Middle School is in the Leander ISD and earned a 10/10 rating from Great School’s as of October 2026. The 6th through 8th grade campus opened in 2004 as Leander ISD’s fifth middle school and sits on Country Trails Lane in Steiner Ranch, near Laura Welch Bush Elementary. Its attendance zone covers Steiner Ranch and a handful of smaller neighborhoods between Lake Travis and Lake Austin, including River Dance, McCormick Ranch on Lake Austin and Marshall Ford Vista. Canyon Ridge has earned an A from the Texas Education Agency in every rated year on record. 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 Canyon Ridge’s current boundary.
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Canyon Ridge Middle School Snapshot
- Address: 12601 Country Trails Ln., Austin, TX 78732
- Phone: (512) 570-3500
- School District: Leander ISD
- Grades Served: 6th through 8th grade
- Enrollment: About 964 students (2024-25)
- Student-Teacher Ratio: 14.9 to 1 (2024-25)
- Principal: Wendy Sturdevant
- School Day: Classes run from 9:00 a.m. to 4:20 p.m. The front office is open from 8:35 a.m. to 4:40 p.m.
- Mascot: Eagles
- Opened: 2004, as Leander ISD’s fifth middle school
- Feeder Elementary Schools: River Ridge, Steiner Ranch and Laura Welch Bush elementary schools
- Feeds Into: Vandegrift High School
- GreatSchools Rating: It is 10/10 as of October 2026.
Canyon Ridge opened with just over 500 students in 2004 and has grown to nearly 1,000. In 2024-25, about 38.6% of students were identified as gifted and talented, about 13.4% received special education services, and about 4.4% were economically disadvantaged, one of the lowest shares in Leander ISD. About 4% were emergent bilingual students. 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
Canyon Ridge Middle received an A (93) in the Texas Education Agency’s 2025-26 accountability ratings, the same overall score it earned in 2024-25. Student Achievement, which is based on STAAR results, held at an A (94). School Progress, which measures how much students grew from one year to the next, slipped from an A (91) to a B (89). Closing the Gaps, which tracks how each student group performs against state targets, eased from an A (92) to an A (91). Canyon Ridge has earned an A in every year TEA has issued ratings, with overall scores between 92 and 95, and it was not identified for any federal support and improvement designation. For comparison, Leander ISD as a whole earned a B (87) in 2025-26.
- Overall TEA Rating (2025-26): A (93)
- Student Achievement: A (94)
- School Progress: B (89)
- Closing the Gaps: A (91)
- Prior Overall Ratings: A (93) in 2024-25, A (93) in 2023-24, A (93) in 2022-23, A (92) in 2021-22, and A (95) 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 Canyon Ridge Middle School (campus 246913045), and prior-year TEA accountability summaries. Enrollment and student-group figures from TEA’s 2024-25 Texas Academic Performance Report.
Programs at Canyon Ridge Middle
Here is what Canyon Ridge and its programs publish for the campus, including the 2026-27 club list.
- Band: The Canyon Ridge band performed at the Midwest Clinic in Chicago in December 2025, has earned UIL Sweepstakes, and was named a Texas Bandmasters Association Exemplary Band Program in 2021.
- Fine Arts: Fine arts electives include band, choir, dance, theatre arts and visual art. The theatre program also runs Multi-Media Productions and the Eagle News broadcast.
- Athletics: Canyon Ridge runs an athletics and lifetime fitness program with separate boys and girls coordinators, plus intramural basketball and volleyball and a before-school running club that prepares students for cross country and track. Athletic training support comes from Vandegrift High School’s trainers.
- Robotics: Students can join FIRST LEGO League and FIRST Tech Challenge robotics teams, which practice after school, with FTC also meeting on Saturdays.
- Academic Competitions: Academic teams include Science Olympiad, MATHCOUNTS, Math Pentathlon and Destination Imagination, and 7th and 8th graders can enter the science fair.
- Gifted and Talented: About 38.6% of Canyon Ridge students were identified as gifted and talented in 2024-25.
- National Junior Honor Society: Canyon Ridge has a National Junior Honor Society chapter that meets twice a week.
- Clubs: The 2026-27 club list includes Student Council, Health Science Club, the Cyber Ninjas computer club, chess, drama, writing, art, embroidery, Dungeons and Dragons, World Cultures, Eagle Allies, library club and Fellowship of Christian Athletes.
Clubs and schedules change from year to year, so check the Canyon Ridge Middle website for the current list.
Where is Canyon Ridge Middle School?
Canyon Ridge Middle is located at:
12601 Country Trails Ln.
Austin, TX 78732
Canyon Ridge Middle Attendance Zone Map
Canyon Ridge’s attendance zone is built around Steiner Ranch, the large master-planned community between Lake Travis and Lake Austin at the southern end of Leander ISD. Steiner Ranch, including The Retreat at Steiner Ranch, accounts for the large majority of the zone’s homes and sales. The zone also takes in several smaller lake-area neighborhoods, including River Dance, McCormick Ranch on Lake Austin, Marshall Ford Vista, Montview Acres and Hughes Park Lake. The Four Points Middle zone lies to the east. To confirm the school for a specific address, use Leander ISD’s School Zone Finder.
Within the zone, Steiner Ranch is divided among three elementary schools, River Ridge, Steiner Ranch and Laura Welch Bush, but every home in the Canyon Ridge zone attends the same middle and high school. Because Steiner Ranch spans several elementary zones, check the elementary school for a specific address rather than relying on the school named in an MLS listing.
Homes Zoned to Canyon Ridge Middle: Market Stats
The figures below cover single-family homes sold through Unlock MLS that sit inside Canyon Ridge Middle School’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 Canyon Ridge boundary, regardless of which school the listing named. Most of these sales are in Steiner Ranch, with smaller numbers in River Dance, The Retreat at Steiner Ranch, McCormick Ranch on Lake Austin and Marshall Ford Vista.
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 | 190 | $825,000 | $283.49 | 97.6% | 33 days |
| Sept 2023 – Aug 2024 | 160 | $840,500 | $279.18 | 98.1% | 28 days |
| Sept 2024 – Aug 2025 | 190 | $885,000 | $276.86 | 97.6% | 36 days |
| Trailing 12 Months (Sept 2025 – Aug 2026) | 208 | $829,500 | $269.80 | 97.1% | 49 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 Canyon Ridge zone was $829,500 over the trailing twelve months, 6.3% below 2024-25’s $885,000 and 0.5% above the $825,000 median of 2022-23. Price per square foot has drifted down each year, to $269.80 over the past year, 2.6% below 2024-25 and 4.8% below the 2022-23 high of $283.49. Nearly all of these homes are resales, most built in the mid-2000s, and a small number of high-end sales, as high as $13,950,000 in 2024-25, push the top of the range above $6 million every year.
Sales volume has picked up. 208 homes sold over the past twelve months, up 9.5% from 190 in both 2024-25 and 2022-23. Homes are taking longer to sell, with a median of 49 days on market, up from 28 days in 2023-24 and 36 days in 2024-25, though still a little under the Leander ISD median of 54 days. Sellers received a median of 97.1% of their final list price, and none of this year’s sales were new construction.
Current Inventory Snapshot
As of October 2, 2026
| Status | Count | Median List Price | Median Days on Market |
| Active | 78 | $850,000 | 80 days |
| Active Under Contract | 14 | $949,000 | 114 days |
| Pending | 3 | $1,499,994 | 38 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.
95 homes are currently active, under contract, or pending in the Canyon Ridge zone. With 78 active listings against about 17 sales a month over the past year, the zone has roughly 4.5 months of inventory, which is a fairly balanced market.
The median active list price of $850,000 is a little above the trailing-twelve-month median sale price of $829,500. Active listings range from $435,000 to $20,000,000, 29 of the 78 are priced at $1 million or more, and none are under $400,000. Active listings have been on the market a median of 80 days. Only three homes are pending, so the pending median doesn’t say much about the typical home in the zone.
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Neighborhoods Zoned to Canyon Ridge Middle
The neighborhoods below have their own guides and are zoned to Canyon Ridge Middle. Steiner Ranch accounts for the large majority of the zone’s sales. Smaller pockets without their own guides include River Dance, Montview Acres and Hughes Park Lake.
Steiner Ranch
2-7 beds, 2-10 baths, 1,400-14,000 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
Marshall Ford Vista
2-5 beds, 2-5 baths, 1,800-5,500 sqft, $1MM – $2MM
Feeder Elementary and High Schools
Three elementary schools feed Canyon Ridge, and the zone splits almost evenly among them: River Ridge Elementary covers about 35% of the zone’s address points, Steiner Ranch Elementary about 35%, and Laura Welch Bush Elementary about 30%. All three sit inside Steiner Ranch. The entire Canyon Ridge zone then feeds Vandegrift High School, and that high school assignment was not changed by Leander ISD’s 2023 secondary rezoning.
Feeder Elementary Schools
- River Ridge Elementary School
12900 Tierra Grande Trl., Austin, TX 78732
Great Schools Rating: 10/10 - Steiner Ranch Elementary School
4001 Quinlan Park Rd., Austin, TX 78732
Great Schools Rating: 9/10 - Laura Welch Bush Elementary School
12600 Country Trails, 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 Canyon Ridge zone is made up of the River Ridge, Steiner Ranch and Laura Welch Bush elementary zones, and all of it falls inside the Vandegrift High zone. Confirm with the district for any specific address.
Frequently Asked Questions
Ratings and Zoning
Canyon Ridge earned an A with a score of 93 in the 2025-26 TEA accountability ratings. Student Achievement was an A (94), School Progress a B (89), and Closing the Gaps an A (91). It also earned an A (93) in 2024-25.
Yes, in every year TEA has issued ratings. Its overall scores were 95 in 2018-19, 92 in 2021-22, and 93 in each year from 2022-23 through 2025-26. TEA did not issue ratings for 2019-20 or 2020-21.
The zone is mostly Steiner Ranch, including The Retreat at Steiner Ranch. It also includes River Dance, McCormick Ranch on Lake Austin, Marshall Ford Vista, Montview Acres and Hughes Park Lake. Use Leander ISD’s School Zone Finder to confirm a specific address.
Steiner Ranch is split among River Ridge, Steiner Ranch and Laura Welch Bush elementary schools, but all three feed Canyon Ridge Middle and then Vandegrift High. Check the elementary school for a specific address before you buy.
Canyon Ridge opened in 2004 as Leander ISD’s fifth middle school, with just over 500 students in its first year. It had about 964 students in 2024-25.
Programs, Feeder Schools and Home Prices
River Ridge, Steiner Ranch and Laura Welch Bush elementary schools each cover about a third of the Canyon Ridge zone. The entire zone then feeds Vandegrift High School.
Fine arts electives include band, choir, dance, theatre and visual art, and the band performed at the Midwest Clinic in Chicago in December 2025. Students can also join FIRST robotics teams, Science Olympiad, MATHCOUNTS, Destination Imagination, the National Junior Honor Society and a long list of clubs.
Over the trailing twelve months, 208 single-family homes in the Canyon Ridge zone sold at a median of $829,500, or about $270 per square foot. That is 6.3% below the 2024-25 median of $885,000 and close to the 2022-23 median of $825,000.
It is fairly balanced. There are 78 active listings and roughly 4.5 months of inventory. Active listings have been on the market a median of 80 days, and homes sold over the past year took a median of 49 days to sell.
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