POTEET H S

POTEET H S is one of the heavily attended 9-12 campuss in MESQUITE, Texas, overseen by MESQUITE ISD, with 1,523 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 91% above the state mean of about 796.

Within MESQUITE ISD, which oversees 51 schools and 37,930 students, POTEET H S is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, POTEET H S records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (54%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest breaks down as 27% Black, 13% White, 3% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, Dallas County as a whole is about 41% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, POTEET H S has 111 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.8:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 64% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Dallas County runs at roughly 77%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, POTEET H S tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 45.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 47.9%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Dallas County put the typical household earns roughly $76,547 per year, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. POTEET H S is one of 771 public schools in Dallas County (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students).

AUSTIN EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around POTEET H S. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), POTEET H S ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 44.0%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Trend over the last 7 years. POTEET H S's enrollment has ticked down 18% since 2018, when it stood at 1,848 (now 1,523). Over the same period, the Hispanic share expanded from 42% to 54%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 15.6:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 today.

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