MENDEZ EL

Set in SAN MARCOS, Texas, MENDEZ EL is a reasonably sized elementary-level community, one of the schools within SAN MARCOS CISD. It instructs 533 students across grades K through 5.

Within SAN MARCOS CISD, which oversees 12 schools and 8,222 students, MENDEZ EL is one campus in the system.

On demographics, MENDEZ EL shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (89%). The remainder breaks down as 8% White, 2% Black. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 39%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.9:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 88% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Hays County runs at roughly 46%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, MENDEZ EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 35.4%, the actual is 33.9%, a residual of -1.5 points.

Zooming out to the county, Hays County reports that median household earnings sit near $89,097, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. MENDEZ EL is one of 63 public schools in Hays County (combined enrollment of about 46,946 students).

Nearest neighbor: LAMAR - PHOENIX ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION, around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around MENDEZ EL. On composite proficiency, MENDEZ EL comes 4th of 6 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 38.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Five-year trend. MENDEZ EL's enrollment has contracted 9% since 2018, when it stood at 588 (now 533). The Hispanic share of enrollment grew from 77% to 89% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 13.4:1 in 2018 to 11.9:1 in 2025.

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