NORTH MESQUITE H S

NORTH MESQUITE H S is a secondary school of large scale in MESQUITE, Texas, operated by MESQUITE ISD, instructing 2,099 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 164% larger than the state mean of about 796.

MESQUITE ISD comprises 51 schools with combined enrollment of 37,930 students; NORTH MESQUITE H S is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, NORTH MESQUITE H S shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 76% of enrollment. The remainder reads as 14% Black, 7% White. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 41%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 151 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. About 82% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), NORTH MESQUITE H S sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 38.2%; this one delivers 48.4%.

Zooming out to the county, Dallas County reports that median household income runs about $76,547, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. NORTH MESQUITE H S is one of 771 public schools in Dallas County (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students).

PREMIER H S MESQUITE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around NORTH MESQUITE H S. On composite proficiency, NORTH MESQUITE H S comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 41.1%.

NORTH MESQUITE H S operates from a suburban location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 25%: 2,808 students in 2018 compared to 2,099 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment rose from 66% to 76% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 13.9:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, members of the NORTH MESQUITE H S community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.