HORN H S

As a well-populated 9-12 campus in MESQUITE, Texas, HORN H S teaches 2,757 students from grades 9 through 12, overseen by MESQUITE ISD. Enrollment runs roughly 246% larger than the state mean of about 796.

HORN H S is one of 51 schools operated by MESQUITE ISD, a district that instructs 37,930 students overall.

In terms of who attends, HORN H S lists that the most-represented group is Hispanic (49%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 42% Black, 5% White, 3% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, HORN H S logs 201 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Around 74% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), HORN H S performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 41.7%, the actual is 43.3%, a residual of +1.6 points.

In the area at large, Dallas County reports that the typical household earns roughly $76,547 per year, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Dallas County runs 771 public schools (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students), of which HORN H S is one.

DR DON WOOLLEY MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, HORN H S comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 34.3%.

HORN H S operates from a low-density location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 16%: 2,386 students in 2018 compared to 2,757 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 15% to 5% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 16.2:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 in 2025.

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