📍 707 Purple Sage Trl, Mesquite, Dallas County, 75150
Shaw el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Mesquite, Dallas County. The school has 499 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Israel Jacinto. It is part of the Mesquite Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 36.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.8:1. 25% of students are proficient in reading. 31% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Shaw el enrolls 499 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 36.2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 53% Hispanic or Latino, 30% Black or African American and 11% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 265 | 53% |
| Black or African American | 148 | 30% |
| White | 56 | 11% |
| Two or more races | 18 | 3.6% |
| Asian | 7 | 1.4% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 5 | 1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
418 of the school's 499 students (84%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 393 qualify for free lunch and 25 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Shaw 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 113.
Shaw 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 499 students, Shaw 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