Homes Near Giddens Elementary School

Giddens Elementary School is in the Leander ISD and earned a 4/10 rating from Great School’s as of October 2026. The Pre-K through 5th grade campus sits on Timberwood Drive in central Cedar Park and is named for Lois F. Giddens, who served on early Leander ISD school boards. Giddens is also an early childhood site, hosting Pre-K 3 and Pre-K 4 for the Akin and Giddens zones. Its compact attendance zone covers about 3 square miles on both sides of Bell Boulevard and Whitestone Boulevard, including Cedar Park Town Center, Crossing at Carriage Hills, part of Carriage Hills, Cedar Grove and part of Cedar Park Ranchettes. 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 Giddens’ current boundary.

Giddens Elementary School Snapshot

• Address: 1500 Timberwood Dr., Cedar Park, TX 78613
• Phone: (512) 570-5600
• School District: Leander ISD
• Grades Served: Pre-K through 5th grade (Pre-K 3, including full-day Pre-K 3, and Pre-K 4 for the Akin and Giddens zones)
• Enrollment: About 483 students (2024-25), roughly a quarter of them in Pre-K or early childhood programs
• Student-Teacher Ratio: 9.9 to 1 (2024-25)
• Principal: Sally Fritts, Ph.D.
• School Day: Doors open at 7:10 a.m., and classes run from 7:30 a.m. to 2:50 p.m.
• Mascot: Jaguars
• Feeder Schools: Running Brushy Middle School or Wiley Middle School, then Leander High School, Cedar Park High School or Rouse High School, depending on the address
• GreatSchools Rating: It is 4/10 as of October 2026.

Giddens is a smaller Leander ISD elementary with a large early childhood program. In 2024-25, about 41% of students were economically disadvantaged, about 23% were emergent bilingual, about 28% received special education services, and about 8% were identified as gifted and talented. Giddens 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

Giddens Elementary received a D (63) 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 a D (62), compared with a D (60) the year before. School Progress, which measures how much students grew from one year to the next, fell from a C (75) to a D (62). Closing the Gaps, which tracks how each student group performs against state targets, fell from a C (77) to a D (64). 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. Giddens was not identified for any federal support and improvement designation in 2025 or 2026. TEA had identified it for Additional Targeted Support in 2023 and for Targeted Support and Improvement in 2024, both federal designations based on the performance of individual student groups. Over the longer run, Giddens has earned C and D ratings, with a C in 2018-19 and 2021-22 and D ratings in 2022-23 and 2023-24. For comparison, Leander ISD as a whole earned a B (87).

• Overall TEA Rating (2025-26): D (63)
• Student Achievement: D (62)
• School Progress: D (62)
• Closing the Gaps: D (64)
• Federal Designation: None in 2025 or 2026. Identified for Additional Targeted Support in 2023 and Targeted Support and Improvement in 2024.
• Prior Overall Ratings: C (76) in 2024-25, D (68) in 2023-24, D (63) in 2022-23, C (71) in 2021-22, and C (70) 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. Because Giddens serves a large Pre-K and early childhood population, the STAAR-based ratings reflect only its students in 3rd through 5th grade.

Source: Texas Education Agency, 2026 Accountability Summary for Giddens Elementary (campus 246913106), and prior-year TEA accountability summaries. Enrollment and student-group figures from TEA’s 2024-25 Texas Academic Performance Report.

Programs at Giddens Elementary

Here is what Giddens and Leander ISD publish for the campus. The school does not post a clubs page, so the list below focuses on its programs and services:

• Pre-K: Giddens is a Leander ISD early childhood site. For 2026-27 it hosts Pre-K 3, including full-day Pre-K 3, and Pre-K 4 for the Akin and Giddens zones. Bilingual Pre-K for Giddens families is held at Knowles Elementary.
• Bilingual and ESL: About 23% of students were emergent bilingual in 2024-25 and were served through bilingual and ESL programs.
• 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 8% of Giddens students were identified for GT in 2024-25.
• Special Education: About 28% of students received special education services in 2024-25, well above the district rate of about 16%.
• Title I: Giddens is a Title I campus and publishes a 2025-26 student-parent compact and parent involvement policy in English and Spanish.
• 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: A replacement of the cafeteria’s walk-in cooler, freezer and serving line, about $484,000 in work, is registered with the state for 2026.

Clubs and schedules change from year to year, so check the Giddens Elementary website for the current list.

Where is Giddens Elementary School?

Giddens Elementary Attendance Zone Map

Giddens’ attendance zone covers about 3 square miles of central Cedar Park on both sides of Bell Boulevard. The western part, around Brashear Lane, Timberwood Drive and Cedar Hills Boulevard, includes Crossing at Carriage Hills and part of Carriage Hills. The southern part runs along Whitestone Boulevard, Cedar Park Drive and Lone Star Drive and includes Cedar Grove. The northeastern part takes in most of Cedar Park Town Center, along Discovery Boulevard and Main Street. Other neighborhoods in the zone include Woods at Carriage Hills, Cedar Park One, Quarry Oaks, Deerfield Park and part of Cedar Park Ranchettes. Nearby zones include Knowles to the northwest, Mason to the west, Westside to the south, Reed and Cox to the southeast, and Block House Creek to the northeast. To confirm the school for a specific address, use Leander ISD’s School Zone Finder.

Several neighborhoods near Giddens are split between zones. Carriage Hills is shared with Mason Elementary, and Cedar Park Ranchettes is divided among Giddens, Knowles and Reed. 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 Giddens Elementary: Market Stats

The figures below cover single-family homes sold through Unlock MLS that sit inside Giddens 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 Giddens boundary, regardless of which school the listing named. Most of these sales are in Cedar Park Town Center and Crossing at Carriage Hills, with smaller numbers in Carriage Hills, Cedar Park One, Cedar Grove, Cedar Park Ranchettes and Woods at Carriage Hills.

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	79	$410,000	$227.68	98.8%	32 days
Sept 2023 – Aug 2024	89	$379,000	$222.43	99.0%	10 days
Sept 2024 – Aug 2025	82	$375,625	$222.53	98.6%	26 days
Trailing 12 Months (Sept 2025 – Aug 2026)	90	$360,000	$198.22	98.6%	39 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 Giddens zone was $360,000 over the trailing twelve months, 4.2% below 2024-25’s $375,625 and 12.2% below the $410,000 median of 2022-23. Price per square foot fell more sharply this past year: $198.22, down 10.9% from $222.53 in 2024-25 and down 12.9% from the 2022-23 high of $227.68. Giddens is one of the more affordable zones in Leander ISD, with a median well below the district’s $535,000 over the same period. Nearly all of these homes are resales, with a median year built in the late 1990s.

Sales volume has held steady to slightly higher. 90 homes sold over the past twelve months, up 9.8% from 82 the year before and up 13.9% from 79 in 2022-23. Homes are taking longer to sell than they were, with a median of 39 days on market, compared with 26 days in 2024-25 and 10 days in 2023-24, and sellers received a median of 98.6% of their final list price.

Current Inventory Snapshot

As of October 2, 2026

Status	Count	Median List Price	Median Days on Market
Active	15	$405,000	46 days
Active Under Contract	3	$345,000	91 days
Pending	6	$362,250	41 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.

24 homes are currently active, under contract, or pending in the Giddens zone. With 15 active listings against about 7.5 sales a month over the past year, the zone has roughly 2 months of inventory, which leans toward sellers.

The median active list price of $405,000 is above the trailing-twelve-month median sale price of $360,000. Active listings range from $340,000 to $875,000, and 8 of the 15 are priced under $400,000. Active listings have been on the market a median of 46 days. Only three 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 Giddens Elementary

The neighborhoods below have their own guides and are zoned to Giddens Elementary. Cedar Park Town Center and Crossing at Carriage Hills account for most of the zone’s sales. Carriage Hills is split with Mason Elementary, and Cedar Park Ranchettes is split among Giddens, Knowles and Reed. Smaller pockets without their own guides include Cedar Park One and Cedar Park Square.

Feeder Middle and High School

About 67% of the Giddens zone’s address points feed Running Brushy Middle School. The remaining 33%, the northeastern part of the zone that includes most of Cedar Park Town Center, feed Wiley Middle School. For high school, the zone splits three ways under Leander ISD’s current boundaries. The western part, including Crossing at Carriage Hills and Carriage Hills, is zoned to Leander High School (about 36%). The northeastern part that feeds Wiley is zoned to Rouse High School (about 33%). The southern part, along Whitestone Boulevard and Cedar Park Drive and including Cedar Grove, is zoned to Cedar Park High School (about 31%). That southern section moved from Leander High to Cedar Park High in the district’s 2023 secondary rezoning, which took effect in 2024-25.

Feeder Middle Schools

• Running Brushy Middle School
  2303 N. Lakeline Blvd., Cedar Park, TX 78613
  Great Schools Rating: 8/10
• Wiley Middle School (northeastern part, including most of Cedar Park Town Center)
  1526 Raider Way, Leander, TX 78641
  Great Schools Rating: 8/10

Feeder High Schools

• Leander High School (western part)
  3301 S. Bagdad Rd., Leander, TX 78641
  Great Schools Rating: 6/10
• Rouse High School (northeastern part)
  1222 Raider Way, Leander, TX 78641
  Great Schools Rating: 8/10
• Cedar Park High School (southern part)
  2150 Cypress Creek Rd., Cedar Park, TX 78613
  Great Schools Rating: 8/10

Source: Leander ISD’s attendance-zone boundaries (School Zone Finder). About two-thirds of the Giddens zone falls inside the Running Brushy Middle zone, and the zone is split roughly in thirds among Leander High, Rouse High and Cedar Park High. Confirm with the district for any specific address.

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