📍 1208 New Market Rd, Mesquite, Dallas County, 75149
Moss el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Mesquite, Dallas County. The school has 354 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Mistie Stephens. It is part of the Mesquite Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 22.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.0:1. 27% of students are proficient in reading. 27% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Moss el enrolls 354 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 55% male and 45% female. A teaching staff of 22.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 41% Hispanic or Latino, 36% Black or African American and 17% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 146 | 41% |
| Black or African American | 126 | 36% |
| White | 60 | 17% |
| Two or more races | 12 | 3.4% |
| Asian | 10 | 2.8% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
298 of the school's 354 students (84%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 283 qualify for free lunch and 15 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Moss el is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district TX-50, state senate district 2, state house district 107.
Moss el is one of 51 schools in MESQUITE ISD, based in MESQUITE, Texas. The district serves 37,930 students district-wide and employs 2,613 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 354 students, Moss el is smaller than the district average of about 744 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large