Enrollment
284
Elementary
DISTRICT 507 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MESQUITE ISD·NCES 483039003408
Lawrence Elementary School
3811 RICHMAN DR, MESQUITE, TX 75150 · (972) 882-7000 · Dallas County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL284 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
254 students
DISTRICT 82% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 44 | 15% |
| Kindergarten | 29 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 37 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 42 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 43 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 43 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 46 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (29) is 37% smaller than its 5th grade class (46).
Student demographics
34%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% . +4.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
34.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -17.0pp 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 34 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 4 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 17 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 26.0% | 17.0% | 26.0% | 31.0% |
| Mathematics | 16.0% | 18.0% | 25.0% | 41.0% |
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% | 34.0% |
| 2024-25 | 56.0% | 45.0% |
| 2023-24 | 51.0% | 52.0% |
| 2022-23 | 59.0% | 68.0% |
| 2021-22 | 63.0% | 59.0% |
| 2020-21 | 39.0% | 51.0% |
% 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
48.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Lawrence Elementary School
Lawrence Elementary School's state test result (48.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lawrence Elementary School this school | 284 | 89.4% | 48.0% |
| Harris Elementary School AUSTIN | 285 | 91.6% | 20.1% |
| Roach Elementary School GARLAND | 315 | 88.3% | 36.3% |
| Kinkeade Early Childhood IRVING | 308 | 87.7% | N/A |
| KIPP Somos Primary School SAN ANTONIO | 241 | 88.8% | 41.0% |
| Heather Glen Elementary School GARLAND | 283 | 91.5% | 34.4% |
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 Lawrence Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Dallas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #1,638 of 4,401 | #101 of 421 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #3,571 of 4,466 ▼ 1,406 | #328 of 429 ▼ 153 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #3,379 of 4,466 ▼ 1,549 | #301 of 429 ▼ 171 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -25.0pp | #31 of 3,998 | #4 of 399 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 284 | #4,289 of 4,938 | #403 of 448 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #585 of 4,622 | #33 of 432 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 33.6% | #3,306 of 4,628 | #302 of 433 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.4% | #1,134 of 4,789 | #188 of 437 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -35.5% | #290 of 2,838 | #40 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
284
+1 (+0%) vs 2020
-16% since 1990-91, when it was 338
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 12.3:1
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 | 284 | 22.5 | 12.6:1 | 89% (254) |
| 2023-24 | 256 | 21.4 | 12.0:1 | 89% (229) |
| 2022-23 | 259 | 22.2 | 11.7:1 | 88% (229) |
| 2020-21 | 283 | 23 | 12.3:1 | 85% (240) |
| 2017-18 | 440 | 29.9 | 14.7:1 | 82% (359) |
| 2015-16 | 403 | 32 | 12.6:1 | 75% (303) |
| 2010-11 | 441 | 31 | 14.2:1 | 75% (331) |
| 2000-01 | 330 | 35 | 9.4:1 | 43% (143) |
| 1990-91 | 338 | 31 | 10.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lawrence Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 35% (440 to 284); teachers down 25% (29.9 to 22.5).
About Lawrence Elementary School
Lawrence Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school in Texas, with an address in MESQUITE. A federal count lists 284 students at the school, in pre-K through 5. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Texas) has about 519 students.
In MESQUITE ISD, 51 schools enroll a combined 37,930 students.
Most students at Lawrence Elementary School are Hispanic: 81% of enrollment. Other groups make up 10% Black and 6% White. Dallas County as a whole is about 41% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. Lawrence Elementary School has a diversity index of 34%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Its 22.5 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 12.6:1. That ratio is under the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 89%. Public schools in Dallas County average 77%.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Lawrence Elementary School is 12.4 points above its prediction. Actual: 48.0%. Predicted: 35.5%.
Dallas County has about 2,621,179 residents, and median household income is about $76,547, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Dallas County number 771 and enroll about 459,645.
The school nearest to Lawrence Elementary School is Pioneer Technology (ptaa) Mesquite, at a distance of about 0.3 miles. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Lawrence Elementary School places 2nd of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
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.
Enrollment went from 283 in 2020-21 to 284 in 2024-25, a change of 1 student.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Lawrence Elementary School covering things like enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 Lawrence Elementary schools
6 other US public schools in 6 states are named Lawrence Elementary. Lawrence Elementary School is the 6th largest of the 7.
- Lawrence ElementaryLodi, CA · 512 students
- Lawrence ElementaryLivermore, CA · 494 students
- Lawrence Elementary SchoolARVADA, CO · 412 students
- Lawrence Elementary - 02Canton, SD · 411 students
- Lawrence ElemWichita, KS · 394 students
Nearby schools
- Pioneer Technology (ptaa) Mesquite0.3 mi · 484
- Motley Elementary School0.4 mi · 244
- McKenzie Elementary School0.6 mi · 406
- Vanston Middle School0.8 mi · 728
- McDonald Middle School0.9 mi · 787
- Florence Elementary School1.0 mi · 509
Frequently asked questions
About Lawrence Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Lawrence Elementary School?
Lawrence Elementary School enrolls approximately 284 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Lawrence Elementary School serve?
Lawrence Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Lawrence Elementary School?
Approximately 12.6:1 students per teacher at Lawrence Elementary School.
How diverse is Lawrence Elementary School?
Lawrence Elementary School reports a student body of 6% White, 81% Hispanic, 10% Black, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Lawrence Elementary School in?
Lawrence Elementary School is part of MESQUITE ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.