School district · Texas
Mesquite ISD
Mesquite ISD in Texas: 51 public schools with 37,930 students and 13.7 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $13,064 per student in FY2024.
- Schools
- 51
- Students
- 37,930
- Students per teacher
- 13.7
- TX 14.9 · US 15.1
- Spending per student
- $13,064
- TX $12.7K · US $17.6K
Staff
Full-time equivalents reported by the district. Ratios are students per staff member: lower means more staff for each student, not better results.
- Teachers (FTE)
- 2,778
- Counselors (FTE)
- 122
- Students per counselor
- 311
- TX 387 · US 357
- Psychologists (FTE)
- 5.0
- Librarians (FTE): 48.1
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Texas's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Texas: 54%43%proficient
+1.0 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 70% of school districts in Texas
Median 51% · 1,182 school districts compared
14,980 students tested, grades 3–8 · STAAR - English; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Texas: 42%36%proficient
−0.8 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 56% of school districts in Texas
Median 38% · 1,182 school districts compared
14,076 students tested, grades 3–8 · STAAR - English; proficient means Levels 3-4
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Money
Current spending pays for staff, services and supplies; buildings and debt are counted apart. It follows local costs and needs (special education, long bus routes), so it is a comparison, not a grade.
- Federal
- 15% · $87.3M
- State
- 57% · $333.8M
- Local
- 28% · $162.1M
Per student (FY2024)
- Instruction
- $7,826
- Support services
- $4,621
- Buildings and equipment (capital outlay)
- $78.9M
- Long-term debt
- $684.8M
Schools
Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Achziger ElFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 545 | 12.3 | 52% | 36% |
Austin ElFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 306 | 14.1 | 55% | 50% |
Beasley ElFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 319 | 12.8 | 48% | 29% |
Black ElFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 587 | 15.1 | 45% | 41% |
Cannaday ElFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 616 | 14.4 | 39% | 31% |
Cross ElFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 803 | 16.3 | 53% | 43% |
Dr Linda Henrie ElFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 891 | 15.2 | 50% | 49% |
Florence ElFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 509 | 10.9 | 43% | 37% |
Floyd ElFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 552 | 14.7 | 39% | 38% |
Galloway ElFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 439 | 12.7 | 45% | 36% |
Gentry ElFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 607 | 14.4 | 43% | 41% |
Gray ElFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 409 | 13.5 | 42% | 36% |
Hanby ElFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 768 | 15.9 | 44% | 46% |
Hodges ElFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 570 | 14.3 | 36% | 31% |
Kimball ElFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 208 | 10.1 | 56% | 43% |
Lawrence ElFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 284 | 12.6 | 59% | 46% |
Mackey ElFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 478 | 14.6 | 36% | 26% |
Mckenzie ElFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 406 | 15.0 | 54% | 48% |
Mcwhorter ElFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 501 | 12.8 | 42% | 43% |
Moss ElFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 337 | 12.2 | 41% | 33% |
Motley ElFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 244 | 11.2 | 67% | 60% |
Pirrung ElFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 407 | 13.3 | 29% | 28% |
Porter ElFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 445 | 12.8 | 57% | 45% |
Price ElFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 299 | 11.5 | 49% | 30% |
Range ElFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 587 | 13.0 | 46% | 40% |
Rugel ElFree meals for all | K–5 | 273 | 12.3 | 39% | 38% |
Rutherford ElFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 803 | 15.7 | 53% | 42% |
Seabourn ElFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 573 | 13.9 | 54% | 61% |
Shands ElFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 567 | 13.1 | 46% | 36% |
Shaw ElFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 483 | 13.8 | 53% | 43% |
Smith ElFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 533 | 14.1 | 45% | 34% |
Thompson ElFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 540 | 14.5 | 29% | 19% |
Tisinger ElFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 739 | 16.3 | 42% | 33% |
Tosch ElFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 625 | 13.8 | 50% | 52% |
Agnew MiddleFree meals for all | 6–8 | 1,070 | 14.6 | 44% | 35% |
Berry MiddleFree meals for all | 6–8 | 599 | 13.7 | 42% | 32% |
Dr Don Woolley MiddleFree meals for all | 6–8 | 1,037 | 16.2 | 38% | 26% |
Kimbrough MiddleFree meals for all | 6–8 | 1,115 | 15.1 | 48% | 42% |
Lanny Frasier MiddleFree meals for all | 6–8 | 959 | 14.2 | 45% | 35% |
Mcdonald MiddleFree meals for all | 6–8 | 787 | 14.4 | 34% | 38% |
New MiddleFree meals for all | 6–8 | 670 | 12.3 | 40% | 32% |
Terry MiddleFree meals for all | 6–8 | 780 | 14.1 | 40% | 33% |
Vanston MiddleFree meals for all | 6–8 | 728 | 12.1 | 39% | 32% |
Wilkinson MiddleFree meals for all | 6–8 | 655 | 12.4 | 42% | 25% |
Horn H SFree meals for all | 9–12 | 2,757 | 13.7 | — | — |
Mesquite H SFree meals for all | 9–12 | 2,294 | 13.6 | — | — |
North Mesquite H SFree meals for all | 9–12 | 2,099 | 13.9 | — | — |
Pass Learning CtrAlternative | 11 | 2 | — | — | — |
Poteet H SFree meals for all | 9–12 | 1,523 | 13.8 | — | — |
Vroonland - Vanguard H SFree meals for all | 9–12 | 1,605 | 16.5 | — | — |
West Mesquite H SFree meals for all | 9–12 | 1,997 | 13.8 | — | — |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Address
- 3819 Towne Crossing Blvd, Mesquite, TX 75150
- Phone
- (972)288-6411
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- Annual Survey of School System Finances (U.S. Census Bureau), FY2024. U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.