Photo: Sfosterfate · CC BY 4.0Fate’s public schools outscore 83% of Texas districts
56% of students in Fate’s public schools are proficient in math, above the Texas average (41%). The grade covers the two public school districts serving Fate, from kindergarten through graduation, on state tests and graduation. Each state writes its own tests, so this is the one TownRatings grade compared within Texas, not nationally.
From Texas state tests taken in spring 2022, when 100% of students in the tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s four-year graduation rate, as reported to the U.S. Department of Education.
Fate’s schools, in brief
Against towns with similar incomes
Among the 214 Texas towns with household incomes within a quarter of Fate’s, its schools beat 78%, lower than their 83% against all the state’s districts. The grade ↓
Above the state on both counts
Reading proficiency is 62% and math 56% across both districts in spring 2022, against 51% and 41% statewide; 98% of the class of 2023 graduated in four years, against 90%. Test scores ↓
Spending and class size
Rockwall Independent spends $10,301 per student and Royse City Independent $11,448, against $12,815 across Texas (FY2024). Neither counts toward the grade. Districts ↓
Choice beyond the district
Pioneer Technology (PTAA) Fate is in town. Every school ↓
Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.
What’s behind Fate’s grade
A−: better than 83% of Texas school districts, #66 of 642 Texas towns. Test scores and graduation are both above the Texas average; graduation is the stronger of the two.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Fate, with each school’s own grade.
6th grade in Fate · depends on your address
Bobby Summers Middle
Grades 6–8 · 1,066 students · 14:1 students per teacher
Lupe Garcia El
Grades PK–6 · 864 students · 17:1 students per teacher
Billie Stevenson El
Grades PK–6 · 805 students · 18:1 students per teacher
9th grade in Fate · depends on your address
Rockwall-Heath H S
Grades 9–12 · 3,072 students · 16:1 students per teacher · in Heath
Rockwall H S
Grades 9–12 · 2,949 students · 15:1 students per teacher · in Rockwall
Royse City H S
Grades 9–12 · 2,834 students · 15:1 students per teacher · in Royse City
10th grade in Fate · depends on your address
Rockwall-Heath H S
Grades 9–12 · 3,072 students · 16:1 students per teacher · in Heath
Rockwall H S
Grades 9–12 · 2,949 students · 15:1 students per teacher · in Rockwall
Royse City H S
Grades 9–12 · 2,834 students · 15:1 students per teacher · in Royse City
11th grade in Fate · depends on your address
Rockwall-Heath H S
Grades 9–12 · 3,072 students · 16:1 students per teacher · in Heath
Rockwall H S
Grades 9–12 · 2,949 students · 15:1 students per teacher · in Rockwall
Royse City H S
Grades 9–12 · 2,834 students · 15:1 students per teacher · in Royse City
12th grade in Fate · depends on your address
Rockwall-Heath H S
Grades 9–12 · 3,072 students · 16:1 students per teacher · in Heath
Rockwall H S
Grades 9–12 · 2,949 students · 15:1 students per teacher · in Rockwall
Royse City H S
Grades 9–12 · 2,834 students · 15:1 students per teacher · in Royse City
Fate runs its own schools through grade 12 (Rockwall Independent School District). From grade PK, students attend the Royse City Independent School District, shared with Royse City and Union Valley. Its high school is in Heath. To confirm the school for a specific address, ask the district.
Two districts serve Fate
Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.
Well above the state in reading
Fate vs. its neighbors
Schools grades for the Texas towns that share Fate’s borders.
| Town | Schools | Main districts |
|---|---|---|
| Fate | A− | Rockwall Independent PK–12 · Royse City Independent PK–12 |
| Rockwall | A | Rockwall Independent |
| Royse City | B+ | Royse City Independent |
| Mobile City | — | Rockwall Independent |
2 of the 3 neighbors share Rockwall Independent with Fate for grades PK–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.
Every school in Fate
9 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Texas’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).
Left off: 1 public program with fewer than 25 students (New Middle).
Questions about Fate’s schools
Are Fate’s schools good?
By Texas’s own tests, yes: the public schools Fate children attend outscore 83% of Texas’s school districts on tests and graduation, an A− Schools grade, #66 of 642 Texas towns. Among towns with similar incomes they beat 78%. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023.
What school district is Fate in?
Two districts: Rockwall Independent School District runs grades PK–12, and Royse City Independent School District runs grades PK–12, shared with Royse City and Union Valley.
Where do Fate kids go to high school?
One of 3 high schools, depending on your address: Rockwall-Heath H S, Rockwall H S and Royse City H S.
What is Fate’s graduation rate?
98% of the class of 2023 in Rockwall Independent School District graduated in four years, against 90% across Texas.
How much does Fate spend per student?
$10,301 in Rockwall Independent School District and $11,448 in Royse City Independent School District (FY2024), against $12,815 across Texas. Spending doesn’t count toward the grade.
Parents talk
What Fate families are saying about school.
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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). The School Grade is our own summary, graded within Texas. Stars are from neighbors.