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Dripping Springs, Texas - 8 schools
An equity score of 7/100 ranks Dripping Springs Isd #1041 of 1044 districts in Texas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $9,912 per pupil, Dripping Springs Isd ranks #1118 of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
8,375
Total Enrollment
8
Schools
$9,912
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Dripping Springs Isd operates 8 public schools serving 8,375 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 5 combined, 2 middle, 1 high schools, a compact enough portfolio that families can compare every campus directly before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Hays County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $9,912 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the bottom 121 of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending. See how Texas compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 84.9% local, 9.1% state, and 6.0% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers. The district's equity score is 7/100, ranked #1041 of 1044 in Texas against a state average of 50, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 8 schools offering Advanced Placement (20 AP courses district-wide), a 473.3:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 14.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 68.2% White, 20.9% Hispanic or Latino, 3.9% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Dripping Springs El, with a diversity index of 53.8/100.
Its largest campus is Dripping Springs H S, enrolling 2,564 students (29% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Sycamore Springs El, at 674 students, a 4x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Dripping Springs H S accounts for 29.4% of all Dripping Springs Isd student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Dripping Springs Isd-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Dripping Springs Isd school enrollment varies 3.8× across entities
Dripping Springs Isd school enrollment ranges from 674 students (lowest) to 2,564 students (highest), a spread of 1,890 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Dripping Springs Isd student-counselor ratio is 473:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Dripping Springs Isd chronic absenteeism rate is 14.1% — low (typically associated with lower-than-average attendance disruption; districts in this range often have attendance interventions, robust transportation, or smaller catchments that reduce barriers)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.