📍 517 Via Avenida, Mesquite, Dallas County, 75150
Porter el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Mesquite, Dallas County. The school has 413 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Leeann Englert. It is part of the Mesquite Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 27.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.0:1. 32% of students are proficient in reading. 40% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Porter el enrolls 413 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 27.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 66% Hispanic or Latino, 16% Black or African American and 10% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 273 | 66% |
| Black or African American | 68 | 16% |
| White | 43 | 10% |
| Asian | 19 | 4.6% |
| Two or more races | 10 | 2.4% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
343 of the school's 413 students (83%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 315 qualify for free lunch and 28 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Porter 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.
Porter 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 413 students, Porter 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