📍 2930 Town e Blvd, Mesquite, Dallas County, 75150
McDonald Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Mesquite, Dallas County. The school has 786 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Te'nesha Jackson. It is part of the Mesquite Isd school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a suburban setting. The school employs 53.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.6:1. 30% of students are proficient in reading. 32% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
McDonald Middle enrolls 786 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 53.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 71% Hispanic or Latino, 18% Black or African American and 9% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 559 | 71% |
| Black or African American | 138 | 18% |
| White | 71 | 9% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 8 | 1% |
| Two or more races | 7 | <1% |
| Asian | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
676 of the school's 786 students (86%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 654 qualify for free lunch and 22 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
McDonald Middle 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.
McDonald Middle 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 786 students, McDonald Middle is close to the district average of about 744 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large