1
Enrollment
790
Elementary
DISTRICT 614 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROYSE CITY ISD·NCES 483822011545
Miss May Vernon Elementary School
100 MISS MAY DR, FATE, TX 75132 · (972) 635-5006 · Rockwall County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL790 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.1:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
275 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 | 6 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 127 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 109 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 130 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 143 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 135 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 140 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (127) is 9% smaller than its 5th grade class (140).
Student demographics
68%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
59.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +14.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
47.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -8.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 47 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 14 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 8 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 28.0% | 31.0% | 22.0% | 19.0% |
| Mathematics | 25.0% | 22.0% | 28.0% | 25.0% |
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 | 59.0% | 47.0% |
| 2024-25 | 61.0% | 59.0% |
| 2023-24 | 61.0% | 65.0% |
| 2022-23 | 58.0% | 66.0% |
| 2021-22 | 61.0% | 48.0% |
| 2020-21 | 45.0% | 55.0% |
% 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
58.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 Miss May Vernon Elementary School
Miss May Vernon Elementary School's state test result (58.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miss May Vernon Elementary School this school | 790 | 34.8% | 58.5% |
| W R (bill) Fort Elementary School ROYSE CITY | 762 | 36.2% | 46.7% |
| J C Thompson Elementary School HASLET | 726 | 35.5% | 40.0% |
| Lake Country Elementary School FORT WORTH | 655 | 33.4% | 44.4% |
| Nottingham Country Elementary School KATY | 836 | 34.9% | 69.1% |
| Fletcher Morgan Elementary School FULSHEAR | 817 | 30.2% | 59.3% |
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 Miss May Vernon Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Rockwall County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.5% | #846 of 4,401 | #12 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #2,094 of 4,466 ▼ 1,138 | #18 of 23 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #1,570 of 4,466 ▼ 204 | #15 of 23 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -9.0pp | #411 of 3,998 | #2 of 20 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 790 | #484 of 4,938 | #4 of 23 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.5:1 | #3,587 of 4,622 | #17 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.8% | #734 of 4,628 | #8 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.8% | #4,104 of 4,789 | #9 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +24.8% | #323 of 1,307 | #5 of 7 |
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
790
+147 (+23%) vs 2020
+49% since 2010-11, when it was 531
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
was 14.6:1
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 | 790 | 48 | 16.5:1 | 35% (275) |
| 2023-24 | 765 | 51.5 | 14.9:1 | 36% (279) |
| 2022-23 | 735 | 57 | 12.9:1 | 36% (261) |
| 2020-21 | 643 | 44 | 14.6:1 | 36% (231) |
| 2017-18 | 633 | 44.5 | 14.2:1 | 29% (185) |
| 2015-16 | 514 | 39 | 13.2:1 | 34% (174) |
| 2010-11 | 531 | 37 | 14.3:1 | 37% (198) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Miss May Vernon Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 25% (633 to 790); teachers up 8% (44.5 to 48).
About Miss May Vernon Elementary School
Miss May Vernon Elementary School is a public elementary school in FATE, Texas. A federal count lists 790 students at the school, in pre-K through 5. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Texas) has about 519 students.
A total of 11 schools make up ROYSE CITY ISD, with 10,034 students enrolled.
The most common group at Miss May Vernon Elementary School is White students, at 47%. Other groups include 26% Hispanic, 17% Black, 5% multiracial, and 3% Asian. The county population is about 68% White. Miss May Vernon Elementary School's diversity index is 68%, against a US figure of 70%.
Miss May Vernon Elementary School counts 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 16.5 students for each one. This ratio sits 1.4 above the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. About 35% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits.
A school with Miss May Vernon Elementary School's lunch-eligibility share in Texas is predicted to score 58.8%. Miss May Vernon Elementary School scores 58.5%, within a point of that line.
In Rockwall County (population about 123,617), the median household income is $127,981, roughly 45% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 3%. There are 34 public schools in Rockwall County, enrolling about 24,104 students in all.
The nearest public school is Bobby Summers Middle School, at about 0.4 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 48.5% proficiency; Miss May Vernon Elementary School posts 58.5%.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 147 more students in 2024-25. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (16.5:1) than in 2020-21 (14.6:1).
Threads on this page can be about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Rockwall County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
123,617
Census ACS
Median income
$127,981
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
45%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
34
24,104 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
- Ruth Cherry Elementary SchoolElementary · 772 students
- W R (bill) Fort Elementary SchoolElementary · 762 students
- Davis Elementary SchoolElementary · 616 students
Other schools in FATE
- Bobby Summers Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,066 students
- Lupe Garcia Elementary SchoolElementary · 864 students
- Billie Stevenson Elementary SchoolElementary · 805 students
- Pioneer Technology (ptaa) FateHigh · 344 students
- New Middle SchoolElementary
Nearby schools
- Bobby Summers Middle School0.4 mi · 1,066
- Billie Stevenson Elementary School0.8 mi · 805
- Pioneer Technology (ptaa) Fate1.3 mi · 344
- Harry Herndon Elementary School1.8 mi · 550
- Lupe Garcia Elementary School2.4 mi · 864
- Anita Scott Elementary School2.5 mi · 548
Frequently asked questions
About Miss May Vernon Elementary SchoolHow large is Miss May Vernon Elementary School?
Miss May Vernon Elementary School enrolls approximately 790 students in grades PK-05.
Is Miss May Vernon Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Miss May Vernon Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Miss May Vernon Elementary School?
Approximately 16.5:1 students per teacher at Miss May Vernon Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Miss May Vernon Elementary School?
At Miss May Vernon Elementary School, the student body is approximately 47% White, 26% Hispanic, 17% Black, 3% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Miss May Vernon Elementary School public or private?
Miss May Vernon Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by ROYSE CITY ISD.
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