Mesquite Independent School District
The Mesquite Independent School District is a school district in Mesquite, Texas (incorporating most of Mesquite and portions of Balch Springs, Dallas, and Garland as well as serving all high school students of Sunnyvale) which follows the standard definition of an independent school district.
The district is rather large, containing in excess of 30,000 students. There are five main high schools, Three of which are AAAAA (or 5A, the highest in a system of Texas school size classification). The district has decided to adopt standardized dress (similar to a school uniform) for middle and high school students starting with the 2005 to 2006 school year. The Superintendent is Dr. Linda Henrie.
All houses and residential areas in Mesquite ISD are each assigned to an elementary school (Pre-K-5, Pre-K-6, or K-6), a middle school (6-8 or 7-8), and a high school (9-12).
In addition, the MISD operates two high school football facilities for its high schools, Memorial Stadium near West Mesquite High School and E. H. Hanby Stadium, which is located adjacent to Mesquite High School.
List of schools
Secondary schools
High schools
5 in Mesquite
AAAAA
3 in Mesquite
- Mesquite High School (Mesquite)
- North Mesquite High School (Mesquite)
- Dr. John D. Horn High School (Mesquite)
AAAA
2 in Mesquite
- Dr. Ralph H. Poteet High School (Mesquite)
- West Mesquite High School (Mesquite)
Middle schools
7 in Mesquite, 1 in Sunnyvale
Grades 6-8
1 in Mesquite
- A.C. New Middle School (Sunnyvale) (A.C. New is operated by Mesquite ISD but is within Sunnyvale ISD's boundaries)
- Walter L. Wilkinson Middle School (Mesquite)
Grades 7-8
5 in Mesquite
- Frank B. Agnew Middle School (Mesquite)
- Judge Frank Berry Middle School (Mesquite)
- R.S. Kimbrough Middle School (Mesquite)
- T.H. McDonald Middle School (Mesquite)
- Ed F. Vanston Middle School (Mesquite)
Other
1 in Mesquite
- Dr. James P. Terry Middle School (grade level details are not yet known, school will be opened in 2007) (Mesquite)
Primary schools
26 in Mesquite, 4 in Balch Springs, 1 in Garland
Grades PreK-5
3 in Mesquite, 4 in Balch Springs
- Walter E. Floyd Elementary School (Balch Springs)
- W.O. Gray Elementary School (Balch Springs)
- John L. Hanby Elementary School (Mesquite)
- Ed Hodges Elementary School (Balch Springs)
- Sue Ann Mackey Elementary School (Balch Springs)
- Ferd A. McWhorter Elementary School (Mesquite)
- Ben F. Tisinger Elementary School (Mesquite)
Grades PreK-6
5 in Mesquite
- J.H. Florence Elementary School (Mesquite)
- Bedford Galloway Elementary School (Mesquite)
- Zack Motley Elementary School (Mesquite)
- G.R. Porter Elementary School (Mesquite)
- S.M. Seabourn Elementary School (Mesquite)
Grades K-6
15 in Mesquite, 1 in Garland
- J.C. Austin Elementary School (Mesquite)
- C.W. Beasley Elementary School (Mesquite)
- Florence Black Elementary School (Mesquite)
- Dr. J.C. Cannaday Elementary School (Mesquite)
- Bonnie Gentry Elementary School (Mesquite)
- Georgia W. Kimball Elementary School (Mesquite)
- Joe Lawrence Elementary School/Deaf Education Elementary School (Mesquite)
- E.S. McKenzie Elementary School (Mesquite)
- Mary L. Moss Elementary School (Mesquite)
- Dr. Joey Pirrung Elementary School (Mesquite)
- Vernon Price Elementary School (Garland)
- I.N. Range Elementary School (Mesquite)
- J.C. Rugel Elementary School (Mesquite)
- Sam Rutherford Elementary School (Mesquite)
- Elsie Shands Elementary School (Mesquite)
- Ruby Shaw Elementary School (Mesquite)
- B.J. Smith Elementary School (Mesquite)
- Jay Thompson Elementary School (Mesquite)
- Charles A. Tosch Elementary School (Mesquite)
Other
1 in Mesquite
- Mesquite Academy, K-12 alternative school (Mesquite)