📍 113 Tiger Ln, Dripping Springs, Hays County, 78620
Walnut Springs el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Dripping Springs, Hays County. The school has 887 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Maureen Jamail. It is part of the Dripping Springs Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 58.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.3:1. 58% of students are proficient in reading. 51% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Walnut Springs el enrolls 887 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 58.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 74% White, 21% Hispanic or Latino and 3.5% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 658 | 74% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 182 | 21% |
| Two or more races | 31 | 3.5% |
| Black or African American | 9 | 1% |
| Asian | 7 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
117 of the school's 887 students (13%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 104 qualify for free lunch and 13 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Walnut Springs el is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Distant). For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district TX At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 25, state house district 45.
Walnut Springs el is one of 8 schools in DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD, based in DRIPPING SPRINGS, Texas. The district serves 8,712 students district-wide and employs 548 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 887 students, Walnut Springs el is smaller than the district average of about 1,089 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Distant