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Enrollment
674
Elementary
DISTRICT 838 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD·NCES 480000813086
Sycamore Springs Elementary School
14451 SAWYER RANCH RD, AUSTIN, TX 78737 · (512) 858-3900 · Hays County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL674 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 61% 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.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+Three-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
13.9:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.8:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
3%
21 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 | 38 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 91 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 96 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 111 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 127 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 112 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 99 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (91) is 8% smaller than its 5th grade class (99).
Student demographics
47%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
81.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +45.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
65.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +10.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 81 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 65 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 45 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 10 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 49.0% | 32.0% | 11.0% | 8.0% |
| Mathematics | 32.0% | 33.0% | 19.0% | 16.0% |
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 | 81.0% | 65.0% |
| 2024-25 | 76.0% | 62.0% |
| 2023-24 | 80.0% | 70.0% |
| 2022-23 | 80.0% | 60.0% |
| 2021-22 | 43.0% | 14.0% |
| 2020-21 | 36.0% | 55.0% |
% 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
65.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
72.4%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% 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 Sycamore Springs Elementary School
Sycamore Springs Elementary School's state test result (65.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sycamore Springs Elementary School this school | 674 | 3.1% | 65.0% |
| Cypress Springs Elementary School DRIFTWOOD | 697 | 1.4% | 67.2% |
| Highland Park Elementary School AUSTIN | 649 | 6.6% | 74.7% |
| Rooster Springs Elementary School AUSTIN | 772 | 3.4% | 73.0% |
| Samuel Beck Elementary School TROPHY CLUB | 642 | 5.8% | 78.4% |
| Walsh Elementary School FORT WORTH | 550 | 4.2% | 76.0% |
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 Sycamore Springs Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Hays County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #513 of 4,401 | #5 of 31 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #612 of 4,466 ▲ 117 | #5 of 31 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 81.0% | #211 of 4,466 ▲ 226 | #2 of 31 ▲ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.0pp | #2,382 of 3,998 | #19 of 27 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 674 | #1,088 of 4,938 | #14 of 34 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #1,464 of 4,622 | #10 of 33 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.3% | #2,624 of 4,628 | #17 of 33 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 3.1% | #4,776 of 4,789 | #32 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.5% | #1,559 of 2,838 | #8 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
674
-303 (-31%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 15.5:1
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 | 674 | 48.4 | 13.9:1 | 3% (21) |
| 2023-24 | 715 | 51.8 | 13.8:1 | 4% (28) |
| 2022-23 | 710 | 47.5 | 14.9:1 | 4% (27) |
| 2020-21 | 977 | 63 | 15.5:1 | 4% (36) |
| 2017-18 | 798 | 51 | 15.7:1 | 3% (21) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sycamore Springs Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (798 to 674); teachers down 5% (51 to 48.4).
About Sycamore Springs Elementary School
Sycamore Springs Elementary School is an elementary school in AUSTIN, Texas, according to federal school records. It teaches 674 students in pre-K through 5. That is 30% larger than the average of about 519 students for elementary schools in Texas.
DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD is the local district for Sycamore Springs Elementary School. It runs 8 schools with 8,712 students.
Of every 100 students at Sycamore Springs Elementary School, about 70 are White. After that, the student body is 19% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 4% Asian. Among all residents of Hays County, the White share is about 61%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 47%.
Sycamore Springs Elementary School lists 48.4 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 13.9 students per teacher. The gap from the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas is 1.2 students per teacher. About 3% of students at Sycamore Springs Elementary School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 46% average for public schools in Hays County is 43 points.
Sycamore Springs Elementary School holds a B allk12 Grade, placing it above 61% of Texas public elementary schools.
Compared with Texas schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Sycamore Springs Elementary School's results are 7.3 points below predicted: 65.0% against 72.4%.
Hays County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $89,097 a year, roughly 43% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Hays County number 63, with about 46,946 students.
Of the public schools around it, Sycamore Springs Elementary School is closest to Sycamore Springs Middle School, less than a tenth of a mile away. The count of other public schools within five miles is 5. On average proficiency, Sycamore Springs Elementary School is 6th of 7 nearby schools with test data.
Its NCES locale code is Rural: Fringe: the school is in rural territory close to an urban area.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased 31%. By 2024-25, the school had 13.9 students per teacher, compared with 15.5 in 2020-21.
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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
- Rooster Springs Elementary SchoolElementary · 772 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 Middle School0.0 mi · 1,043
- Rooster Springs Elementary School1.4 mi · 772
- Cypress Springs Elementary School2.1 mi · 697
- Pathfinder Camp4.1 mi · 18
- Baldwin Elementary School4.6 mi · 582
- Bear Creek Elementary School5.4 mi · 509
Frequently asked questions
About Sycamore Springs Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Sycamore Springs Elementary School?
Sycamore Springs Elementary School enrolls approximately 674 students in grades PK-05.
Is Sycamore Springs Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Sycamore Springs Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Sycamore Springs Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Sycamore Springs Elementary School is approximately 13.9:1 (48 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Sycamore Springs Elementary School?
Student demographics at Sycamore Springs Elementary School are roughly 70% White, 19% Hispanic, 2% Black, 4% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Sycamore Springs Elementary School in?
Sycamore Springs Elementary School is part of DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.