📍 3500 Pioneer Rd, Balch Springs, Dallas County, 75180
Gray el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Balch Springs, Dallas County. The school has 429 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Alyce Quesenberry. It is part of the Mesquite Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 30.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.0:1. 32% of students are proficient in reading. 38% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Gray el enrolls 429 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 30.7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 71% Hispanic or Latino, 18% Black or African American and 7.7% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 304 | 71% |
| Black or African American | 78 | 18% |
| White | 33 | 7.7% |
| Two or more races | 6 | 1.4% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 6 | 1.4% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
387 of the school's 429 students (90%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 364 qualify for free lunch and 23 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Gray 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 At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 2, state house district 113.
Gray 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 429 students, Gray 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