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Enrollment
478
Elementary
DISTRICT 475 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GARLAND ISD·NCES 482034002021
DAVIS EL
1621 MCCALLUM DR, GARLAND, TX 75042 · (972) 494-8205 · Dallas County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL478 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
430 students
DISTRICT 76% · 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
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
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
43.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +11.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
50.0%
TX avg 42.0% . +16.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 50 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 11 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 16 points.
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
43.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.6%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
478
-111 (-19%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 15.5:1
% White
7%
was 7%
% Hispanic
61%
was 61%
% Black
14%
was 11%
% Asian
15%
was 14%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About DAVIS EL
DAVIS EL is an elementary-level community of average-sized scale in GARLAND, Texas, part of GARLAND ISD, instructing 478 students in grades pre-K through 5.
GARLAND ISD runs 76 schools in total, collectively educating 53,173 students. DAVIS EL is one of those campuses.
In terms of who attends, DAVIS EL reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 61%. Beyond that, the school logs 15% Asian, 14% Black, 7% White. The wider county runs roughly 41% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.
On the resource side, Staff filings list 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 90% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Dallas County (around 77%), the school's rate is north of typical.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, DAVIS EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 34.6%, the actual is 43.6%, a residual of +9.0 points.
Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Dallas County indicate median household income runs about $76,547, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. DAVIS EL is one of 771 public schools in Dallas County (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students).
Nearest neighbor: JACKSON TECHNOLOGY CENTER, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, DAVIS EL comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 59.1%.
Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at DAVIS EL has fell 19%, going from 589 students in 2018 to 478 in 2025.
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Dallas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,621,179
Census ACS
Median income
$76,547
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
771
459,645 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in GARLAND ISD
- SACHSE H SHigh · 2,935 students
- N GARLAND H SHigh · 2,929 students
- GARLAND H SHigh · 2,335 students
- ROWLETT H SHigh · 2,156 students
- LAKEVIEW CENTENNIAL H SHigh · 2,073 students
- S GARLAND H SHigh · 2,001 students
Other schools in GARLAND
- N GARLAND H SHigh · 2,929 students
- GARLAND H SHigh · 2,335 students
- LAKEVIEW CENTENNIAL H SHigh · 2,073 students
- S GARLAND H SHigh · 2,001 students
- NAAMAN FOREST H SHigh · 1,949 students
- JACKSON TECHNOLOGY CENTERMiddle · 1,157 students
Nearby schools
- JACKSON TECHNOLOGY CENTER0.3 mi · 1,157
- BEAVER TECHNOLOGY CENTER0.4 mi · 562
- BRADFIELD EL0.9 mi · 525
- WALNUT GLEN ACAD FOR EXCEL0.9 mi · 376
- N GARLAND H S1.0 mi · 2,929
- O HENRY EL1.0 mi · 464
Frequently asked questions
About DAVIS ELHow many students attend DAVIS EL?
DAVIS EL enrolls approximately 478 students in grades PK-05.
Is DAVIS EL an elementary, middle, or high school?
DAVIS EL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does DAVIS EL have?
DAVIS EL employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.6:1.
What is the student diversity at DAVIS EL?
Student demographics at DAVIS EL are roughly 7% White, 61% Hispanic, 14% Black, 15% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees DAVIS EL?
DAVIS EL is overseen by GARLAND ISD in Dallas County.
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