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DAVIS EL
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 43 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 27 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 10 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About DAVIS EL
DAVIS EL, a middle-of-the-pack primary school in CARROLLTON, Texas, one of the schools within CARROLLTON-FARMERS BRANCH ISD, teaches 451 students, covering grades K through 5.
Across the 39 schools in CARROLLTON-FARMERS BRANCH ISD (24,165 students total), DAVIS EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
In terms of who attends, DAVIS EL shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (83%). Beyond that, the school lists 5% White, 5% Black, 4% Asian, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 21% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.
In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.7:1. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 80% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Denton County (around 35%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.
After controlling for student poverty, DAVIS EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 38.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 41.3%.
Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Denton County) logs that median household earnings sit near $111,498, about 49% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. DAVIS EL is one of 267 public schools in Denton County (combined enrollment of about 175,222 students).
BLALACK MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), DAVIS EL ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 55.2%.
DAVIS EL operates from a bedroom-community location.
Five-year trend. DAVIS EL's enrollment has decreased 16% since 2018, when it stood at 535 (now 451). Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 73% to 83%. Class-load math has tightened: from 16.2:1 in 2018 to 14.7:1 in 2025.
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