DAVILA EL

As a low-enrollment elementary school in HOUSTON, Texas, DAVILA EL serves 398 students from grades pre-K through 5, one of the schools within HOUSTON ISD. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 23% below typical.

HOUSTON ISD comprises 273 schools with combined enrollment of 176,727 students; DAVILA EL is among them.

On the student-mix side, DAVILA EL shows that nearly all students (97%) are Hispanic; the rest looks like 3% White. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 44%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, DAVILA EL has 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.8:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 99% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Harris County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, DAVILA EL is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 30.4%; this one delivers 51.7%, a residual of +21.3 points.

Around the school, census data for Harris County shows the typical household earns roughly $74,983 per year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. Across Harris County's 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), DAVILA EL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: HOUSTON GATEWAY ACADEMY INC ELITE COLLEGE PREP, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around DAVILA EL. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), DAVILA EL ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 42.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at DAVILA EL has stayed largely flat, going from 404 students in 2018 to 398 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.2:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 today.

On allk12, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.