Regular local school district · Hidalgo County
Mercedes ISD, TX: schools, enrollment and spending
Mercedes ISD runs 12 public schools with 4,207 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 14.1 students per teacher is 1.0 lower than the Texas figure of 15.1.Listed in NCES data as "MERCEDES ISD".
At a glance
- Schools
- 12
- Students
- 4,207
- Teachers (FTE)
- 299
- Students per teacher
- 14.1
- TX: 15.1 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 206 W 6th St, Mercedes, TX 78570
- Phone
- (956)514-2000
- County
- Hidalgo County
- Locale
- Suburb: Large
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 4830250
- State district ID
- TX-108907
- Total staff (FTE)
- 695
- School counselors (FTE)
- 12.0About 351 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 20.0
Students per teacher compared
This district14.1
Texas15.1
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (4,681), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $73.5 million
- Federal revenue
- $20.2 million
- State revenue
- $44.3 million
- Local revenue
- $8.9 million
- Total spending
- $62.7 million
- Spending per pupil
- $13,395
- Salaries
- $36.0 million57.4% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $44.1 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 27.5%
- State: 60.4%
- Local: 12.1%
Texas overall
- Federal: 12.6%
- State: 36.9%
- Local: 50.5%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$13,395
Texas$14,396
United States$16,826
Schools in Mercedes ISD
By level: 3 high, 2 middle, 4 elementary, 1 secondary, 1 other, 1 prekindergarten. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Jjaep-Southwest Key ProgramCEP school | Secondary | 8 to 9 | 1 | |
| John F Kennedy ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 399 | 14.2 |
| Mercedes Academic AcademyCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 100 | 11.1 |
| Mercedes DAEPCEP school | Other | 2 to 12 | 0 | |
| Mercedes Early College AcademyCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 355 | 16.1 |
| Mercedes Early Literacy ProgramCEP school | Prekindergarten | PK | 189 | 47.2 |
| Mercedes High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 903 | 15.1 |
| Ruben Hinojosa ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 468 | 13.4 |
| Sgt Manuel Chacon MiddleCEP school | Middle | 6 to 9 | 518 | 14.4 |
| Sgt William G Harrell MiddleCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 390 | 12.6 |
| Taylor ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 406 | 12.7 |
| Travis ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 478 | 14.1 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Hidalgo County
- IDEA Public Schools 79,430 students
- Edinburg CISD 33,343 students
- Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD 29,613 students
- LA Joya ISD 22,942 students
- McAllen ISD 19,890 students
- Weslaco ISD 16,300 students
- Mission CISD 13,765 students
- Donna ISD 12,937 students
- Sharyland ISD 9,844 students
- Vanguard Academy 6,814 students
- South Texas ISD 4,639 students
- Edcouch-Elsa ISD 4,349 students
- Valley View ISD 3,444 students
- Hidalgo ISD 2,918 students
- Progreso ISD 1,339 students
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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. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.