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CYPRESS SPRINGS EL
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STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveBeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyAbout CYPRESS SPRINGS EL
CYPRESS SPRINGS EL is a primary school of moderately sized scale in DRIFTWOOD, Texas, run under DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD, hosting 697 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 34% larger than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.
Across the 8 schools in DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD (8,712 students total), CYPRESS SPRINGS EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
For racial and ethnic makeup, CYPRESS SPRINGS EL reports that the largest single group is White, at 69% of enrollment. Other groups include 17% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 5% Asian. By comparison, Hays County as a whole is about 61% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.
Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 1% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Hays County (around 46%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.
With demographic context factored in, CYPRESS SPRINGS EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 73.2%; this one delivers 65.1%.
Zooming out to the county, Hays County reports that median household income runs about $89,097, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Hays County runs 63 public schools (combined enrollment of about 46,946 students), of which CYPRESS SPRINGS EL is one.
Nearest neighbor: SYCAMORE SPRINGS EL, around 2.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around CYPRESS SPRINGS EL. On composite proficiency, CYPRESS SPRINGS EL comes 5th of 6 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 68.9%.
Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.
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