Dripping Springs Middle

Summary:

Dripping Springs Middle is a public middle school serving grades 6-8 in the highly-rated Dripping Springs Independent School District (ISD) in Texas. With a student population of 882, the school consistently performs at an exceptional level, ranking in the top 15% of Texas middle schools.

Dripping Springs Middle excels academically, with a high percentage of students scoring proficient or better on STAAR tests across various subjects and grade levels. For example, in 2023-2024, 74.28% of 6th graders, 63.45% of 7th graders, and 71.38% of 8th graders scored proficient or better in STAAR Reading, significantly outperforming the state averages. The school also ranks in the top 5% of Texas middle schools for Asian students and the top 10% for multi-racial students, showcasing its ability to support diverse learners. Additionally, Dripping Springs Middle maintains very low dropout rates, ranging from 0.0% to 0.6% over the past several years, which is significantly lower than the state average.

When compared to nearby schools, Dripping Springs Middle stands out as a top performer. For instance, Sycamore Springs Middle, another Dripping Springs ISD school, also ranks in the top 6% of Texas middle schools. However, some nearby schools in other districts, such as Covington Middle and Bailey Middle in the Austin ISD, have lower academic performance and rankings. Dripping Springs Middle's strong performance can be attributed to factors such as its affiliation with the highly-rated Dripping Springs ISD, higher spending per student, and lower student-teacher ratios.


Detail:

Public 6-8

 111 Tiger Ln
       Dripping Springs, TX  78620-3451


(512) 858-3400

District: Dripping Springs Independent School District (Isd)

SchoolDigger Rank:
338th of 2,361 Texas Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $9,878 Help


Students who attend Dripping Springs Middle usually attend:

High:    Dripping Springs High School

Feeder schools for Dripping Springs Middle:

Elementary:    Dripping Springs Elementary
    Walnut Springs Elementary

Student/teacher ratio:  14.1 Help
Number of students:  882

Racial breakdown:

White:
70.5%
Hispanic:
22.6%
Two or more races:
4.2%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  13.9% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Dripping Springs Middle ranks better than 85.7% of middle schools in Texas. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 79.21. (See more...)
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The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (70.5%), Hispanic (22.6%), two or more races (4.2%). (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Dripping Springs Middle is 14.1. (See more...)
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Finance
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Dripping Springs Middle is $9,878.
Schooldigger Rankings:

Dripping Springs Middle was not ranked this year due to insufficient test score data.
SchoolDigger ranks Dripping Springs Middle 338th of 2361 Texas public middle schools. (See Dripping Springs Middle in the ranking list.)

Dripping Springs Independent School District (Isd):

SchoolDigger ranks Dripping Springs Independent School District (Isd) 32nd of 968 Texas school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Dripping Springs Middle

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Rank History for all students at Dripping Springs Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 81.14 140th 1573 91.1%
2005 83.94 101st 1582 93.6%
2006 81.13 160th 1585 89.9%
2007 74.83 299th 1684 82.2%
2008 78.23 199th 1718 88.4%
2009 78.09 195th 1763 88.9%
2010 75.60 223rd 1803 87.6%
2011 78.24 156th 1895 91.8%
2012 89.62 73rd 1951 96.3%
2013 88.24 79th 1973 96.0%
2014 88.31 88th 1987 95.6%
2015 87.29 114th 2043 94.4%
2016 88.94 81st 1987 95.9%
2017 94.10 91st 2027 95.5%
2018 88.02 170th 2080 91.8%
2019 85.22 233rd 2193 89.4%
2021 82.35 272nd 2252 87.9%
2022 84.04 248th 2254 89.0%
2023 85.00 246th 2330 89.4%
2024 79.21 338th 2361 85.7%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Dripping Springs Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 63.10 231st 720 67.9%
2019 65.01 215th 753 71.4%
2021 67.49 172nd 743 76.9%
2022 86.12 53rd 813 93.5%
2023 81.50 96th 817 88.2%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Dripping Springs Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 32.49 1009th 1376 26.7%
2019 47.02 632nd 1445 56.3%
2021 33.38 1131st 1592 29.0%
2022 47.95 709th 1643 56.8%
2023 49.24 749th 1720 56.5%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Dripping Springs Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 70.72 203rd 1597 87.3%
2019 58.17 412th 1626 74.7%
2021 62.63 343rd 1712 80.0%
2022 63.80 341st 1757 80.6%
2023 72.89 228th 1815 87.4%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Dripping Springs Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 50.76 883rd 2039 56.7%
2019 46.27 1061st 2073 48.8%
2021 45.27 1135th 2172 47.7%
2022 55.86 793rd 2220 64.3%
2023 53.98 886th 2251 60.6%
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Rank History for Female students at Dripping Springs Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 84.99 191st 2008 90.5%
2019 81.65 255th 2047 87.5%
2021 77.47 332nd 2151 84.6%
2022 82.02 265th 2221 88.1%
2023 84.67 231st 2241 89.7%
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Rank History for Gifted and Talented students at Dripping Springs Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 74.76 251st 1430 82.4%
2019 78.55 115th 1446 92.0%
2021 80.11 172nd 1501 88.5%
2022 82.74 34th 1488 97.7%
2023 78.15 131st 1481 91.2%
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Rank History for At Risk students at Dripping Springs Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 61.99 456th 2008 77.3%
2019 59.37 570th 2058 72.3%
2021 55.12 710th 2118 66.5%
2022 51.36 841st 2182 61.5%
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Rank History for Male students at Dripping Springs Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 88.58 151st 2030 92.6%
2019 86.10 204th 2069 90.1%
2021 84.12 225th 2168 89.6%
2022 84.17 234th 2228 89.5%
2023 84.30 242nd 2245 89.2%
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Rank History for Asian students at Dripping Springs Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 48.47 334th 587 43.1%
2023 82.72 46th 616 92.5%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Dripping Springs Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 69.45 377th 1895 80.1%
2019 64.41 502nd 1935 74.1%
2021 51.13 854th 2043 58.2%
2022 63.43 539th 2077 74.0%
2023 66.06 515th 2116 75.7%
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Rank History for White students at Dripping Springs Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 82.80 196th 1673 88.3%
2019 79.14 263rd 1684 84.4%
2021 74.41 308th 1700 81.9%
2022 74.89 304th 1723 82.4%
2023 78.29 259th 1749 85.2%
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Data source: test scores: Texas Education Agency, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Sunday, February 1, 2009

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Enrollment information for Dripping Springs Middle

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 297 1 2 34 5 n/a n/a 0 339
1989 302 1 2 40 4 n/a n/a 0 349
1990 308 2 1 34 5 n/a n/a 0 350
1991 333 1 1 30 0 n/a n/a 0 365
1992 391 3 1 32 0 n/a n/a 0 427
1993 437 7 1 38 1 n/a n/a 0 484
1994 487 3 2 48 3 n/a n/a 0 543
1995 582 4 2 42 1 n/a n/a 0 631
1996 582 4 2 42 1 n/a n/a 0 631
1997 667 7 2 57 3 n/a n/a 0 736
1998 745 12 2 66 2 n/a n/a 0 827
1999 716 6 3 75 7 n/a n/a 0 807
2000 710 7 2 67 3 n/a n/a 0 789
2001 724 5 2 82 4 n/a n/a 0 817
2002 722 6 5 103 4 n/a n/a 0 840
2003 722 6 5 103 4 n/a n/a 0 840
2004 721 5 6 89 6 n/a n/a 0 827
2005 739 6 5 100 6 n/a n/a 0 856
2006 745 5 8 103 4 n/a n/a 0 865
2007 747 6 8 112 4 n/a n/a 0 877
2008 802 6 11 115 3 n/a n/a 0 937
2009 811 9 11 140 2 n/a n/a 0 973
2010 840 9 14 134 3 n/a n/a 0 1000
2011 807 8 13 163 5 1 27 0 1024
2012 831 5 13 184 6 0 36 0 1075
2013 841 6 21 207 7 1 42 0 1125
2014 903 5 18 206 2 2 45 0 1181
2015 916 10 18 232 6 3 53 0 1238
2016 924 13 25 245 9 1 48 0 1265
2017 1020 13 31 299 11 0 60 0 1434
2018 516 2 9 198 5 0 31 0 761
2019 583 3 7 212 3 0 34 0 842
2020 583 5 7 211 1 0 39 0 846
2021 623 7 9 203 0 0 44 0 886
2022 633 7 11 196 0 0 45 0 892
2023 622 7 16 199 1 0 37 0 882

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Dripping Springs Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 339 18.0 18.8 n/a
1989 349 n/a n/a n/a
1990 350 24.0 14.5 n/a
1991 365 23.9 15.2 n/a
1992 427 28.5 14.9 8.4
1993 484 32.0 15.1 8.1
1994 543 35.6 15.3 9.8
1995 631 45.0 14.0 11.1
1996 631 45.0 14.0 11.1
1997 736 49.4 14.9 11.8
1998 827 54.8 15.1 8.7
1999 807 56.5 14.3 9.4
2000 789 54.7 14.4 12.8
2001 817 56.2 14.5 8.3
2002 840 51.9 16.2 5.7
2003 840 51.9 16.2 5.7
2004 827 53.7 15.4 8.2
2005 856 53.2 16.1 7.9
2006 865 55.4 15.6 8.3
2007 877 54.1 16.2 10
2008 937 55.6 16.9 8.5
2009 973 59.3 16.4 8.1
2010 1000 55.0 18.1 10.4
2011 1024 58.5 17.5 13.7
2012 1075 59.5 18.0 14
2013 1125 56.3 19.9 13.3
2014 1181 60.3 19.5 10.3
2015 1238 64.0 19.3 10.9
2016 1265 74.0 17.0 9.9
2017 1434 78.6 18.2 10.3
2018 761 48.0 15.8 14.5
2019 842 56.1 14.9 17.2
2020 846 57.6 14.6 15
2021 886 61.0 14.5 13.8
2022 892 61.1 14.5 13.9
2023 882 62.1 14.1 n/a

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Dripping Springs Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 339 18.0 18.8 n/a
1989 349 n/a n/a n/a
1990 350 24.0 14.5 n/a
1991 365 23.9 15.2 n/a
1992 427 28.5 14.9 8.4
1993 484 32.0 15.1 8.1
1994 543 35.6 15.3 9.8
1995 631 45.0 14.0 11.1
1996 631 45.0 14.0 11.1
1997 736 49.4 14.9 11.8
1998 827 54.8 15.1 8.7
1999 807 56.5 14.3 9.4
2000 789 54.7 14.4 12.8
2001 817 56.2 14.5 8.3
2002 840 51.9 16.2 5.7
2003 840 51.9 16.2 5.7
2004 827 53.7 15.4 8.2
2005 856 53.2 16.1 7.9
2006 865 55.4 15.6 8.3
2007 877 54.1 16.2 10
2008 937 55.6 16.9 8.5
2009 973 59.3 16.4 8.1
2010 1000 55.0 18.1 10.4
2011 1024 58.5 17.5 13.7
2012 1075 59.5 18.0 14
2013 1125 56.3 19.9 13.3
2014 1181 60.3 19.5 10.3
2015 1238 64.0 19.3 10.9
2016 1265 74.0 17.0 9.9
2017 1434 78.6 18.2 10.3
2018 761 48.0 15.8 14.5
2019 842 56.1 14.9 17.2
2020 846 57.6 14.6 15
2021 886 61.0 14.5 13.8
2022 892 61.1 14.5 13.9
2023 882 62.1 14.1 n/a

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
Finances

Per Pupil Expenditures for Dripping Springs Middle

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $704 (7.8%) $8,371 (92.2%) $9,075
2020 $619 (6.8%) $8,479 (93.2%) $9,098
2021 $604 (6.1%) $9,274 (93.9%) $9,878

Data source: Texas Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Dripping Springs Middle

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 233rd of 2193 Middle schoolsRanks 246th of 2330 Middle schools
 0.1%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
6th Grade Reading (Dripping Springs Middle)5270
 18%
   6th Grade Reading (Dripping Springs Independent School District (Isd))5777
 20%
   6th Grade Reading (Texas)3550
 15%
6th Grade Mathematics (Dripping Springs Middle)6343
 20%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Dripping Springs Independent School District (Isd))5853
 5%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Texas)4537
 8%
7th Grade Reading (Dripping Springs Middle)6272
 10%
   7th Grade Reading (Dripping Springs Independent School District (Isd))6374
 11%
   7th Grade Reading (Texas)4752
 5%
7th Grade Mathematics (Dripping Springs Middle)6261
 1%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Dripping Springs Independent School District (Isd))6369
 6%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Texas)4135
 6%
8th Grade Reading (Dripping Springs Middle)7075
 5%
   8th Grade Reading (Dripping Springs Independent School District (Isd))7482
 8%
   8th Grade Reading (Texas)5356
 3%
8th Grade Mathematics (Dripping Springs Middle)7575
   8th Grade Mathematics (Dripping Springs Independent School District (Isd))8279
 3%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Texas)5544
 11%
8th Grade Science (Dripping Springs Middle)7188
 17%
   8th Grade Science (Dripping Springs Independent School District (Isd))7786
 9%
   8th Grade Science (Texas)4945
 4%
8th Grade Social Studies (Dripping Springs Middle)4742
 5%
   8th Grade Social Studies (Dripping Springs Independent School District (Isd))4854
 6%
   8th Grade Social Studies (Texas)3531
 4%
End of Course Algebra I (Dripping Springs Middle)10095
 5%
   End of Course Algebra I (Dripping Springs Independent School District (Isd))6261
 1%
   End of Course Algebra I (Texas)6245
 17%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students842882
 4.8%
African American37
 133.3%
American Indian31
 66.7%
Asian716
 128.6%
Hispanic212199
 6.1%
Pacific Islander00
White583622
 6.7%
Two or More Races3437
 8.8%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Dripping Springs Middle

Dripping Springs Middle ranks 338th of 2361 Texas middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

Students at Dripping Springs Middle are 71% White, 23% Hispanic, 4% Two or more races, 2% Asian.

In the 2022-23 school year, 882 students attended Dripping Springs Middle.

Students who attend Dripping Springs Middle usually go on to attend Dripping Springs High School


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