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Enrollment
478
Elementary
DISTRICT 475 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GARLAND ISD·NCES 482034002021
Davis Elementary School
1621 MCCALLUM DR, GARLAND, TX 75042 · (972) 494-8205 · Dallas County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL478 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 59% of Texas public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-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
15.6:1
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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 80 | 17% |
| Kindergarten | 69 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 59 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 61 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 67 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 79 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (69) is 13% smaller than its 5th grade class (79).
Student demographics
58%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
55.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +23.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
57.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +23.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 57 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 23 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 23 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 31.0% | 24.0% | 19.0% | 26.0% |
| Mathematics | 25.0% | 32.0% | 21.0% | 22.0% |
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 | 55.0% | 57.0% |
| 2024-25 | 46.0% | 42.0% |
| 2023-24 | 43.0% | 50.0% |
| 2022-23 | 43.0% | 49.0% |
| 2021-22 | 43.0% | 46.0% |
| 2020-21 | 32.0% | 34.0% |
% 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
41.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.3%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% 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 →
Schools most like Davis Elementary School
Davis Elementary School's state test result (41.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Davis Elementary School this school | 478 | 90.0% | 41.3% |
| Glenoaks Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 457 | 85.8% | 21.7% |
| O Henry Elementary School GARLAND | 464 | 86.9% | 48.6% |
| Smith Elementary School HOUSTON | 650 | 89.4% | 33.8% |
| Ethridge Elementary School GARLAND | 642 | 87.9% | 33.5% |
| Arizona Fleming Elementary School HOUSTON | 462 | 79.4% | 31.6% |
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 Davis Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Dallas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.3% | #2,425 of 4,401 | #172 of 421 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #1,142 of 4,466 ▲ 1,301 | #81 of 429 ▲ 134 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #1,934 of 4,466 ▲ 980 | #139 of 429 ▲ 92 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +10.0pp | #1,464 of 3,998 | #111 of 399 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 478 | #2,741 of 4,938 | #242 of 448 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #2,940 of 4,622 | #271 of 432 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.5% | #1,649 of 4,628 | #108 of 433 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.0% | #1,083 of 4,789 | #182 of 437 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.8% | #1,273 of 2,838 | #131 of 274 |
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
478
-47 (-9%) vs 2020
+23% since 1990-91, when it was 390
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 15.4:1
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 | 478 | 30.7 | 15.6:1 | 90% (430) |
| 2023-24 | 471 | 31.9 | 14.8:1 | 91% (430) |
| 2022-23 | 504 | 31.7 | 15.9:1 | 91% (459) |
| 2020-21 | 525 | 34 | 15.4:1 | 86% (454) |
| 2017-18 | 589 | 38 | 15.5:1 | 79% (465) |
| 2015-16 | 639 | 39 | 16.4:1 | 87% (559) |
| 2010-11 | 707 | 47 | 15.0:1 | 80% (568) |
| 2000-01 | 483 | 30 | 16.1:1 | 50% (241) |
| 1990-91 | 390 | 22 | 17.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Davis Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (589 to 478); teachers down 19% (38 to 30.7).
About Davis Elementary School
Davis Elementary School, a medium-sized elementary school, is located in GARLAND, Texas. Enrollment is 478 students in 2024-25, and the school serves pre-K through 5.
The GARLAND ISD system has 76 schools and 53,173 students.
At Davis Elementary School, Hispanic students make up 61% of the student body. Other reported shares: 15% Asian, 14% Black, and 7% White. That is higher than the 41% Hispanic share among all Dallas County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 58% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Its teaching staff equals 30.7 full-time positions, a ratio of 15.6:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Texas average 15.1:1. Around 90% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. That is 13 points above the 77% average for public schools in Dallas County.
Davis Elementary School is graded B by allk12, scoring above 59% of Texas public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Davis Elementary School falls in the middle 80% of Texas schools: 41.3% actual against 35.3% predicted.
According to the American Community Survey, in Dallas County, the median household income is $76,547, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Davis Elementary School is one of 771 public schools in the county.
The shortest distance from Davis Elementary School to another public school is about 0.3 miles, to Jackson Technology Center. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Davis Elementary School places 8th of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
2024-25 enrollment was 478, a 9% decrease from 525 in 2020-21.
The Davis Elementary School community page is open for posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 High SchoolHigh · 2,935 students
- N Garland High SchoolHigh · 2,929 students
- Garland High SchoolHigh · 2,335 students
- Rowlett High SchoolHigh · 2,156 students
- Lakeview Centennial High SchoolHigh · 2,073 students
- S Garland High SchoolHigh · 2,001 students
Other schools in GARLAND
- N Garland High SchoolHigh · 2,929 students
- Garland High SchoolHigh · 2,335 students
- Lakeview Centennial High SchoolHigh · 2,073 students
- S Garland High SchoolHigh · 2,001 students
- Naaman Forest High SchoolHigh · 1,949 students
- Jackson Technology CenterMiddle · 1,157 students
Other Davis Elementary schools
23 other US public schools in 17 states are named Davis Elementary. Davis Elementary School is the 11th largest of the 24.
- Davis Elementary SchoolIRVING, TX · 831 students
- Davis Elementary SchoolAUSTIN, TX · 643 students
- Davis Elementary SchoolROYSE CITY, TX · 616 students
- Davis Elementary SchoolCARROLLTON, TX · 451 students
- Davis Elementary SchoolPLANO, TX · 294 students
Nearby schools
- Jackson Technology Center0.3 mi · 1,157
- Beaver Technology Center0.4 mi · 562
- Bradfield Elementary School0.9 mi · 525
- Walnut Glen Academy for Excel0.9 mi · 376
- N Garland High School1.0 mi · 2,929
- O Henry Elementary School1.0 mi · 464
Frequently asked questions
About Davis Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Davis Elementary School?
Davis Elementary School enrolls approximately 478 students in grades PK-05.
Is Davis Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Davis Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Davis Elementary School have?
Davis Elementary School employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Davis Elementary School?
Student demographics at Davis Elementary School are roughly 7% White, 61% Hispanic, 14% Black, 15% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Davis Elementary School?
Davis Elementary School is overseen by GARLAND ISD in Dallas County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.