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Enrollment
762
Elementary
DISTRICT 614 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROYSE CITY ISD·NCES 483822011002
W R (bill) Fort Elementary School
2801 FM 35, ROYSE CITY, TX 75189 · (972) 636-3304 · Rockwall County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL762 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 35% of Texas public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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
15.3:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.1:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
36%
276 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 | 2 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 128 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 117 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 141 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 131 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 118 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 125 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (128) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (125).
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
51.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +20.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
53.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +15.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 53 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 20 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 15 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 22.0% | 29.0% | 26.0% | 23.0% |
| Mathematics | 24.0% | 29.0% | 27.0% | 20.0% |
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 | 51.0% | 53.0% |
| 2024-25 | 50.0% | 51.0% |
| 2023-24 | 50.0% | 54.0% |
| 2022-23 | 41.0% | 61.0% |
| 2021-22 | 40.0% | 49.0% |
| 2020-21 | 31.0% | 38.0% |
% 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
46.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.2%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 W R (bill) Fort Elementary School
W R (bill) Fort Elementary School's state test result (46.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| W R (bill) Fort Elementary School this school | 762 | 36.2% | 46.7% |
| Miss May Vernon Elementary School FATE | 790 | 34.8% | 58.5% |
| J C Thompson Elementary School HASLET | 726 | 35.5% | 40.0% |
| Lake Country Elementary School FORT WORTH | 655 | 33.4% | 44.4% |
| Judy Hajek Elementary School BURLESON | 628 | 37.3% | 54.7% |
| Theiss Elementary School KLEIN | 637 | 35.0% | 55.2% |
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 W R (bill) Fort Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Rockwall County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.7% | #1,772 of 4,401 | #18 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #1,538 of 4,466 ▲ 21 | #15 of 23 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #2,440 of 4,466 ▲ 57 | #21 of 23 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.0pp | #2,725 of 3,998 | #14 of 20 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 762 | #592 of 4,938 | #5 of 23 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #2,715 of 4,622 | #10 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.3% | #682 of 4,628 | #7 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 36.2% | #4,066 of 4,789 | #8 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +37.5% | #184 of 1,307 | #2 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
762
+161 (+27%) vs 2020
+42% since 2010-11, when it was 535
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 13.1:1
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 | 762 | 49.8 | 15.3:1 | 36% (276) |
| 2023-24 | 746 | 49.4 | 15.1:1 | 37% (276) |
| 2022-23 | 614 | 46 | 13.3:1 | 36% (218) |
| 2020-21 | 601 | 46 | 13.1:1 | 38% (226) |
| 2017-18 | 554 | 40.3 | 13.8:1 | 34% (188) |
| 2015-16 | 548 | 41 | 13.4:1 | 36% (199) |
| 2010-11 | 535 | 43 | 12.4:1 | 38% (201) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for W R (bill) Fort Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 38% (554 to 762); teachers up 24% (40.3 to 49.8).
About W R (bill) Fort Elementary School
Federal records list W R (bill) Fort Elementary School as an elementary school in ROYSE CITY, Texas. In all, 762 students attend the school in pre-K through 5. That is 47% above the average of about 519 students for elementary schools in Texas.
ROYSE CITY ISD is made up of 11 schools with 10,034 students in all.
White students make up 44% of enrollment at W R (bill) Fort Elementary School, the largest share of any group. The remaining shares are 29% Hispanic, 18% Black, 4% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Census estimates put the White share of Rockwall County's population at about 68%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 68%.
There are 49.8 full-time-equivalent teachers at W R (bill) Fort Elementary School, giving a ratio of 15.3:1. It is about the same as the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. By family income, 36% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among Texas public elementary schools, W R (bill) Fort Elementary School outscored 35%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, W R (bill) Fort Elementary School falls in the middle 80% of Texas schools: 46.7% actual against 58.2% predicted.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Rockwall County show that the median household earns about $127,981 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 45%, and roughly 3% of residents are in poverty. Across Rockwall County, 34 public schools serve about 24,104 students.
The closest school to W R (bill) Fort Elementary School is Royse City High School, located about 0.7 miles away. W R (bill) Fort Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools average 44.8% on proficiency, and W R (bill) Fort Elementary School is above that at 46.7%.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Town: Fringe, meaning it is in a town close to an urbanized area.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 762, compared with 601 in 2020-21. Federal data show the ratio rising from 13.1:1 to 15.3:1.
The allk12 page for W R (bill) Fort Elementary School lets the school community talk about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. You can also rate the school on this page.
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
- Miss May Vernon Elementary SchoolElementary · 790 students
- Ruth Cherry Elementary SchoolElementary · 772 students
- Davis Elementary SchoolElementary · 616 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
- John & Barbara Roderick Elementary SchoolElementary · 663 students
- Davis Elementary SchoolElementary · 616 students
- Harry Herndon Elementary SchoolElementary · 550 students
Nearby schools
- Royse City High School0.7 mi · 2,834
- Ouida Baley Middle School1.6 mi · 1,224
- Glenda Arnold Early Childhood Learning Center1.6 mi · 393
- Ruth Cherry Elementary School1.6 mi · 772
- Davis Elementary School1.8 mi · 616
- Pioneer Technology (ptaa) Royse City Elementary School2.3 mi · 194
Frequently asked questions
About W R (bill) Fort Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at W R (bill) Fort Elementary School?
W R (bill) Fort Elementary School enrolls approximately 762 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does W R (bill) Fort Elementary School serve?
W R (bill) Fort Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at W R (bill) Fort Elementary School?
Approximately 15.3:1 students per teacher at W R (bill) Fort Elementary School.
How diverse is W R (bill) Fort Elementary School?
W R (bill) Fort Elementary School reports a student body of 44% White, 29% Hispanic, 18% Black, 3% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is W R (bill) Fort Elementary School public or private?
W R (bill) Fort Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by ROYSE CITY ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.