TISINGER EL

TISINGER EL is an average-sized elementary-level community in MESQUITE, Texas, part of MESQUITE ISD. The school educates 739 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so TISINGER EL sits 42% above that benchmark.

TISINGER EL is one of 51 schools operated by MESQUITE ISD, a district that enrolls 37,930 students overall.

In terms of who attends, TISINGER EL reports that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 61% of enrollment; the rest looks like 29% Black, 6% White, 2% multiracial. 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, TISINGER EL shows 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. An estimated 91% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Dallas County's rate of about 77%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, TISINGER EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 34.2%; this one delivers 34.3%.

Around the school, census data for Dallas County shows median household earnings sit near $76,547, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Dallas County runs 771 public schools (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students), of which TISINGER EL is one.

WILKINSON MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around TISINGER EL. On composite proficiency, TISINGER EL comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 42.4%.

TISINGER EL operates from a suburban location.

Over the past 7-year window. TISINGER EL's enrollment has ticked down 10% since 2018, when it stood at 824 (now 739). Hispanic enrollment moved from 42% to 61% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 18.1:1 in 2018 to 16.3:1 in 2025.

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