DRIPPING SPRINGS MIDDLE

DRIPPING SPRINGS MIDDLE is one of the moderately sized 6-8 campuss in DRIPPING SPRINGS, Texas, part of DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD, with 917 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 43% bigger than the state mean of about 643.

DRIPPING SPRINGS MIDDLE is one of 8 schools operated by DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD, a district that hosts 8,712 students overall.

Demographically, DRIPPING SPRINGS MIDDLE logs that the largest single group is White, at 70% of enrollment. Other groups include 22% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 2% Asian. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 61%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 64 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 14.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Hays County indicate the typical household earns roughly $89,097 per year, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Hays County runs 63 public schools (combined enrollment of about 46,946 students), of which DRIPPING SPRINGS MIDDLE is one.

WALNUT SPRINGS EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 20%: 761 students in 2018 compared to 917 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 14.4:1 in 2025.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.