Paredes vs Webb Middle School: TEA Scores, Feeders & Home Prices (2026)

Two F Rated Middle Schools, Two Very Different Parts of Austin, and a Housing Story Buyers Should Actually Hear

Both Paredes Middle School and Webb Middle School landed at 59 out of 100 on the 2025 Texas Education Agency ratings. Both pulled an F. Neither earned a TEA distinction designation (F campuses are not eligible). On paper that looks like a tie, and on paper that looks like a problem.

But the rest of the story is where buyers should be paying attention. Paredes sits in far south Austin near Slaughter Lane, anchoring an attendance zone full of newer master-planned product like Goodnight Ranch. Webb sits in north and northeast Austin, near St Johns and Highland, in some of the most centrally located dirt left in Austin ISD. And here is the part most blog posts get wrong: over the last 12 months the median closed home price in the Webb zone edged out the Paredes zone, not the other way around. Paredes closed at $399,000 over 559 sales, Webb at $402,500 over 142 sales (per VOW MLS closed sales, trailing 12 months). So if you assumed the central north-side zone is automatically pricier, the gap is razor thin, and if anything the suburban Paredes zone came in a hair lower.

Lets walk through what the TEA report card actually shows in 2025, where the feeder patterns land, and how the housing in each zone really compares.

Paredes vs Webb: Quick Comparison

TEA School Performance Comparison (2025)

The Texas Education Agency rates every public school in Texas using three domains: Student Achievement, School Progress, and Closing the Gaps. The overall score takes the higher of the first two at 70%, then adds Closing the Gaps at 30%. Here is how both campuses came in for the 2025 accountability cycle.

The headline overall number is identical at 59, but the underneath data is not identical. Paredes outscores Webb on Student Achievement by 3 points and on Closing the Gaps by 2. Webb is doing this work with a much higher share of economically disadvantaged students (98% vs 78%) and more than twice the rate of English Learners (78.5% vs 36.5%). That context matters when you are reading the scores, right. Two schools with the same overall letter are not necessarily facing the same job.

For the full TEA rating history on each campus going back to 2019, visit the Paredes school page or the Webb school page.

Paredes: South Austin’s Master-Planned Middle School Zone

The Paredes attendance zone is one of the more interesting housing stories in south Austin right now. The campus serves a stretch that runs from Slaughter Lane out toward TX-130, and the inventory in this zone is genuinely diverse. Established neighborhoods like Cascades Onion Creek and Onion Creek itself bring mature trees and larger lots. Goodnight Ranch, the master plan on the south side, brings active new construction from M/I, Brohn, KB, Highland, and Empire Communities, with trails and parks and the kind of contemporary product that is increasingly hard to find inside Austin city limits.

The zoned elementary schools that feed into Paredes are Blazier, Casey, Menchaca, Palm, Perez, and Williams (per the official Austin ISD feeder map). After Paredes, students continue to Akins High School. Akins is a large comprehensive campus and well known for its academy programs in Health Science, Green Tech, and Arts & Humanities. Some Paredes graduates apply into specialized programs at other AISD high schools, but the zoned destination is Akins.

What makes this zone work for buyers is the combination. You have actual new construction at attainable price points (still under or near $500K for many floor plans), you have established neighborhoods with character, and you have McKinney Falls State Park and the Onion Creek Greenbelt 10 minutes from most front doors. The middle school number is what it is, and I’m not going to pretend otherwise. But if you are looking at this zone, you are usually looking at it for the house and the area first, with the school as a known variable.

Webb: Central Location, Tight Inventory, and a Surprising High School Hand

Webb’s zone is north and northeast Austin, and it covers some of the most central dirt left in AISD. Neighborhoods like St Johns College, Georgian Acres, Dean Terrace, Windsor Park, and University Hills all sit inside this zone. The housing leans older (mid-century bungalows and ranch homes, mixed with infill builds), and the lots tend to be the kind of established-Austin parcels that newer suburban product simply does not produce anymore.

The feeder elementaries into Webb (per the official Austin ISD feeder map) include Andrews, Barrington, Brown, Harris, Pickle, Reilly, and Winn. After Webb, the picture gets more interesting than most middle school zones. Webb feeds into four different high school options: LBJ, McCallum, Navarro Early College, and Northeast Early College. Your specific home address decides which one. Plus any AISD student can apply to the Liberal Arts and Science Academy (LASA), which is consistently one of the top-ranked public high schools in Texas. That’s a real card to have on the table.

The catch is inventory. With only 142 single-family sales in the last 12 months versus 559 in the Paredes zone, the Webb zone is a much thinner market. Houses turn over less. When something good lists, it tends to move. The median came in at $402,500, which is actually a hair above Paredes, but the range is wider and the variation by block is significant. Walking the streets in St Johns vs Windsor Park vs University Hills, you are looking at different products at different price tiers, all sharing the same middle school assignment.

The Neighborhoods and the Numbers

Here is where it gets practical. The Paredes zone gives buyers more inventory (559 closed sales in a year), more new construction, and access to a single comprehensive high school (Akins). The Webb zone gives buyers a more central location, older established homes, fewer sales to choose from, and a more complicated but more flexible high school feeder situation.

Median home prices are within about 1% of each other across these two zones. That surprises most buyers, because the common assumption is that further-out south Austin is automatically cheaper. At the middle school zone level it is, but only by a hair, with the master-planned new construction inventory at Goodnight Ranch keeping the Paredes median right alongside Webb’s.

Browse all current homes zoned to Paredes or homes zoned to Webb to see what is on the market right now.

Which Zone Fits You?

Both of these zones make sense for the right buyer. The trick is being honest about what you actually want.

You might lean toward the Paredes zone if:

• You want newer construction options or active master-planned communities
• Akins High School fits the path you want for your kids
• You want close access to McKinney Falls and the Onion Creek Greenbelt
• You need a larger inventory pool to actually shop from

You might lean toward the Webb zone if:

• You want to live more centrally and shorten commutes to downtown, UT, or the Domain
• You want a mid-century or older home with established trees and an in-town lot
• You want optionality on the high school side, including the chance to apply to LASA

The thing nobody likes to say out loud is that the F at the middle school level does affect resale narrative either way, and most buyers in these zones already know that. They are choosing the zone for the house, the location, and the long-game high school path. That’s a reasonable way to think about it, as long as you go in with eyes open.

Ready to Find Your Home?

School zones are one piece of the buying decision. The house, the block, the commute, and the long-term plan all matter too. With 17+ years working Austin neighborhoods and over 2,000 properties under our team’s belt, we can walk you through both of these zones address by address and help you figure out where your dollars actually land the best house for you.

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