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What's one thing DAVIS EL gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
616
Elementary
DISTRICT 614 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROYSE CITY ISD·NCES 483822004267
Davis Elementary School
1500 FM 1777 BULLDOG BLVD, ROYSE CITY, TX 75189 · (972) 636-9549 · Collin County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL616 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.1:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
327 students
DISTRICT 45% · 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 | 3 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 105 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 108 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 90 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 106 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 108 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 96 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (105) is 9% larger than its 5th grade class (96).
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
50.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +15.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
50.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +3.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 50 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 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 15 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 19.0% | 31.0% | 30.0% | 20.0% |
| Mathematics | 21.0% | 29.0% | 23.0% | 27.0% |
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 | 50.0% | 50.0% |
| 2024-25 | 51.0% | 44.0% |
| 2023-24 | 45.0% | 55.0% |
| 2022-23 | 63.0% | 61.0% |
| 2021-22 | 69.0% | 60.0% |
| 2020-21 | 35.0% | 47.0% |
% 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
45.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 (45.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Davis Elementary School this school | 616 | 53.1% | 45.1% |
| Wedgewood Elementary School FRIENDSWOOD | 637 | 52.4% | 43.0% |
| Crosby Elementary School CROSBY | 671 | 54.8% | 45.2% |
| John & Barbara Roderick Elementary School ROYSE CITY | 663 | 54.8% | 36.1% |
| Elm Grove Elementary School KINGWOOD | 608 | 57.4% | 42.9% |
| Liberty Elementary School LIBERTY | 685 | 57.1% | 34.1% |
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 Collin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.1% | #1,952 of 4,401 | #126 of 164 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #1,801 of 4,466 ▲ 467 | #111 of 165 ▲ 18 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #2,556 of 4,466 ▼ 155 | #136 of 165 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -12.0pp | #258 of 3,998 | #12 of 154 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 616 | #1,491 of 4,938 | #68 of 181 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.0:1 | #2,485 of 4,622 | #113 of 177 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.9% | #1,072 of 4,628 | #123 of 177 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.1% | #3,451 of 4,789 | #40 of 177 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +11.4% | #704 of 1,307 | #31 of 54 |
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
616
+131 (+27%) vs 2020
+56% since 1990-91, when it was 395
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 12.1:1
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 | 616 | 41 | 15.0:1 | 53% (327) |
| 2023-24 | 520 | 38.3 | 13.6:1 | 51% (267) |
| 2022-23 | 500 | 38.1 | 13.1:1 | 52% (261) |
| 2020-21 | 485 | 40 | 12.1:1 | 50% (243) |
| 2017-18 | 553 | 39.5 | 14.0:1 | 41% (228) |
| 2015-16 | 588 | 39 | 15.1:1 | 44% (259) |
| 2010-11 | 390 | 33 | 11.8:1 | 50% (194) |
| 2000-01 | 469 | 33 | 14.2:1 | 34% (158) |
| 1990-91 | 395 | 29 | 13.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Davis Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 11% (553 to 616); teachers up 4% (39.5 to 41).
About Davis Elementary School
Davis Elementary School is a public elementary school in ROYSE CITY, Texas. Its enrollment is 616 students, spread over pre-K through 5.
Davis Elementary School is a school in ROYSE CITY ISD. The district has 11 schools and 10,034 students.
At Davis Elementary School, Hispanic students make up the biggest share, 42%. Other students are 40% White, 14% Black, and 2% multiracial. By comparison, Collin County residents are about 16% Hispanic. A diversity index of 64% means there is a 64% chance two randomly chosen students at Davis Elementary School are from different groups.
The school's 41 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.0:1. The ratio is within a point of the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. At Davis Elementary School, 53% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. For comparison, public schools in Collin County average 30%.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Davis Elementary School is 5.9 points below the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 45.1% actual, 51.0% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Texas.
Looking at the county, Collin County, median household income comes to about $121,600, about 56% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. The county has 338 public schools and about 227,575 students.
Ruth Cherry Elementary School is about 0.3 miles away, making it the nearest public school. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Davis Elementary School at 6th of 8.
The school is in a town close to an urbanized area, according to its NCES locale (Town: Fringe).
Federal enrollment counts increased from 485 (2020-21) to 616 (2024-25). Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio increased to 15.0:1, from 12.1:1.
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Collin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,163,337
Census ACS
Median income
$121,600
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
56%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
338
227,575 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ROYSE CITY ISD
- Royse City High SchoolHigh · 2,834 students
- Ouida Baley Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,224 students
- Bobby Summers Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,066 students
- Miss May Vernon Elementary SchoolElementary · 790 students
- Ruth Cherry Elementary SchoolElementary · 772 students
- W R (bill) Fort Elementary SchoolElementary · 762 students
Other schools in ROYSE CITY
- Royse City High SchoolHigh · 2,834 students
- Ouida Baley Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,224 students
- Ruth Cherry Elementary SchoolElementary · 772 students
- W R (bill) Fort Elementary SchoolElementary · 762 students
- John & Barbara Roderick Elementary SchoolElementary · 663 students
- Harry Herndon Elementary SchoolElementary · 550 students
Other Davis Elementary schools
23 other US public schools in 17 states are named Davis Elementary. Davis Elementary School is the 6th largest of the 24.
- Davis Elementary SchoolIRVING, TX · 831 students
- Davis Elementary SchoolAUSTIN, TX · 643 students
- Davis Elementary SchoolGARLAND, TX · 478 students
- Davis Elementary SchoolCARROLLTON, TX · 451 students
- Davis Elementary SchoolPLANO, TX · 294 students
Nearby schools
- Ruth Cherry Elementary School0.3 mi · 772
- Glenda Arnold Early Childhood Learning Center0.3 mi · 393
- Ouida Baley Middle School0.3 mi · 1,224
- Education Center International Academy 31.5 mi · 136
- W R (bill) Fort Elementary School1.8 mi · 762
- Royse City High School2.1 mi · 2,834
Frequently asked questions
About Davis Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Davis Elementary School?
Davis Elementary School enrolls approximately 616 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.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Davis Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Davis Elementary School is approximately 15.0:1 (41 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Davis Elementary School?
Davis Elementary School reports a student body of 40% White, 42% Hispanic, 14% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Davis Elementary School?
Davis Elementary School is overseen by ROYSE CITY ISD in Collin County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.