KIMBALL EL

Located at 4010 CORYELL WAY, in MESQUITE, Texas, KIMBALL EL is a cozy K-5 school that works with 208 students (grades pre-K through 5), one of the schools within MESQUITE ISD. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 60% below typical.

MESQUITE ISD runs 51 schools in total, collectively educating 37,930 students. KIMBALL EL is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, KIMBALL EL reports that 38% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school records 29% Black, 25% White, 5% multiracial, 3% Asian. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Roughly 76% of students at KIMBALL EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), KIMBALL EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 40.7%, the actual is 43.2%, a residual of +2.5 points.

In the broader community, census data for Dallas County shows 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 KIMBALL EL is one.

The closest other public school is PREMIER H S MESQUITE, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), KIMBALL EL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 42.5%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at KIMBALL EL has ticked down 14%, going from 242 students in 2018 to 208 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 37% to 25% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 12.4:1 in 2018 to 10.2:1 in 2025.

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