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Enrollment
415
Elementary
DISTRICT 475 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MCKINNEY ISD·NCES 482985008488
Albert & Iola Lee Davis Malvern Elementary School
1100 ELDORADO PKWY, MCKINNEY, TX 75069 · (469) 302-5300 · Collin County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL415 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 25% of Texas public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
311 students
DISTRICT 37% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 72 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 66 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 77 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 71 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 60 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (72) is 20% larger than its 5th grade class (60).
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
46.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +14.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
30.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -4.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 30 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 14 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 21.0% | 25.0% | 23.0% | 31.0% |
| Mathematics | 6.0% | 24.0% | 29.0% | 41.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 46.0% | 30.0% |
| 2024-25 | 44.0% | 30.0% |
| 2023-24 | 42.0% | 32.0% |
| 2022-23 | 29.0% | 38.0% |
| 2021-22 | 33.0% | 25.0% |
| 2020-21 | 32.0% | 34.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
35.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.7%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Albert & Iola Lee Davis Malvern Elementary School
Albert & Iola Lee Davis Malvern Elementary School's state test result (35.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albert & Iola Lee Davis Malvern Elementary School this school | 415 | 74.9% | 35.4% |
| Suzanna Dickinson Montessori Academy GRAND PRAIRIE | 421 | 72.4% | 30.3% |
| Peebles Elementary School KILLEEN | 458 | 75.1% | 32.0% |
| Dan D Rogers Elementary School DALLAS | 450 | 76.7% | 64.9% |
| R Q Sims Intermediate School MEXIA | 428 | 79.9% | 25.3% |
| Pope Elementary School ARLINGTON | 439 | 79.5% | 23.5% |
Matched among Texas elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Albert & Iola Lee Davis Malvern Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Collin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.4% | #3,122 of 4,401 | #149 of 164 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.0% | #3,932 of 4,466 ▼ 154 | #158 of 165 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #3,046 of 4,466 ▲ 87 | #144 of 165 ▲ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.5pp | #2,224 of 3,998 | #66 of 154 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 415 | #3,365 of 4,938 | #142 of 181 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.9:1 | #118 of 4,622 | #12 of 177 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.3% | #1,210 of 4,628 | #129 of 177 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 74.9% | #2,280 of 4,789 | #13 of 177 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.5% | #1,133 of 2,838 | #37 of 94 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
415
-17 (-4%) vs 2020
-35% since 2010-11, when it was 643
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
was 12.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 415 | 38 | 10.9:1 | 75% (311) |
| 2023-24 | 437 | 36.4 | 12.0:1 | 78% (340) |
| 2022-23 | 441 | 35.1 | 12.6:1 | 80% (352) |
| 2020-21 | 432 | 36 | 12.0:1 | 74% (320) |
| 2017-18 | 522 | 41.1 | 12.7:1 | 79% (410) |
| 2015-16 | 497 | 42 | 11.8:1 | 71% (353) |
| 2010-11 | 643 | 50 | 12.9:1 | 80% (515) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Albert & Iola Lee Davis Malvern Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (522 to 415); teachers down 8% (41.1 to 38).
About Albert & Iola Lee Davis Malvern Elementary School
Albert & Iola Lee Davis Malvern Elementary School, located in MCKINNEY, Texas, is a small elementary school. The student body numbers 415 students, from kindergarten through 5. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Texas) has about 519 students.
Albert & Iola Lee Davis Malvern Elementary School reports to MCKINNEY ISD, which has 33 schools and 23,296 students.
Hispanic students account for 55% of enrollment at Albert & Iola Lee Davis Malvern Elementary School. Other students are 21% Black, 14% White, 7% multiracial, and 2% Asian. That is higher than the 16% Hispanic share among all Collin County residents. By the diversity index, Albert & Iola Lee Davis Malvern Elementary School comes in at 62%.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.9:1 at Albert & Iola Lee Davis Malvern Elementary School, with 38 full-time-equivalent teachers. Among elementary schools in Texas, the typical ratio is 15.1:1. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 75% of enrollment. It compares with 30% for public schools in Collin County.
allk12 grades Albert & Iola Lee Davis Malvern Elementary School a C. The grade compares the school only with Texas public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Albert & Iola Lee Davis Malvern Elementary School, the prediction is 41.7% and the result is 35.4%.
County data help place the school in context: in Collin County, median household income is about $121,600, about 56% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Albert & Iola Lee Davis Malvern Elementary School is among the 338 public schools in Collin County.
The next-closest public school is McKinney High School, about 0.6 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Albert & Iola Lee Davis Malvern Elementary School ranks 7th of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 35.4% against a local average of 48.9%.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count dropped from 432 to 415. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 10.9:1, from 12.0:1.
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Collin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,163,337
Census ACS
Median income
$121,600
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
56%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
338
227,575 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MCKINNEY ISD
- McKinney High SchoolHigh · 2,668 students
- McKinney Boyd High SchoolHigh · 2,547 students
- McKinney North High SchoolHigh · 2,387 students
- Dr Jack Cockrill Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,210 students
- Scott Morgan Johnson Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,108 students
- Faubion Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,033 students
Other schools in MCKINNEY
- McKinney High SchoolHigh · 2,668 students
- McKinney Boyd High SchoolHigh · 2,547 students
- McKinney North High SchoolHigh · 2,387 students
- Emerson High SchoolHigh · 1,844 students
- Imagine International Academy of North TexasCombined · 1,445 students
- Dr Jack Cockrill Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,210 students
Nearby schools
- McKinney High School0.6 mi · 2,668
- Finch Elementary School1.1 mi · 341
- Valley Creek Elementary School1.3 mi · 498
- Caldwell Elementary School1.4 mi · 409
- Burks Elementary School1.5 mi · 432
- Slaughter Elementary School1.7 mi · 554
Frequently asked questions
About Albert & Iola Lee Davis Malvern Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Albert & Iola Lee Davis Malvern Elementary School?
Albert & Iola Lee Davis Malvern Elementary School enrolls approximately 415 students in grades KG-05.
Is Albert & Iola Lee Davis Malvern Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Albert & Iola Lee Davis Malvern Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Albert & Iola Lee Davis Malvern Elementary School have?
Albert & Iola Lee Davis Malvern Elementary School employs 38 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.9:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Albert & Iola Lee Davis Malvern Elementary School?
At Albert & Iola Lee Davis Malvern Elementary School, the student body is approximately 14% White, 55% Hispanic, 21% Black, 2% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Albert & Iola Lee Davis Malvern Elementary School public or private?
Albert & Iola Lee Davis Malvern Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by MCKINNEY ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.