AUSTIN EL

AUSTIN EL is a low-enrollment primary school in MESQUITE, Texas, run under MESQUITE ISD. The school instructs 306 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 41% below the state mean of about 519.

Across the 51 schools in MESQUITE ISD (37,930 students total), AUSTIN EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, AUSTIN EL logs that 49% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest looks like 27% Black, 18% White, 4% Asian, 2% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Around 66% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is south of Dallas County's rate of about 77%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, AUSTIN EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 44.9%; this one delivers 53.3%.

Zooming out to the county, Dallas County reports that the typical household earns roughly $76,547 per year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Dallas County runs 771 public schools (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students), of which AUSTIN EL is one.

Nearest neighbor: POTEET H S, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around AUSTIN EL. On composite proficiency, AUSTIN EL comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 42.1%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at AUSTIN EL has decreased 35%, going from 471 students in 2018 to 306 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 26% to 18% over that span.

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