Ya, he's perfectly placed for newbie High Elves who will naturally progress up that road as they level and head to LN... not so well placed for anyone else.
Note that there is another pair of trainers a little higher up that same road on the eastern edge of Leth Nurae, two ladies at a house all by itself outside the edge of town. They have pretty much the same inventory, but one of them also offers skill-changing options. She doesn't, as far as I know, offer the basic introductory quest, but that's not really a problem once you know what you're doing with harvesting and just need to get skills for a char.