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Enrollment
669
Elementary
DISTRICT 539 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ARLINGTON ISD·NCES 480870000263
South Davis Elementary School
2001 S DAVIS DR, ARLINGTON, TX 76013 · (682) 867-3800 · Tarrant County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL669 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 14% of Texas public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
606 students
DISTRICT 78% · 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 | 70 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 94 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 98 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 87 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 84 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 89 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 74 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 73 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (94) is 29% larger than its 6th grade class (73).
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
36.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +19.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
32.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +16.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 32 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 19 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 16 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 15.0% | 21.0% | 20.0% | 44.0% |
| Mathematics | 14.0% | 18.0% | 23.0% | 45.0% |
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 | 36.0% | 32.0% |
| 2024-25 | 33.0% | 33.0% |
| 2023-24 | 23.0% | 26.0% |
| 2022-23 | 23.0% | 28.0% |
| 2021-22 | 20.0% | 23.0% |
| 2020-21 | 17.0% | 16.0% |
% 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
26.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 South Davis Elementary School
South Davis Elementary School's state test result (26.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Davis Elementary School this school | 669 | 90.6% | 26.4% |
| Webb Elementary School ARLINGTON | 608 | 92.8% | 25.5% |
| Hanby Elementary School MESQUITE | 768 | 90.6% | 41.0% |
| Carver Elementary School GREENVILLE | 612 | 93.0% | 27.8% |
| Houston Elementary School PORT ARTHUR | 689 | 88.7% | 45.0% |
| Bellaire Elementary School HURST | 672 | 86.9% | 44.8% |
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 South Davis Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Tarrant County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.4% | #3,965 of 4,401 | #273 of 330 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #3,725 of 4,466 ▼ 292 | #265 of 339 ▼ 22 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #3,974 of 4,466 ▲ 23 | #289 of 339 ▼ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.5pp | #1,636 of 3,998 | #118 of 320 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 669 | #1,128 of 4,938 | #52 of 353 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.5:1 | #1,976 of 4,622 | #150 of 348 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.4% | #2,883 of 4,628 | #284 of 348 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.6% | #1,003 of 4,789 | #82 of 341 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.0% | #2,777 of 2,838 | #234 of 242 |
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
669
+102 (+18%) vs 2020
+9% since 1990-91, when it was 615
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
was 12.9:1
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 | 669 | 46.2 | 14.5:1 | 91% (606) |
| 2023-24 | 686 | 45.4 | 15.1:1 | 92% (630) |
| 2022-23 | 648 | 44.6 | 14.5:1 | 91% (589) |
| 2020-21 | 567 | 44 | 12.9:1 | 91% (517) |
| 2017-18 | 676 | 44.4 | 15.2:1 | 88% (593) |
| 2015-16 | 648 | 44 | 14.7:1 | 91% (587) |
| 2010-11 | 660 | 36 | 18.3:1 | 92% (605) |
| 2000-01 | 632 | 43 | 14.7:1 | 74% (467) |
| 1990-91 | 615 | 31 | 19.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for South Davis Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (676 to 669); teachers up 4% (44.4 to 46.2).
About South Davis Elementary School
South Davis Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in ARLINGTON, Texas. The school covers pre-K through 6 and reported 669 students in 2024-25. Across elementary schools in Texas, the average enrollment is about 519.
South Davis Elementary School reports to ARLINGTON ISD, which has 75 schools and 53,394 students.
Hispanic students are 73% of those enrolled at South Davis Elementary School. The remaining shares are 17% Black and 8% White. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Tarrant County's population at about 30%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 43, compared with 70 nationally.
Based on 46.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, South Davis Elementary School has a ratio of 14.5:1. That is in line with the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 91%. That rate is above the 63% average among public schools in Tarrant County.
South Davis Elementary School holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 14% of Texas public elementary schools.
A school with South Davis Elementary School's lunch-eligibility share in Texas is predicted to score 35.0%. South Davis Elementary School scores 26.4%, 8.6 points below that line.
In the surrounding county, Tarrant County, the median household earns about $84,207 a year, roughly 35% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. Tarrant County has 639 public schools with about 385,835 students, including South Davis Elementary School.
South Davis Elementary School's closest public school neighbor is Newman International Academy of Arlington, about 0.5 miles away. The five-mile area around South Davis Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 36.1% on proficiency, and South Davis Elementary School is below that at 26.4%.
NCES describes the area around South Davis Elementary School as City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school grew from 567 students in 2020-21 to 669 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 12.9:1 to 14.5:1.
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Tarrant County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,167,390
Census ACS
Median income
$84,207
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
639
385,835 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ARLINGTON ISD
- Martin High SchoolHigh · 3,535 students
- Sam Houston High SchoolHigh · 3,208 students
- Arlington High SchoolHigh · 2,580 students
- Lamar High SchoolHigh · 2,457 students
- Bowie High SchoolHigh · 2,140 students
- Seguin High SchoolHigh · 1,554 students
Other schools in ARLINGTON
- Martin High SchoolHigh · 3,535 students
- Sam Houston High SchoolHigh · 3,208 students
- Arlington High SchoolHigh · 2,580 students
- Lamar High SchoolHigh · 2,457 students
- Bowie High SchoolHigh · 2,140 students
- Mansfield Timberview High SchoolHigh · 1,788 students
Other South Davis Elementary schools
One other US public school is named South Davis Elementary. South Davis Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
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Nearby schools
- Newman International Academy of Arlington0.5 mi · 663
- Arlington High School0.7 mi · 2,580
- Swift Elementary School1.0 mi · 517
- Hill Elementary School1.1 mi · 557
- Gunn Junior High School1.2 mi · 879
- Blanton Elementary School1.4 mi · 456
Frequently asked questions
About South Davis Elementary SchoolHow many students attend South Davis Elementary School?
South Davis Elementary School enrolls approximately 669 students in grades PK-06.
Is South Davis Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
South Davis Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many teachers does South Davis Elementary School have?
South Davis Elementary School employs 46 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.5:1.
What is the student diversity at South Davis Elementary School?
Student demographics at South Davis Elementary School are roughly 8% White, 73% Hispanic, 17% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is South Davis Elementary School in?
South Davis Elementary School is part of ARLINGTON ISD.
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