Del Valle Independent School District
- School District: Del Valle Independent School District
- Area: Zip codes: 78617, 78719, 78741, 78744, 78747
- Number of Homes available (3/08): 13
- Median Home Size: 1,564 square feet
- Median Price: $129,900 ($83 per square foot)
- Number of Schools: 10 (six elementary, two junior high, one high school and the Opportunity Center)
- Student Population: Approximately 8,500
- 2007 District Accountability Rating: Acceptable
The Del Valle Independent School District serves a roughly 170 square mile area of southeast Travis County, and encompasses a number of smaller sections like Creedmoor, Mustang Ridge, Garfield, Montopolis, Elroy, Pilot Knob and Webberville. The school district’s newsletter points out that this area is not in itself a city or town, but an Austin suburb that has no mayor, no city council and no chamber of commerce. Its common bond is the school district. Read more
Del Valle ISD Residential Real Estate Statistics
| 188 Homes for Sale | Beds | Baths | SqFt | Listing Price | Listing Price per SqFt |
| High | 5 | 4 | 5,930 | $1,400,000 | $1,341 |
| Low | 0 | 1 | 576 | $63,000 | $27 |
| Average | 3 | 2 | 1,653 | $156,812 | $100 |
| Median | 3 | 2 | 1,548 | $129,000 | $88 |
*Please note that active listings include both active listings and homes pending sale but not yet sold.
Del Valle ISD Homes and Properties for Sale
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Del Valle ISD
The Del Valle Independent School District serves a roughly 170 square mile area of southeast Travis County, and encompasses a number of smaller sections like Creedmoor, Mustang Ridge, Garfield, Montopolis, Elroy, Pilot Knob and Webberville. The school district’s newsletter points out that this area is not in itself a city or town, but an Austin suburb that has no mayor, no city council and no chamber of commerce. Its common bond is the school district.
The community is still largely one where many make their livings in farming and ranching, yet this evolving district is unique in that it has earned a reputation for its focus on academic quality, achievement and an intense level of community involvement and pride that rivals any neighboring school district. That attitude is embodied in the district’s motto: “Whatever It Takes”.
The TEA rates Del Valle ISD as “Academically Acceptable”*, with Smith Elementary and Del Valle Junior High earning “Recognized” status. In past years the entire district has earned a distinction as high as “Recognized”, with even some schools given the highest possible “Exemplary” label. Previous years have also seen some of the elementary schools win the coveted national title of “Blue Ribbon” schools. It is not uncommon for teachers in the district to also win awards for their high level of performance and professional training.
However, 2007 saw Baty Elementary slip to “Unacceptable” status, a label that administrators and teachers are working hard to eliminate in the coming year.
Scores on the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills Test (TAKS) are generally good and showing steady overall improvement, in spite of tougher standards. However officials are concerned with what appears to be at the moment a persistent below-standard performance on the elementary level in math and science. These concerns are addressed in detail in the district’s rather exhaustive improvement plans, for the district as a whole, and for individual schools.
Del Valle benefits greatly from local business (such as Austin-Bergstrom Airport, Advanced Micro Devices and SEMATECH) in two ways: first this has increased the local tax base, bringing more money to the district, and second, local businesses have poured money, time and volunteer efforts into the schools, which they have embraced in the form of the district’s adopt-a-school program. Business leaders have said that they actually enjoy investing in Del Valle ISD purely because they are impressed that the financially challenged district displays such tenacity and enthusiasm for educating its kids and has demonstrated that it can maximize results in its schools on a limited budget. District officials regularly court local businesses for help and local executives are only too glad to contribute.
Similarly, the University of Texas Performing Arts Center has reached out by creating the Performing Arts and Academic Collaborative, which gives students a unique access to the arts – music, theatre and dance. Dance troupes, musicians and other artists visit the schools to perform, and students get access to performances at the Center as well. The hope here is that students will be more culturally enriched and exposed to the arts in a way that was previously not possible.
The goodwill extends throughout the community, with extensive and frequent events planned for parents and families. Parental involvement is strong here, with lots of opportunities to monitor kids’ progress and chances to come to the schools to learn about what their children are doing. Parent-teacher organizations and communications are abundant.
Although most students in this area traditionally have not envisioned college as part of their future, Del Valle ISD has been taking steps to change that perception. The district has programs that help students with vocational skills, but increasingly it is looking toward programs that encourage kids from an early age to start thinking of college as a real possibility. Its College Forward Program works with students to help them prepare for college admission, and sticks with them after admission to make sure they stay in college. Officials say so far they have had a 100 percent success rate with the kids who have availed themselves of the program.
*In addition to completion and drop out rates, the Texas Education Agency rates area schools in part based on results from the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills Tests. When the standard student score is 65% or above (%45 or above in Math and Science) they gain Academically Acceptable status, 70-75% or above Recognized status, and 90% or above, Exemplary status.
- School#1: Del Valle High School
- School#2: Del Valle Opportunity Center
- School#3: Del Valle Middle School
- School#4: John P Ojeda Middle School
- School#5: Baty Elementary School
- School#6: Creedmoor Elementary School
- School#7: Del Valle Elementary School
- School#8: Hillcrest Elementary School
- School#9: Hornsby-Dunlap Elementary School
- School#10: Popham Elementary School
- School#11: Smith Elementary School