📍 2600 Bamboo St, Mesquite, Dallas County, 75150
Range el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Mesquite, Dallas County. The school has 597 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Kelly Locke. It is part of the Mesquite Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 42.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.9:1. 25% of students are proficient in reading. 24% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Range el enrolls 597 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 42.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 73% Hispanic or Latino, 16% Black or African American and 7.9% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 436 | 73% |
| Black or African American | 94 | 16% |
| White | 47 | 7.9% |
| Two or more races | 19 | 3.2% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
528 of the school's 597 students (88%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 515 qualify for free lunch and 13 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Range 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 100.
Range 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 597 students, Range 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