Dripping Springs High School

940 W Hwy 290, Dripping Springs, TX 78620View on map

Public
Dripping Springs
2,564 students

Year

Enrolled at UT Austin or Texas A&M

12%of trackable graduates

12% of the class of 2024's trackable graduates enrolled at UT Austin or Texas A&M the following fall.

Class of 2024: 524 of 560 graduates could be tracked

County median 3.3%

Shares are of trackable graduates: graduates the state could look up in its college records (those with a usable ID), whether or not they enrolled.

Where graduates enrolled

The class of 2024 in Texas colleges the following fall. Shares are of the 524 trackable graduates.

College	Students	Share
Texas State Public 4-year	66	13%
Austin Community College Public 2-year	43	8.2%
Texas A&M Public 4-year	37	7.1%
UT Austin Public 4-year	24	4.6%
Blinn College Public 2-year	16	3.1%
Texas Tech Public 4-year	16	3.1%
UT San Antonio Public 4-year	10	1.9%
Tarleton State University Public 4-year	7	1.3%
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Public 4-year	7	1.3%
Baylor Private 4-year	6	1.2%
Other 4-year colleges (16) Colleges the state groups because few of the class enrolled at each	28	5.3%
Other 2-year colleges (5) Colleges the state groups because few of the class enrolled at each	5	1.0%
Not trackable Graduates the state could not look up in its college records (no usable ID); not counted in the shares	36	—
Not found Not found in a Texas college that fall: for example, at a college outside Texas, or not enrolled	259	49%

College types (2-year, 4-year, public, private) are assigned by WhoGotIn from federal (IPEDS) and state (THECB) records; a few were classified by hand. See Methodology.

Academic context

From Texas's published school reports and federal school data; each figure shows its year. Ticks mark the county median.

Economically disadvantaged students
8%
2023–24 school year
County median 36%
STAAR English II: Meets Grade Level or above
Share of students tested in high school who met grade level
81%
2023–24 school year
County median 71%
STAAR Biology: Meets Grade Level or above
Share of students tested in high school who met grade level
82%
2023–24 school year
County median 66%
STAAR U.S. History: Meets Grade Level or above
Share of students tested in high school who met grade level
87%
2023–24 school year
County median 75%
SAT average (total)
1,125
Class of 2024 · 77% of graduates took it
County median 944
ACT average (composite)
24.4
Class of 2024 · 37% of graduates took it
County median 23.1

Advanced Placement

86%

of students who took an AP exam scored 3 or higher on at least one AP exam

553 students took at least one AP exam

2024–25 school year · Texas Education Agency

Enrolled at UT Austin or Texas A&M, by class

Earlier classes, with every college and its counts, are in the full report.

Where every school lands

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Across Texas

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