📍 4621 Gleneagle St, Mesquite, Dallas County, 75150
Florence el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Mesquite, Dallas County. The school has 456 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Marco Franco. It is part of the Mesquite Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 37.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.2:1. 37% of students are proficient in reading. 39% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Florence el enrolls 456 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 37.4 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 70% Hispanic or Latino, 19% Black or African American and 7% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 319 | 70% |
| Black or African American | 88 | 19% |
| White | 32 | 7% |
| Asian | 7 | 1.5% |
| Two or more races | 7 | 1.5% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
403 of the school's 456 students (88%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 392 qualify for free lunch and 11 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Florence 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.
Florence 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 456 students, Florence 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