W R (BILL) FORT EL

W R (BILL) FORT EL is one of the middle-of-the-pack elementary campuss in ROYSE CITY, Texas, part of ROYSE CITY ISD, with 762 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 47% larger than the state mean of about 519.

Across the 11 schools in ROYSE CITY ISD (10,034 students total), W R (BILL) FORT EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, W R (BILL) FORT EL logs that 44% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder breaks down as 29% Hispanic, 18% Black, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 68%.

On the income-and-resources front, W R (BILL) FORT EL records 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 36% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, W R (BILL) FORT EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 58.1%, the actual is 47.7%, a residual of -10.4 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Rockwall County indicate median household earnings sit near $127,981, roughly 45% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 3%. In all, Rockwall County runs 34 public schools (combined enrollment of about 24,104 students), of which W R (BILL) FORT EL is one.

Nearest neighbor: ROYSE CITY H S, around 0.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts W R (BILL) FORT EL at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 45.7%.

W R (BILL) FORT EL operates from a small-town location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 38%: 554 students in 2018 compared to 762 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment expanded from 4% to 18% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 13.8:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 today.

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