KENNETH DAVIS EL

KENNETH DAVIS EL operates as a compact elementary school in ARLINGTON, Texas, one of the schools within MANSFIELD ISD. Current enrollment sits at 335 students spanning grades K through 4. Enrollment runs roughly 35% leaner than the state mean of about 519.

Within MANSFIELD ISD, which oversees 47 schools and 35,354 students, KENNETH DAVIS EL is one campus in the system.

On demographics, KENNETH DAVIS EL lists that 44% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder comes out to 28% Hispanic, 16% White, 6% multiracial, 6% Asian. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 18%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, KENNETH DAVIS EL has 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting KENNETH DAVIS EL tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 73% of students at KENNETH DAVIS EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Tarrant County (around 63%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), KENNETH DAVIS EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 41.8%, the actual is 42.5%, a residual of +0.7 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Tarrant County) shows that median household earnings sit near $84,207, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. KENNETH DAVIS EL is one of 639 public schools in Tarrant County (combined enrollment of about 385,835 students).

Nearest neighbor: GREAT HEARTS ARLINGTON, around 0.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts KENNETH DAVIS EL at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 44.2%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at KENNETH DAVIS EL has fell 32%, going from 492 students in 2018 to 335 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 26% to 16% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 13.8:1 in 2018 to 10.8:1 in 2025.

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