LAWRENCE EL

LAWRENCE EL is a close-knit elementary school in MESQUITE, Texas, run under MESQUITE ISD. The school serves 284 students in grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 45% leaner than typical.

MESQUITE ISD comprises 51 schools with combined enrollment of 37,930 students; LAWRENCE EL is among them.

On demographics, LAWRENCE EL lists that 81% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Beyond that, the school reports 10% Black, 6% White. The wider county runs roughly 41% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, LAWRENCE EL shows 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.6:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 89% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Dallas County's rate of about 77%.

With demographic context factored in, LAWRENCE EL ranks in the top 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 34.8%; LAWRENCE EL posts 50.1%, +15.3 points above that line.

Across the wider county, 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%. Across Dallas County's 771 public schools (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students), LAWRENCE EL is one campus in the mix.

PIONEER TECHNOLOGY (PTAA) MESQUITE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around LAWRENCE EL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts LAWRENCE EL at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 40.5%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. LAWRENCE EL's enrollment has declined 35% since 2018, when it stood at 440 (now 284). Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 66% to 81%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 12.6:1 in 2025.

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