Bastrop ISD shifts school boundaries amid growth as new facilities come online

BISD officials held several public workshops in December to get community feedback on the proposed boundaries.

Balderas said about two dozen families attended the town halls, and others submitted feedback via email. “For the most part, it was well received,” Deputy Superintendent Kristi Lee said.

Lee said some families wanted changes to the high school boundaries; however, officials said they were not prepared to do that yet.

“We know that when Elementary School 10 comes online, we are going to have to go back through this boundary process, and that may be a good time to consider that,” Lee said.

The 10th elementary school should welcome students in the fall of 2026, said Lee Raspberry, BISD director of construction and planning.

What’s changing

The new jurisdictions will affect elementary school through eighth grade students, with changes happening during the 2025-26 and 2026-27 school years, Balderas said.

The new zoning accounts for the addition of Adelton Elementary School, as well as the restructuring of Riverside and Creekside middle schools—all of which will open in the fall.

Raspberry said all remaining bond projects are on track to be completed by fall 2026.

Enrollment projections

Bob Templeton, vice president of Zonda—the district’s demographer—said that the growing population in Bastrop led to the restructuring of attendance zones.

Templeton explained that the district’s student enrollment is expected to hit 19,361 by 2033—a 45% increase from the 2024 enrollment of 13,373.

Although the rezoning will eliminate the projected overcrowding within the district, he said it won’t last long.

Stay tuned

Templeton said capacity challenges in elementary schools will resurface within the next three years, with other schools filling near the 2030-31 school year.

“We owe [these boundary changes] to the taxpayers before we go out and ask for another bond,” BISD Superintendent Barry Edwards said.