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Market Overview for Austin High School

There are 638 active listings in Austin High School with a median list price of $649K and a median sold price of $820K.

Homes average 65 days on market.

Over the past 30 days, 98 homes have sold, with 1225 sales in the past 12 months.

The average price per square foot is $608.

About Austin High School

Austin High School, one of 11 comprehensive high schools in Austin Independent School District, serves grades 9-12 from a campus at 1715 W Cesar Chavez Street, Austin, TX 78703. The mascot is the Maroons; school colors are Maroon and White. The principal is Melvin Bedford. The school enrolled approximately 2,323 students in the 2025 reporting snapshot, with a pupil-teacher ratio of approximately 18:1.

Stephen F. Austin High School (founded 1881) is the oldest comprehensive high school in Austin ISD and among the oldest public high schools in Texas. The official mascot character is 'Mr. Maroo.' State football championship: 1942.

The campus offers Advanced Placement courses, dual credit, fine arts (band, choir, orchestra, theatre), CTE pathways, and a UIL Class 6A athletics slate. Austin High School competes in UIL Class 6A. Notable Maroons alumni include Barbara Pierce Bush and her twin sister, TV journalist Jenna Bush Hager (both daughters of President George W. Bush, Class of 2000), golfer Ben Crenshaw, musician Gary Clark Jr., MLB MVP Don Baylor, and actor Marshall Allman.

Austin ISD operates 114 schools serving approximately 69,251 students as of the 2025-26 school year (enrollment has declined roughly 17% since 2016), including 11 traditional comprehensive high schools plus magnet/specialty campuses such as LASA, the Ann Richards School for Young Women Leaders, and Garza Independence HS. International High School closed at the end of 2025-26 under the same consolidation plan. AISD holds a "B" overall TEA accountability rating (81 of 100) for the 2025-26 accountability year — the most recent year TEA has rated. District administration is at 4000 South IH-35 Frontage Road in Austin (78704). AISD covers most of the city of Austin plus Sunset Valley, San Leanna, and portions of unincorporated Travis County.

Living in Austin High School

Stephen F. Austin High School at 1715 West Cesar Chavez Street is Austin Independent School District's oldest comprehensive high school — founded 1881 (the same year AISD was established, with John B. Winn as the district's first superintendent). It is among the oldest public high schools in Texas. UIL Class 6A; mascot Maroons (the official mascot character is "Mr. Maroo"); colors maroon and white. Principal Melvin Bedford. Enrollment approximately 2,323 (2025-26).

The Austin HS attendance zone is fed by O. Henry Middle School at 2610 W 10th Street (named for author O. Henry / William Sydney Porter, who lived in Austin in the 1880s-90s) plus elementaries including Bryker Woods, Casis, Mathews, Oak Hill, Barton Hills, and Zilker. The zone covers central and inner-west Austin between the Colorado River and 12th Street, MoPac (Loop 1) on the west and Lamar Boulevard on the east — encompassing the city's oldest neighborhoods.

Master neighborhoods include Tarrytown, Pemberton Heights, Old West Austin, Clarksville, Bryker Woods, Old Enfield, Bouldin Creek, and the western edge of downtown. Tarrytown's tree-lined streets between MoPac and Lake Austin are anchored by the historic Pemberton Castle (1928) and Lions Municipal Golf Course (Muny — Austin's oldest public golf course, opened 1924). Clarksville — Austin's oldest surviving freedman's community, founded 1871 by Charles Clark — sits just north of West Cesar Chavez and includes the historic Sweet Home Missionary Baptist Church.

Austin HS won the 1942 Texas state football championship. Notable Maroons alumni include Barbara Pierce Bush and her twin sister, TV journalist Jenna Bush Hager (both daughters of President George W. Bush, Class of 2000); golfer Ben Crenshaw (2-time Masters champion, 1984 and 1995); musician Gary Clark Jr.; MLB MVP Don Baylor; actor Marshall Allman.

Day-to-day retail centers on the West 6th Street / Lamar / Whole Foods corridor, the South Lamar / South Congress entertainment districts, the West End restaurant cluster on Pecan and West 6th, and downtown Austin's Congress Avenue and 2nd Street District. Healthcare access centers on Dell Seton Medical Center at the University of Texas (downtown), Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin (38th Street), and the Heart Hospital of Austin (38th).

Outdoor recreation defines the area. Lady Bird Lake's Hike-and-Bike Trail (the 10-mile Ann and Roy Butler Trail) runs along the Colorado River frontage with paddleboard and kayak rentals at Texas Rowing Center and Rowing Dock. The MoPac Pedestrian Bridge connects directly from the Austin HS campus side to the trail's south side. Pease District Park (Austin's oldest park, dating to 1875) preserves Shoal Creek under towering oaks just north of the campus. The Treaty Oak (the historic 500-year-old Live Oak on Baylor Street) sits a few blocks west of the campus.

Things to Do in Austin High School

• Lady Bird Lake & Ann and Roy Butler Trail: 10-mile Hike-and-Bike Trail along the Colorado River frontage; kayak and paddleboard rentals at Texas Rowing Center and Rowing Dock. Direct access from the Austin HS campus side via the MoPac Pedestrian Bridge.
• Treaty Oak: The 500-year-old Live Oak at Baylor and 5th — the surviving member of the Council Oaks where Stephen F. Austin reportedly signed treaties with Tonkawa peoples. A few blocks west of campus on Baylor Street.
• Pease District Park & Shoal Creek Greenway: Pease Park — Austin's oldest park (1875) — preserves Shoal Creek under towering oaks just north of the campus. Connects via the Shoal Creek Greenway north toward 38th Street and downtown.
• Lions Municipal Golf Course (Muny) & Pemberton Castle: Lions Municipal Golf Course in Tarrytown — Austin's oldest public golf course (opened 1924) — and the historic Pemberton Castle (1928, Spanish-Mediterranean Revival) anchor the surrounding Pemberton Heights neighborhood.
• West End / South Congress / South Lamar entertainment: The West End restaurant cluster on Pecan and West 6th, the South Congress (SoCo) shopping and music district immediately south of the river (anchored by the Continental Club, Allens Boots, the I Love You So Much wall), and the South Lamar entertainment corridor (Alamo Drafthouse, Whole Foods Lamar).

Major Employers in Austin High School

• The University of Texas at Austin (Higher Education): UT Austin's main campus (~55,000 students, Fall 2025) sits about 1 mile north of the Austin HS attendance zone — one of Central Texas's largest employers.
• Texas State Capitol & state government (Government): The Texas State Capitol complex anchors downtown immediately east of the Austin HS zone, with thousands of state-government workers.
• Dell Seton Medical Center / Heart Hospital of Austin (Healthcare): Dell Seton Medical Center at the University of Texas (downtown) and the Heart Hospital of Austin (38th Street) anchor the central-Austin healthcare workforce.
• City of Austin / downtown employers (Indeed, Atlassian, Bumble) (Local Government / Tech): City of Austin operations plus the downtown tech corridor — Indeed HQ tower, Atlassian, Bumble — employ a large central-Austin workforce.
• Austin Independent School District (Education): Austin HS (the oldest AISD comprehensive HS, founded 1881) plus its feeder schools make AISD a significant central-Austin employer.

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