Schools · Mesquite
Mesquite, TX schools
Kids attend one of 28 elementary schools through grade 5, then one of 9 middle schools and one of 6 high schools.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
B−
Mesquite’s School Grade: B-
The public schools Mesquite’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 55% of Texas’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
B-Test scoresC-Graduation
Texas school districts we grade (1,185)Better than 45%
Lower resultsHigher results
Texas towns with similar household incomes (706)Better than 40%
High confidence. Built on 19,729 tested students and a graduating class of 2,933; 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 Mesquite kids go to school
Grades PK–5
28 elementary schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Mesquite Independent School DistrictGrades 6–8
9 middle schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Mesquite Independent School DistrictGrades 9–12
6 high schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Mesquite 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–12, Mesquite Independent)35%
State average 36.5%
Graduation · class of 2019
92% graduate on time
Graduation rate
92%
TX: 90.2%
Graduating class
2,933
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #339 of 584 TX towns →
Districts
The district serving Mesquite
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 53 schools in Mesquite
Showing 1–30 of 53 schools
CROSS ELElementary · Grades PK–5 · 803 students
PublicRUTHERFORD ELElementary · Grades PK–5 · 803 students
BPublicTRINITY BASIN PREPARATORY - MESQUITEElementary · Grades PK–8 · 800 students
C+CharterHANBY ELElementary · Grades PK–5 · 768 students
C+PublicTISINGER ELElementary · Grades PK–5 · 739 students
CPublicLARRY G SMITH ELElementary · Grades PK–5 · 681 students
B-PublicTOSCH ELElementary · Grades PK–5 · 625 students
C-PublicCANNADAY ELElementary · Grades PK–5 · 616 students
CPublicGENTRY ELElementary · Grades PK–5 · 607 students
B-PublicBLACK ELElementary · Grades PK–5 · 587 students
C+PublicRANGE ELElementary · Grades PK–5 · 587 students
C-PublicSEABOURN ELElementary · Grades PK–5 · 573 students
B-PublicSHANDS ELElementary · Grades PK–5 · 567 students
C+PublicACHZIGER ELElementary · Grades PK–5 · 545 students
C+PublicTHOMPSON ELElementary · Grades PK–5 · 540 students
C-PublicSMITH ELElementary · Grades PK–5 · 533 students
C+PublicFLORENCE ELElementary · Grades PK–5 · 509 students
BPublicMCWHORTER ELElementary · Grades PK–5 · 501 students
BPublicSHAW ELElementary · Grades PK–5 · 483 students
CPublicPORTER ELElementary · Grades PK–5 · 445 students
B-PublicGALLOWAY ELElementary · Grades PK–5 · 439 students
B-PublicPIRRUNG ELElementary · Grades PK–5 · 407 students
CPublicMCKENZIE ELElementary · Grades PK–5 · 406 students
BPublicMOSS ELElementary · Grades PK–5 · 337 students
CPublicBEASLEY ELElementary · Grades PK–5 · 319 students
B-PublicAUSTIN ELElementary · Grades PK–5 · 306 students
BPublicLAWRENCE ELElementary · Grades PK–5 · 284 students
BPublicRUGEL ELElementary · Grades K–5 · 273 students
C+PublicMOTLEY ELElementary · Grades PK–5 · 244 students
B+PublicPIONEER TECHNOLOGY (PTAA) MESQUITE ELElementary · Grades K–4 · 212 students
C+CharterSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.