Elementary · Texas

Shands El

Free meals for all

Shands El, a public elementary school in Mesquite, Texas: grades pre-k–5, 567 students, 13.1 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Mesquite ISD.

Size and class size

Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students: 567
Teachers (FTE): 43.2
Students per teacher: 13.1
Grades: Pre-K–5; Elementary

Fewer students per teacher than 78% of elementary schools in Texas

Median 14.8 · 4,723 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 67% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Larger than 60% of elementary schools in Texas

Median 515 · 4,738 schools compared

Larger than 76% of elementary schools in the US

Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared

What it offers

Grades: Elementary · Grades Pre-K–5
Type: District school · Regular
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Large suburb
Run by: Mesquite ISD

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Mesquite ISD.

Location

Address: 4836 Shands Dr, Mesquite, TX 75150
Phone: (972)290-4020
City or town: Mesquite
County: Dallas County

Website Quality of life in Mesquite Schools in Mesquite

Nearby elementary schools

The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher
Florence ElFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	509	10.9	0.5 mi
Larry G Smith ElFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	681	15.1	1.1 mi
Price ElFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	299	11.5	1.3 mi
Lawrence ElFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	284	12.6	1.4 mi
Charles A Gill ElFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	630	15.0	1.4 mi
Montclair ElFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	557	17.3	1.4 mi

Sources

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).

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