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Enrollment
587
Elementary
DISTRICT 507 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MESQUITE ISD·NCES 483039003414
Range Elementary School
4060 EMERALD DR, MESQUITE, TX 75150 · (972) 882-5180 · Dallas County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL587 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
508 students
DISTRICT 82% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 78 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 77 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 91 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 93 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 86 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 87 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 75 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (77) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (75).
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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
44.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +14.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
34.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +7.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 34 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 14 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 7 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 20.0% | 24.0% | 26.0% | 30.0% |
| Mathematics | 9.0% | 25.0% | 29.0% | 37.0% |
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 | 44.0% | 34.0% |
| 2024-25 | 45.0% | 42.0% |
| 2023-24 | 51.0% | 49.0% |
| 2022-23 | 40.0% | 43.0% |
| 2021-22 | 46.0% | 34.0% |
| 2020-21 | 30.0% | 27.0% |
% 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
41.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.7%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 Range Elementary School
Range Elementary School's state test result (41.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Range Elementary School this school | 587 | 86.5% | 41.4% |
| Shands Elementary School MESQUITE | 567 | 86.1% | 33.1% |
| Montclair Elementary School GARLAND | 557 | 85.6% | 34.5% |
| Black Elementary School MESQUITE | 587 | 87.2% | 41.5% |
| Jensen Elementary School PASADENA | 567 | 83.2% | 51.4% |
| San Jacinto Elementary School BAYTOWN | 567 | 89.8% | 38.8% |
Matched among Texas elementary 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 Range Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Dallas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.4% | #2,415 of 4,401 | #169 of 421 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #3,572 of 4,466 ▼ 1,094 | #329 of 429 ▼ 112 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #3,267 of 4,466 ▼ 222 | #282 of 429 ▼ 35 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.5pp | #917 of 3,998 | #127 of 399 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 587 | #1,713 of 4,938 | #130 of 448 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #800 of 4,622 | #53 of 432 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.6% | #3,072 of 4,628 | #261 of 433 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.5% | #1,429 of 4,789 | #219 of 437 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.1% | #930 of 2,838 | #101 of 274 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
587
+10 (+2%) vs 2020
-18% since 1990-91, when it was 712
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 587 | 45.3 | 13.0:1 | 87% (508) |
| 2023-24 | 588 | 45 | 13.1:1 | 89% (522) |
| 2022-23 | 597 | 42.8 | 13.9:1 | 88% (528) |
| 2020-21 | 577 | 38 | 15.2:1 | 89% (516) |
| 2017-18 | 763 | 45.2 | 16.9:1 | 87% (661) |
| 2015-16 | 551 | 35 | 15.7:1 | 83% (458) |
| 2010-11 | 601 | 35 | 17.2:1 | 84% (506) |
| 2000-01 | 572 | 30 | 19.1:1 | 47% (266) |
| 1990-91 | 712 | 33 | 21.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Range Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (763 to 587); teachers unchanged (45.2 to 45.3).
About Range Elementary School
Range Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in MESQUITE, Texas, one of the schools in MESQUITE ISD. The student body numbers 587 students, from pre-K through 5.
MESQUITE ISD enrolls 37,930 students, and its 51 schools include Range Elementary School.
Range Elementary School is 76% Hispanic by enrollment. Other students are 13% Black, 7% White, and 3% multiracial. By comparison, Dallas County residents are about 41% Hispanic. The school's diversity index is 40%, meaning two students picked at random have a 40% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The count of teachers at Range Elementary School is 45.3 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 13.0:1. That is lower than the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. The school counts 508 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 87%. On average, public schools in Dallas County report 77%.
Range Elementary School's average proficiency rate on state tests of 41.4% is 4.6 points above the 36.7% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Within Dallas County, the median household income is $76,547, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. In all, Dallas County has 771 public schools and roughly 459,645 students.
The school nearest to Range Elementary School is Trinity Basin Preparatory - Mesquite, at a distance of about 0.2 miles. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Range Elementary School places 5th of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
In the federal locale system, Range Elementary School 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.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (577) to 2024-25 (587). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.2:1 in 2020-21 to 13.0:1 in 2024-25.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at Range Elementary School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 MESQUITE ISD
- 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
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
- Trinity Basin Preparatory - Mesquite0.2 mi · 800
- McKenzie Elementary School1.0 mi · 406
- Uplift Luna Prep PS1.1 mi · 719
- Uplift Luna Prep Middle School1.1 mi · 591
- Uplift Luna Prep High School1.1 mi · 472
- McDonald Middle School1.1 mi · 787
Frequently asked questions
About Range Elementary SchoolHow large is Range Elementary School?
Range Elementary School enrolls approximately 587 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Range Elementary School serve?
Range Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Range Elementary School have?
Range Elementary School employs 45 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.0:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Range Elementary School?
At Range Elementary School, the student body is approximately 7% White, 76% Hispanic, 13% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Range Elementary School public or private?
Range Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by MESQUITE ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.