ROOSTER SPRINGS EL

ROOSTER SPRINGS EL is an elementary-level community of moderately sized scale in AUSTIN, Texas, overseen by DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD, serveing 772 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 49% larger than the state mean of about 519.

Within DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD, which oversees 8 schools and 8,712 students, ROOSTER SPRINGS EL is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, ROOSTER SPRINGS EL reports that White students make up the majority at 69%. Other groups include 16% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 6% Asian. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 61%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.4:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 3% of students at ROOSTER SPRINGS EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is south of Hays County's rate of about 46%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, ROOSTER SPRINGS EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 72.4%, the actual is 70.7%, a residual of -1.7 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Hays County put median household income runs about $89,097, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Hays County runs 63 public schools (combined enrollment of about 46,946 students), of which ROOSTER SPRINGS EL is one.

The closest other public school is SYCAMORE SPRINGS MIDDLE, roughly 1.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around ROOSTER SPRINGS EL. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), ROOSTER SPRINGS EL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 71.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at ROOSTER SPRINGS EL has edged down 3%, going from 793 students in 2018 to 772 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 74% to 69% over that span.

On allk12, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.