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Enrollment
625
Elementary
DISTRICT 507 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MESQUITE ISD·NCES 483039003420
Tosch Elementary School
2424 LARCHMONT DR, MESQUITE, TX 75150 · (972) 882-5000 · Dallas County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL625 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
538 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 | 70 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 79 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 91 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 83 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 122 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 80 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 100 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (79) is 21% smaller than its 5th grade class (100).
Student demographics
47%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
47.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +24.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
52.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +27.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 52 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 24 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 27 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 22.0% | 25.0% | 20.0% | 33.0% |
| Mathematics | 25.0% | 27.0% | 17.0% | 31.0% |
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 | 47.0% | 52.0% |
| 2024-25 | 48.0% | 53.0% |
| 2023-24 | 41.0% | 44.0% |
| 2022-23 | 40.0% | 43.0% |
| 2021-22 | 42.0% | 32.0% |
| 2020-21 | 23.0% | 25.0% |
% 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
43.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% 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 Tosch Elementary School
Tosch Elementary School's state test result (43.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tosch Elementary School this school | 625 | 86.1% | 43.1% |
| Harlem Elementary School BAYTOWN | 575 | 87.1% | 32.3% |
| IDEA Walzem Academy SAN ANTONIO | 611 | 85.3% | 34.4% |
| Carver Elementary School BAYTOWN | 566 | 88.7% | 29.4% |
| Kujawa Elementary School HOUSTON | 562 | 85.2% | 28.9% |
| Uplift White Rock Hills Prep PS DALLAS | 640 | 85.9% | 42.5% |
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 Tosch Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Dallas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.1% | #2,199 of 4,401 | #151 of 421 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #1,598 of 4,466 ▼ 207 | #116 of 429 ▼ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #2,909 of 4,466 ▼ 177 | #226 of 429 ▼ 12 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.0pp | #1,741 of 3,998 | #141 of 399 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 625 | #1,422 of 4,938 | #107 of 448 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #1,341 of 4,622 | #105 of 432 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.4% | #2,613 of 4,628 | #198 of 433 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.1% | #1,473 of 4,789 | #225 of 437 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -28.3% | #592 of 2,838 | #76 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
625
+8 (+1%) vs 2020
+29% since 1990-91, when it was 486
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 15.1:1
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 | 625 | 45.3 | 13.8:1 | 86% (538) |
| 2023-24 | 622 | 45.2 | 13.8:1 | 86% (533) |
| 2022-23 | 604 | 42.1 | 14.3:1 | 86% (520) |
| 2020-21 | 617 | 41 | 15.1:1 | 87% (534) |
| 2017-18 | 872 | 51.6 | 16.9:1 | 84% (733) |
| 2015-16 | 976 | 58 | 16.8:1 | 86% (841) |
| 2010-11 | 670 | 45 | 14.9:1 | 78% (524) |
| 2000-01 | 418 | 24 | 17.4:1 | 40% (169) |
| 1990-91 | 486 | 25 | 19.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Tosch Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 28% (872 to 625); teachers down 12% (51.6 to 45.3).
About Tosch Elementary School
MESQUITE, Texas, is home to Tosch Elementary School, a medium-sized elementary school. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 625 students in pre-K through 5. The average for elementary schools in Texas is about 519 students, so this school is 20% bigger than average.
MESQUITE ISD enrolls 37,930 students, and its 51 schools include Tosch Elementary School.
At 69%, Hispanic students outnumber all other groups at Tosch Elementary School combined. Smaller groups are 21% Black and 7% White. County-wide, 41% of Dallas County residents are Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Tosch Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 47%.
Its teaching staff equals 45.3 full-time positions, a ratio of 13.8:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Texas average 15.1:1. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 86%. The rate at public schools in Dallas County averages 77%, lower than here.
A school with Tosch Elementary School's lunch-eligibility share in Texas is predicted to score 36.9%. Tosch Elementary School scores 43.1%, 6.2 points above that line.
Tosch Elementary School is located in Dallas County, where median household income is about $76,547, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 771 public schools in Dallas County, with a combined enrollment of about 459,645.
McDonald Middle School is the closest public school, about 0.4 miles away in a straight line. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Among the 7 closest schools with test data, this one included, Tosch Elementary School ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
Tosch Elementary School falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment went from 617 in 2020-21 to 625 in 2024-25, a change of 8 students. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.1:1 in 2020-21 to 13.8:1 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
- McDonald Middle School0.4 mi · 787
- McKenzie Elementary School0.8 mi · 406
- North Mesquite High School0.8 mi · 2,099
- Rugel Elementary School1.0 mi · 273
- Cannaday Elementary School1.2 mi · 616
- Range Elementary School1.2 mi · 587
Frequently asked questions
About Tosch Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Tosch Elementary School?
Tosch Elementary School enrolls approximately 625 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Tosch Elementary School serve?
Tosch Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Tosch Elementary School have?
Tosch Elementary School employs 45 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Tosch Elementary School?
At Tosch Elementary School, the student body is approximately 7% White, 69% Hispanic, 21% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Tosch Elementary School in?
Tosch Elementary School is part of MESQUITE ISD.
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