CROSS EL

Located at 6425 PARK VISTA DR, in MESQUITE, Texas, CROSS EL is a large elementary school that enrolls 803 students (grades pre-K through 5), overseen by MESQUITE ISD. Enrollment runs roughly 55% bigger than the state mean of about 519.

Within MESQUITE ISD, which oversees 51 schools and 37,930 students, CROSS EL is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, CROSS EL records that 67% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school logs 25% Black, 4% White. By comparison, Dallas County as a whole is about 41% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 82% of students at CROSS EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, CROSS EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 38.1%; this one delivers 39.7%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Dallas County put median household income runs about $76,547, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. CROSS EL is one of 771 public schools in Dallas County (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students).

The closest other public school is DR LINDA HENRIE EL, roughly 1.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), CROSS EL ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 39.7%.

CROSS EL operates from a bedroom-community location.

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