Central Texas School District Profile: Dripping Springs ISD

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by austinbroker

Aristotle once said "The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet." Today educators have found that learning does not have to be tough or something disagreeable. In fact, most good educators will tell you that learning is fun and not hard at all, and that's what many of the school districts in and around the Austin area focus on. "Getting children educated, the right way and leaving no child behind" An Independent School District who sets an example as being able to do this is the Dripping Springs ISD.

The City of Dripping Springs is located about 19 miles west of Austin in the northwest portion of Hays County. For people that are moving and are worried about where their children are going to go to school then the Dripping Springs Independent School District area is the perfect choice. The district offers a well rounded school curriculum, including many extra curricular activities, and focuses on student achievement. The curriculum is designed to address children's needs from preschool all the way up to 12th grade and in every aspect works on acquiring student excellence. The Dripping Springs ISD curriculum is made to provide each student the best chances for success.

Benefits of Living in the Dripping Springs ISD

• Five Campuses and one special education facility – This is a small school district which means the administrators and teachers have more time to dedicate to each and every student. On average there are 20 students for every teacher.



• Academic achievement and an outstanding extracurricular program. DSISD Students participate in many U.I.L competitions.



• Dripping Springs Elementary School is rated exemplary and other schools in the school district including Walnut Springs Elementary, DS middle and DS high schools are recognized schools. To make this statistic a little clearer, out of 1,033 Texas School districts only 13 are considered exemplary and only 307 are RECOGNIZED.

In the Dripping Springs School District, the parents and the community are active members and participate in everything that has to do with the schools. The P.T.A and the P.T.O. associations are very strong programs in this area, and parents are well informed of everything that goes on with their children in school, and of all school activities.

If you are looking for a home in the right school district and the education of your children is a MAJOR factor when choosing that home, then you really want to consider the Dripping Springs area, as the DSISD is one of best school districts in the area.

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