SYCAMORE SPRINGS EL

SYCAMORE SPRINGS EL is an elementary-level community of mid-tier scale in AUSTIN, Texas, operated by DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD, hosting 674 students in grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 30% bigger than typical.

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

Demographically, SYCAMORE SPRINGS EL shows that 70% of the student body identifies as White; the rest looks like 19% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 4% Asian. By comparison, Hays County as a whole is about 61% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, SYCAMORE SPRINGS EL has 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. An estimated 3% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is lower than Hays County's rate of about 46%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, SYCAMORE SPRINGS EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 72.5%; this one delivers 67.3%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Hays County put median household income runs about $89,097, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Hays County's 63 public schools (combined enrollment of about 46,946 students), SYCAMORE SPRINGS EL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is SYCAMORE SPRINGS MIDDLE, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around SYCAMORE SPRINGS EL. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SYCAMORE SPRINGS EL ranks 5th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 70.2%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Over the past 7-year window. SYCAMORE SPRINGS EL's enrollment has edged down 16% since 2018, when it stood at 798 (now 674). White enrollment moved from 76% to 70% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 13.9:1 in 2025.

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