Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to 5

Taylor Elementary, Mercedes, TX

CEP schoolTaylor Elementary is a public elementary school in Mercedes, part of Mercedes ISD. It enrolled 406 students in 2024-25, with 12.7 students per full-time teacher.Listed in NCES data as "TAYLOR EL".

Enrollment and teachers

Students: 406
Teachers (FTE): 32.0
Students per teacher: 12.7
Grades: PK to 5

This school's ratio is 1.4 lower 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.

This school12.7

District14.1

Texas15.1

United States15.3

School details

Address: 900 N Missouri Ave, Mercedes, TX 78570
Phone: (956)514-2388
District: Mercedes ISD
County: Hidalgo County
Level: Elementary
Type: Regular
Status: Open
Charter: No
Locale: Suburb: Large
NCES school ID: 483025003390

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School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.

Free lunch: 378
Reduced-price lunch: 2
Free or reduced-price lunch: 38093.6% 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 elementary schools in Mercedes ISD

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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.