Current strength
Chronically absent lower than the similar-context average
10.4% −11.7 pts vs 22.1%
- 10.4% is 11.7 percentage points lower than the 22.1% average among 2,266 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
Traditional public school campus
Black Elem
Dallas County · Region 10: Richardson · 570 students
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- Current score
- 68/1002025-26
- Change
- −15 ptssince 2021-22
- Score vs similar economic context
- −9.2 ptsvs 77.2 average · 2,374 rated schools serving a similar economic context
- Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
- 1,915 of 2,374tied with 45 others
- Score vs region
- −14.2 ptsvs 82.2 average · 1,157 rated schools in Region 10: Richardson
- Region 10: Richardson placement
- 1,044 of 1,157tied with 10 others
- Score vs county
- −13.4 ptsvs 81.4 average · 563 rated schools in Dallas County
- Dallas County placement
- 504 of 563tied with 3 others
- Score vs similar-size group
- −12.3 ptsvs 80.3 average · 4,748 similarly sized rated schools
- Similar size placement
- 4,150 of 4,748tied with 77 others
- Score vs state
- −13.3 ptsvs 81.3 average · 7,646 rated Texas schools
- Texas placement
- 6,822 of 7,646tied with 96 others
D68
At a glance
Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving down; under the rules in force back then it scored 83 in 2021-22. The current score is below the 77.2 average for 2,374 rated schools serving a similar economic context.The current score is below the 82.2 average for 1,157 rated schools in Region 10: Richardson.The current score is below the 81.4 average for 563 rated schools in Dallas County.The current score is below the 80.3 average for 4,748 similarly sized rated schools.The current score is below the 81.3 average for 7,646 rated Texas schools.
Evidence worth noticing
Strengths and momentum
Current strength
Attendance above the similar-context average
95.3% +2.2 pts vs 93.1%
- 95.3% is 2.2 percentage points above the 93.1% average among 2,273 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
Current strength
Chronically absent lower than the Region 10: Richardson average
10.4% −4.1 pts vs 14.5%
- 10.4% is 4.1 percentage points lower than the 14.5% average among 1,107 schools in Region 10: Richardson reporting this measure.
Current strength
Chronically absent lower than the Dallas County average
10.4% −6 pts vs 16.4%
- 10.4% is 6 percentage points lower than the 16.4% average among 552 schools in Dallas County reporting this measure.
Current strength
Attendance above the Dallas County average
95.3% +1.1 pts vs 94.2%
- 95.3% is 1.1 percentage points above the 94.2% average among 552 schools in Dallas County reporting this measure.
Current strength
Chronically absent lower than the similar-size average
10.4% −5 pts vs 15.4%
- 10.4% is 5 percentage points lower than the 15.4% average among 4,632 similarly sized schools reporting this measure.
Current strength
Chronically absent lower than the Texas average
10.4% −6.3 pts vs 16.7%
- 10.4% is 6.3 percentage points lower than the 16.7% average among 7,358 Texas schools reporting this measure.
Current strength
Attendance above the Texas average
95.3% +1.2 pts vs 94.1%
- 95.3% is 1.2 percentage points above the 94.1% average among 7,366 Texas schools reporting this measure.
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Black Elem is rated D by TEA, scoring 68 out of 100 for 2025-26 — below the 77.2 average for 2,374 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is down 15 points since 2021-22.
Ranks 1,915th of 2,374 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 45 others).
Black Elem is rated D by TEA, scoring 68 out of 100 for 2025-26 — below the 82.2 average for 1,157 rated schools in Region 10: Richardson. It is down 15 points since 2021-22.
Ranks 1,044th of 1,157 rated schools in Region 10: Richardson (tied with 10 others).
Black Elem is rated D by TEA, scoring 68 out of 100 for 2025-26 — below the 81.4 average for 563 rated schools in Dallas County. It is down 15 points since 2021-22.
Ranks 504th of 563 rated schools in Dallas County (tied with 3 others).
Black Elem is rated D by TEA, scoring 68 out of 100 for 2025-26 — below the 80.3 average for 4,748 similarly sized rated schools. It is down 15 points since 2021-22.
Ranks 4,150th of 4,748 similarly sized rated schools (tied with 77 others).
Black Elem is rated D by TEA, scoring 68 out of 100 for 2025-26 — below the 81.3 average for 7,646 rated Texas schools. It is down 15 points since 2021-22.
Ranks 6,822nd of 7,646 rated Texas schools (tied with 96 others).
Put the numbers in context
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2021-22 is shown under the refreshed methodology TEA adopted in 2023, so it is comparable with later years. Under the original scoring it was rated B with 83 that year.
Comparison lines follow the current rated cohort backward through time. The table gives the number in that fixed cohort that reported a score each year; it can be smaller than cohort membership.
View the yearly scores and comparisons
| Year | Rating | Score | Selected comparisonSimilar economic-disadvantage rate | StateTexas average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | D | 68 | 77.2 2,374 reporting | 81.3 7,646 reporting |
| 2024-25 | C | 76 | 77.0 2,361 reporting | 81.2 7,554 reporting |
| 2023-24 | C | 79 | 73.9 2,344 reporting | 78.9 7,466 reporting |
| 2022-23 | D | 69 | 74.2 2,330 reporting | 79.1 7,377 reporting |
| 2021-22 | B | 83 | 81.6 2,302 reporting | 83.7 7,283 reporting |
Where the score comes from
Texas builds the overall rating from the better of Student Achievement and School Progress, weighted 70%, plus Closing the Gaps at 30%. School Progress is itself the better of Academic Growth and Relative Performance. The 60, 70, 80 and 90 rules mark the letter-grade thresholds.
- Black Elem
- Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,374 in cohort)
| Domain | Score | Grade | Points to next grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Student Achievement | 65 | D | 5 |
| School Progress | 70 | C | 10 |
| Closing the Gaps | 64 | D | 6 |
| Academic Growth | 57 | F | 3 |
| Relative Performance | 70 | C | 10 |
Closest to moving up: Closing the Gaps, 6 points below C in that domain — the nearest of the measures that count toward the overall rating.
TEA does not add the domains up. The overall score is the better of Student Achievement and School Progress at 70%, plus Closing the Gaps at 30%. For this school that better measure is School Progress (70), so Student Achievement (65) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 70.
Student outcomes
STAAR performance
- Approaches grade level
- Meets grade level
- Masters grade level
- Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,374 in cohort)
Percentage of tests at or above each level. Masters is a subset of Meets, which is a subset of Approaches. The selected-comparison tick on each bar marks the average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate — a comparison TEA does not publish.
Counts in the comparison controls describe full cohort membership, not the denominator of every average. Each average uses only schools for which TEA reported that measure; metric-specific reporting counts are shown on the STAAR, graduation and CCMR rows and may vary.
Who this school serves
Placed after the results deliberately: this is context for reading them, not an explanation of them.
- Students
- 570
- Economically disadvantaged
- 85.6%−0.6 pts vs similar economic context
- English learners
- 38.6%+3.4 pts vs similar economic context
- Special education
- 23.3%+4.9 pts vs similar economic context
- Attendance
- 95.3%+2.2 pts vs similar economic context
- Chronically absent
- 10.4%−11.7 pts vs similar economic context
Student demographics
Black Elem
- African American 18.9%
- Hispanic 70%
- White 8.4%
- American Indian 0.4%
- Asian 0.9%
- Two or More Races 1.4%
Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,374 reporting for every category shown · 2,374 in full cohort
- African American 14.2%
- Hispanic 73.1%
- White 8.8%
- American Indian 0.3%
- Asian 1.4%
- Pacific Islander 0.1%
- Two or More Races 2%
Selected comparison average For Region 10: Richardson · 1,157 reporting for every category shown · 1,157 in full cohort
- African American 17.4%
- Hispanic 43.5%
- White 24.5%
- American Indian 0.6%
- Asian 9.9%
- Pacific Islander 0.1%
- Two or More Races 4%
Selected comparison average For Dallas County · 563 reporting for every category shown · 563 in full cohort
- African American 21.3%
- Hispanic 59%
- White 10.9%
- American Indian 0.6%
- Asian 5.4%
- Pacific Islander 0.1%
- Two or More Races 2.6%
Selected comparison average For similarly sized schools · 4,748 reporting for every category shown · 4,748 in full cohort
- African American 12.2%
- Hispanic 54.7%
- White 24.6%
- American Indian 0.3%
- Asian 4.6%
- Pacific Islander 0.1%
- Two or More Races 3.5%
Statewide average 7,646 reporting for every category shown · 7,646 Texas schools in full cohort
- African American 11.5%
- Hispanic 52.6%
- White 27.8%
- American Indian 0.3%
- Asian 4.2%
- Pacific Islander 0.1%
- Two or More Races 3.4%
Student counts behind the percentages
Context only. These counts are not rankings, comparisons, or judgments about school quality.
- Students in this TEA accountability summary
- 570
- Economically disadvantaged students
- 488
- Emergent bilingual students
- 220
- Special education students
- 133
Campus mobility · 2024–25
- Mobile students
- 41
- Students in TEA mobility denominator
- 493
- TEA-published mobility rate
- 8.3%
The mobility count and rate use TEA’s separate 2024–25 campus denominator shown above, not current enrollment. This site does not recalculate a missing rate.
The first figure is TEA’s student count for this accountability summary. It is a separate publication from the fall PEIMS enrollment shown above and can differ; this site does not substitute one for the other. Counts come from TEA’s 2025-26 accountability summary, fetched 29 August 2026. A reported zero is shown as 0. Small-number and complementary masks, unavailable values, and blank not-reported fields stay separate and are never estimated. TEA masking definitions.
Enrollment over time
TEA-reported student enrollment for each available school year. Enrollment growth or decline is not a measure of school quality.
TEA reported 570 students in 2025–26, a decrease of 17 (2.9%) from 2024–25.
- Latest enrollment
- 570
2025–26
- Change from 2024–25
- −17
Decrease · −2.9%
- Change since 2021–22
- −82
Decrease · −12.6%
Enrollment in 2025–26
- This school
- 570
- Selected comparison
- 610.9
| School year | Students enrolledBlack Elem | Change from previous school year | Average enrollmentselected comparison |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021–22 | 652 | First available year | 643.7 |
| 2022–23 | 627 | Decrease of 25 (3.8%) | 641.2 |
| 2023–24 | 626 | Decrease of 1 (0.2%) | 634.7 |
| 2024–25 | 587 | Decrease of 39 (6.2%) | 631.9 |
| 2025–26 | 570 | Decrease of 17 (2.9%) | 610.9 |
The selected comparison column is the average enrollment among reporting schools in that group. It changes with the comparison control; this school's own counts do not.
Source: TEA PEIMS Student Program and Special Populations Reports, fetched 24 August 2026. TEA reports these counts from its fall student snapshot; changes compare adjacent reported school years.
These counts show how enrollment changed, not why. Attendance-zone changes, school openings or closures, grade reconfigurations, transfers and population shifts can affect the total.
Discipline and removal from class
TEA’s annual student and action counts, kept separate and divided only by the matching full-year enrollment. These figures describe removals from instruction, not a simple safe-or-unsafe score.
- Students in TEA’s all-discipline count
- 30
4.8% of cumulative year-end enrollment
- Disciplinary actions
- 49
7.84 per 100 students
- Cumulative year-end enrollment
- 625
2024–25
Share of students · 2024–25
- This school
- 4.8%
- Selected comparison
- 13.3%
Actions per 100 students · 2024–25
- This school
- 7.84
- Selected comparison
- 32.1
| School year | Cumulative enrollment | Studentsall discipline | Students% of enrollment | Actionsall discipline | Actionsper 100 students | Studentsselected comparison average % | Actionsselected comparison average per 100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–21 | 666 | 12 | 1.8% | 14 | 2.10 | 7.7% | 15 |
| 2021–22 | 678 | 25 | 3.7% | 33 | 4.87 | 12.7% | 30.2 |
| 2022–23 | 677 | 31 | 4.6% | 54 | 7.98 | 13.6% | 33.7 |
| 2023–24 | 658 | 20 | 3.0% | 41 | 6.23 | 13.7% | 33.9 |
| 2024–25 | 625 | 30 | 4.8% | 49 | 7.84 | 13.3% | 32.1 |
See 2024–25 discipline categories
| Category | Students | Students% of enrollment | Actions | Actionsper 100 students | Studentsselected comparison average % | Actionsselected comparison average per 100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All discipline | 30 | 4.8% | 49 | 7.84 | 13.3% | 32.1 |
| In-school suspensions | 29 | 4.6% | 45 | 7.20 | 11.7% | 23.1 |
| Out-of-school suspensions | Suppressed | — | Suppressed | — | — | — |
| DAEP placements | Suppressed | — | Suppressed | — | — | — |
| Mandatory DAEP placements | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| Discretionary DAEP placements | Suppressed | — | Suppressed | — | — | — |
| JJAEP placements | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| Mandatory JJAEP placements | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| Discretionary JJAEP placements | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| Expulsions | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| Mandatory expulsions | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| Discretionary expulsions | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
Selected comparisons use rates, not raw counts, so differently sized schools can be read on the same basis. Each average uses only group members for which TEA reported that rate; this school's own counts and rates remain fixed.
Students, actions and incidents are different units. One student can receive multiple actions. The categories overlap, so they must not be added together. Rates use TEA's matching cumulative year-end enrollment, not the October enrollment shown elsewhere on this page.
Source: TEA Discipline Reports, fetched 24 August 2026. Suppressed values stay unavailable rather than being estimated. Use 2020–21 cautiously because remote instruction during the pandemic changed students' exposure to in-person discipline. TEA consolidated its separate action-group reports into this product in 2024–25; this trend uses only the stable “All discipline” heading.
Spending per student
The campus and its parent district stay fixed while the selected same-sector txschools.net comparison changes with the page-wide control. TEA's own peer group and statewide reference remain visible as separately published, fixed TEA references.
- Black Elem
- Parent district: Mesquite ISD
- Texas average
- Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate
Spending per student · 2025
- This school
- $9,757
- Selected comparison
- $13,269
For 2025, TEA reported $9,757 per student for this campus, $15,844 per student for its parent district, Mesquite ISD, $18,972 per student for the Texas average.
Not reported in this TEA campus finance record: TEA peer group.
View yearly spending figures
| Year | Black Elem | Parent district: Mesquite ISD | Texas average | Selected comparison average | Reportingselected comparison |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | $7,531 | $13,769 | $13,054 | $8,266 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,235 rated schools reporting |
| 2019 | $7,062 | $13,140 | $13,108 | $8,327 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,266 rated schools reporting |
| 2020 | $7,251 | $14,912 | $14,058 | $8,851 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,276 rated schools reporting |
| 2021 | $7,421 | $11,625 | $14,797 | $9,547 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,282 rated schools reporting |
| 2022 | $8,416 | $15,447 | $15,708 | $11,030 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,302 rated schools reporting |
| 2023 | $7,602 | $16,822 | $16,792 | $11,566 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,328 rated schools reporting |
| 2024 | $9,267 | $16,875 | $18,125 | $12,485 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,343 rated schools reporting |
| 2025 | $9,757 | $15,844 | $18,972 | $13,269 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,358 rated schools reporting |
The selected-comparison reporting count is year-specific and can vary across the table. Dollar amounts are shown as TEA published them and are not adjusted for inflation.
Teachers and actual class size
- Average salary
- $70,364+$2,737 vs similar economic context
- Teachers
- 39−3.6 vs similar economic context
- Students per staff member
- 14.8+0.4 vs similar economic context
Teaching experience
Black Elem
- Beginning 5.2%
- 1 to 5 years 46.8%
- 6 to 10 years 24.4%
- 11 to 20 years 18.2%
- 21 to 30 years 5.5%
Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,374 reporting for every category shown · 2,374 in full cohort
- Beginning 7.2%
- 1 to 5 years 27.4%
- 6 to 10 years 19%
- 11 to 20 years 27.3%
- 21 to 30 years 15.1%
- Over 30 years 3.5%
Selected comparison average For Region 10: Richardson · 1,157 reporting for every category shown · 1,157 in full cohort
- Beginning 6.9%
- 1 to 5 years 29%
- 6 to 10 years 20.1%
- 11 to 20 years 27.5%
- 21 to 30 years 13.7%
- Over 30 years 2.8%
Selected comparison average For Dallas County · 563 reporting for every category shown · 563 in full cohort
- Beginning 7.5%
- 1 to 5 years 30.2%
- 6 to 10 years 21.2%
- 11 to 20 years 26.5%
- 21 to 30 years 11.9%
- Over 30 years 2.7%
Selected comparison average For similarly sized schools · 4,748 reporting for every category shown · 4,748 in full cohort
- Beginning 6.1%
- 1 to 5 years 26.4%
- 6 to 10 years 19.7%
- 11 to 20 years 29%
- 21 to 30 years 15.5%
- Over 30 years 3.1%
Statewide average 7,646 reporting for every category shown · 7,646 Texas schools in full cohort
- Beginning 6.2%
- 1 to 5 years 25.6%
- 6 to 10 years 19.2%
- 11 to 20 years 28.7%
- 21 to 30 years 15.9%
- Over 30 years 3.7%
Average students in a class
| Grade or subject | Average students per classBlack Elem · 2024–25 | Average students per classselected comparison |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 16.7 | 18.1 |
| Grade 1 | 20.3 | 18.5 |
| Grade 2 | 19 | 18.4 |
| Grade 3 | 18 | 18.8 |
| Grade 4 | 20.7 | 18.8 |
| Grade 5 | 22.7 | 19.9 |
These are TEA's actual class-size averages for the grade or subject shown, not the student-to-teacher ratio. TEA reported 6 of 12 categories for this campus; the categories are not combined into a made-up campus-wide average. Each selected comparison average uses only schools reporting that same grade or subject.
Source: TEA Texas Academic Performance Reports, fetched 24 August 2026.
Where this comes from
The Texas Education Agency publishes the underlying accountability reports and data downloads. Ratings, outcomes, demographics, staffing and finance on this page come from TEA data available through txschools.gov, fetched 15 August 2026. TEA’s Reports and Data Portal links the official bulk files. Enrollment history comes from TEA's PEIMS Student Program and Special Populations reports, fetched 24 August 2026. The student-count context comes from TEA’s bulk accountability summary, fetched 29 August 2026; TEA’s masking definitions explain withheld values. The dated notice, staffing, discipline, transfer, community and postsecondary sections cite their separate TEA, Census or THECB publication in place. Every archived source carries checksums so each number stays traceable to the bytes the public agency served.
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