High · Alternative · Grades 9 to 12
Mercedes Early College Academy, Mercedes, TX
Enrollment and teachers
- Students
- 355
- Teachers (FTE)
- 22.0
- Students per teacher
- 16.1
- Grades
- 9 to 12
This school's ratio is 2.0 higher than the district figure of 14.1. The Texas average across schools is 15.1. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.
School details
- Address
- 950 W 6th St, Mercedes, TX 78570
- Phone
- (956)514-5180
- District
- Mercedes ISD
- County
- Hidalgo County
- Level
- High
- Type
- Alternative
- Status
- Open
- Charter
- No
- Locale
- Suburb: Large
- NCES school ID
- 483025012441
School meals
- Free lunch
- 281
- Reduced-price lunch
- 3
- Free or reduced-price lunch
- 28480.0% of enrollment.
- Community Eligibility Provision
- Yes (CEP school)
Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.
Related schools
Other high schools in Mercedes ISD
- Mercedes High School 903 students
- Mercedes Academic Academy 100 students
High schools elsewhere in Mercedes
- South Texas ISD Science Academy South Texas ISD
- South Texas ISD Health Professions South Texas ISD
- South Texas ISD Virtual Academy South Texas ISD
- Triumph Public High Schools-Mercedes Triumph Public High Schools-Rio Grande Valley
- South Palm Gardens High School Weslaco ISD
We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.