The top reported proficiency rate is 60% in English language arts. The lowest is 46% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Davis El
Davis Elementary sits on FM 1777 in Royse City, a fast-growing suburb roughly 35 miles east of downtown Dallas along the I-30 corridor. The school serves pre-kindergarten through fifth grade within Royse City ISD, a district that has been expanding rapidly to keep pace with one of the more active growth corridors in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Royse City itself retains a small-town feel centered on a historic Main Street and railroad-era downtown, while newer master-planned subdivisions have spread across the surrounding Blackland Prairie. Life here is car-dependent; most families commute toward Dallas-area jobs, and the community has added major retailers and a travel center alongside its residential growth.
The student body at Davis is a medium-sized elementary by Texas standards, with Hispanic and white students each representing close to half the enrollment and together making up nearly all of it. Black students, multi-racial students, and smaller groups make up the rest. Just over half of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, meaning the school serves a genuinely mixed economic population rather than a predominantly affluent or predominantly low-income one. English learner and special education counts were not available in the data provided.
On the Texas STAAR assessment, the picture is mixed and worth examining closely. In third-grade math, roughly a bit more than half of students scored at the proficient-or-above threshold, and in third-grade reading the share was similar. Fourth-grade math proficiency dropped noticeably lower, to well under half, while fourth-grade reading held in a similar range to third grade. Fifth-grade results were reported from a Spanish-language STAAR administration with very small tested groups, so those figures are statistically thin and not a reliable signal of campus-wide performance. Across all tested subjects combined, the school lands below the midpoint among districts in Collin County on the proficiency index used in that comparison set, though it is worth noting that Davis is a school being compared to full districts, which can affect the picture. The share of students reaching the higher "masters" performance level across subjects is modest. Social studies proficiency at the "meets grade level" threshold was the weakest of the tested areas. A parent wanting to understand exactly where their child's grade level sits, and what the school is doing to close gaps particularly in fourth-grade math, would be well served asking the campus directly.
Royse City ISD is in an active period of construction and boundary adjustment. Voters approved a substantial bond program in 2023 to fund a second high school, a third middle school, and additional elementary campuses. That second high school is publicly reported to open in 2027, starting with freshmen and sophomores and growing to a full campus by 2030. State property tax legislation passed after the bond election reduced the district's bonding capacity, and publicly reported accounts indicate some project timelines have been adjusted as a result. Families choosing a home in this part of the district should expect that campus assignments, boundary lines, and school offerings may shift as new campuses come online over the next several years.
Housing near Davis Elementary reflects a market that is moderately priced relative to the broader national picture, with home values sitting a bit above the Texas state benchmark but below the national median. Values have softened slightly over the past year. Rents are also modest relative to national norms, and rent has held nearly flat year over year. Buying still costs meaningfully more per month than renting at current mortgage rates. The area's growth context means new construction is prevalent, with multiple active master-planned communities offering homes from a range of builders.
Davis Elementary serves a community in motion. The campus itself is a regular public school with no charter or magnet designation and no special-purpose program information available in the data. Trend data spans only one year, so there is no trajectory to describe. A parent considering Davis should weigh the school's current STAAR results, particularly the gap between approaches-grade-level rates and the much lower masters rates, alongside the district's genuine institutional momentum in building capacity for a growing population.
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