DAVIS EL

DAVIS EL is an elementary campus of roomy scale in IRVING, Texas, operated by IRVING ISD, educateing 831 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 60% above the state mean of about 519.

Across the 37 schools in IRVING ISD (31,918 students total), DAVIS EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, DAVIS EL records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 70% of enrollment. The remainder consists of 18% Black, 5% White, 4% Asian. By comparison, Dallas County as a whole is about 41% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, DAVIS EL has 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.1:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 90% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Dallas County's rate of about 77%.

After controlling for student poverty, 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 25.6%, a residual of -9.0 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Dallas County indicate the typical household earns roughly $76,547 per year, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Dallas County's 771 public schools (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students), DAVIS EL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: BARTON EL, around 0.8 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts DAVIS EL at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 34.0%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. DAVIS EL's enrollment has ticked down 4% since 2018, when it stood at 867 (now 831). Over the same period, the Black share ticked down from 26% to 18%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 17.4:1 in 2018 to 16.1:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, members of the DAVIS EL community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.