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Annie Purl vs Teravista Elementary: Two Districts, Two Very Different Schools, $130K Apart
The Teravista master-planned community sits right on the Georgetown and Round Rock city line, which means buyers shopping the same subdivision can be zoned to one of two very different elementary schools in two very different districts. Georgetown ISD‘s Annie Purl Elementary is one option. Round Rock ISD‘s Teravista Elementary is the other. The campuses are about 10 minutes apart by car, but the Texas Education Agency letter grades, the K-12 pipelines, the demographics, and the resale prices are not close.
I get this question almost every month from buyers comparing homes inside or adjacent to the Teravista master plan. The school district line on each MLS listing is the only thing that actually tells you which campus you are zoned to. So lets walk through what each school is, what the TEA accountability data actually says, and what buyers are paying in each zone right now.
Annie Purl vs Teravista Elementary: Quick Comparison
| Annie Purl Elementary | Teravista Elementary | |
|---|---|---|
| District | Georgetown ISD | Round Rock ISD |
| County | Williamson | Williamson |
| Overall TEA Rating | D | A |
| Student Achievement | F | B |
| School Progress | D | A |
| Closing the Gaps | D | A |
| Enrollment | about 655 students | about 825 students |
| Economically Disadvantaged | 78% | about 35.6% at-risk |
| District Overall (2024-25) | C (Georgetown ISD) | B (Round Rock ISD) |
Sources: Texas Tribune Schools Explorer (Annie Purl) and Texas Tribune Schools Explorer (Teravista). District-level ratings from Community Impact (Georgetown ISD 2024-25) and Community Impact (Round Rock ISD 2024-25). TEA uses three accountability domains, Student Achievement, School Progress, and Closing the Gaps, which roll up into the overall letter grade.
About Annie Purl Elementary
Annie Purl Elementary sits at 1700 Laurel Street on the older east side of Georgetown, near the historic core of the city and the Inner Loop. It is one of about 10 elementary campuses in Georgetown ISD, serving roughly 655 students in pre-K through 5th grade. The Texas Tribune Schools Explorer reports the campus is 70.2% Hispanic and 78% economically disadvantaged. The campus offers a Gifted and Talented program along with bilingual and English language learner support, which is appropriate for the student population it serves.
On the most recent TEA accountability snapshot, Annie Purl earned an overall D, with an F in Student Achievement (the STAAR performance and college-readiness domain), a D in School Progress, and a D in Closing the Gaps. That is the hardest of the three domain combinations, and it reflects the real academic challenge that Title I campuses with concentrated economic disadvantage face under the current STAAR-driven accountability formula.
I want to be honest about what those grades mean and what they do not mean. A D-rated Title I campus serving a 78% economically disadvantaged student body is doing different work than an A-rated campus with a 4% economically disadvantaged population. Both numbers can be true, and the TEA letter grade is not a verdict on the educators or the kids. It is a snapshot of standardized testing performance measured against demographics. Georgetown ISD as a district held a C rating in the 2024-25 cycle, with six campuses showing improvement, so there is movement happening district-wide.
For middle and high school, Annie Purl feeds into the Georgetown ISD secondary pipeline serving the east side of the city. The K-12 pipeline matters more than the elementary letter grade for most long-term buyers, and the district has been investing in its east-side schools.
About Teravista Elementary
Teravista Elementary is a Round Rock ISD campus inside the Teravista master-planned community on the Georgetown-Round Rock line. The campus enrolls about 825 students in pre-K through 5th grade, and the Texas Tribune Schools Explorer reports about 35.6% of students considered at-risk and 18.2% in bilingual or English language learner programs. The school sits inside a master-planned community with sidewalks, parks, a community center, and direct walkability for a meaningful portion of the student body, which is unusual for the central Texas suburbs.
The accountability picture is the opposite of Annie Purl. Teravista earned an overall A from TEA, with a B in Student Achievement, an A in School Progress, and an A in Closing the Gaps. The School Progress A is the one I pay the most attention to as a real estate professional, because that domain measures how much academic growth a campus produces relative to peer campuses with similar economic demographics. An A in School Progress means the campus is adding real instructional value, not just inheriting prepared students.
Round Rock ISD as a district held a B rating in the 2024-25 cycle (87 out of 100), making it three years running at the B level. The Teravista feeder continues into the Round Rock ISD secondary pipeline, which is the underlying value proposition for buyers paying the premium to be zoned here.
Neighborhoods Served
This is the part that confuses buyers more than anything else. Both schools draw from the area immediately around the Teravista master plan, but the district line determines which campus a given address is zoned to.
- Annie Purl Elementary attendance zone (Georgetown ISD) covers the older east side of Georgetown around Laurel Street and the Inner Loop, plus the portion of the Teravista community that falls inside the Georgetown ISD boundary. Homes here trend older, with a mix of mid-century single-family on quarter-acre lots and pockets of newer infill construction.
- Teravista Elementary attendance zone (Round Rock ISD) covers the portion of the Teravista master plan inside the Round Rock ISD boundary, plus surrounding subdivisions in north Round Rock that fall in the 78664, 78665, and 78626 zip pockets. Homes here are predominantly 2000s and newer master-planned single-family, with golf-course frontage in parts of Teravista itself.
Verify your specific address with the Georgetown ISD attendance zone tool or the Round Rock ISD school finder before you make an offer. Subdivision name alone does not tell you which district you are in inside Teravista.
Home Prices Right Now
The price gap between the two zones tracks the accountability gap pretty closely. Pulling closed single-family sales from the last 12 months (May 2025 through May 2026) out of the Neuhaus Realty Group VOW MLS dataset:
- Annie Purl zone (Georgetown 78626): 461 closings, median sale price $370,000, median $194 per square foot. This zip covers the broader east-Georgetown footprint that Annie Purl pulls from, so the median includes some older inventory mixed with newer Teravista-adjacent product.
- Teravista subdivision (Round Rock and Georgetown sides combined): 117 closings, median sale price $457,000, median $189 per square foot. Active listings inside Teravista currently sit in the high $300s to mid $700s depending on section, golf-course frontage, and home size.
The median resale gap is roughly $87,000 across the broader zone, and inside the Teravista master plan itself the homes zoned to the Round Rock ISD Teravista Elementary side carry a noticeable premium over otherwise comparable homes zoned to the Georgetown ISD Annie Purl side. The price difference is the school zoning. Same neighborhood, same builder, same floor plan, different district line.
To browse current inventory, see homes zoned to Teravista Elementary or homes zoned to Annie Purl Elementary.
Which School Fits You?
This is not really a debate about which campus is “better” in a moral sense. Teravista is the higher-scoring campus on every TEA accountability domain, and the Round Rock ISD pipeline is well-regarded at the secondary level. Annie Purl is a Title I campus that serves a very different student body at a price point about $87K lower for a comparable home in the broader zone.
You might lean toward Teravista Elementary if:
- You want a walkable master-planned community with sidewalks, parks, and the elementary inside the neighborhood
- You value an A-rated TEA campus across all three accountability domains
- You want the Round Rock ISD secondary pipeline as your long-term play
- You are comfortable paying a school-zoning premium of roughly $80K to $100K on the same model home compared to the Georgetown ISD side of the line
You might lean toward Annie Purl Elementary if:
- You want into Georgetown for the city’s small-town feel, Inner Loop charm, or proximity to the historic square
- You prefer the Georgetown ISD K-12 pipeline at the middle and high school level
- Your budget puts you under $400K for a single-family home and the Round Rock ISD premium is out of reach
- You see real estate as a 7-to-10-year hold and you believe Georgetown ISD’s east-side investment will continue paying off over that horizon
If I am being straight with you, both zones are defensible buys for the right person at the right life stage. The Teravista premium is real and well-earned by the campus performance. The Annie Purl zone is the entry point into greater Georgetown at a price the Round Rock side of the line no longer offers. What you should not do is assume the two are interchangeable because Teravista the neighborhood overlaps both. The school district line is what you are paying for, or what you are saving by skipping.
Frequently Asked Questions
Ready to Find Your Home?
I have walked buyers through both sides of the Teravista line for the better part of 19 years. Whether you are stretching for the Round Rock ISD pipeline or you want the most house your money can buy on the Georgetown ISD side of the same neighborhood, lets sit down and map out what actually makes sense for your situation and timeline. I do not have a preferred answer here, but I do have a lot of recent transactions and a lot of data.
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