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MERKEL ISD

Merkel, Texas 路 Public School District 路 Open

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Key statistics

1,090
Students enrolled
3
Public schools
104
Classroom teachers (FTE)
10.5:1
Students per teacher

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

Students

By grade

  • Pre-K 75
  • Kindergarten 76
  • Grade 1 82
  • Grade 2 92
  • Grade 3 78
  • Grade 4 88
  • Grade 5 72
  • Grade 6 101
  • Grade 7 69
  • Grade 8 76
  • Grade 9 91
  • Grade 10 74
  • Grade 11 67
  • Grade 12 49

By race/ethnicity

  • White 70%
  • Hispanic/Latino 26%
  • Two or more races 3%
  • Black or African American 1%
  • American Indian or Alaska Native <1%
  • Asian <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

46% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 502 of 1,090 students in the district's schools
  • Free lunch 45%
  • 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

$12,264 spent per student on day-to-day operations Texas median: $13,954 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $7,513
  • Support services $4,117
  • Other (food service, etc.) $634

Where the money comes from

  • Local 30%
  • State 58%
  • Federal 12%

Total revenue $17.9 milliontotal spending $16.5 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)

Rural: Distant

Total staff (FTE)

204

District office

314 MANCHESTER, Merkel TX 79536

Phone

(325) 928-5813

County

Taylor County

Official website

NCES District ID

4830340

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About MERKEL ISD

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The mission of the Merkel Independent School district is to provide, to the full extent of their individual abilities, all students with the skills of logical, independent, and creative thinking, and effective communication. Further, as a result of instruction in our schools, students will acquire a knowledge and appreciation of our citizenship responsibilities, of our economic responsibilities, and of our American heritage. In our schools, learning will occur in an environment of moral values and character, and these characteristics will be communicated to all students. The accomplishment of this mission will be characterized by equity, efficiency, and accountability.
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