Lariat Trails Elementary is in the Liberty Hill ISD and earned a Not Yet Rated rating from Great School’s as of September 2026. It is Liberty Hill ISD’s newest elementary school, opened in August 2026 at 3086 County Road 214 inside the Lariat community north of Liberty Hill. Because it just opened, it does not have a TEA accountability rating yet. This page covers the new campus, its programs, its 2026-27 attendance zone, the neighborhoods zoned to it, feeder schools, and real closed-sales data from Unlock MLS for homes inside the zone.
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Lariat Trails Elementary Opened in August 2026
Lariat Trails Elementary welcomed its first students on August 12, 2026, after a ribbon cutting on July 31. It is Liberty Hill ISD’s eighth elementary school, built with funds from the 2023 bond at a cost of about $44 million. The building is about 108,000 square feet, with modern classrooms, outdoor learning areas and a central courtyard. It sits inside the 706-acre Lariat master-planned community, so many Lariat families can walk to school.
The founding principal is Christina Gamez, who joined Liberty Hill ISD in 2012 as a PE teacher at Bill Burden, was part of the founding staff at Rancho Sienna, and was most recently Bill Burden’s principal. The campus motto is Leading the Trail.
Its zone, adopted by the LHISD board in February 2026, takes in Lariat, Sundance Estates, Sundance Ranch, Northgate Ranch, Clearwater Ranch and the CR 214 and CR 200 corridors. Much of that area was zoned to Bill Burden Elementary through 2025-26.
Because this is the school’s first year, there is no TEA rating, enrollment count or test data yet. Its first TEA accountability rating would cover the 2026-27 school year, with release expected around August 2027. Until then, the best way to judge the school is to visit, talk to the principal, and look at the track record of the staff and of Liberty Hill ISD, which earned a district-wide B (85) in 2025-26.
Lariat Trails Elementary School Snapshot
- Address: 3086 County Road 214, Liberty Hill, TX 78642
- Phone: (512) 260-4470
- School District: Liberty Hill ISD
- Grades Served: K–5 (Liberty Hill ISD Pre-K is centralized at Louine Noble starting in 2026-27)
- Principal: Christina Gamez (founding principal)
- School Hours: 7:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. (doors open 7:05 a.m.; early release 12:30 p.m.)
- Motto: Leading the Trail
- Opened: August 2026
- GreatSchools Rating: It is Not Yet Rated as of September 2026.
Lariat Trails is in its first year, so state enrollment, staffing and student-teacher figures have not been published yet. The school’s website does not list a mascot. GreatSchools and TEA measure different things. GreatSchools weighs test results against schools with similar student populations, while TEA’s rating, below, is the state’s official accountability measure.
Academic Performance: Texas Education Agency Accountability Rating
Lariat Trails Elementary has no TEA accountability rating yet because it opened in August 2026. Texas rates campuses on a full year of results, so its first rating would cover 2026-27 and is expected around August 2027. We will update this page when it is released.
- Overall TEA Rating: Not yet rated (new campus, opened August 2026)
- First Rating Expected: 2026-27 school year, released around August 2027
- Liberty Hill ISD District Rating (2025-26): B (85)
Under TEA’s scale, an A reflects exemplary performance, B is recognized, C is acceptable, D needs improvement, and F is unacceptable. For context, students zoned to Lariat Trails mostly came from Bill Burden Elementary, which earned a B (83) in 2025-26. A new campus’s results can differ from the school its students came from, so treat that only as a rough reference.
Source: Texas Education Agency 2025-26 accountability data for Liberty Hill ISD (released August 2026) and Liberty Hill ISD. TEA issues updated ratings annually, so verify the current rating directly with Liberty Hill ISD or TEA before making a decision based on it.
Programs at Lariat Trails Elementary
As a brand-new school, Lariat Trails has not yet posted campus-specific clubs or enrichment programs. These are the district programs that apply to the campus.
- Gifted and Talented: Liberty Hill ISD provides GT services under the Texas State Plan for gifted students. Parents or teachers can refer a student, and each campus has a GT coordinator who handles the referral
- ESL: LHISD uses a content-based ESL model. Students stay in their regular classrooms with ESL-certified teachers, and an ESL interventionist on each campus provides pull-out support for students who are earlier in learning English
- Dual language: Not offered at Lariat Trails. Liberty Hill ISD’s Spanish-English dual language immersion program is housed at Liberty Hill Elementary
- Pre-K: Starting in 2026-27, all Liberty Hill ISD Pre-K classes meet at the Louine Noble campus
- Facilities: Modern classrooms, outdoor learning areas and a central courtyard, within walking distance for much of the Lariat community
- Before- and after-school care: Liberty Hill Extended Care, linked from the campus website
The campus does not have a PTO listed with the district yet. For current details on programs, special education, or after-school care, contact Lariat Trails Elementary at (512) 260-4470.
Where is Lariat Trails Elementary School?
Lariat Trails Elementary is located at:
3086 County Road 214
Liberty Hill, TX 78642
Lariat Trails Elementary Attendance Zone Map
For 2026-27, Lariat Trails Elementary’s attendance zone covers the area north of Liberty Hill and west of US 183, along the CR 214 and CR 200 corridors. It includes Lariat, Clearwater Ranch, Sundance Estates, Sundance Ranch, Northgate Ranch and the Estates at Northgate, Bear Creek Ranch, San Gabriel River Ranch, Hidden Creek Estates, Carriage Oaks, Oak Bend Estates, Bridle Gate, Rolling Hills and Cierra Springs, plus rural acreage along the county roads. To confirm whether a specific address is zoned to Lariat Trails, use Liberty Hill ISD’s official address lookup: LHISD School Locator.
Quarry Lake Estates is split, with most of it zoned to Lariat Trails and the rest zoned to Liberty Hill Elementary. Mesa Vista and the CR 201 area were proposed for Lariat Trails in January 2026, but the final boundaries adopted in February placed them at Liberty Hill Elementary. Listings in this area from before 2026-27 usually show Bill Burden Elementary. LHISD plans another boundary review in spring 2027, so zones can change again for 2027-28.
Homes Zoned to Lariat Trails Elementary: Market Stats
The figures below cover single-family homes in Liberty Hill ISD sold through Unlock MLS whose addresses fall inside Lariat Trails Elementary’s official 2026-27 attendance zone. Rather than relying on the school name typed into each listing, we geocoded every LHISD sale and tested it against the district’s own boundary map. That matters here because LHISD redrew its elementary boundaries for 2026-27, so older listings often carry the old school names. Because the school is new, the earlier periods in the table show sales of homes inside today’s Lariat Trails zone, even though those homes were zoned to other schools at the time. The zone’s largest neighborhoods are Lariat, Clearwater Ranch, San Gabriel River Ranch, Bear Creek Ranch and Sundance Estates.
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 | 71 | $884,000 | $282.91 | 97.7% | 50 days |
| Sept 2023 – Aug 2024 | 194 | $525,350 | $224.42 | 98.1% | 90 days |
| Sept 2024 – Aug 2025 | 254 | $492,450 | $199.12 | 98.4% | 93 days |
| Trailing 12 Months (Sept 2025 – Aug 2026) | 317 | $549,999 | $195.02 | 99.0% | 70 days |
Data sourced from Unlock MLS. Statistics deemed reliable but not guaranteed. Single-family homes only. Each sale was geocoded and matched to Liberty Hill ISD’s official 2026-27 attendance-zone boundaries, so the figures reflect today’s zone rather than the school name typed into each listing; 49 Liberty Hill ISD listings that fell outside every district zone, and a small number that could not be located precisely, were left out.
The median sale price for homes in the Lariat Trails Elementary zone has fallen, from $884,000 in 2022-23 to $549,999 over the trailing twelve months, a change of about 37.8%. Median price per square foot moved from $282.91 to $195.02 (-31.1%), so the per-foot picture is softer than three years ago.
Sales volume went from 71 homes in 2022-23 to 317 in the past twelve months. Median days on market rose from 50 to 70 days, and sellers received a median of 99.0% of their final list price over the past year.
Keep the mix of homes in mind when reading these numbers. In 2022-23, most homes that sold in what is now the Lariat Trails zone were acreage properties, with a median lot of about one acre. Since then, new construction in Lariat and Clearwater Ranch has made up most sales, with a median lot of about a sixth of an acre. Much of the drop in the median sale price reflects that shift rather than a like-for-like decline in values.
Current Inventory Snapshot
As of October 1, 2026
| Status | Count | Median List Price | Median Days on Market |
| Active | 131 | $649,900 | 89 days |
| Active Under Contract | 7 | $635,000 | 74 days |
| Pending | 29 | $509,900 | 46 days |
Data sourced from Unlock MLS. Statistics deemed reliable but not guaranteed. Same zone method as above.
167 homes are currently active, under contract, or pending in the Lariat Trails Elementary zone. With 131 active listings against about 26 sales a month over the past year, the zone has roughly 5.0 months of inventory, a fairly balanced market.
The median active list price of $649,900 compares with a trailing-twelve-month median sale price of $549,999, and active listings have been on the market a median of 89 days.
Homes for Sale Near Lariat Trails Elementary School
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Neighborhoods Zoned to Lariat Trails Elementary
The neighborhoods below have their own guides and are zoned to Lariat Trails Elementary for 2026-27. Quarry Lake Estates is split, with most of it at Lariat Trails and the rest at Liberty Hill Elementary. The Estates at Northgate, Carriage Oaks, Sunrise Acres and Sunrise Ridge are also in the zone but don’t have their own guides yet.
Lariat
3-5 beds, 2-7 baths, 1,500-4,700 sqft, High $200,000s – $1.3MMs
Clearwater Ranch
3-6 beds, 2-7 baths, 2,300-5,400 sqft, Low $600,000s – $1.5MMs
Bear Creek Ranch
2-5 beds, 1-4 baths, 900-3,700 sqft, High $400,000s – Low $900,000s
Sundance Ranch
3-6 beds, 2-6 baths, 1,700-5,700 sqft, Low $600,000s – $1.4MMs
Sundance Estates
3-6 beds, 2-4 baths, 1,500-3,700 sqft, High $400,000s – Mid $600,000s
Northgate Ranch
3-5 beds, 3-6 baths, 2,600-5,100 sqft, High $700,000s – $1MMs
Oak Bend Estates
3-6 beds, 3-6 baths, 2,200-3,700 sqft, High $600,000s – $1.1MMs
Hidden Creek Estates
3-4 beds, 3-4 baths, 2,300-3,600 sqft, High $500,000s – Low $900,000s
Quarry Lake Estates
3-5 beds, 2-4 baths, 2,300-3,900 sqft, High $500,000s – High $600,000s
Rolling Hills
3-6 beds, 2-4 baths, 1,579-4,800 sqft, Low $800,000s – Mid $900,000s
Bridle Gate
4-5 beds, 4-5 baths, 3,300-3,639 sqft, $1.1MMs – $1.2MMs
Cierra Springs
3-5 beds, 3 baths, 2,200-3,000 sqft, Low $600,000s – Low $700,000s
San Gabriel River Ranch
2-5 beds, 1-4 baths, 500-3,700 sqft, Mid $200,000s – Low $700,000s
Feeder Middle and High Schools
Lariat Trails Elementary’s entire zone is west of US 183, so every student feeds Liberty Hill Middle School and then Liberty Hill High School.
Feeder Middle School
- Liberty Hill Middle School
Great Schools Rating: 7/10
Feeder High School
- Liberty Hill High School
Great Schools Rating: 7/10
Source: Liberty Hill ISD’s 2026-27 attendance-zone boundaries (district school locator), adopted by the LHISD board on February 16, 2026, checked against the district’s own middle and high school boundary maps. Confirm with the district for any specific address.
Frequently Asked Questions
Ratings and Zoning
Lariat Trails opened on August 12, 2026, as Liberty Hill ISD’s eighth elementary school. It is inside the Lariat community on County Road 214.
Not yet. The campus opened in August 2026, so its first TEA rating would cover the 2026-27 school year and is expected around August 2027.
For 2026-27 the zone includes Lariat, Clearwater Ranch, Sundance Estates, Sundance Ranch, Northgate Ranch, Bear Creek Ranch, San Gabriel River Ranch, Hidden Creek Estates and the CR 214 and CR 200 corridors.
No. Mesa Vista was in the January 2026 proposal for Lariat Trails, but the final boundaries adopted in February 2026 zoned Mesa Vista and the CR 201 area to Liberty Hill Elementary.
Much of the Lariat Trails zone was zoned to Bill Burden through 2025-26, before Lariat Trails opened, so older listings often show the old school.
Christina Gamez is the founding principal. She has worked in Liberty Hill ISD since 2012 and was previously principal of Bill Burden Elementary.
Programs, Feeder Schools and Home Prices
All Lariat Trails students feed Liberty Hill Middle School and then Liberty Hill High School.
The school is built inside the Lariat community, so many Lariat homes are within walking distance. Walking distance varies by street, so check the route from a specific home.
No. Starting in 2026-27, all Liberty Hill ISD Pre-K classes are at the Louine Noble campus. Lariat Trails serves kindergarten through 5th grade.
The campus cost about 44 million dollars, funded by Liberty Hill ISD’s 2023 bond, and is about 108,000 square feet.
Over the past 12 months, 317 single-family homes sold inside the Lariat Trails Elementary zone at a median price of $549,999, compared with $884,000 three years earlier, a decline of 37.8%, though much of that reflects a shift from acreage homes to smaller-lot new construction.
There are 131 active listings in the Lariat Trails Elementary zone with a median list price of $649,900.
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