MCWHORTER EL

MCWHORTER EL, an average-sized elementary school in MESQUITE, Texas, overseen by MESQUITE ISD, instructs 501 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

Within MESQUITE ISD, which oversees 51 schools and 37,930 students, MCWHORTER EL is one campus in the system.

Demographically, MCWHORTER EL logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (82%). Beyond that, the school reports 10% Black, 5% White, 3% Asian. By comparison, Dallas County as a whole is about 41% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. About 92% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Dallas County runs at roughly 77%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, MCWHORTER EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 33.5%, the actual is 40.2%, a residual of +6.7 points.

Around the school, census data for Dallas County shows the typical household earns roughly $76,547 per year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Dallas County's 771 public schools (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students), MCWHORTER EL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: KIPP PLEASANT GROVE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around MCWHORTER EL. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), MCWHORTER EL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 35.2%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MCWHORTER EL has ticked down 42%, going from 870 students in 2018 to 501 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 67% to 82%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 12.8:1 in 2025.

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