Schools in Georgetown
Georgetown Independent School District (GISD), which serves most of the city, earned a 'B' overall rating from the Texas Education Agency for 2025-26, up from a C rating held since 2023 -- a real, documented improvement (score rose four points, from 76 to 80). That district-level gain sits alongside a genuine, disclosed concern at two specific campuses: Annie Purl Elementary earned its fourth consecutive 'unacceptable' rating, and George Wagner Middle School's score dropped five points.
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Learn moreDistrict Grade: Real Improvement
GISD's overall TEA accountability score rose from 76 to 80 for the 2025-26 school year, moving the district from a C to a B rating -- its highest rating since 2023, per Community Impact and Williamson County Sun coverage of the TEA's official release reviewed August 2026. This places GISD among the 24% of Texas districts that improved their score from the prior year. Thirteen GISD campuses saw improved scores this cycle, and two more maintained their prior-year score.
Two Campuses With a Genuine, Disclosed Concern
The district-level improvement does not describe every campus evenly: Annie Purl Elementary School received its fourth consecutive 'unacceptable' rating with a score of 67, and George Wagner Middle School's score dropped five points from the prior year to 69. This is a real, disclosed tension worth stating plainly -- a family evaluating a specific Georgetown address needs to check that campus's current individual rating directly rather than assuming the district-wide B applies uniformly.
Niche Rankings: A Different, More Modest Picture
Niche's consumer-facing rankings place GISD at #307 in Best School Districts in Texas (out of 876, per one Niche listing) and #16 of 32 in the Austin area -- a meaningfully more modest position than the top-tier rankings this site's Austin-satellite research documents for Leander ISD (Cedar Park's district, #23 statewide, #2 in the Austin area). Niche's own rating for GISD is 4.14 out of 5, based on 91 user reviews. Niche rankings are a popular consumer methodology, not a state or federal accountability score -- directionally useful alongside the TEA figures above, not a replacement for them.
A District Boundary Split: Teravista
Part of Teravista, a golf-course community that straddles the Georgetown-Round Rock city line, falls under Round Rock ISD rather than GISD depending on the specific side of that boundary -- worth confirming for any specific address in that neighborhood rather than assuming GISD applies citywide (see the best-areas topic page). As with any district this size, check the TEA's txschools.gov database or GreatSchools for the specific school(s) assigned to a target address before relying on a district-level summary.
Key takeaways
- GISD earned a 'B' overall TEA rating for 2025-26 (score rose from 76 to 80), up from a C held since 2023 -- 13 campuses improved and 2 maintained their prior score.
- That improvement coexists with a genuine concern at two specific campuses: Annie Purl Elementary earned its fourth consecutive 'unacceptable' rating (67), and George Wagner Middle School's score dropped five points (to 69).
- Niche ranks GISD a more modest #307 of 876 Texas districts and #16 of 32 in the Austin area (4.14/5 user rating) -- notably below top-tier Austin-area districts like Leander ISD (#23 statewide, #2 Austin area, per this site's Cedar Park research).
- Part of Teravista falls under Round Rock ISD rather than GISD depending on the specific side of the Georgetown-Round Rock boundary -- confirm the district for any specific address via TEA's txschools.gov or GreatSchools.
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