Boone vs Patton Elementary: Same C Rating, $104K Price Gap

Same C Rating, Same Bowie Pathway, $104K Price Gap

Patton Elementary scored a 77 on the 2025 TEA accountability rating. Boone Elementary scored a 72. Both earned C ratings. Both sit inside Austin ISD. Both pour into the Bowie High School area, one of the strongest high schools in the district. So why does the median home in the Patton zone close at $565,250 while the Boone zone closes at $461,000 (and yes, those are real numbers, 158 SFR closings vs 90 over the last 12 months)?

That is the question, right. A 5 point gap between two C rated elementary schools is not enormous. But the price gap is. And after 19 years walking buyers through southwest Austin school zones, I can tell you the answer is rarely about the elementary school alone. So lets pull the numbers apart honestly.

Boone vs Patton: Quick Comparison

TEA School Performance Comparison (2025)

The Texas Education Agency evaluates every public school annually across three accountability domains: Student Achievement, School Progress, and Closing the Gaps. School Progress has two parts (Academic Growth and Relative Performance), and TEA uses the better of those two when calculating the overall score. Here is how both campuses performed in the 2025 cycle.

Every domain shows Patton ahead by 2 to 5 points, but both schools land squarely in C territory. Patton’s 78 in Student Achievement vs Boone’s 73 is the widest gap (5 points). The 2 point gap on Closing the Gaps is the narrowest. Neither campus is in F territory, which matters because under the 2025 TEA framework only F rated campuses are flagged as Not Eligible for distinction designations. C rated campuses remain eligible. The seven distinction categories TEA awards apply to high schools, by the way. Elementary campuses are eligible for a maximum of six distinctions (ELA/Reading, Mathematics, Science, Academic Growth, Postsecondary Readiness, and Closing the Gaps). Anyone who tells you an elementary earned 7 of 7 is reading the wrong column.

The 2025 distinction counts for both Boone and Patton are best confirmed directly via the TEA campus reports, since the source data we pulled from the district feed showed stock numbers that we could not independently verify. Both campuses have a rating history of B grades through 2023 and slid into C territory in 2024 and 2025, which is worth knowing if you are weighing trend lines.

For the full TEA breakdown on each campus, including rating history, visit the Boone Elementary school page or the Patton Elementary school page.

Patton: The Bigger Campus Near Oak Hill With a Bowie Pathway

Patton Elementary serves 735 students in the Oak Hill and Convict Hill area of southwest Austin. The campus feeds into Small Middle School and then into Austin High School or Bowie High School depending on address. Bowie is one of the most consistently strong high schools in Austin ISD on TEA accountability ratings, which is the single biggest reason buyers pay a premium for this zone. Austin High is one of the district’s legacy campuses near downtown with a long academic record. So the Patton-to-Small-to-Bowie-or-Austin pathway is genuinely one of the better K through 12 routes inside AISD, and that is what you are paying for at $565K.

The neighborhood housing stock is established 1980s and 1990s construction with decent lot sizes, mature trees, and good access to 290 and MoPac. Westcreek and Legend Oaks anchor the inventory. Patton has 735 kids on campus (vs 426 at Boone), so if a larger campus with more peer cohort options sounds good to you, this is the one.

Boone: Smaller, $104K Cheaper, Trickier Middle School Story

Boone is the smaller campus, 426 students, near the Slaughter Lane and South MoPac corridor. The median closed SFR sits at $461,000, which is $104,250 below Patton’s median. That is real money, and for buyers stretching to get into a Bowie-feeding zone, Boone is the more accessible entry point.

One thing the Boone school page surfaces that is worth knowing: addresses in the Boone zone can fall inside either Austin ISD or Northside ISD, so middle school and high school assignments vary by address. For AISD addresses, students typically feed into Covington Middle and then Bowie, Crockett, or LBJ High depending on the specific street. Verify with the district’s address lookup before you write an offer. This is not theoretical. I have seen buyers assume a Boone address means Bowie HS and then discover at closing that their corner of the zone actually routes to Crockett.

The Neighborhoods

The Patton zone covers Westcreek, Valley View, Laurels Legend Oaks, Wedgewood, and Village Western Oaks. Established homes, mature oaks, good MoPac access, the kind of southwest Austin character that has held value through every market cycle I have watched.

The Boone zone runs through Maple Run, Southampton, Oak Plantations, Kincheon, and Woodstone. Solid 1980s and 1990s residential pockets, generally smaller homes than Patton’s inventory on similar lots, with strong retail access along Slaughter Lane.

Browse all homes zoned to Boone Elementary or homes zoned to Patton Elementary.

Which School Fits You?

At a 5 point TEA gap with both schools earning C ratings, this is mostly a budget call layered on top of a feeder-pattern verification.

You might lean toward Patton if:

• Higher TEA scores across all three accountability domains (77 vs 72 overall)
• Stronger Student Achievement (78 vs 73)
• A larger campus (735 students) with more peer cohort options
• A clearer single-district feeder path through Small MS to Bowie or Austin HS

You might lean toward Boone if:

• The $104,250 lower median home price is meaningful for your budget
• A smaller campus (426 students) appeals to you
• You verify the address routes through Covington MS to Bowie HS specifically

Honest take: neither C rated campus is going to win on the elementary number alone. What you are really buying in this corridor is the Bowie HS pathway, and both schools get you in the neighborhood of that pathway. If you can comfortably afford $565K, Patton is the cleaner story. If $461K is closer to your range and you are willing to verify the address-by-address feeder routing, Boone gets you on the same side of town at a real discount. Save the $104K, or put it toward the kitchen update you will almost certainly want.

Ready to Find Your Home?

Southwest Austin has some of the most reliable high school pathways in Austin ISD, and the elementary zone you choose is the first step. I have walked buyers through this exact Boone vs Patton question more times than I can count over 19 years. Lets connect and look at what is actually on the market in both zones right now.

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