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Enrollment
613
Elementary
DISTRICT 637 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROCKWALL ISD·NCES 483765011499
Celia Hays Elementary School
1880 TANNERSON DR, ROCKWALL, TX 75087 · (469) 698-2800 · Rockwall County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL613 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 88% of Texas public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
15.4:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
10%
64 students
DISTRICT 29% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 45 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 67 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 88 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 78 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 85 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 76 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 85 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 89 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (67) is 25% smaller than its 6th grade class (89).
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
78.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +18.0pp since 2021
Mathematics
71.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +31.0pp since 2021
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 71 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 18 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 31 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 45.0% | 33.0% | 13.0% | 9.0% |
| Mathematics | 43.0% | 28.0% | 19.0% | 10.0% |
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 | 78.0% | 71.0% |
| 2024-25 | 83.0% | 68.0% |
| 2023-24 | 80.0% | 70.0% |
| 2022-23 | 65.0% | 59.0% |
| 2021-22 | 60.0% | 40.0% |
% 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
72.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.2%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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 Celia Hays Elementary School
Celia Hays Elementary School's state test result (72.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Celia Hays Elementary School this school | 613 | 10.4% | 72.2% |
| Sherry and Paul Hamm Elementary School ROCKWALL | 721 | 8.5% | 74.1% |
| Susanna Dickinson Elementary School SUGAR LAND | 616 | 12.8% | 78.7% |
| David Elementary School THE WOODLANDS | 585 | 9.4% | 84.9% |
| South Bosque Elementary School WACO | 578 | 14.2% | 80.5% |
| Lance Thompson Elementary School ARGYLE | 701 | 8.6% | 66.2% |
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 Celia Hays Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Rockwall County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.2% | #256 of 4,401 | #3 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 71.0% | #397 of 4,466 ▲ 93 | #3 of 23 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.0% | #357 of 4,466 ▼ 151 | #3 of 23 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +12.5pp | #1,149 of 3,998 | #9 of 20 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 613 | #1,517 of 4,938 | #12 of 23 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.4:1 | #2,806 of 4,622 | #12 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.8% | #1,338 of 4,628 | #13 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 10.4% | #4,643 of 4,789 | #21 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.6% | #728 of 2,838 | #1 of 10 |
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
613
+172 (+39%) vs 2020
-12% since 2010-11, when it was 695
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
was 13.0:1
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 | 613 | 39.8 | 15.4:1 | 10% (64) |
| 2023-24 | 585 | 36.1 | 16.2:1 | 9% (55) |
| 2022-23 | 517 | 32.7 | 15.8:1 | 11% (56) |
| 2020-21 | 441 | 34 | 13.0:1 | 11% (49) |
| 2017-18 | 824 | 49.6 | 16.6:1 | 8% (64) |
| 2015-16 | 639 | 40 | 16.0:1 | 8% (49) |
| 2010-11 | 695 | 45 | 15.4:1 | 15% (102) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Celia Hays Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 26% (824 to 613); teachers down 20% (49.6 to 39.8).
About Celia Hays Elementary School
As a mid-sized elementary school, Celia Hays Elementary School serves students in ROCKWALL, Texas. There are 613 students enrolled, covering pre-K through 6.
The 22 schools of ROCKWALL ISD, including Celia Hays Elementary School, enroll 19,235 students.
More than half of the students at Celia Hays Elementary School are White (59%). Beyond that, enrollment is 15% Hispanic, 10% Black, 10% Asian, and 6% multiracial. In Rockwall County overall, about 68% of residents are White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Celia Hays Elementary School scores 61%.
Its staff includes 39.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 15.4 students per teacher. That is in line with the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. Roughly 10% of students at Celia Hays Elementary School can receive free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 29% average for public schools in Rockwall County, the school's rate is lower.
Celia Hays Elementary School holds an A allk12 Grade, placing it above 88% of Texas public elementary schools.
Celia Hays Elementary School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Texas schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 72.2% and a predicted 69.2%.
In Rockwall County, median household income comes to about $127,981, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 45% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 3%. The county's public schools total 34, with about 24,104 students.
About 1.1 miles separate Celia Hays Elementary School from the closest public school, J W Williams Middle School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Celia Hays Elementary School ranks 3rd of 8 on average proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment increased by 39% across 4 years, from 441 in 2020-21 to 613 in 2024-25. The ratio of students to teachers went from 13.0:1 to 15.4:1 over the same years.
The discussion board for Celia Hays Elementary School is open to topics like special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Rockwall County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
123,617
Census ACS
Median income
$127,981
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
45%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
34
24,104 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ROCKWALL ISD
- Rockwall-Heath High SchoolHigh · 3,072 students
- Rockwall High SchoolHigh · 2,949 students
- Maurine Cain Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,173 students
- Herman E Utley Middle SchoolMiddle · 968 students
- Linda Lyon Elementary SchoolElementary · 886 students
- Lupe Garcia Elementary SchoolElementary · 864 students
Other schools in ROCKWALL
- Rockwall High SchoolHigh · 2,949 students
- Maurine Cain Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,173 students
- Herman E Utley Middle SchoolMiddle · 968 students
- J W Williams Middle SchoolMiddle · 819 students
- Sherry and Paul Hamm Elementary SchoolElementary · 721 students
- Sharon Shannon Elementary SchoolElementary · 668 students
Nearby schools
- J W Williams Middle School1.1 mi · 819
- Sherry and Paul Hamm Elementary School1.3 mi · 721
- Nebbie Williams Elementary School1.9 mi · 442
- Rockwall Quest Academy2.0 mi · 61
- Howard Dobbs Elementary School2.4 mi · 565
- Grace Hartman Elementary School2.5 mi · 477
Frequently asked questions
About Celia Hays Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Celia Hays Elementary School?
Celia Hays Elementary School enrolls approximately 613 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does Celia Hays Elementary School serve?
Celia Hays Elementary School serves grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Celia Hays Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Celia Hays Elementary School is approximately 15.4:1 (40 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Celia Hays Elementary School?
At Celia Hays Elementary School, the student body is approximately 59% White, 15% Hispanic, 10% Black, 10% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Celia Hays Elementary School?
Celia Hays Elementary School is overseen by ROCKWALL ISD in Rockwall County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.