📍 1500 Creek Vly, Mesquite, Dallas County, 75181
Pirrung el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Mesquite, Dallas County. The school has 446 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Devin Bright. It is part of the Mesquite Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 26.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.8:1. 32% of students are proficient in reading. 22% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Pirrung el enrolls 446 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 26.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 49% Black or African American, 31% Hispanic or Latino and 10% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 220 | 49% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 138 | 31% |
| White | 46 | 10% |
| Two or more races | 29 | 6.5% |
| Asian | 9 | 2% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 3 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
351 of the school's 446 students (79%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 345 qualify for free lunch and 6 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Pirrung 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.
Pirrung 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 446 students, Pirrung 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