Enrollment
398
Elementary
DISTRICT 515 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOUSTON ISD·NCES 482364006864
DAVILA EL
7610 DAHLIA ST, HOUSTON, TX 77012 · (713) 924-1851 · Harris County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL398 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
396 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
DAVILA EL→DEADY MIDDLE
Based on published attendance-zone data from HOUSTON ISD. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
58.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +19.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
60.0%
TX avg 42.0% . +32.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 60 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 19 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 32 points.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
51.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.4%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+21.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 30% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 21 points, placing it in Texas's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
398
-6 (-1%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 16.2:1
% White
3%
was 1%
% Hispanic
97%
was 98%
% Black
0%
was 1%
% Asian
0%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About 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.
Harris County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
4,838,303
Census ACS
Median income
$74,983
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
1,205
886,911 students
Quick facts
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- HOUSTON MATH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CENTERHigh · 2,396 students
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- HASTINGS H SHigh · 3,786 students
- C E KING H SHigh · 3,716 students
Nearby schools
- HOUSTON GATEWAY ACADEMY INC ELITE COLLEGE PREP0.2 mi · 583
- HOUSTON GATEWAY ACADEMY - CORAL CAMPUS0.3 mi · 961
- SOUTHMAYD EL0.4 mi · 321
- MILBY H S0.5 mi · 2,126
- HARRIS J R EL0.6 mi · 288
- YES PREP - EAST END0.6 mi · 1,014
Frequently asked questions
About DAVILA ELHow many students attend DAVILA EL?
DAVILA EL enrolls approximately 398 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does DAVILA EL serve?
DAVILA EL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at DAVILA EL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at DAVILA EL is approximately 13.8:1 (29 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at DAVILA EL?
At DAVILA EL, the student body is approximately 3% White, 97% Hispanic, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Is DAVILA EL public or private?
DAVILA EL is a public K-12 school, overseen by HOUSTON ISD.
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