Points of Pride

• In 2025, Eanes ISD was honored with the Best Communities for Music Education designation from The National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) Foundation for its outstanding commitment to music education for the 11th Consecutive Year.
   
• Eanes ISD nabbed top state and national rankings by research site Niche for 2026, including number one in the state, 11th in the nation.
   
• The Eanes Education Foundation granted $2 million to Eanes ISD for the 2025-26 school year, which is funding approximately 36 teachers and staff positions, and supporting the Institute for Excellence, the district's staff leadership program.
   
• The annual financial audit resulted in an Unmodified Opinion, the cleanest audit awarded. The District was also given a perfect score with a Superior rating in the Financial Integrity Rating System of Texas (FIRST), which rates districts on the quality of financial management practices and how resources are directed towards instructional purposes.
   
• In 2024, Best Buddies students from all Eanes ISD schools were recognized for being the only district in the nation to have all campuses with a Best Buddies chapter.

Westlake High School

• Westlake HS was named #1 comprehensive public high school in Texas and in Austin by Niche and #26 in the nation for 2026. *excludes magnets, charters and schools that require an admission process

• The 2026 National Merit Scholarship Program recognized 62 Commended students and 33 Semi-Finalists.  National Merit Semifinalists represent less than one percent of U.S. high school seniors.

• AP Microeconomics Teacher at Westlake High School, Susanna McConnell, is the 2025 recipient of the John Morton Award from the Council for Economic Education, recognizing excellence in high school economics education. 

• WHS Student Kate Ramsey represented Westlake High School at Texas Bluebonnet Girls State, where she was selected as Majority Floor Leader. Out of 618 delegates, she was then chosen as one of only two Texans for American Legion Auxiliary Girls Nation in D.C.—where she was elected Senate Majority Leader! 

• Alan Chen, a senior at Westlake High School, for placing 4th in Systems Software at the 75th Annual Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) — the world’s largest science competition for high schoolers! Alan’s project, “3D Combinatorial Construction with Deep Reinforcement Learning,” combines computer science and machine learning to create software that solves complex 3D problems.

• The WHS Rocket League team dominated the competition to win the PlayVS State Championship! Congratulations Kiran Seth, Yuan Dong, Eshann Yalmanchili and Jude Smith.

• In the 2024-25 school year, 92% of the 4,303 Advanced Placement tests Westlake students have taken scored a three or higher.

• The Class of 2024 had 99 percent accepted to admission at the college level.

• The Class of 2024 includes three Westlake High School students earning perfect ACT scores.

• Westlake's Chap Band garnered the following in competitions during 2024-25:
  BOA Austin - 6th in Finals
  Vista Ridge Marching Fest - 2nd in Finals and award for Outstanding Visual Performance
  UIL Region - Received Superior Ratings (Division 1) from all judges
  BOA Waco - 3rd in Finals out of 30 bands

• The Chap Band and EVE participated in the 2024 Rose Bowl Parade. They are one of only 15 schools in the U.S. to receive this prestigious invitation, highlighting their exceptional talent, dedication, and reputation as one of the nation’s top overall band programs. 

• WHS Robotics teacher Norman Morgan was recognized with the top individual award in robotics - the 2024 Woodie Flowers Award.   This award celebrate effective communication in the art and science of engineering and design and is only given to one of over 10,000 coaches, mentors, and volunteers from around the world.  

• Westlake High School was ranked #299 in the nation by 2023-24 U.S. News and World Report rankings. Westlake ranked first in the state for both 5A and 6A comprehensive four-year public high schools.*
  * excludes magnets, charters and schools that require an admission process

• In 2024, Westlake High School's team won the national high school pilot program for Future City Engineering in Washington, D.C. In addition to a huge trophy, each team member received a $10,000 scholarship. 

• Westlake HS's CyberPatriot Team competed in CyberPatriot state and national competitions and finished #3 in Texas, #10 in the U.S. during their first year of the CyberPatriot team in 2024. The team works to direct students toward careers in cybersecurity or other computer, science, technology, engineering and mathematics disciplines.  

• The WHS Model United Nations delegation brought home 3 accolades at the University of Texas (CTMUN) conference: Harper Quale - Best Delegate (1st), Saransh Jain - Outstanding Delegate (2nd) and Adrita Roy - Best Delegate (1st). November 2023.

• The Westlake HS Business Incubator team, Notifeye, was the recipient of $15,000 in the National Pitch competition of INCubatoredu by Uncharted Learning, NFP. This makes six out of the past seven years and the third consecutive year a business from Westlake High School has been funded at the national level.  

• The Westlake Advanced Vertical Robotics (AVR) team competed at the National Championships for the fourth consecutive year. 

• Westlake High School senior Reuben Paul and junior Grant Steinauer were named finalists for the Texas Business Hall of Fame Outstanding High School Entrepreneur Award. The award was created to recognize high school students who demonstrate an early inclination to entrepreneurship and business leadership. Reuben won the award and both students will attend an awards luncheon and induction dinner in San Antonio next month.

• Westlake High School had 6 students selected in 2023 as All-State musicians by the Texas Music Educators Association (TMEA), an honor that only the top three percent of musicians who initially audition achieve.

• The 2023 Westlake Boys Golf team won their sixth consecutive state title and 13th overall state golf title, more than any other Texas 6A school in history. 

• In 2023, Westlake Wrestlers Nick Wang and Grady O were named to the Texas High School Coaches Association Academic All-State Team. Westlake made up 40% of the student-athletes achieving the honor.

• Westlake Theatre was recognized by the Texas Educational Theatre Association with an Award of Distinction (Outstanding Campus) at the 2023 awards ceremony and annual conference. 

• Westlake High School Latin students, The Texas Intermediate Certamen team, won 1st place in the nation, the first National Championship for a team consisting mostly of Westlake students. A variety of academic tests challenged their knowledge in such subjects as Latin Grammar, Mythology, Roman History and many more. 

Middle Schools

• Both middles schools were ranked in the US News & World Report 2025 Best Middle Schools. The distinction places the schools among the top 40% in the state.

• Our Destination Imagination (DI) teams for showcased their brilliance at Global Finals! Over 600 teams from around the world participated in six challenge areas, and we’re so proud our students were among them!

  • Team “Pusheen Machine” from Hill Country Middle School placed 5th in the world in the technical engineering challenge, “Breaking Point”

  • Team “Simply Da Banana Brains” from West Ridge Middle School placed 9th in the world in the improv challenge, “Are We There Yet?”

  • Team “DI Knights” from West Ridge Middle School placed 18th in the world in the fine arts challenge, “Less is More”

• The West Ridge Jazz Band has been named as the 2024-2025 TMEA Invited Middle School Jazz Ensemble! The band, directed by Chuck Fischer, will present a featured performance at the 2025 Texas Music Educators Convention next February. The WRMS Jazz Band was chosen as the only middle school jazz band in the state to receive this honor. We are so proud of these amazing students and staff for this great accomplishment! -August 2024

• West Ridge Middle School's Future City Engineering team of Arnav Srinivasa, Arya Gullapalli, Nash Cohen and Aditya Gullapalli recently won fifth place in the world at the International Finals in Washington, DC. They also won a Special Award for "Best Systems Integration." 

• West Ridge MS students were recognized for their success in the American Scholastic Achievement League competition. This competition is like a quiz bowl, requiring 100 questions answered in an hour on topics related to all core subject areas plus two trivia questions. WRMS finished with the 6th-grade national champion and the 8th-grade state champion. Both 6th-and-8th-grade teams finished with national gold medals. 

• Carol Reese, gifted and talented teacher at West Ridge Middle School was honored with the Outstanding Educator Award by Delta Kappa Gamma, the International Society for Key Women Educators. 

• The Novice team of Eanes ISD middle-school Latin students came in 3rd place in the nation on their very first trip to the National Junior Classical League Convention at Emory University in Atlanta in July 2023. A variety of academic tests challenged their knowledge in such subjects as Latin Grammar, Mythology, Roman History, and many more. 

Elementary

• All six EISD elementary schools were ranked in the US News & World Report 2025 Best Elementary Schools. The distinction places the schools among the top 40% in the state.

• Our Destination Imagination (DI) teams for showcased their brilliance at Global Finals! Over 600 teams from around the world participated in six challenge areas, and we’re so proud our students were among them! Team “Crazy Cookies” from Barton Creek Elementary placed 6th in the world in the technical engineering challenge, “Breaking Point.”

• The Westlake Red 10U Pop Warner team won its way to the 2024 Division 1 Pop Warner Super Bowl in Orlando, Fla. The EISD elementary student squad secured their spot as the #5 team in the nation. 

• Bridge Point Elementary’s Destination Imagination team, DI Dream Team placed fourth in the world overall at Global Finals and first in the world in the Instant Challenge category. 

• Nicki Smith, a truly special educator at Forest Trail Elementary was was honored by the Down Syndrome Association of Central Texas with its annual Outstanding Educator Award.