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Market Overview for Forest Trail Elementary

There are 18 active listings in Forest Trail Elementary with a median list price of $3.2M and a median sold price of $1.4M.

Homes average 19 days on market.

Over the past 30 days, 6 homes have sold, with 52 sales in the past 12 months.

The average price per square foot is $794.

About Forest Trail Elementary

Forest Trail Elementary, one of five elementary schools in Eanes Independent School District, serves grades K-5 from a campus at 1203 South Capital of Texas Highway (Loop 360) in West Lake Hills (zip code 78746). The school's location directly on the area's primary north-south arterial gives it the most prominent street presence of any Eanes elementary. The principal is Holly Reid.

The campus offers Gifted & Talented services, Special Education programming, and Social Emotional Learning curriculum. As an Eanes ISD campus, Forest Trail operates inside a district that earned an "A" overall accountability rating from the Texas Education Agency for both 2023-2024 and 2024-2025 (94 of 100 each year). Five Eanes ISD campuses hold U.S. Blue Ribbon School designation: Westlake High School, Hill Country Middle, West Ridge Middle, Barton Creek Elementary, and Eanes Elementary.

Forest Trail feeds West Ridge Middle School (grades 6-8); West Ridge students then continue to Westlake High School (grades 9-12), the only high school in the district. Westlake competes in UIL Class 6A and has won four state football championships (1996, 2019, 2020, 2021); the Class of 2024 produced 35 National Merit Semifinalists, applied to 519 colleges, and was admitted to all eight Ivy League schools. The school's website is fte.eanesisd.net.

Living in Forest Trail Elementary

The Forest Trail Elementary attendance area covers a portion of the central and western Eanes ISD zone. The campus is located along Loop 360 (Capital of Texas Highway) in West Lake Hills, providing direct access to the area's primary north-south commute corridor.

Neighborhoods that send students to Forest Trail include parts of West Lake Hills and several Eanes-zoned areas in unincorporated Travis County. Topography is hilly and heavily wooded, with limestone outcroppings typical of the Hill Country.

Housing is overwhelmingly single-family. Day-to-day retail clusters at Davenport Village, West Woods Shopping Center on Bee Caves Road, and the small commercial strip near the West Lake Hills city center; the Hill Country Galleria in Bee Cave sits directly west of the district line.

Loop 360 runs north-south past the campus, with the Pennybacker Bridge carrying Loop 360 over Lake Austin near the northern district line. Bee Caves Road (RM 2244) is the primary east-west route. The Wild Basin Wilderness Preserve (227 acres along Loop 360) sits inside the broader attendance area, with the main Greenbelt trailhead at 3755-B Capital of Texas Highway and the Hill of Life trailhead off Camp Craft Road.

Things to Do in Forest Trail Elementary

• Eanes ISD GT and SEL Programs: Forest Trail runs Gifted & Talented services, Special Education programming, and Social Emotional Learning curriculum, all part of the broader Eanes ISD elementary framework.
• PTO and Eanes Education Foundation: An active campus PTO and the independent Eanes Education Foundation run annual fundraising events that channel resources into Forest Trail and the eight other district campuses.
• Wild Basin Wilderness Preserve: 227-acre preserve directly along Loop 360 near the campus, managed by St. Edward's University. Trails wind through Hill Country canyon and creek habitat with public access from the immediate area.
• Barton Creek Greenbelt — Loop 360 Trailhead: The Greenbelt's main Loop 360 trailhead at 3755-B Capital of Texas Highway is within easy reach of the campus, with the Hill of Life trailhead off Camp Craft Road also nearby.
• Westlake-Area Athletics: Forest Trail students follow Eanes ISD's K-12 path: West Ridge Middle for grades 6-8 and Westlake High School for grades 9-12. The Westlake Chaparrals (UIL 6A) play home football games at Chaparral Stadium / Ebbie Neptune Field.

Major Employers in Forest Trail Elementary

• Eanes Independent School District (Education): The district is the largest employer inside the attendance zone, with administration at 401 Camp Craft Road and roughly 1,154 staff per the most recent NCES district detail.
• St. Stephen's Episcopal School (Education (Private)): Independent boarding and day school at 6500 St. Stephen's Drive, founded 1950. About 714 students in grades 6-12 and more than 100 faculty.
• Austin Country Club (Hospitality / Recreation): Member-owned country club at 4408 Long Champ Drive that hosted the PGA Tour's WGC Dell Technologies Match Play from 2016 through 2023.
• Hill Country Galleria (Retail): Open-air shopping and dining center at 12700 Hill Country Boulevard in Bee Cave, anchored by Whole Foods, Dillard's, Barnes & Noble, Dick's Sporting Goods, and a Cinemark theater.

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