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Market Overview for Eastside Memorial echs

There are 224 active listings in Eastside Memorial echs with a median list price of $592K and a median sold price of $610K.

Homes average 63 days on market.

Over the past 30 days, 25 homes have sold, with 331 sales in the past 12 months.

The average price per square foot is $491.

About Eastside Memorial echs

Eastside Memorial echs, one of 11 comprehensive high schools in Austin Independent School District, serves grades 9-12 from a campus at 900 Thompson Street, Austin, TX 78702 (the Original L.C. Anderson High School campus). The mascot is the Panthers; school colors are Black and Silver. The principal is Susan Thames (interim). The school enrolled approximately 663 students for the most recent reporting year, with a pupil-teacher ratio of approximately 14:1.

Eastside Early College High School was established in August 2008 to succeed Albert Sidney Johnston High School. The school was designated an Early College High School in April 2017, and following the 2017 AISD bond it relocated from the Johnston campus to the Original L.C. Anderson High School campus at 900 Thompson Street, where a new building was built. The school was renamed from Eastside Memorial High School to Eastside Early College High School in April 2021.

The campus offers Early College program (dual-credit pathway to associate degree), Advanced Placement courses, fine arts (band, choir, theatre), CTE pathways, and a UIL Class 4A athletics slate. Eastside Memorial echs competes in UIL Class 4A.

Austin ISD operates 114 schools serving approximately 69,251 students as of the 2025-26 school year, 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 Eastside Memorial echs

The Eastside Early College High School attendance zone covers inner east Austin between IH-35, the Colorado River, and Pleasant Valley Road, including some of the city's most historic neighborhoods. Neighborhoods include East Cesar Chavez, Holly, Govalle, French Place, MLK East / Rosewood, Rogers-Washington-Holy Cross National Register Historic District, Edgewood, and Chestnut. The Eastside campus sits at 900 Thompson Street — the Original L.C. Anderson High School campus, which served Austin's African American population from 1889 to 1971.

Residential character is a mix of preserved 1920s-1940s craftsman bungalows, mid-century brick homes, and recent infill condos / townhomes (especially along East Cesar Chavez and East 6th). Holly's distinctive twin red-and-white power-plant smokestacks (decommissioned Holly Street Power Plant) are visible across much of the eastern zone. The East Cesar Chavez and East 6th corridors run east-west through the zone with active restaurant, bar, and music-venue commercial. The Plaza Saltillo TOD around the East MetroRail station adds urban-density mixed-use.

Day-to-day retail centers on East Cesar Chavez (one of Austin's most active small-business corridors with restaurants, taquerias, bars, and music venues), East 6th Street (the eastern extension of the downtown 6th-Street music corridor), Manor Road (Salty Sow, Vino Vino, Hoover's), and the Plaza Saltillo TOD retail. Healthcare access centers on Dell Seton Medical Center at the University of Texas (downtown, west of zone) and Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin (38th Street, north of zone).

Outdoor recreation centers on the Colorado River frontage. Festival Beach / Edward Rendon Sr. Park (along Lady Bird Lake's southern shore) connects to the Hike-and-Bike Trail. Roy G. Guerrero Colorado River Park (363 acres along the Colorado River east of Pleasant Valley) is one of Austin's largest park footprints. The Mexican-American Cultural Center sits along the river adjacent to Festival Beach. Boggy Creek Greenbelt runs through the northern part of the zone.

Things to Do in Eastside Memorial echs

• Festival Beach & Roy G. Guerrero Colorado River Park: 363-acre Colorado River park east of Pleasant Valley Road — one of Austin's largest park footprints. Festival Beach along Lady Bird Lake's southern shore connects to the Hike-and-Bike Trail; the Mexican-American Cultural Center sits adjacent.
• East Cesar Chavez restaurant corridor: East Cesar Chavez Street is one of Austin's most active small-business corridors, with restaurants (Suerte, Justine's, Joe's Bakery), taquerias, bars, and music venues representing the area's Mexican-American heritage.
• Plaza Saltillo TOD: Mixed-use transit-oriented development around the East MetroRail Station, with restaurants, retail, and residential — anchoring the western edge of east Austin.
• Original L.C. Anderson HS Campus / Eastside ECHS: The 900 Thompson Street campus served as L.C. Anderson High School from 1889 to 1971 — the historic high school for Austin's African American community before integration. Eastside ECHS now occupies the new building on the site.
• Holly Street Power Plant smokestacks & Holly Park: The decommissioned Holly Street Power Plant's twin red-and-white smokestacks are a recognizable east-Austin landmark; Holly Park along the Colorado River frontage offers public access.

Major Employers in Eastside Memorial echs

• City of Austin / Capital Metro HQ (Local Government / Transit): Capital Metro's headquarters sits along East 5th Street in the Eastside zone; combined with multiple City of Austin operational facilities along East Cesar Chavez and the Holly area, government employment is significant.
• Mexican-American Cultural Center (Cultural / Government): City of Austin cultural facility along Lady Bird Lake's southern shore at the Mexican-American Cultural Center — both an arts venue and a programmatic anchor for east Austin's heritage.
• Dell Seton / Ascension Seton (~2 mi W) (Healthcare): Dell Seton Medical Center at the University of Texas (downtown, just west of the zone) and Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin (38th Street, north) are major healthcare employers.
• East Austin tech & creative offices (Tech / Media): East Austin's distributed tech and creative-agency offices in the East Cesar Chavez, Plaza Saltillo, and East 6th corridors employ a growing share of Austin's tech-and-media workforce.
• Austin Independent School District (Education): Eastside ECHS (~629 students) plus surrounding feeder schools make AISD a significant east-Austin employer.

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