VANSTON MIDDLE

VANSTON MIDDLE is one of the moderately sized middle schools in MESQUITE, Texas, part of MESQUITE ISD, with 728 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8.

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

Looking at the student body, VANSTON MIDDLE records that 75% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 13% Black, 9% White. The wider county runs roughly 41% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, VANSTON MIDDLE has 60 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.4:1 average. Roughly 84% of students at VANSTON MIDDLE qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), VANSTON MIDDLE sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 37.0%; this one delivers 39.0%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Dallas County indicate median household income runs about $76,547, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Dallas County's 771 public schools (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students), VANSTON MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

FLORENCE EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around VANSTON MIDDLE. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts VANSTON MIDDLE at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 41.7%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Five-year trend. VANSTON MIDDLE's enrollment has contracted 10% since 2018, when it stood at 805 (now 728). Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 68% to 75%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 14.6:1 in 2018 to 12.1:1 today.

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