PIRRUNG EL

PIRRUNG EL is an elementary campus of tight-knit scale in MESQUITE, Texas, operated by MESQUITE ISD, hosting 407 students in grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 22% below typical.

Across the 51 schools in MESQUITE ISD (37,930 students total), PIRRUNG EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, PIRRUNG EL logs that the largest single group is Black, at 57% of enrollment. The remainder reads as 27% Hispanic, 7% White, 5% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, Dallas County as a whole is about 22% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, PIRRUNG EL has 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.3:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 82% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, PIRRUNG EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 38.1%; this one delivers 32.1%.

Zooming out to the county, Dallas County reports that median household earnings sit near $76,547, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Dallas County runs 771 public schools (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students), of which PIRRUNG EL is one.

Nearest neighbor: THOMPSON EL, around 0.9 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PIRRUNG EL. On composite proficiency, PIRRUNG EL comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 37.2%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Over the past 7-year window. PIRRUNG EL's enrollment has fell 6% since 2018, when it stood at 434 (now 407). Over the same period, the Black share grew from 36% to 57%. Class-load math has tightened: from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 in 2025.

On the community side, members of the PIRRUNG EL community share and discuss classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.