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If you could change one rule at HANBY EL, what would it be?
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Enrollment
768
Elementary
DISTRICT 507 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MESQUITE ISD·NCES 483039003407
Hanby Elementary School
480 GROSS RD, MESQUITE, TX 75149 · (972) 882-5040 · Dallas County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL768 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 47% of Texas public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- FThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
696 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 | 100 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 95 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 99 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 128 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 118 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 111 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 117 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (95) is 19% smaller than its 5th grade class (117).
Student demographics
41%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
43.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +14.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
46.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +5.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 46 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 14 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 18.0% | 25.0% | 27.0% | 30.0% |
| Mathematics | 17.0% | 29.0% | 25.0% | 29.0% |
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 | 43.0% | 46.0% |
| 2024-25 | 42.0% | 47.0% |
| 2023-24 | 43.0% | 51.0% |
| 2022-23 | 51.0% | 68.0% |
| 2021-22 | 55.0% | 63.0% |
| 2020-21 | 29.0% | 41.0% |
% 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
41.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 Hanby Elementary School
Hanby Elementary School's state test result (41.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hanby Elementary School this school | 768 | 90.6% | 41.0% |
| Seagoville North Elementary School DALLAS | 774 | 94.3% | 23.3% |
| Uplift Luna Prep PS DALLAS | 719 | 89.2% | 24.9% |
| Iltexas Houston Windmill Lakes Elementary School HOUSTON | 736 | 87.6% | 16.2% |
| South Davis Elementary School ARLINGTON | 669 | 90.6% | 26.4% |
| Houston Elementary School PORT ARTHUR | 689 | 88.7% | 45.0% |
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 Hanby Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Dallas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #2,451 of 4,401 | #175 of 421 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #2,193 of 4,466 ▼ 245 | #181 of 429 ▼ 27 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #3,378 of 4,466 ▼ 41 | #300 of 429 ▼ 7 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -15.0pp | #164 of 3,998 | #23 of 399 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 768 | #561 of 4,938 | #36 of 448 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.9:1 | #3,226 of 4,622 | #305 of 432 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.6% | #3,019 of 4,628 | #255 of 433 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.6% | #1,002 of 4,789 | #169 of 437 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.3% | #1,404 of 2,838 | #144 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
768
+39 (+5%) vs 2020
-3% since 1990-91, when it was 793
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
was 14.6:1
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 | 768 | 48.3 | 15.9:1 | 91% (696) |
| 2023-24 | 764 | 48.3 | 15.8:1 | 91% (698) |
| 2022-23 | 756 | 47.5 | 15.9:1 | 90% (683) |
| 2020-21 | 729 | 50 | 14.6:1 | 92% (673) |
| 2017-18 | 929 | 52 | 17.9:1 | 92% (851) |
| 2015-16 | 977 | 61 | 16.0:1 | 91% (891) |
| 2010-11 | 895 | 51 | 17.6:1 | 83% (742) |
| 2000-01 | 702 | 46 | 15.3:1 | 66% (464) |
| 1990-91 | 793 | 33 | 24.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hanby Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (929 to 768); teachers down 7% (52 to 48.3).
About Hanby Elementary School
Hanby Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in Texas, with an address in MESQUITE. Its enrollment is 768 students, spread over pre-K through 5. Elementary schools in Texas average about 519 students, which makes this school 48% above average.
MESQUITE ISD has 37,930 students spread across 51 schools.
The share of Hispanic students at Hanby Elementary School is 75%, a majority. The remaining students are 17% Black, 5% White, and 3% multiracial. Census figures show Dallas County is about 41% Hispanic. A diversity index of 41% means there is a 41% chance two randomly chosen students at Hanby Elementary School are from different groups.
There are 48.3 full-time-equivalent teachers at Hanby Elementary School, giving a ratio of 15.9:1. The school's 15.9:1 compares with an average of 15.1:1 for elementary schools in Texas. By family income, 91% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The 77% average for public schools in Dallas County is 14 points lower.
Hanby Elementary School earns a B- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 47% of Texas public elementary schools.
Compared with Texas schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Hanby Elementary School's results are 6.1 points above predicted: 41.0% against 35.0%.
For Dallas County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $76,547, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. The county has 771 public schools and about 459,645 students.
Among nearby public schools, Ignite Community School - Mesquite is closest at about 0.3 miles. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Hanby Elementary School is 4th on average proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has grown 5%, from 729 to 768. The school's ratio increased from 14.6:1 to 15.9:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
People who know Hanby Elementary School can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 Hanby Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Hanby Elementary. Hanby Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- Hanby Elementary SchoolWilmington, DE · 520 students
Nearby schools
- Ignite Community School - Mesquite0.3 mi · 480
- Tisinger Elementary School0.9 mi · 739
- Wilkinson Middle School1.1 mi · 655
- Galloway Elementary School1.3 mi · 439
- Lanny Frasier Middle School1.3 mi · 959
- Mesquite High School1.3 mi · 2,294
Frequently asked questions
About Hanby Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Hanby Elementary School?
Hanby Elementary School enrolls approximately 768 students in grades PK-05.
Is Hanby Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Hanby Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Hanby Elementary School have?
Hanby Elementary School employs 48 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Hanby Elementary School?
Student demographics at Hanby Elementary School are roughly 5% White, 75% Hispanic, 17% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Hanby Elementary School in?
Hanby Elementary School is part of MESQUITE ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.