Knowles 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 opened in 2003 on Cougar Country Drive in northern Cedar Park and is named for Patricia Faye Knowles, a 22-year Leander ISD teacher and nine-year school board trustee. Knowles is one of four Leander ISD elementaries with two-way Spanish-English dual language, and starting in 2026-27 it is the district’s only bilingual Pre-K 3 site. Its compact attendance zone covers about 1.6 square miles along North Lakeline Boulevard and South Bagdad Road, including Gann Ranch, the Preserve at Gann Ranch, Heritage Park, High Meadows, Coventry Crossing and Timberline 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 Knowles’ current boundary.
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Knowles Elementary School Snapshot
- Address: 2101 Cougar Country Dr., Cedar Park, TX 78613
- Phone: (512) 570-6200
- School District: Leander ISD
- Grades Served: Pre-K 3 through 5th grade, including Early Childhood Special Education
- Enrollment: About 683 students (2024-25)
- Student-Teacher Ratio: 10.5 to 1 (2024-25)
- Principal: Alicia Harris, named 2024 Region 13 TEPSAN of the Year by the Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association
- School Day: Doors open at 7:10 a.m. and classes start at 7:30 a.m. The campus site lists a 2:45 p.m. dismissal, but Leander ISD moved elementary dismissal to 2:50 p.m. in March 2026, so confirm the current time with the school.
- Mascot: Wranglers
- Opened: 2003
- Feeder Schools: Running Brushy Middle School, then Leander High School
- GreatSchools Rating: It is 4/10 as of October 2026.
Knowles serves a diverse student body, shaped in part by the dual language and bilingual early childhood programs it houses. In 2024-25, about 51% of students were emergent bilingual, about 46% were economically disadvantaged, about 26% received special education services, and about 9% were identified as gifted and talented. Knowles 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
Knowles Elementary received a D (60) in the Texas Education Agency’s 2025-26 accountability ratings, down from a C (70) in 2024-25. Student Achievement, which is based on STAAR results, was a D (62), compared with a D (64) the year before. School Progress, which measures how much students grew from one year to the next, fell from a C (70) to an F (58). Closing the Gaps, which tracks how each student group performs against state targets, fell from a C (70) to an F (56). 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. In 2026, TEA also identified Knowles for Comprehensive Support and Improvement (CSI), a federal school-improvement designation; campuses with this designation put a school improvement plan in place. Knowles had not been identified for a federal designation in the prior three years. Over the longer run, Knowles earned C ratings in 2018-19, 2022-23 and 2024-25 and a D in 2023-24, and it was labeled Not Rated in 2021-22. For comparison, Leander ISD as a whole earned a B (87).
- Overall TEA Rating (2025-26): D (60)
- Student Achievement: D (62)
- School Progress: F (58)
- Closing the Gaps: F (56)
- Federal Designation: Comprehensive Support and Improvement (2026)
- Prior Overall Ratings: C (70) in 2024-25, D (66) in 2023-24, C (78) in 2022-23, Not Rated in 2021-22 (scaled score of 69), and C (77) 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. For 2021-22, Senate Bill 1365 labeled campuses that scored below a C as Not Rated rather than assigning a D or F. Because Knowles houses large Pre-K and early childhood programs, the STAAR-based ratings reflect only its students in 3rd through 5th grade.
Source: Texas Education Agency, 2026 Accountability Summary for Knowles Elementary (campus 246913112), and prior-year TEA accountability summaries. Enrollment and student-group figures from TEA’s 2024-25 Texas Academic Performance Report.
Programs at Knowles Elementary
Here is what Knowles and Leander ISD publish for the campus:
- Two-Way Dual Language: Knowles 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. Early childhood dual language is one-way. In spring 2026, dual language students presented a science engineering project in English and Spanish to Firefly Aerospace engineers.
- Bilingual Pre-K 3: Starting in 2026-27, Knowles is Leander ISD’s only bilingual Pre-K 3 site, serving families from every elementary zone in the district. It also hosts regular Pre-K 3 for the Knowles zone.
- Pre-K 4 and Bilingual Pre-K 4: Knowles hosts Pre-K 4 for its own zone and bilingual Pre-K 4 for the Akin, Block House Creek, Giddens, Knowles, Mason, Parkside and Winkley zones.
- Gifted and Talented: Identified students in kindergarten through 5th grade attend weekly QUEST enrichment, Leander ISD’s interdisciplinary, project-based elementary GT curriculum, led by the campus GT teacher. About 9% of Knowles students were identified for GT in 2024-25.
- Special Education: About 26% of students received special education services in 2024-25, and the campus also houses Early Childhood Special Education.
- Destination Imagination: Students in 3rd through 5th grade can join Destination Imagination teams, which compete in creative, team-based problem-solving challenges.
- Title I: Knowles is a Title I campus and publishes a parent and family engagement policy, a school-parent compact and Title I family information in English and Spanish.
- Before and After School: The YMCA runs on-site after-school care at Leander ISD elementary campuses from dismissal until 6:30 p.m., with enrichment, crafts, snacks and STEM activities. The program is tuition based.
Clubs and schedules change from year to year, so check the Knowles Elementary website for the current list.
Where is Knowles Elementary School?
Knowles Elementary is located at:
2101 Cougar Country Dr.
Cedar Park, TX 78613
Knowles Elementary Attendance Zone Map
Knowles’ attendance zone covers about 1.6 square miles of northern Cedar Park. It runs along North Lakeline Boulevard and South Bagdad Road and includes Gann Ranch, the Preserve at Gann Ranch, Heritage Park, High Meadows, Coventry Crossing, Timberline West and part of Cedar Park Ranchettes. Nearby zones include Winkley to the west, Whitestone to the north, Block House Creek and Pleasant Hill to the east and northeast, Giddens to the southeast and Mason to the southwest. To confirm the school for a specific address, use Leander ISD’s School Zone Finder.
Cedar Park Ranchettes is divided among the Knowles, Giddens and Reed zones, so check the zone for a specific address there. Because MLS listings don’t always reflect current boundaries, confirm the school for any home rather than relying on a listing’s school field.
Homes Zoned to Knowles Elementary: Market Stats
The figures below cover single-family homes sold through Unlock MLS that sit inside Knowles 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 Knowles boundary, regardless of which school the listing named. Most of these sales are in Gann Ranch, Heritage Park and High Meadows, with smaller numbers in Coventry Crossing, the Preserve at Gann Ranch, Cedar Park Ranchettes and Timberline West.
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 | $377,250 | $199.57 | 97.5% | 30 days |
| Sept 2023 – Aug 2024 | 43 | $370,000 | $197.30 | 97.5% | 39 days |
| Sept 2024 – Aug 2025 | 30 | $349,500 | $200.86 | 97.5% | 38 days |
| Trailing 12 Months (Sept 2025 – Aug 2026) | 52 | $328,750 | $190.22 | 97.8% | 43 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 Knowles zone was $328,750 over the trailing twelve months, 5.9% below 2024-25’s $349,500 and 12.9% below the $377,250 median of 2022-23. Price per square foot has eased more gently: $190.22 over the past year, down 5.3% from the 2024-25 high of $200.86 and down 4.7% from 2022-23. That is well below the Leander ISD median of $535,000 over the same period. These homes are resales, with a median year built around 2000.
Sales volume recovered after a slow 2024-25. 52 homes sold over the past twelve months, up 73.3% from 30 the year before and close to the 54 sold in 2022-23. Homes sold in a median of 43 days, compared with 38 days in 2024-25, and sellers received a median of 97.8% of their final list price.
Current Inventory Snapshot
As of October 2, 2026
| Status | Count | Median List Price | Median Days on Market |
| Active | 15 | $392,250 | 52 days |
| Active Under Contract | 2 | $354,450 | 111 days |
| Pending | 0 | — | — |
Data sourced from Unlock MLS. Statistics deemed reliable but not guaranteed. Same zone check as above. Days on market is cumulative days on market.
17 homes are currently active or under contract in the Knowles zone, and none are pending. With 15 active listings against about 4.3 sales a month over the past year, the zone has roughly 3.5 months of inventory, which leans toward sellers.
The median active list price of $392,250 is above the trailing-twelve-month median sale price of $328,750. Active listings range from $299,000 to $597,500, and 10 of the 15 are priced under $400,000. Active listings have been on the market a median of 52 days. Only two 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 Knowles Elementary
The neighborhoods below have their own guides and are zoned to Knowles Elementary. Gann Ranch and Heritage Park account for the largest share of the zone’s sales. Cedar Park Ranchettes is split among Knowles, Giddens and Reed. High Meadows, which has no guide of its own, is also zoned to Knowles.
Gann Ranch
3-5 beds, 2-4 baths, 1,263-3,625 sqft, Mid $200,000s – Low $500,000s
Heritage Park
3-5 beds, 2-4 baths, 1,200-3,395 sqft, High $200,000s – High $400,000s
Coventry Crossing
3-5 beds, 2-3 baths, 1,100-3,000 sqft, High $200,000s – Low $300,000s
Preserve at Gann Ranch
3-6 beds, 2-4 baths, 1,800-3,000 sqft, Mid $300,000s – Low $500,000s
Cedar Park Ranchettes
2-5 beds, 1-5 baths, 1,064-4,014 sqft, Low $200,000s – $1.3MMs
Timberline West
2-6 beds, 1-6 baths, 969-4,140 sqft, Mid $300,000s – High $500,000s
Feeder Middle and High School
Every home zoned to Knowles Elementary feeds Running Brushy Middle School and Leander High School. Leander ISD’s zone finder shows Leander High for the whole Knowles zone in both its 9th-10th grade and 11th-12th grade high school layers, so the district’s 2023 secondary rezoning did not change the high school for Knowles families.
Feeder Middle School
- Running Brushy Middle School
2303 N. Lakeline Blvd., Cedar Park, TX 78613
Great Schools Rating: 8/10
Feeder High School
- Leander High School
3301 S. Bagdad Rd., Leander, TX 78641
Great Schools Rating: 6/10
Source: Leander ISD’s attendance-zone boundaries (School Zone Finder). The entire Knowles zone falls inside the Running Brushy Middle zone and the Leander High zone. Confirm with the district for any specific address.
Frequently Asked Questions
Ratings and Zoning
Knowles received a D with a score of 60 in the 2025-26 TEA accountability ratings. Student Achievement was a D (62), School Progress an F (58), and Closing the Gaps an F (56). It earned a C (70) in 2024-25 and a D (66) in 2023-24.
Comprehensive Support and Improvement is a federal school-improvement designation that TEA assigned to Knowles in 2026. Campuses with the designation put a school improvement plan in place. Knowles had not been identified for a federal designation in the three years before.
The zone includes Gann Ranch, the Preserve at Gann Ranch, Heritage Park, High Meadows, Coventry Crossing, Timberline West and part of Cedar Park Ranchettes. Use Leander ISD’s School Zone Finder to confirm a specific address.
Programs, Feeder Schools and Home Prices
Yes. Knowles is one of four Leander ISD elementaries with two-way Spanish-English dual language in kindergarten through 5th grade. Early childhood dual language at Knowles is one-way.
Yes. Knowles hosts Pre-K 3 and Pre-K 4 for its own zone, and starting in 2026-27 it is the district’s only bilingual Pre-K 3 site, open to families from every Leander ISD elementary zone. It also hosts bilingual Pre-K 4 for the Akin, Block House Creek, Giddens, Knowles, Mason, Parkside and Winkley zones.
The entire Knowles zone feeds Running Brushy Middle School and then Leander High School. The 2023 secondary rezoning did not change this.
Over the trailing twelve months, 52 single-family homes in the Knowles zone sold at a median of $328,750, or about $190 per square foot. That is well below the Leander ISD median of $535,000. Prices have eased from a median of $377,250 in 2022-23.
Inventory leans toward sellers, at roughly 3.5 months with 15 active listings. Homes sold in a median of 43 days over the past year, and sellers received a median of 97.8 percent of their final list price.
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