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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at PIONEER TECHNOLOGY (PTAA) MESQUITE this year?
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Enrollment
484
High
DISTRICT 414 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PIONEER TECHNOLOGY & ARTS ACADEMY·NCES 480145113251
Pioneer Technology (ptaa) Mesquite
3200 OATES DR, MESQUITE, TX 75150 · (972) 375-9672 · Dallas County
GRADES 05–12HIGH21-SUBURBCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL484 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 8% of Texas public high schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public high schools
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.8:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
257 students
DISTRICT 38% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 41 | 8% |
| Grade 6 | 53 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 91 | 19% |
| Grade 8 | 69 | 14% |
| Grade 9 | 54 | 11% |
| Grade 10 | 52 | 11% |
| Grade 11 | 71 | 15% |
| Grade 12 | 53 | 11% |
Student demographics
36%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
62.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +23.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
33.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +16.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 33 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 23 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 16 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 17.0% | 45.0% | 21.0% | 17.0% |
| Mathematics | 12.0% | 21.0% | 36.0% | 31.0% |
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 | 62.0% | 33.0% |
| 2024-25 | 57.0% | 36.0% |
| 2023-24 | 61.0% | 40.0% |
| 2022-23 | 52.0% | 38.0% |
| 2021-22 | 55.0% | 21.0% |
| 2020-21 | 39.0% | 17.0% |
% 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
41.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 Pioneer Technology (ptaa) Mesquite
Pioneer Technology (ptaa) Mesquite's state test result (41.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pioneer Technology (ptaa) Mesquite this school | 484 | 53.1% | 41.1% |
| IDEA Edgemere College Preparatory EL PASO | 619 | 59.1% | 53.8% |
| Denver City High School DENVER CITY | 512 | 52.1% | 46.6% |
| George H W Bush New Tech Odessa ODESSA | 414 | 50.0% | 68.7% |
| Bishop High School BISHOP | 533 | 54.0% | 70.4% |
| Bay City High School BAY CITY | 1,042 | 50.7% | 49.6% |
Matched among Texas high 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 Pioneer Technology (ptaa) Mesquite ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Dallas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.1% | #1,102 of 1,385 | #66 of 96 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #1,009 of 1,425 ▼ 198 | #63 of 100 ▼ 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #555 of 1,425 ▲ 97 | #29 of 100 ▲ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.5pp | #1,014 of 1,184 | #71 of 98 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 484 | #916 of 2,107 | #78 of 133 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #595 of 1,344 | #23 of 101 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.4% | #937 of 1,346 | #72 of 101 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.1% | #946 of 1,522 | #93 of 107 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +135.0% | #16 of 672 | #2 of 43 |
Ranked against other public high 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
484
-114 (-19%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 15.3:1
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 | 484 | 34 | 14.2:1 | 53% (257) |
| 2023-24 | 621 | 37.5 | 16.6:1 | 57% (355) |
| 2022-23 | 644 | 46 | 14.0:1 | 61% (396) |
| 2020-21 | 598 | 39 | 15.3:1 | 65% (387) |
| 2017-18 | 206 | 17 | 12.1:1 | 66% (135) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pioneer Technology (ptaa) Mesquite.
Since 2017-18: students up 135% (206 to 484); teachers up 100% (17 to 34).
About Pioneer Technology (ptaa) Mesquite
Pioneer Technology (ptaa) Mesquite is a high school in MESQUITE, Texas, and it is part of PIONEER TECHNOLOGY & ARTS ACADEMY. The school enrolls 484 students in grades 5 through 12. On average, high schools in Texas enroll around 796, and this school is 39% below that mark.
PIONEER TECHNOLOGY & ARTS ACADEMY (6 schools, 2,328 students) runs Pioneer Technology (ptaa) Mesquite.
The student body at Pioneer Technology (ptaa) Mesquite is 79% Hispanic. After that, the student body is 12% Black and 8% White. Among all residents of Dallas County, the Hispanic share is about 41%. A diversity index of 36% means there is a 36% chance two randomly chosen students at Pioneer Technology (ptaa) Mesquite are from different groups.
Pioneer Technology (ptaa) Mesquite has 34 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.2:1. Across high schools in Texas, the average ratio is 15.1:1. The school has 53% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 24 points below the 77% average for public schools in Dallas County.
On the allk12 Grade, Pioneer Technology (ptaa) Mesquite lands at D, ahead of 8% of Texas public high schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Pioneer Technology (ptaa) Mesquite falls in the middle 80% of Texas schools: 41.1% actual against 51.0% predicted.
Dallas County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $76,547 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. Pioneer Technology (ptaa) Mesquite shares Dallas County with 770 other public schools.
A public school about 0.3 miles away, Lawrence Elementary School, is the closest to Pioneer Technology (ptaa) Mesquite. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Pioneer Technology (ptaa) Mesquite is 5th of 9 on proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Pioneer Technology (ptaa) Mesquite is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more. Pioneer Technology (ptaa) Mesquite operates as a charter school, which is publicly funded and run under a charter.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Pioneer Technology (ptaa) Mesquite had a net loss of 114 students, or 19%. By 2024-25, the school had 14.2 students per teacher, compared with 15.3 in 2020-21.
Pioneer Technology (ptaa) Mesquite has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 PIONEER TECHNOLOGY & ARTS ACADEMY
- Pioneer Technology (ptaa) GreenvilleCombined · 794 students
- Pioneer Technology (ptaa) FateHigh · 344 students
- Pioneer Technology and Arts Academy North DallasCombined · 300 students
- Pioneer Technology (ptaa) Mesquite Elementary SchoolElementary · 212 students
- Pioneer Technology (ptaa) Royse City Elementary SchoolElementary · 194 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
Nearby schools
- Lawrence Elementary School0.3 mi · 284
- Motley Elementary School0.4 mi · 244
- Vanston Middle School0.5 mi · 728
- Florence Elementary School0.7 mi · 509
- McKenzie Elementary School0.9 mi · 406
- Larry G Smith Elementary School1.0 mi · 681
Frequently asked questions
About Pioneer Technology (ptaa) MesquiteWhat is the total enrollment at Pioneer Technology (ptaa) Mesquite?
Pioneer Technology (ptaa) Mesquite enrolls approximately 484 students in grades 05-12.
Is Pioneer Technology (ptaa) Mesquite an elementary, middle, or high school?
Pioneer Technology (ptaa) Mesquite is a high school covering grades 05-12.
How many teachers does Pioneer Technology (ptaa) Mesquite have?
Pioneer Technology (ptaa) Mesquite employs 34 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Pioneer Technology (ptaa) Mesquite?
Student demographics at Pioneer Technology (ptaa) Mesquite are roughly 8% White, 79% Hispanic, 12% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Pioneer Technology (ptaa) Mesquite?
Pioneer Technology (ptaa) Mesquite is overseen by PIONEER TECHNOLOGY & ARTS ACADEMY in Dallas County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.