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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 EL
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
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
45.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +10.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
55.0%
TX avg 42.0% . +8.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 55 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 10 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 8 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
46.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.7%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
616
+63 (+11%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 14.0:1
% White
40%
was 53%
% Hispanic
42%
was 39%
% Black
14%
was 4%
% Asian
1%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About DAVIS EL
DAVIS EL, a medium-sized elementary-level community in ROYSE CITY, Texas, operated by ROYSE CITY ISD, serves 616 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.
DAVIS EL is one of 11 schools operated by ROYSE CITY ISD, a district that works with 10,034 students overall.
On the student-mix side, DAVIS EL logs that the most-represented group is Hispanic (42%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest reads as 40% White, 14% Black, 2% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 16%.
On the resource side, DAVIS EL shows 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.0:1. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 53% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above Collin County's rate of about 30%.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, DAVIS EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.7%; this one delivers 46.5%.
Around the school, the surrounding county (Collin County) records that median household income runs about $121,600, 56% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Collin County runs 338 public schools (combined enrollment of about 227,575 students), of which DAVIS EL is one.
RUTH CHERRY EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, DAVIS EL comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 45.9%.
The school occupies a small-town site.
Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 11%: 553 students in 2018 compared to 616 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 53% to 40%. Class-load math has loosened: from 14.0:1 in 2018 to 15.0:1 in 2025.
In the discussion threads here, members of the DAVIS EL community share and discuss classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.
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 H SHigh · 2,834 students
- OUIDA BALEY MIDDLEMiddle · 1,224 students
- BOBBY SUMMERS MIDDLEMiddle · 1,066 students
- MISS MAY VERNON ELElementary · 790 students
- RUTH CHERRY ELElementary · 772 students
- W R (BILL) FORT ELElementary · 762 students
Other schools in ROYSE CITY
- ROYSE CITY H SHigh · 2,834 students
- OUIDA BALEY MIDDLEMiddle · 1,224 students
- RUTH CHERRY ELElementary · 772 students
- W R (BILL) FORT ELElementary · 762 students
- JOHN & BARBARA RODERICK ELElementary · 663 students
- HARRY HERNDON ELElementary · 550 students
Nearby schools
- RUTH CHERRY EL0.3 mi · 772
- GLENDA ARNOLD EARLY CHILDHOOD LEARNING CENTER0.3 mi · 393
- OUIDA BALEY MIDDLE0.3 mi · 1,224
- EDUCATION CENTER INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY 31.5 mi · 136
- W R (BILL) FORT EL1.8 mi · 762
- ROYSE CITY H S2.1 mi · 2,834
Frequently asked questions
About DAVIS ELHow many students attend DAVIS EL?
DAVIS EL enrolls approximately 616 students in grades PK-05.
Is DAVIS EL an elementary, middle, or high school?
DAVIS EL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at DAVIS EL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at DAVIS EL is approximately 15.0:1 (41 FTE teachers).
How diverse is DAVIS EL?
DAVIS EL reports a student body of 40% White, 42% Hispanic, 14% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees DAVIS EL?
DAVIS EL 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.