MERCEDES EARLY LITERACY PROGRAM

MERCEDES EARLY LITERACY PROGRAM, a micro-enrollment elementary campus in MERCEDES, Texas, run under MERCEDES ISD, hosts 189 students, covering grade pre-K. Enrollment runs roughly 64% below the state mean of about 519.

MERCEDES ISD runs 11 schools in total, collectively educating 4,207 students. MERCEDES EARLY LITERACY PROGRAM is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, MERCEDES EARLY LITERACY PROGRAM lists that 100% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The wider county runs roughly 92% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 38.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Hidalgo County (around 85%), the school's rate is north of typical.

In the surrounding community, census data for Hidalgo County shows the typical household earns roughly $54,338 per year, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 23% of residents live below the federal poverty line. MERCEDES EARLY LITERACY PROGRAM is one of 364 public schools in Hidalgo County (combined enrollment of about 212,859 students).

The closest other public school is MERCEDES EARLY COLLEGE ACADEMY, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around MERCEDES EARLY LITERACY PROGRAM.

MERCEDES EARLY LITERACY PROGRAM operates from an outer-ring location.

Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.