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MERCEDES ISD

Mercedes, Texas · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

4,207
Students enrolled
12
Public schools
299
Classroom teachers (FTE)
14.1:1
Students per teacher

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data. School year: 2024-25.

Students

By grade

  • Pre-K 356
  • Kindergarten 235
  • Grade 1 246
  • Grade 2 258
  • Grade 3 273
  • Grade 4 289
  • Grade 5 283
  • Grade 6 298
  • Grade 7 281
  • Grade 8 329
  • Grade 9 375
  • Grade 10 323
  • Grade 11 324
  • Grade 12 337

By race/ethnicity

  • Hispanic/Latino 98%
  • White 2%
  • Black or African American <1%
  • Two or more races <1%
  • Asian <1%
  • American Indian or Alaska Native <1%
  • Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander <1%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (fall membership), school year 2024-25. Race/ethnicity as reported by the state.

Free and reduced-price lunch

90% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 3,803 of 4,206 students in the 10 of its 11 schools that report
  • Free lunch 90%
  • Reduced-price lunch <1%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, school year 2024-25. Eligibility as reported by the state. Schools that serve free meals to every student may count all of them as eligible, so figures are not comparable from state to state.

Spending and revenue

$14,728 spent per student on day-to-day operations Texas median: $13,954 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $7,822
  • Support services $5,997
  • Other (food service, etc.) $909

Where the money comes from

  • Local 13%
  • State 65%
  • Federal 22%

Total revenue $70.3 milliontotal spending $69.4 million

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, School District Finance Survey (F-33), school year 2023-24. Day-to-day spending is NCES's current expenditures: it leaves out construction, equipment, debt and payments to charter or private schools. Per student is per fall enrollment of that year.

District details

Grades served

PK to 12

Locale (NCES)

Suburb: LargeStudents: 91% suburb, 9% rural

Total staff (FTE)

695

District office

206 W 6TH ST, Mercedes TX 78570

County

Hidalgo County

Official website

NCES District ID

4830250

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About MERCEDES ISD

Description provided by the district or community — not part of the NCES dataset.

Mission: Mercedes ISD will provide a 21st Century education for all students in a safe, caring, and supportive environment to develop productive citizens for an ever changing world. Vision: Achieve Excellence Today for a Successful Tomorrow
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