📍 3020 Poteet Dr, Mesquite, Dallas County, 75150
Austin el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Mesquite, Dallas County. The school has 321 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Jonathan Royle. It is part of the Mesquite Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 22.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.2:1. 37% of students are proficient in reading. 47% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Austin el enrolls 321 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 22.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 42% Hispanic or Latino, 30% Black or African American and 21% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 135 | 42% |
| Black or African American | 95 | 30% |
| White | 67 | 21% |
| Asian | 14 | 4.4% |
| Two or more races | 10 | 3.1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
229 of the school's 321 students (71%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 222 qualify for free lunch and 7 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Austin 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.
Austin 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 321 students, Austin 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