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Mesquite Isd

52 campuses · Dallas County

Mesquite Isd enrolled 12,250 students across 52 campuses in 2025. In the class of 2024, 94.3% graduated in four years (Texas: 92.7%).

At a glance vs. Texas

Mesquite Isd Texas
Graduation rate ’24+2.6 vs TX
Mesquite Isd 92.4%Texas 89.8%
College/career/military ready ’24+2.2 vs TX
Mesquite Isd 77.3%Texas 75.1%
Enrolled in a Texas college ’22+1.9 vs TX
Mesquite Isd 46.5%Texas 44.6%
Took the SAT or ACT ’24+10.6 vs TX
Mesquite Isd 91.7%Texas 81.1%
College-ready test score ’24-5.5 vs TX
Mesquite Isd 9.0%Texas 14.5%
Algebra I proficiency ’25+9.0 vs TX
Mesquite Isd 35.0%Texas 26.0%
Advanced course completion ’24+2.5 vs TX
Mesquite Isd 57.6%Texas 55.1%

62 of 743 Black graduates in the class of 2024 finished without ever taking the SAT or ACT.

Graduation rate

Share of the class that graduated high school within 4 years.

8890929496201220152018202120249290

College/career/military ready

Met Texas' readiness checklist: a qualifying test score, college credit, a career certificate, or military enlistment.

3040506070802017201920212023202477

Exists from the class of 2017. A checklist, not a test. See Methods.

Enrolled in a Texas college

Enrolled in a Texas college or university the fall after graduating.

404550556065201620182020202247

Texas colleges only: misses out-of-state, military, and trade paths. Runs through the class of 2022.

Took the SAT or ACT

Share of graduates who took a college entrance exam.

60708090201220152018202120249281

Can top 100% where juniors test (the denominator is graduates).

College-ready test score

Scored at or above the college-ready benchmark on the SAT or ACT.

510152020122015201820212024159

The benchmark was redefined between 2017 and 2018, and COVID broke the series between 2020 and 2021. Compare within eras, not across the dashed lines.

Algebra I proficiency

Met grade level on the Algebra I STAAR, the state test nearly every student takes.

20304050201720192022202420253526

Advanced course completion

Completed at least one advanced or dual-credit course (grades 11-12).

4050602014201720202023202458

Took an AP/IB exam

Took at least one AP or IB exam.

1015202012201520182021202418

Every measure, latest year

Latest year per measure, by student group. Dashes are groups the state masked for privacy, not zeros.
MeasureYearAllBlackHispanicWhiteLow-income
Graduation rate202494.3%92.4%95.7%92%94.2%
College/career/military ready202483.5%77.3%85.3%87.2%82.1%
Algebra I proficiency202538.2%35%40.3%29.6%35.9%
Biology proficiency202551.7%44.6%52.8%63%48.5%
English II proficiency202545.3%37.7%45.9%61.4%41.7%
Grade 3 math202338.7%25.3%40.8%48.9%35.6%
Grade 4 math202343%32.3%47%43.8%40.9%
Grade 5 math202346.4%30%52.6%48.8%43.6%
Grade 6 math202338.7%25.4%41.5%52.7%35.9%
Grade 7 math202315.5%11.3%15.8%26.7%14.8%
Grade 8 math202350.2%41.5%52.1%56.8%47.8%
Grade 3 reading202339%32.2%39.6%46.8%36%
Grade 4 reading202335.8%28.7%36.6%43.1%33.4%
Grade 5 reading202346.9%36.9%49.9%49.7%44.2%
Grade 6 reading202336.1%28.9%37.2%47.8%33.8%
Grade 7 reading202341.2%33.1%42.9%50%38.3%
Grade 8 reading202343.6%37.3%44.2%52.3%40%
Advanced course completion202464.8%57.6%66.2%71%63.5%
Took an AP/IB course202441.2%26.6%46.2%46.2%39.5%
Took an AP/IB exam202426.1%18.3%27.6%32.6%24.1%
Passed an AP/IB exam202435%24.2%34.2%49.7%33.9%

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