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W R (Bill) Fort Elem

Rockwall County · Region 10: Richardson · 674 students

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Current score
78/1002025-26
Change
−10 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
−8.3 ptsvs 86.3 average · 1,143 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
976 of 1,143tied with 18 others
C78

At a glance

Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving down; under the rules in force back then it scored 85 in 2021-22. The current score is below the 86.3 average for 1,143 rated schools serving a similar economic context.

Evidence worth noticing

Strengths and momentum

Current strength

Chronically absent lower than the similar-context average

9% −2.6 pts vs 11.6%

  • 9% is 2.6 percentage points lower than the 11.6% average among 1,110 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
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Selected positive signals, not a summary of performance. The same rules choose them on every page: only the latest one-year gain, results meaningfully better than the currently selected comparison with broad reporting, and distinctive top-three placements. Demographics, staffing and spending cannot become academic “wins.” The overall rating and the full results below remain the complete picture for this school.

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W R (Bill) Fort Elem is rated C by TEA, scoring 78 out of 100 for 2025-26 — below the 86.3 average for 1,143 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is down 10 points since 2021-22.

Ranks 976th of 1,143 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 18 others).

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  1. Overview
  2. 5 years of ratings
  3. Where the score comes from
  4. Student outcomes
  5. Who this school serves
  6. Student counts behind the percentages
  7. Enrollment over time
  8. Discipline and removal from class
  9. Spending per student
  10. Teachers and actual class size
  11. Where this school ranks best
  12. Where this comes from

5 years of ratings

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Compare against
908070 Similar economic-disadvantage rateTexas averageW R (Bill) Fort Elem 8884758078 2021-222022-232023-242024-252025-26

2021-22 is shown under the refreshed methodology TEA adopted in 2023, so it is comparable with later years. Under the original scoring it was rated B with 85 that year.

Comparison lines follow the current rated cohort backward through time. The table gives the number in that fixed cohort that reported a score each year; it can be smaller than cohort membership.

View the yearly scores and comparisons
Rating history with comparisons
YearRatingScoreSelected comparisonSimilar economic-disadvantage rateStateTexas average
2025-26C7886.3 1,143 reporting81.3 7,646 reporting
2024-25B8086.2 1,119 reporting81.2 7,554 reporting
2023-24C7584.8 1,103 reporting78.9 7,466 reporting
2022-23B8485.1 1,090 reporting79.1 7,377 reporting
2021-22B8886.6 1,074 reporting83.7 7,283 reporting

Where the score comes from

Texas builds the overall rating from the better of Student Achievement and School Progress, weighted 70%, plus Closing the Gaps at 30%. School Progress is itself the better of Academic Growth and Relative Performance. The 60, 70, 80 and 90 rules mark the letter-grade thresholds.

  • Student Achievement78 C−8.9 vs similar economic context · 1,116 reporting
  • School Progress76 C−7.6 vs similar economic context · 1,113 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps78 C−5.7 vs similar economic context · 1,104 reporting
  • Academic Growth76 C−3.4 vs similar economic context · 1,094 reporting
  • Relative Performance66 D−13.9 vs similar economic context · 1,113 reporting
  • W R (Bill) Fort Elem
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (1,143 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement78C2
School Progress76C4
Closing the Gaps78C2
Academic Growth76C4
Relative Performance66D4

Closest to moving up: Student Achievement, 2 points below B in that domain — the nearest of the measures that count toward the overall rating.

TEA does not add the domains up. The overall score is the better of Student Achievement and School Progress at 70%, plus Closing the Gaps at 30%. For this school that better measure is Student Achievement (78), so School Progress (76) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 78.

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

All Subjects

  • Approaches grade level78%−5 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,116 reporting
  • Meets grade level51%−11 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,116 reporting
  • Masters grade level23%−7 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,116 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level77%−8 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,115 reporting
  • Meets grade level51%−15 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,115 reporting
  • Masters grade level22%−9 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,115 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level80%−1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,112 reporting
  • Meets grade level53%−3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,112 reporting
  • Masters grade level24%−1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,112 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level72%−12 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,025 reporting
  • Meets grade level40%−21 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,025 reporting
  • Masters grade level23%−10 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,025 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (1,143 in cohort)

Percentage of tests at or above each level. Masters is a subset of Meets, which is a subset of Approaches. The selected-comparison tick on each bar marks the average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate — a comparison TEA does not publish.

Counts in the comparison controls describe full cohort membership, not the denominator of every average. Each average uses only schools for which TEA reported that measure; metric-specific reporting counts are shown on the STAAR, graduation and CCMR rows and may vary.

Who this school serves

Placed after the results deliberately: this is context for reading them, not an explanation of them.

Students
674
Economically disadvantaged
33.8%−1.1 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
19.2%+8.7 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
20.2%+2.5 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
95.5%+0.4 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
9.0%−2.6 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

W R (Bill) Fort Elem

African American: 18.5%Hispanic: 31.5%White: 41.8%American Indian: 0.4%Asian: 2.8%Pacific Islander: 0.3%Two or More Races: 4.6%
  • African American 18.5%
  • Hispanic 31.5%
  • White 41.8%
  • American Indian 0.4%
  • Asian 2.8%
  • Pacific Islander 0.3%
  • Two or More Races 4.6%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,143 reporting for every category shown · 1,143 in full cohort

African American: 9%Hispanic: 31.7%White: 47.8%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 6.3%Pacific Islander: 0.1%Two or More Races: 4.7%
  • African American 9%
  • Hispanic 31.7%
  • White 47.8%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Asian 6.3%
  • Pacific Islander 0.1%
  • Two or More Races 4.7%

Student counts behind the percentages

Context only. These counts are not rankings, comparisons, or judgments about school quality.

Students in this TEA accountability summary
672
Economically disadvantaged students
227
Emergent bilingual students
129
Special education students
136

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
65
Students in TEA mobility denominator
664
TEA-published mobility rate
9.8%

The mobility count and rate use TEA’s separate 2024–25 campus denominator shown above, not current enrollment. This site does not recalculate a missing rate.

The first figure is TEA’s student count for this accountability summary. It is a separate publication from the fall PEIMS enrollment shown above and can differ; this site does not substitute one for the other. Counts come from TEA’s 2025-26 accountability summary, fetched 29 August 2026. A reported zero is shown as 0. Small-number and complementary masks, unavailable values, and blank not-reported fields stay separate and are never estimated. TEA masking definitions.

Enrollment over time

TEA-reported student enrollment for each available school year. Enrollment growth or decline is not a measure of school quality.

TEA reported 674 students in 2025–26, a decrease of 88 (11.5%) from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
674

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
−88

Decrease · −11.5%

Change since 2021–22
−37

Decrease · −5.2%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
674
Selected comparison
763.6

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,121 rated schools reporting

Student enrollment by school year for W R (Bill) Fort Elem
School yearStudents enrolledW R (Bill) Fort ElemChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 711 First available year 774.6
2022–23 614 Decrease of 97 (13.6%) 776.6
2023–24 746 Increase of 132 (21.5%) 775.2
2024–25 762 Increase of 16 (2.1%) 771.1
2025–26 674 Decrease of 88 (11.5%) 763.6

The selected comparison column is the average enrollment among reporting schools in that group. It changes with the comparison control; this school's own counts do not.

Source: TEA PEIMS Student Program and Special Populations Reports, fetched 24 August 2026. TEA reports these counts from its fall student snapshot; changes compare adjacent reported school years.

These counts show how enrollment changed, not why. Attendance-zone changes, school openings or closures, grade reconfigurations, transfers and population shifts can affect the total.

Discipline and removal from class

TEA’s annual student and action counts, kept separate and divided only by the matching full-year enrollment. These figures describe removals from instruction, not a simple safe-or-unsafe score.

Students in TEA’s all-discipline count
40

5.1% of cumulative year-end enrollment

Disciplinary actions
76

9.69 per 100 students

Cumulative year-end enrollment
784

2024–25

Share of students · 2024–25

This school
5.1%
Selected comparison
9.7%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 876 rated schools reporting

−4.6 pts vs similar economic context

Actions per 100 students · 2024–25

This school
9.69
Selected comparison
20.5

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 955 rated schools reporting

−10.8 vs similar economic context
TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for W R (Bill) Fort Elem
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21 645 11 1.7% 22 3.41 7.9% 14.5
2021–22 794 21 2.6% 50 6.30 10.0% 20.7
2022–23 688 28 4.1% 61 8.87 10.3% 21.8
2023–24 807 22 2.7% 39 4.83 10.1% 22
2024–25 784 40 5.1% 76 9.69 9.7% 20.5
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for W R (Bill) Fort Elem in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline 40 5.1% 76 9.69 9.7% 20.5
In-school suspensions 39 5.0% 75 9.57 8.7% 15.8
Out-of-school suspensions Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
DAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Mandatory DAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Discretionary DAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
JJAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Mandatory JJAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Discretionary JJAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Expulsions Not reported — Not reported — — —
Mandatory expulsions Not reported — Not reported — — —
Discretionary expulsions Not reported — Not reported — — —

Selected comparisons use rates, not raw counts, so differently sized schools can be read on the same basis. Each average uses only group members for which TEA reported that rate; this school's own counts and rates remain fixed.

Students, actions and incidents are different units. One student can receive multiple actions. The categories overlap, so they must not be added together. Rates use TEA's matching cumulative year-end enrollment, not the October enrollment shown elsewhere on this page.

Source: TEA Discipline Reports, fetched 24 August 2026. Suppressed values stay unavailable rather than being estimated. Use 2020–21 cautiously because remote instruction during the pandemic changed students' exposure to in-person discipline. TEA consolidated its separate action-group reports into this product in 2024–25; this trend uses only the stable “All discipline” heading.

Spending per student

The campus and its parent district stay fixed while the selected same-sector txschools.net comparison changes with the page-wide control. TEA's own peer group and statewide reference remain visible as separately published, fixed TEA references.

$6k$23k$39k20182020202220242025
  • W R (Bill) Fort Elem
  • Parent district: Royse City ISD
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$8,154
Selected comparison
$11,866

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,119 rated schools reporting

−$3,712 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $8,154 per student for this campus, $37,302 per student for its parent district, Royse City ISD, $18,972 per student for the Texas average.

Not reported in this TEA campus finance record: TEA peer group.

View yearly spending figures
Spending per student by year
YearW R (Bill) Fort ElemParent district: Royse City ISDTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2018$6,805$11,015$13,054$7,664 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,019 rated schools reporting
2019$7,896$16,048$13,108$7,773 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,033 rated schools reporting
2020$7,537$15,556$14,058$8,118 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,041 rated schools reporting
2021$7,125$11,759$14,797$8,569 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,053 rated schools reporting
2022$8,719$20,966$15,708$9,827 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,073 rated schools reporting
2023$10,391$24,225$16,792$10,403 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,091 rated schools reporting
2024$8,592$29,374$18,125$11,438 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,103 rated schools reporting
2025$8,154$37,302$18,972$11,866 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,119 rated schools reporting

The selected-comparison reporting count is year-specific and can vary across the table. Dollar amounts are shown as TEA published them and are not adjusted for inflation.

Teachers and actual class size

Average salary
$66,390−$1,559 vs similar economic context
Teachers
48−2.5 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
14.2−0.2 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

W R (Bill) Fort Elem

Beginning: 2.1%1 to 5 years: 26.3%6 to 10 years: 21.1%11 to 20 years: 37.9%21 to 30 years: 10.5%Over 30 years: 2.1%
  • Beginning 2.1%
  • 1 to 5 years 26.3%
  • 6 to 10 years 21.1%
  • 11 to 20 years 37.9%
  • 21 to 30 years 10.5%
  • Over 30 years 2.1%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,143 reporting for every category shown · 1,143 in full cohort

Beginning: 5%1 to 5 years: 22.6%6 to 10 years: 19.6%11 to 20 years: 31.9%21 to 30 years: 17.3%Over 30 years: 3.4%
  • Beginning 5%
  • 1 to 5 years 22.6%
  • 6 to 10 years 19.6%
  • 11 to 20 years 31.9%
  • 21 to 30 years 17.3%
  • Over 30 years 3.4%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for W R (Bill) Fort Elem in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classW R (Bill) Fort Elem · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Kindergarten16.718.5
Grade 12019
Grade 220.819.4
Grade 319.720.1
Grade 418.519.7
Grade 522.321.2

These are TEA's actual class-size averages for the grade or subject shown, not the student-to-teacher ratio. TEA reported 6 of 12 categories for this campus; the categories are not combined into a made-up campus-wide average. Each selected comparison average uses only schools reporting that same grade or subject.

Source: TEA Texas Academic Performance Reports, fetched 24 August 2026.

Where this school ranks best

Out of 105 rankings computed across every published metric and every available comparison group, these are all the measures that meet this site’s distinctive-placement threshold. The list does not change when you change Compare against. Each measure appears once, using its strongest placement. Press Copy for a citable sentence.

#4–10 rankings

Fourth- through tenth-place results

1 measure

  • 10of 31

    Chronically absent (lowest is best)

    Rockwall County · of the 31 that report this measure

These are selected high placements, not a summary. Every figure above this section is the full picture, including where this school ranks poorly. Each measure appears once here, using its strongest qualifying placement across all available comparison groups. Very large ties are left out because they do not distinguish this school; any tie that does appear is labeled. Every ranking this site publishes, including the ones no school would put in a press release.

Where this comes from

The Texas Education Agency publishes the underlying accountability reports and data downloads. Ratings, outcomes, demographics, staffing and finance on this page come from TEA data available through txschools.gov, fetched 15 August 2026. TEA’s Reports and Data Portal links the official bulk files. Enrollment history comes from TEA's PEIMS Student Program and Special Populations reports, fetched 24 August 2026. The student-count context comes from TEA’s bulk accountability summary, fetched 29 August 2026; TEA’s masking definitions explain withheld values. The dated notice, staffing, discipline, transfer, community and postsecondary sections cite their separate TEA, Census or THECB publication in place. Every archived source carries checksums so each number stays traceable to the bytes the public agency served.

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Single-file records are pre-built for district-level records only, so there is no per-campus CSV to link here. Producing both formats for every entity would consume most of the 20,000-asset deployment limit before pages and shared data are counted. This campus is a row in the bulk files on the download page, keyed by its TEA id 199902105.