Annie Purl vs Mitchell Elementary: TEA Scores, Zones & Homes (2026)

Same Letter Grade, Two Very Different Georgetown Zones

Both Annie Purl and James E. Mitchell pulled a D from TEA in 2025. Annie Purl scored 66, Mitchell scored 67. One point. If you stopped reading the report card there you’d think these were interchangeable campuses. They aren’t, and a buyer in Georgetown ISD really needs to know why.

So lets dig in. I’ve been licensed in Texas since 2007 and I’ve sat in a lot of Georgetown kitchens explaining school zones to buyers who are choosing between, say, Carlson Place and a bungalow near the square. The TEA letter is the same. The neighborhood, the demographics, and the median price are not.

And both schools sit inside Georgetown ISD, which means same district leadership, same calendar, same feeder universe (well, with some nuance, more on that below). What changes is the campus context.

Annie Purl vs Mitchell Elementary: Quick Comparison

TEA School Performance Comparison (2025)

The Texas Education Agency grades every Texas elementary school on three accountability domains: Student Achievement, School Progress, and Closing the Gaps. (High schools and middle schools get a slightly different breakdown but for an elementary, that’s the universe.) Distinctions are a separate layer, and elementary campuses are eligible for up to six of them (Social Studies is high school only).

Here is how both campuses graded out in the 2025 cycle.

One point on the overall, right, but the route to that one point is different. Mitchell’s Student Achievement is a D (60). Annie Purl’s is an F (52), which is the single biggest drag on its overall score. That’s the STAAR component, basically. How kids did on the state assessment in raw terms. Worth noting: under TEA’s 2025 accountability manual, D-rated campuses remain eligible for distinctions (only F-rated schools are listed as Not Eligible).

School Progress comes in identical at 65. Where Mitchell quietly wins is Closing the Gaps, which is a C (70). That domain measures how well a school serves all student groups (econ disadvantaged, English learners, special ed, etc.), and Mitchell edges it. That’s a good signal at a campus that historically rated B as recently as 2022.

For the full TEA breakdown on each campus, including rating history and the official distinction list, visit the Annie Purl school page or the James E. Mitchell school page.

Annie Purl Elementary: A Title I Campus in the Heart of Old Georgetown

Annie Purl sits east of I-35 and serves a zone that includes some of Georgetown’s most historic neighborhoods. The economically disadvantaged rate is 72% and the EB/EL rate is 43.3%. Those are TEA’s reported numbers, and they matter because TEA’s Student Achievement domain is heavily STAAR-weighted, which is exactly where Purl is taking its hit. The Academic Growth half of the School Progress domain is graded relative to similar campuses, which is part of why Purl can pull a D on Progress while pulling an F on raw Achievement.

The rating trend is what I’d actually look at. 2019: C. 2022: C. 2023 and 2024: F. 2025: D. So this is a campus that climbed from F back to D in a single year. That’s not nothing. The leadership and the teaching staff are putting up real numbers in the Closing the Gaps domain (69) relative to where the campus was 24 months ago.

Neighborhoods in the Purl zone include Smith Branch Park, Morrow, Georgetown City, South San Gabriel Urban Renewal, and Windridge. This is the part of town with the Victorian-era housing stock near the courthouse square, and it’s also where some of Georgetown’s most distinctive walkable streets are. If proximity to the historic core matters to you, this is the zone.

James E. Mitchell Elementary: Western Georgetown, Different Demographics

Mitchell sits west of I-35 along the Williams Drive corridor and feeds zones that include Carlson Place, Saddlecreek, Park Central, and the gated golf community of Cimarron Hills. The economically disadvantaged rate is 42.2%, almost 30 points lower than Purl. EB/EL is 11.4%. That demographic difference shows up in the Student Achievement score, but it doesn’t show up nearly as much in School Progress, which is graded on relative growth.

Mitchell’s history is interesting too. 2019: C. 2022: B (82). 2023 and 2024: F (59). 2025: D (67). So Mitchell was a B campus pre-pandemic, fell hard during the rating reset, and is climbing back. The 2025 D is an 8-point jump from the prior two years.

This is also a more dispersed zone. Mitchell pulls from established suburban communities, a luxury gated community at Cimarron Hills, and acreage parcels along the rural edges. Tri Pointe is actively building new homes in the area, so the resale-vs-new-construction mix is real here in a way it isn’t on the older Purl side.

The Neighborhoods

This is where the choice actually gets made for most buyers. The Purl zone runs you closer to downtown Georgetown, the square, and the San Gabriel River corridor. Older homes, smaller lots, more character, walkability if you’re near Morrow or Georgetown City. Median 12-month closed sale: $399,000 across 83 single-family transactions.

The Mitchell zone runs further west along Williams Drive into Carlson Place, Saddlecreek, Park Central, and Cimarron Hills. More square footage per dollar on average, larger lots, suburban layout. Median 12-month closed sale: $355,000 across 137 single-family transactions. The higher transaction count tells you it’s the more active resale market of the two.

Browse all homes zoned to Annie Purl Elementary or homes zoned to James E. Mitchell Elementary.

Feeder Pattern (Verify with the District)

Georgetown ISD runs a multi-campus feeder model where assignment depends on your street, not just your elementary. Per district documents and the schools’ own published patterns, Annie Purl typically feeds either Charles A. Forbes Middle or James Tippit Middle, then onward to either East View High or Georgetown High. Mitchell feeds a broader middle school slate (Forbes, Douglas Benold, Tippit, or Wagner), then the same two high school options.

That’s not that hard right, but the practical version is: if you’re choosing a specific home, call Georgetown ISD’s enrollment office and verify the exact middle and high school for that street address. Boundaries get revised. Confirm before you write an offer that hinges on the feeder.

Which School Fits You?

Both campuses are climbing out of F ratings and both posted D’s in 2025. The right pick is mostly about neighborhood fit and budget. Here’s where I’d lean.

You might lean toward Annie Purl if:

• You want to be near the historic Georgetown square, the courthouse, and the older walkable streets
• The character of pre-war and Victorian-era housing stock matters to you more than modern square footage
• You’re comfortable on a campus with a strong year-over-year improvement story (F to D in one cycle)
• You like the Smith Branch Park, Morrow, or South San Gabriel corridors

You might lean toward Mitchell if:

• You want a more suburban layout with larger lots, more recent builds, or a new-construction option
• You’re shopping Carlson Place, Saddlecreek, or considering Cimarron Hills at the luxury end
• You prefer the higher score on Closing the Gaps (Mitchell’s only C-graded domain)

Honest read from me: neither of these is the campus you pick because of the rating. You pick them because of the neighborhood. The rating is climbing at both. If you want to weight the report card heavily, Mitchell’s one-point edge plus the C in Closing the Gaps is the slightly stronger signal. If you want the older, walkable, more historic Georgetown, Purl is your zone and you accept the rating trajectory.

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School zones in Georgetown shift based on which side of I-35 you’re on, what corridor you’re shopping, and what you actually want out of the neighborhood. I’ve been doing this for 19+ years and I’ve helped buyers across both of these zones find homes that fit. Lets grab coffee and walk through your options.

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