Motley El, Mesquite TX - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Motley El

Motley Elementary serves prekindergarten through fifth grade in Mesquite, a suburb in Dallas County. The school serves a predominantly Hispanic student population, with a substantial share of students qualifying for free or reduced price lunch, indicating high economic need in the school community.

The most recent state testing data shows mixed performance across grades and subjects. In fifth-grade math and English language arts, the school's proficiency rates sit in the moderate range. Fifth-grade science proficiency is notably lower. In fourth-grade English, proficiency is solid. Third-grade results are mixed, with stronger performance in math and weaker performance in English when tested in Spanish. The fourth-grade cohort for which English-language testing data exist is small, limiting what those results alone tell.

Looking across all tested grades and subjects, the school shows that a majority of students meet or approach the proficiency standard overall. In mathematics and English language arts, roughly half or more of students meet the standard when all grade levels are combined. In social studies, a higher proportion approach proficiency. Science results lag behind other subjects. These patterns suggest the school has foundation-level competency in core academics but would benefit from closer attention to science instruction and to English proficiency, particularly in the early elementary grades.

The school's proficiency index places it in the top quartile among Dallas County school districts, meaning it performs better than most of its county neighbors on the aggregate of tested subjects and grades.

State testing data do not include multi-year trends, so whether these results represent stable performance, improvement, or decline cannot be determined from the available information. The school has no reported graduation rate, as expected for an elementary school. Chronic absenteeism data were not available.

The Mesquite area housing market shows median home values and monthly rents that fall below both state and national benchmarks, making it relatively more affordable than most of Texas and the country. The local job market has modest unemployment. These economic factors shape the community the school serves but do not directly describe school operations or family outcomes.

The school enrollment is small relative to many elementary schools, distributed across seven grade levels from pre-K through fifth grade. Parent may want to look into further how the school supports English learners and what its specific approach is to early literacy and science instruction, given the variation in the test results. The school website, if available, would have current information on curriculum, programs, and how families can engage.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 360%

School 60% · District 35% · ▲ 25 pts above district

▲ 20 pts above state median · ▲ 25 pts above county median

Grade 576%

School 76% · District 22% · ▲ 54 pts above district

▲ 35 pts above state median · ▲ 38 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 310%

School 10% · District 42% · ▼ 32 pts below district

▼ 36 pts below state median · ▼ 27 pts below county median

Grade 462%

School 62% · District 31% · ▲ 31 pts above district

▲ 13 pts above state median · ▲ 16 pts above county median

Grade 573%

School 73% · District 29% · ▲ 44 pts above district

▲ 19 pts above state median · ▲ 23 pts above county median

Science

Grade 536%

School 36% · District 11% · ▲ 25 pts above district

▲ 13 pts above state median · ▲ 17 pts above county median

This schoolMESQUITE ISD, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.