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MIKE MOSELEY EL
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About MIKE MOSELEY EL
As a reasonably sized elementary school in GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas, MIKE MOSELEY EL instructs 613 students from grades pre-K through 5, operated by GRAND PRAIRIE ISD.
GRAND PRAIRIE ISD comprises 40 schools with combined enrollment of 27,240 students; MIKE MOSELEY EL is among them.
Looking at the student body, MIKE MOSELEY EL records that 64% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder comes out to 21% Black, 6% White, 5% Asian, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Dallas County as a whole is about 41% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.
On the income-and-resources front, MIKE MOSELEY EL lists 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 67% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Dallas County (around 77%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), MIKE MOSELEY EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 44.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 45.1%.
Across the wider county, census data for Dallas County shows median household earnings sit near $76,547, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. MIKE MOSELEY EL is one of 771 public schools in Dallas County (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students).
SUZANNA DICKINSON MONTESSORI ACADEMY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around MIKE MOSELEY EL. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), MIKE MOSELEY EL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 41.3%.
The school occupies a bedroom-community site.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MIKE MOSELEY EL has showed little movement, going from 622 students in 2018 to 613 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 47% to 64% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 16.5:1 in 2018 to 15.4:1 in 2025.
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