📍 1701 Hillcrest St, Mesquite, Dallas County, 75149
Tisinger el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Mesquite, Dallas County. The school has 654 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Angie Campanello. It is part of the Mesquite Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 39.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.5:1. 28% of students are proficient in reading. 24% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Tisinger el enrolls 654 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 39.7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 56% Hispanic or Latino, 31% Black or African American and 7.5% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 365 | 56% |
| Black or African American | 202 | 31% |
| White | 49 | 7.5% |
| Two or more races | 24 | 3.7% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 8 | 1.2% |
| Asian | 6 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
603 of the school's 654 students (92%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 573 qualify for free lunch and 30 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Tisinger 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.
Tisinger 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 654 students, Tisinger el 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