Market Overview for Mills Elementary
There are 17 active listings in Mills Elementary with a median list price of $589K and a median sold price of $634K.
Homes average 31 days on market.
Over the past 30 days, 7 homes have sold, with 80 sales in the past 12 months.
The average price per square foot is $287.
About Mills Elementary
Mills Elementary, in Austin Independent School District, serves grades PK-5. The campus enrolled approximately 703 students with a pupil-teacher ratio of about 12:1 as of the most recent reporting year.
The campus offers Gifted & Talented services, Special Education programming, and the standard AISD elementary curriculum. Mills Elementary feeds Small Middle for grades 6-8; Small Middle students then continue to Bowie High School.
Austin ISD operates 114 schools serving approximately 69,251 students as of the 2025-26 school year, including 11 traditional comprehensive high schools. 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).
Living in Mills Elementary
The Small Middle School attendance zone covers far southwest AISD's Western Oaks / Maple Run / Shady Hollow area. The campus at 4801 Monterey Oaks Boulevard sits along Monterey Oaks west of MoPac in the western Bowie HS feeder zone, near the Hill Country edge of southwest Austin and the Barton Creek Greenbelt's southern access points.
The Bowie High School attendance zone covers southwest Austin from Slaughter Lane south to the AISD boundary, between MoPac (Loop 1) and the western Hill Country edge. Master-planned communities anchor the area: Circle C Ranch (one of Austin's largest master-planned developments, built around the Circle C Country Club), Avana, Shady Hollow, Tanglewood Forest, Western Oaks, Sunset Valley (a small incorporated city with its own City Hall), and Maple Run. The Bowie campus sits at 4103 W Slaughter Lane near the MoPac / Slaughter intersection.
Residential character leans suburban-master-planned: Circle C's tree-lined streets and Circle C Pool, Avana's Hill Country topography along Brodie Lane, Shady Hollow's heavily-treed cul-de-sacs along Dittmar and Brodie. Sunset Valley's small downtown along Brodie and Ernest Robles Way preserves a distinct city identity inside the metro. Slaughter Creek runs east-west through the Bowie zone; the Veloway (Austin's cycling-only park road) sits inside Circle C.
Day-to-day retail centers on Slaughter Lane between MoPac and Brodie (anchored by HEB Slaughter, Costco, Walmart, and the Sunset Valley shopping district), the Brodie Lane / William Cannon corridor, and the MoPac southbound frontage. Larger retail at Sunset Valley's Brodie Lane shopping clusters (Whole Foods, Sprouts, Marshalls) and at the Southpark Meadows complex further east on I-35. Healthcare access centers on St. David's South Austin Medical Center on Ben White and Ascension Seton Southwest on US 290 / Loop 1.
Outdoor recreation defines the area. The Veloway is a 3.1-mile paved cycling-only loop inside Circle C — the only car-free road of its kind in Texas. The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center (a UT-affiliated 284-acre botanical garden) sits inside the Bowie zone on La Crosse Avenue. Slaughter Creek Trail runs along the creek through Slaughter Creek Metropolitan Park (~150 acres of nature trails). Dick Nichols District Park offers playgrounds, sports fields, and a public pool. The Barton Creek Greenbelt's southern access points (Spyglass, Twin Falls) are at the northern edge of the zone.
Frequently Asked Questions
What grades does Mills Elementary serve?
Mills Elementary serves grades PK-5 in Austin ISD. The campus enrolled approximately 703 students with a pupil-teacher ratio of about 12:1 as of the most recent reporting year.
What is Mills Elementary's feeder pattern?
Mills Elementary feeds Small Middle for grades 6-8; Small Middle students then continue to Bowie High School.
How is Mills Elementary rated?
Mills Elementary operates inside Austin ISD, which holds a "B" overall TEA accountability rating (81 of 100) for the 2025-26 accountability year.
Which programs does the campus offer?
Mills Elementary offers Gifted & Talented services, Special Education programming, and the standard AISD elementary curriculum.
How many schools does Austin ISD operate?
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.
