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CROSS EL

PublicRegular
MESQUITE, Texas · MESQUITE ISD
Teachers44.0FTE
Ratio16.1:1students per teacher
Students707enrolled
SCHOOL SNAPSHOT
Students707
Grade Span
Student:Teacher16.1:1
Free/Reduced Lunch96%
Title INo
SectorPublic
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
1.9%vs prior yrUS avg 15.4:1
Teacher FTE
49
11%vs prior yr
Enrollment
803
14%vs prior yr
Years of Data
2
2023–2024
Counselors
ASCA max 1:250
Nurses
NASN max 1:750
Psychologists
NASP max 1:500
Social Workers
SSWAA max 1:250
Trends & 5-year history below

Pupil : Teacher Ratio — 5-Year Trend

15.3:115.6:115.8:116.0:116.2:116.5:12023202416.1:116.4:1CROSS ELUS public-school avg

Enrollment & Teacher FTE

699722744766788811444546474849202320247078034449EnrollmentTeacher FTE

Year-by-year workforce

Metric20232024Nat Avg
Enrollment707803
Teacher FTE4449
Pupil : Teacher ratio16.1:116.4:115.4:1

What These Numbers Mean

Teacher FTE

Full-Time Equivalent counts part-time teachers proportionally. One full-time teacher = 1.0 FTE; two half-time teachers also = 1.0 FTE. This is the standard federal reporting unit.

Pupil : Teacher ratio

NCES-reported ratio divides total enrollment by teacher FTE. It is NOT the same as average class size — schools with specialists, coaches, and resource teachers will show lower ratios than typical class sizes.

How to read the trend

A falling pupil:teacher ratio (line going down) means more staffing per student — generally a positive signal. A rising line can indicate budget pressure or fast enrollment growth outpacing hiring. Always compare to the US average (dashed grey).

Historical data spans 20232024 from NCES CCD.

Student Support & Wellbeing

Counselor, nurse, psychologist and social-worker staffing data will appear here once the latest CRDC (Civil Rights Data Collection) ingestion completes for this school.

Source: US Dept of Education — CRDC.