page_title: Dripping Springs Independent School District
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Dripping Springs Independent School District / History
caption_attribution_description: English: The Dripping Springs Academy building, located in Dripping Springs, Texas, United States. The building was designated a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark in 1968 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 17, 2013 as a contributing property to the Dripping Springs Downtown Historic District.
context_page_description: Dripping Springs Independent School District is a public school district based in the northwest portion of Hays County, Texas, United States, serving approximately 7,200 students.
  In addition to Dripping Springs, the district serves Driftwood and the village of Bear Creek and rural areas in northwestern Hays County. A small portion of southwestern Travis County also lies within the district.
context_section_description: Formal public education in Dripping Springs began in 1876. After being superseded during the 1880s by a private Baptist boarding school, it was reestablished in 1890 with the school continuing to be operated by the Baptist Church. In 1921 the Baptists deeded the school to the state. In 1940 citizens voted to consolidate the Dripping Springs Public School System with 14 other small districts in the area, including the Lake Travis district, after which the district became accredited for the first time and a program of building new schools began in 1949. In 1981, Lake Travis Independent School District split from Dripping Springs, with the boundary approximately following the county line.
  In August 2017, two new schools were opened – a second middle school and a fourth elementary school. These schools, Sycamore Springs Middle School and Sycamore Springs Elementary, are connected but function separately. A bond approved by voters in May 2018 will increase capacity with an expansion of Dripping Springs High School (to increase capacity to 2,500 students) and a fifth elementary school.
caption: Dripping Springs Academy building, constructed as a private church-affiliated school and then used as a public school until 1949
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