TOSCH EL

TOSCH EL is a mid-tier primary school in MESQUITE, Texas, overseen by MESQUITE ISD. The school serves 625 students in grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 20% above typical.

MESQUITE ISD comprises 51 schools with combined enrollment of 37,930 students; TOSCH EL is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, TOSCH EL shows that Hispanic students make up the majority at 69%; the rest is composed of 21% Black, 7% White. By comparison, Dallas County as a whole is about 41% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting TOSCH EL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 86% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Dallas County's rate of about 77%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, TOSCH EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 36.3%; this one delivers 37.6%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Dallas County put median household income runs about $76,547, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Dallas County runs 771 public schools (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students), of which TOSCH EL is one.

The closest other public school is MCDONALD MIDDLE, roughly 0.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around TOSCH EL. On composite proficiency, TOSCH EL comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 40.6%.

TOSCH EL operates from a commuter-belt location.

Looking at the recent track record. TOSCH EL's enrollment has fell 28% since 2018, when it stood at 872 (now 625). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.9:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 today.

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