Dripping Springs High School is a comprehensive public high school in Dripping Springs, TX, located in Hays County, Texas. The only high school in the Dripping Springs Independent School District contains grades 9, 10, 11, and 12. Its enrollment is approximately 1,800. The principal is Angela Gamez, who was appointed in 2019. History Public school in Dripping Springs extended only through seventh grade until the 1911–12 school year, when the county designated it a "high school of the third class," offering three years of high school; the twelfth grade was added in 1941–42. The first high school building was completed by 1938. After the school district was formed by the consolidation of several small districts and achieved accreditation, a new building begun in 1949 replaced it; then-Senator Lyndon Johnson spoke at the dedication of the gymnasium, which was finished in 1952. The school moved to a new building in 1985 and moved again in an exchange of sites with the junior high school in 2010. In the 21st century it has been expanding as population grows in the area of Austin. Academics DSHS has a 99% graduation rate, with approximately 93% of graduates attending either a two-year or four-year post-secondary institution. It was the first school in Texas to institute a requirement for a senior portfolio, to be submitted to a panel including a teacher, a member of the community, and a person in the student's intended field of work. Drippings Springs High School has received much recognition in recent years, including the 2012 "College Readiness Award" from the Texas ACT Council for maintaining or increasing the number of students taking the ACT Assessment over the past five years and significantly increasing their level of achievement and college readiness. It has been recognized as one of the top high schools in Central Texas by the organization Children at Risk for the past several years, ranking seventh in the spring of 2015. In the Daily Beast'''s poll released in August 2014, it was ranked 83rd in the country and eighth in the state of Texas. U.S. News & World Report recognized it as one of the top high schools in the country in spring 2015: DSHS earned the designation of "Silver Medal" in 2016, and currently [when?] is ranked 113th in the state of Texas and #1014 on the national list. In the 2015 Newsweek'' list of "America's Top High Schools,"