Enrollment
273
Elementary
DISTRICT 507 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MESQUITE ISD·NCES 483039003415
Rugel Elementary School
2701 SYBIL DR, MESQUITE, TX 75149 · (972) 882-7260 · Dallas County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL273 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 28% of Texas public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
196 students
DISTRICT 82% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 37 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 38 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 42 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 44 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 51 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 61 | 22% |
This year's kindergarten class (37) is 39% smaller than its 5th grade class (61).
Student demographics
60%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
33.0%
TX avg 54.5% . -11.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
37.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +4.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 37 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are down about 11 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 12.0% | 21.0% | 31.0% | 36.0% |
| Mathematics | 12.0% | 25.0% | 26.0% | 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 | 33.0% | 37.0% |
| 2024-25 | 40.0% | 41.0% |
| 2023-24 | 39.0% | 41.0% |
| 2022-23 | 37.0% | 50.0% |
| 2021-22 | 40.0% | 48.0% |
| 2020-21 | 44.0% | 33.0% |
% 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
38.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 Rugel Elementary School
Rugel Elementary School's state test result (38.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rugel Elementary School this school | 273 | 71.8% | 38.6% |
| Turner Prekindergarten Academy WAXAHACHIE | 256 | 73.4% | N/A |
| Life School Carrollton CARROLLTON | 283 | 64.3% | 40.9% |
| Austin Elementary School MESQUITE | 306 | 66.3% | 51.0% |
| Downtown Montessori at Ida B Wells Academy DALLAS | 341 | 65.7% | 44.5% |
| Beasley Elementary School MESQUITE | 319 | 67.4% | 39.6% |
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 Rugel Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Dallas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.6% | #2,770 of 4,401 | #207 of 421 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #3,255 of 4,466 ▼ 647 | #295 of 429 ▼ 68 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #4,174 of 4,466 ▼ 658 | #390 of 429 ▼ 74 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -8.5pp | #432 of 3,998 | #62 of 399 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 273 | #4,343 of 4,938 | #410 of 448 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.3:1 | #439 of 4,622 | #23 of 432 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.6% | #1,442 of 4,628 | #96 of 433 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.8% | #2,461 of 4,789 | #335 of 437 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -40.4% | #164 of 2,838 | #26 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
273
-50 (-15%) vs 2020
-54% since 1990-91, when it was 594
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
was 14.0:1
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 | 273 | 22.3 | 12.3:1 | 72% (196) |
| 2023-24 | 281 | 22.3 | 12.6:1 | 81% (228) |
| 2022-23 | 331 | 23.9 | 13.8:1 | 80% (264) |
| 2020-21 | 323 | 23 | 14.0:1 | 83% (268) |
| 2017-18 | 458 | 36.8 | 12.4:1 | 72% (331) |
| 2015-16 | 490 | 37 | 13.2:1 | 71% (347) |
| 2010-11 | 471 | 33 | 14.3:1 | 65% (306) |
| 2000-01 | 441 | 30 | 14.7:1 | 15% (65) |
| 1990-91 | 594 | 32 | 18.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rugel Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 40% (458 to 273); teachers down 40% (36.8 to 22.3).
About Rugel Elementary School
Rugel Elementary School is an elementary school with a street address in MESQUITE, Texas. Enrollment stands at 273 students, covering kindergarten through 5. The school is 47% below the average for elementary schools in Texas.
MESQUITE ISD is the local district for Rugel Elementary School. It runs 51 schools with 37,930 students.
The share of Hispanic students at Rugel Elementary School is 55%, a majority. Smaller groups are 30% Black, 10% White, and 4% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Dallas County is roughly 41% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 60, compared with 70 nationally.
The school lists 22.3 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.3:1. The average for elementary schools in Texas is 15.1:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. A total of 196 students, or 72%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Rugel Elementary School earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 28% of Texas public elementary schools.
Rugel Elementary School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Texas schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 38.6% and a predicted 43.0%.
In Dallas County, the median household earns about $76,547 a year, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Dallas County has 771 public schools with about 459,645 students, including Rugel Elementary School.
Galloway Elementary School sits about 1.0 miles from Rugel Elementary School. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, Rugel Elementary School ranks 5th on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for Rugel Elementary School is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's student count fell 15% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. Students per teacher dropped from 14.0 in 2020-21 to 12.3 in 2024-25.
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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
- Galloway Elementary School1.0 mi · 439
- Tosch Elementary School1.0 mi · 625
- Legacy Prep Charter Academy Mesquite West Campus1.1 mi · 991
- Ignite Community School - Mesquite1.3 mi · 480
- McDonald Middle School1.4 mi · 787
- Wilkinson Middle School1.4 mi · 655
Frequently asked questions
About Rugel Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Rugel Elementary School?
Rugel Elementary School enrolls approximately 273 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Rugel Elementary School serve?
Rugel Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Rugel Elementary School have?
Rugel Elementary School employs 22 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Rugel Elementary School?
At Rugel Elementary School, the student body is approximately 10% White, 55% Hispanic, 30% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Rugel Elementary School?
Rugel Elementary School is overseen by MESQUITE ISD in Dallas County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.