Schools · Balch Springs
Balch Springs, TX schools
Kids attend one of 4 elementary schools through grade 5, then YOUNG WOMEN'S STEAM ACADEMY AT BALCH SPRINGS MIDDL or NEW MIDDLE and one of 45 high schools.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
C
Balch Springs’s School Grade: C
The public schools Balch Springs’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 68% of Texas’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
C+Test scoresDGraduation
Texas school districts we grade (1,185)Better than 32%
Lower resultsHigher results
Texas towns with similar household incomes (738)Better than 25%
High confidence. Built on 86,135 tested students and a graduating class of 9,541; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Texas’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2019.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Texas only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Texas with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
School path
Where Balch Springs kids go to school
Grades PK–5
4 elementary schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Mesquite Independent School DistrictGrades 6–9
C+YOUNG WOMEN'S STEAM ACADEMY AT BALCH SPRINGS MIDDL or C+NEW MIDDLE
Depends on your address Dallas Independent School DistrictGrades 10–12
45 high schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Dallas Independent School DistrictBased on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.
Test scores · 2020–21
State test results
Math (grades PK–5, Mesquite Independent)35%
State average 36.5%
Math (grades 6–12, Dallas Independent)31%
State average 36.5%
Graduation · class of 2019
85% graduate on time
Graduation rate
85%
TX: 90.2%
Graduating class
9,541
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years.
Districts
Two districts serve Balch Springs
Mesquite Independent School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 51 schools · 37,930 students
$13,064 per studentTX $12,815B-Dallas Independent School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 248 schools · 139,802 students
$15,160 per studentTX $12,815CEach district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 7 schools in Balch Springs
Showing 1–7 of 7 schools
HODGES ELElementary · Grades PK–5 · 570 students
CPublicFLOYD ELElementary · Grades PK–5 · 552 students
C+PublicMACKEY ELElementary · Grades PK–5 · 478 students
C-PublicGRAY ELElementary · Grades PK–5 · 409 students
B-PublicYOUNG WOMEN'S STEAM ACADEMY AT BALCH SPRINGS MIDDLMiddle · Grades 6–9 · 751 students
C+PublicNEW MIDDLEMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 670 students
C+PublicKIPP PLEASANT GROVE LEADERSHIP ACADEMYHigh · Grades 6–12 · 618 students
DCharterSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.
Also serving Balch Springs
Schools Balch Springs kids attend in other towns
Public schools in Balch Springs’s districts that are located in Dallas and Mesquite. Which one depends on your address.
SKYLINE H SHigh · Grades 9–12 · 3,837 students · Dallas
CPublicHORN H SHigh · Grades 9–12 · 2,757 students · Mesquite
BPublicMESQUITE H SHigh · Grades 9–12 · 2,294 students · Mesquite
B-PublicBRYAN ADAMS H S LEADERSHIP ACADEMYHigh · Grades 9–12 · 2,208 students · Dallas
BPublicW T WHITE H SHigh · Grades 9–12 · 2,204 students · Dallas
C-PublicSUNSET H SHigh · Grades 9–12 · 2,164 students · Dallas
C-PublicNORTH MESQUITE H SHigh · Grades 9–12 · 2,099 students · Mesquite
B-PublicMOISES E MOLINA H SHigh · Grades 9–12 · 2,006 students · Dallas
CPublicWEST MESQUITE H SHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,997 students · Mesquite
B-PublicWOODROW WILSON H SHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,832 students · Dallas
B+PublicSEAGOVILLE H SHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,786 students · Dallas
DPublicW W SAMUELL H SHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,709 students · Dallas
C-Public