Hills of West Lake

 

West Lake Hills

Is an upscale suburb 4 miles northwest of  downtown Austin on the edge of the Hill Country. There are an estimated 3,116 people in the city of West Lake Hills.

 

In West Lake Hills, 69% of adults are married. Clearly, many of the homes here were designed with families in mind. West Lake Hills has its share of wealthy families with a median family income of $132,913...

 

The city has a large middle class. Educated, inovative people feel quite at home here. One of the things that help define the lifestyle in West Lake Hills is a tendency for residents to work from home and many own their own companies. If a good man (or woman) is hard to find, try looking in West Lake, where there are many singles with good incomes. West Lake male residents have a median annual income of $98,371.

 

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Approximately 92% of the housing in West Lake Hills is owner-occupied. The city contains many homes that have been built in recent years. Property taxes can be a little high, which may reflect the community's investment in its infrastructure and it's schools. West Lake Hills is a part of the Eanes Independent School District.

 

Eanes ISD’s boundaries include parts of Austin as well as the municipalities of Rollingwood and West Lake Hills. The school district is one of the major focuses of the area.

 

WLHS Stadium

Eanes ISD serves over 7,100 students at nine schools: six elementary schools, two middle schools and one high school.

 

Meeting each student's needs is the goal of the Eanes ISD. A comprehensive curriculum and a variety of enrichment opportunities are offered to EISD's students.

In ratings released in August of 2006,  eight Eanes schools were named Exemplary by the Texas Education Agency (TEA).

 

Eanes students score well above the state average on the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS). Also, students' scores on the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) and American College Test (ACT) consistently exceed the state and national averages. Approximately 95 percent of EISD's graduates have gone on to attend college in recent years.

 

More than half of EISD's educators have more than 10 years of teaching experience, and 32 percent hold a master's degree or higher.

 

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