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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at ROOSTER SPRINGS EL this year?
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Enrollment
772
Elementary
DISTRICT 838 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD·NCES 480000811280
Rooster Springs Elementary School
1001 BELTERRA DR, AUSTIN, TX 78737 · (512) 465-6200 · Hays County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL772 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 78% of Texas public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.8:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
3%
26 students
DISTRICT 7% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 58 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 116 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 95 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 121 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 130 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 122 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 130 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (116) is 11% smaller than its 5th grade class (130).
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
82.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +32.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
67.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +29.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 82 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 67 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 32 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 29 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 54.0% | 28.0% | 14.0% | 4.0% |
| Mathematics | 38.0% | 29.0% | 20.0% | 13.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 82.0% | 67.0% |
| 2024-25 | 80.0% | 74.0% |
| 2023-24 | 81.0% | 73.0% |
| 2022-23 | 71.0% | 76.0% |
| 2021-22 | 68.0% | 53.0% |
| 2020-21 | 50.0% | 38.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
73.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
72.3%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 72% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Rooster Springs Elementary School
Rooster Springs Elementary School's state test result (73.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rooster Springs Elementary School this school | 772 | 3.4% | 73.0% |
| Cypress Springs Elementary School DRIFTWOOD | 697 | 1.4% | 67.2% |
| Serene Hills Elementary School AUSTIN | 744 | 6.9% | 69.1% |
| Sycamore Springs Elementary School AUSTIN | 674 | 3.1% | 65.0% |
| Lake Pointe Elementary School AUSTIN | 721 | 3.5% | 78.5% |
| Highland Park Elementary School AUSTIN | 649 | 6.6% | 74.7% |
Matched among Texas elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Rooster Springs Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Hays County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 73.0% | #232 of 4,401 | #1 of 31 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.0% | #521 of 4,466 ▼ 249 | #2 of 31 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 82.0% | #180 of 4,466 ▲ 104 | #1 of 31 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.0pp | #2,660 of 3,998 | #22 of 27 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 772 | #546 of 4,938 | #9 of 34 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.4:1 | #2,822 of 4,622 | #27 of 33 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.4% | #2,472 of 4,628 | #13 of 33 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 3.4% | #4,775 of 4,789 | #31 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.6% | #2,644 of 2,838 | #17 of 17 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
772
-44 (-5%) vs 2020
-7% since 2010-11, when it was 827
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
was 14.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 772 | 50.1 | 15.4:1 | 3% (26) |
| 2023-24 | 763 | 50.1 | 15.2:1 | 5% (36) |
| 2022-23 | 827 | 53.9 | 15.3:1 | 5% (38) |
| 2020-21 | 816 | 55 | 14.8:1 | 4% (29) |
| 2017-18 | 793 | 50.3 | 15.8:1 | 3% (20) |
| 2015-16 | 863 | 51 | 16.9:1 | 3% (23) |
| 2010-11 | 827 | 53 | 15.6:1 | 7% (54) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rooster Springs Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (793 to 772); teachers unchanged (50.3 to 50.1).
About Rooster Springs Elementary School
Rooster Springs Elementary School is one of the public schools in AUSTIN, Texas. It is a medium-sized elementary school. A total of 772 students attend the school, which covers pre-K through 5. Against the 519-student average for elementary schools in Texas, enrollment here is 49% higher.
Rooster Springs Elementary School sits within DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD, which has 8 schools and 8,712 students.
Roughly 69% of students at Rooster Springs Elementary School are White. Enrollment also includes 16% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, and 6% Asian. Among people living in Hays County, the White share is about 61%. The school's diversity index is 49%, meaning two students picked at random have a 49% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 15.4:1, with 50.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is close to the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 3% of enrollment. Public schools in Hays County average 46%.
Measured against Texas public elementary schools, Rooster Springs Elementary School receives an A-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Rooster Springs Elementary School's average proficiency rate on state tests of 73.0% is within a point of the 72.3% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Census estimates describe Hays County this way: the median household income is $89,097, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Rooster Springs Elementary School, Hays County has 62 other public schools.
The shortest distance from Rooster Springs Elementary School to another public school is about 1.4 miles, to Sycamore Springs Elementary School. Counting only straight-line distance, 6 other public schools are within five miles. Rooster Springs Elementary School places 4th of 7 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The federal government classifies Rooster Springs Elementary School's location as Town: Fringe.
Enrollment has fallen by 44 students since 2020-21, to 772.
Topics for discussion here include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Hays County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
268,638
Census ACS
Median income
$89,097
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
63
46,946 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD
- Dripping Springs High SchoolHigh · 2,564 students
- Dripping Springs Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,104 students
- Sycamore Springs Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,043 students
- Walnut Springs Elementary SchoolElementary · 941 students
- Dripping Springs Middle SchoolMiddle · 917 students
- Cypress Springs Elementary SchoolElementary · 697 students
Other schools in AUSTIN
- Lake Travis High SchoolHigh · 3,569 students
- Bowie High SchoolHigh · 2,876 students
- Westwood High SchoolHigh · 2,858 students
- Westlake High SchoolHigh · 2,854 students
- McNeil High SchoolHigh · 2,660 students
- Vandegrift High SchoolHigh · 2,437 students
Nearby schools
- Sycamore Springs Elementary School1.4 mi · 674
- Sycamore Springs Middle School1.4 mi · 1,043
- Cypress Springs Elementary School3.3 mi · 697
- Baldwin Elementary School3.6 mi · 582
- Clayton Elementary School4.6 mi · 637
- Bear Creek Elementary School4.6 mi · 509
Frequently asked questions
About Rooster Springs Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Rooster Springs Elementary School?
Rooster Springs Elementary School enrolls approximately 772 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Rooster Springs Elementary School serve?
Rooster Springs Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Rooster Springs Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Rooster Springs Elementary School is approximately 15.4:1 (50 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Rooster Springs Elementary School?
Rooster Springs Elementary School reports a student body of 69% White, 16% Hispanic, 1% Black, 6% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Rooster Springs Elementary School in?
Rooster Springs Elementary School is part of DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD.
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