 As of 2012, Akins High School, Bowie High School, Westlake High School, Cedar Park High School, and Round Rock High School are the only high schools in the Austin–Round Rock–San Marcos Metropolitan Area to have ever had their marching band advance to state finals competition in the 5A category.Akins also advanced to the state level competition in 2008.In 2013, the marching band was featured in a PBS documentary called "Marching To Nowhere."