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Enrollment
509
Elementary
DISTRICT 507 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MESQUITE ISD·NCES 483039003403
Florence Elementary School
4621 GLENEAGLE ST, MESQUITE, TX 75150 · (972) 290-4080 · Dallas County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL509 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
425 students
DISTRICT 82% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 80 | 16% |
| Kindergarten | 78 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 65 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 57 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 85 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 62 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 82 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (78) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (82).
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
42.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +6.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
38.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -14.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 38 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 6 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 14 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 16.0% | 26.0% | 25.0% | 33.0% |
| Mathematics | 17.0% | 21.0% | 18.0% | 44.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 42.0% | 38.0% |
| 2024-25 | 42.0% | 39.0% |
| 2023-24 | 37.0% | 35.0% |
| 2022-23 | 43.0% | 58.0% |
| 2021-22 | 47.0% | 59.0% |
| 2020-21 | 36.0% | 52.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
35.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Florence Elementary School
Florence Elementary School's state test result (35.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florence Elementary School this school | 509 | 83.5% | 35.6% |
| Global Leadership Academy at Barbara Bush Elementary School GRAND PRAIRIE | 555 | 83.4% | 31.9% |
| Jensen Elementary School PASADENA | 567 | 83.2% | 51.4% |
| Mary Lou Hartman SAN ANTONIO | 568 | 83.3% | 30.6% |
| Montclair Elementary School GARLAND | 557 | 85.6% | 34.5% |
| Royal Early Childhood Center BROOKSHIRE | 517 | 79.5% | N/A |
Matched among Texas elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Florence Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Dallas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.6% | #3,100 of 4,401 | #254 of 421 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #3,129 of 4,466 ▼ 261 | #283 of 429 ▼ 29 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #3,482 of 4,466 ▼ 146 | #318 of 429 ▼ 26 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -10.5pp | #321 of 3,998 | #45 of 399 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 509 | #2,446 of 4,938 | #202 of 448 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.9:1 | #119 of 4,622 | #2 of 432 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.1% | #2,897 of 4,628 | #237 of 433 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.5% | #1,687 of 4,789 | #256 of 437 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.2% | #996 of 2,838 | #110 of 274 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
509
+37 (+8%) vs 2020
+22% since 1990-91, when it was 416
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
was 13.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 509 | 46.6 | 10.9:1 | 83% (425) |
| 2023-24 | 496 | 45.5 | 10.9:1 | 88% (436) |
| 2022-23 | 456 | 37.4 | 12.2:1 | 88% (403) |
| 2020-21 | 472 | 36 | 13.1:1 | 83% (391) |
| 2017-18 | 654 | 41.3 | 15.8:1 | 83% (540) |
| 2015-16 | 604 | 33 | 18.3:1 | 81% (491) |
| 2010-11 | 540 | 33 | 16.4:1 | 79% (429) |
| 2000-01 | 527 | 30 | 17.6:1 | 45% (236) |
| 1990-91 | 416 | 28 | 14.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Florence Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (654 to 509); teachers up 13% (41.3 to 46.6).
About Florence Elementary School
Florence Elementary School is an elementary school in MESQUITE, Texas, and it is part of MESQUITE ISD. The school had 509 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25.
The district for Florence Elementary School is MESQUITE ISD, with 51 schools and 37,930 students.
At 73%, Hispanic students outnumber all other groups at Florence Elementary School combined. It is also 15% Black, 7% White, and 2% multiracial. Dallas County's residents are about 41% Hispanic, 32 points below the school's share. The chance that two students picked at random at Florence Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 43%.
Florence Elementary School operates with 46.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 10.9:1. That ratio is under the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. Florence Elementary School reports 83% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
Florence Elementary School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Texas schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 35.6% and a predicted 38.0%.
Census Bureau estimates for Dallas County show that median household income is about $76,547, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 771 public schools operate in Dallas County, serving about 459,645 students.
Vanston Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Florence Elementary School is 6th of 7 on proficiency.
Florence Elementary School falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The student count in 2024-25 was 509, 8% above the 472 of 2020-21. The number of students per teacher fell from 13.1 to 10.9 over 4 years.
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Dallas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,621,179
Census ACS
Median income
$76,547
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
771
459,645 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MESQUITE ISD
- Horn High SchoolHigh · 2,757 students
- Mesquite High SchoolHigh · 2,294 students
- North Mesquite High SchoolHigh · 2,099 students
- West Mesquite High SchoolHigh · 1,997 students
- Vroonland - Vanguard High SchoolHigh · 1,605 students
- Poteet High SchoolHigh · 1,523 students
Other schools in MESQUITE
- Horn High SchoolHigh · 2,757 students
- Mesquite High SchoolHigh · 2,294 students
- North Mesquite High SchoolHigh · 2,099 students
- West Mesquite High SchoolHigh · 1,997 students
- Vroonland - Vanguard High SchoolHigh · 1,605 students
- Poteet High SchoolHigh · 1,523 students
Other Florence Elementary schools
9 other US public schools in 8 states are named Florence Elementary. Florence Elementary School is the 5th largest of the 10.
- Florence Elementary SchoolFLORENCE, TX · 523 students
- Florence Elementary SchoolSOUTHLAKE, TX · 475 students
- Florence ElementaryHigh Point, NC · 628 students
- Florence Elementary SchoolFlorence, KY · 610 students
- Florence ElementaryFlorence, MS · 537 students
Nearby schools
- Vanston Middle School0.4 mi · 728
- Shands Elementary School0.5 mi · 567
- Pioneer Technology (ptaa) Mesquite0.7 mi · 484
- Lawrence Elementary School1.0 mi · 284
- Texasworks - Mesquite1.1 mi · 9
- Premier H S Mesquite1.1 mi · 103
Frequently asked questions
About Florence Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Florence Elementary School?
Florence Elementary School enrolls approximately 509 students in grades PK-05.
Is Florence Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Florence Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Florence Elementary School have?
Florence Elementary School employs 47 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Florence Elementary School?
Student demographics at Florence Elementary School are roughly 7% White, 73% Hispanic, 15% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Florence Elementary School in?
Florence Elementary School is part of MESQUITE ISD.
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