IGNITE COMMUNITY SCHOOL - MESQUITE

As a moderately sized multi-level school in MESQUITE, Texas, IGNITE COMMUNITY SCHOOL - MESQUITE caters to 480 students from grades pre-K through 12, operated by TEXAS COLLEGE PREPARATORY ACADEMIES.

TEXAS COLLEGE PREPARATORY ACADEMIES runs 44 schools in total, collectively educating 17,100 students. IGNITE COMMUNITY SCHOOL - MESQUITE is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, IGNITE COMMUNITY SCHOOL - MESQUITE shows that 74% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 13% Black, 9% White, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 41% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.8:1. The state averages around 11.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 82% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), IGNITE COMMUNITY SCHOOL - MESQUITE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 38.2%, the actual is 32.5%, a residual of -5.7 points.

In the area at large, census data for Dallas County shows median household earnings sit near $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. IGNITE COMMUNITY SCHOOL - MESQUITE is one of 771 public schools in Dallas County (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students).

Nearest neighbor: HANBY EL, around 0.3 miles off. 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), IGNITE COMMUNITY SCHOOL - MESQUITE ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 39.3%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site. IGNITE COMMUNITY SCHOOL - MESQUITE operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 6%: 511 students in 2018 compared to 480 in 2025.

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