Balch Springs’s public schools score below 79% of Texas districts on tests and graduation
On the state reading tests, 42% of Balch Springs’s students scored proficient, below the Texas average (51%). The grade covers the two public school districts serving Balch Springs, from kindergarten through graduation, on state tests and graduation. Each state writes its own tests, so this is the one TownRatings grade compared within Texas, not nationally.
From Texas state tests taken in spring 2022, when 98% of students in the tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s four-year graduation rate, as reported to the U.S. Department of Education.
Balch Springs’s schools, in brief
Against towns with similar incomes
Among the 738 Texas towns with household incomes within a quarter of Balch Springs’s, its schools beat 13%, lower than their 21% against all the state’s districts. The grade ↓
Results trail the state
In spring 2022, 42% of tested students were proficient in reading and 37% in math, against 51% and 41% statewide; 98% of students in the tested grades sat the tests. The grade ↓
Graduation
81% of the class of 2023 graduated in four years, against 90% across Texas. Districts ↓
Spending and class size
Mesquite Independent spends $13,064 per student and Dallas Independent $15,160, against $12,815 across Texas (FY2024). Neither counts toward the grade. Districts ↓
Choice beyond the district
KIPP Pleasant Grove Leadership Academy is in town. Every school ↓
Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.
What’s behind Balch Springs’s grade
C−: better than 21% of Texas school districts, #552 of 642 Texas towns. Both inputs trail the Texas average; test scores are the closer of the two to typical.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Balch Springs, with each school’s own grade.
6th grade in Balch Springs · depends on your address
Young Women's STEAM Academy at Balch Springs Middl
Grades 6–9 · 751 students · 15:1 students per teacher
New Middle
Grades 6–8 · 670 students · 12:1 students per teacher · in Mesquite
7th grade in Balch Springs · depends on your address
Young Women's STEAM Academy at Balch Springs Middl
Grades 6–9 · 751 students · 15:1 students per teacher
New Middle
Grades 6–8 · 670 students · 12:1 students per teacher · in Mesquite
8th grade in Balch Springs · depends on your address
Young Women's STEAM Academy at Balch Springs Middl
Grades 6–9 · 751 students · 15:1 students per teacher
New Middle
Grades 6–8 · 670 students · 12:1 students per teacher · in Mesquite
9th grade in Balch Springs
Young Women's STEAM Academy at Balch Springs Middl
Grades 6–9 · 751 students · 15:1 students per teacher
Balch Springs runs its own schools through grade 12 (Mesquite Independent School District). From grade PK, students attend the Dallas Independent School District, shared with Addison, Cockrell Hill, Combine, Dallas, Farmers Branch, Hutchins, Seagoville and Wilmer. Its high school is in Dallas. To confirm the school for a specific address, ask the district.
Two districts serve Balch Springs
Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.
Well below the state in reading
Balch Springs vs. its neighbors
Schools grades for the Texas towns that share Balch Springs’s borders.
| Town | Schools | Main districts |
|---|---|---|
| Balch Springs | C− | Mesquite Independent PK–12 · Dallas Independent PK–12 |
| Dallas | C− | Dallas Independent |
| Mesquite | C+ | Mesquite Independent |
Every school in Balch Springs
52 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Texas’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).
Questions about Balch Springs’s schools
Are Balch Springs’s schools good?
On Texas’s tests they score below most of the state: the public schools Balch Springs children attend score below 79% of Texas’s school districts on tests and graduation, a C− Schools grade, #552 of 642 Texas towns. Among towns with similar incomes they beat 13%. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023.
What school district is Balch Springs in?
Two districts: Mesquite Independent School District runs grades PK–12, and Dallas Independent School District runs grades PK–12, shared with Addison, Cockrell Hill, Combine, Dallas, Farmers Branch, Hutchins, Seagoville and Wilmer.
Where do Balch Springs kids go to high school?
One of 45 high schools, depending on your address: Skyline H S, Horn H S, Mesquite H S, Bryan Adams H S Leadership Academy, W T White H S, Sunset H S, North Mesquite H S, Moises E Molina H S, West Mesquite H S, Woodrow Wilson H S, Seagoville H S, W W Samuell H S, Vroonland - Vanguard H S, Hillcrest H S, South Oak Cliff H S, Poteet H S, Thomas Jefferson H S, H Grady Spruce H S, W H Adamson H S, Emmett J Conrad H S, North Dallas H S, Dr. L G Pinkston Sr. H S, Justin F Kimball H S, David W Carter H S, Booker T Washington Spva Magnet, Wilmer-Hutchins H S, Franklin D Roosevelt H S of Innovation, Irma Rangel Young Women's Leadership School, Lincoln Humanities/Communications Magnet High SCH, School for the Talented and Gifted, Barack Obama Male Leadership Acad at A Maceo Smith, School of Science and Engineering, School of Health Professions, Judge Barefoot Sanders Law Magnet, Marvin E Robinson School of Business and MGMT, Trinidad Garza Early College at Mt. View, New Tech H S at B F Darrell H S, James Madison H S, Kathlyn Joy Gilliam Collegiate Academy, Dr. Wright L Lassiter Jr. Early College H S, North Lake Early College H S, Dr. Frederick Haynes III Global Prep at Paul Quinn, Rosie Sorrells Education and Social Services H S, Citylab H S and Innovation Design Entrepreneurship Academy.
What is Balch Springs’s graduation rate?
81% of the class of 2023 in Dallas Independent School District graduated in four years, against 90% across Texas.
How much does Balch Springs spend per student?
$13,064 in Mesquite Independent School District and $15,160 in Dallas Independent School District (FY2024), against $12,815 across Texas. Spending doesn’t count toward the grade.
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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). The School Grade is our own summary, graded within Texas. Stars are from neighbors.