THOMPSON EL

Located at 2525 HELEN LN, in MESQUITE, Texas, THOMPSON EL is an average-sized elementary-level community that instructs 540 students (grades pre-K through 5), part of MESQUITE ISD.

MESQUITE ISD runs 51 schools in total, collectively educating 37,930 students. THOMPSON EL is one of those campuses.

Demographically, THOMPSON EL shows that Black students make up the majority at 71%. Other groups include 19% Hispanic, 5% White, 4% multiracial. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 22%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 84% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, On a poverty-adjusted basis, THOMPSON EL sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 37.0%; actual is 22.9%, a gap of -14.1 points.

In the surrounding community, Dallas County reports that the typical household earns roughly $76,547 per year, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. THOMPSON EL is one of 771 public schools in Dallas County (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students).

The closest other public school is TERRY MIDDLE, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, THOMPSON EL comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 36.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 4%: 565 students in 2018 compared to 540 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 59% to 71% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 17.1:1 in 2018 to 14.5:1 today.

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