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What's something SOUTH TEXAS ISD HEALTH PROFESSIONS does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
781
High
DISTRICT 611 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTH TEXAS ISD·NCES 483715006033
SOUTH TEXAS ISD HEALTH PROFESSIONS
700 MED HIGH DR, MERCEDES, TX 78570 · (956) 565-2237 · Hidalgo County
GRADES 09–12HIGH41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL781 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
54 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
501 students
DISTRICT 59% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
87.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +23.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
40.0%
TX avg 42.0% . -2.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 87 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 40 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 23 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
66.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+20.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 46% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 21 points, placing it in Texas's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
781
-80 (-9%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
was 15.0:1
% White
6%
was 5%
% Hispanic
85%
was 78%
% Black
1%
was 2%
% Asian
7%
was 15%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About SOUTH TEXAS ISD HEALTH PROFESSIONS
SOUTH TEXAS ISD HEALTH PROFESSIONS, a middle-of-the-pack four-year high school in MERCEDES, Texas, one of the schools within SOUTH TEXAS ISD, instructs 781 students, covering grades 9 through 12.
SOUTH TEXAS ISD HEALTH PROFESSIONS is one of 7 schools operated by SOUTH TEXAS ISD, a district that educates 4,639 students overall.
Demographically, SOUTH TEXAS ISD HEALTH PROFESSIONS reports that 85% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Beyond that, the school records 7% Asian, 6% White.
On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 64% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is below Hidalgo County's rate of about 85%.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), SOUTH TEXAS ISD HEALTH PROFESSIONS ranks in the top 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 45.9%; SOUTH TEXAS ISD HEALTH PROFESSIONS posts 66.4%, +20.5 points above that line.
In the area at large, community-level numbers for Hidalgo County indicate the typical household earns roughly $54,338 per year, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 23%. Across Hidalgo County's 364 public schools (combined enrollment of about 212,859 students), SOUTH TEXAS ISD HEALTH PROFESSIONS is one campus in the mix.
SOUTH TEXAS ISD SCIENCE ACADEMY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around SOUTH TEXAS ISD HEALTH PROFESSIONS. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts SOUTH TEXAS ISD HEALTH PROFESSIONS at 2nd of 4; the average score across the group is 44.8%.
Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.
Looking at the recent track record. SOUTH TEXAS ISD HEALTH PROFESSIONS's enrollment has shrank 9% since 2018, when it stood at 861 (now 781). Asian enrollment moved from 15% to 7% across the same window.
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Hidalgo County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
891,977
Census ACS
Median income
$54,338
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
23%
Below federal line
Schools in county
364
212,859 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SOUTH TEXAS ISD
- SOUTH TEXAS ISD SCIENCE ACADEMYHigh · 840 students
- SOUTH TEXAS ISD MEDICAL PROFESSIONSHigh · 820 students
- SOUTH TEXAS ISD PREPARATORY ACADEMYMiddle · 802 students
- SOUTH TEXAS ISD RISING SCHOLARS ACADEMYMiddle · 781 students
- SOUTH TEXAS ISD WORLD SCHOLARSHigh · 403 students
- SOUTH TEXAS ISD VIRTUAL ACADEMYHigh · 212 students
Other schools in MERCEDES
- MERCEDES H SHigh · 903 students
- SOUTH TEXAS ISD SCIENCE ACADEMYHigh · 840 students
- SGT MANUEL CHACON MIDDLEMiddle · 518 students
- TRAVIS ELElementary · 478 students
- RUBEN HINOJOSA ELElementary · 468 students
- TAYLOR ELElementary · 406 students
Nearby schools
- SOUTH TEXAS ISD SCIENCE ACADEMY0.1 mi · 840
- SOUTH TEXAS ISD VIRTUAL ACADEMY0.1 mi · 212
- SOUTH PALM GARDENS H S0.9 mi · 72
- JOHN F KENNEDY EL1.3 mi · 399
- MERCEDES EARLY LITERACY PROGRAM1.4 mi · 189
- MERCEDES EARLY COLLEGE ACADEMY1.4 mi · 355
Frequently asked questions
About SOUTH TEXAS ISD HEALTH PROFESSIONSHow many students attend SOUTH TEXAS ISD HEALTH PROFESSIONS?
SOUTH TEXAS ISD HEALTH PROFESSIONS enrolls approximately 781 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does SOUTH TEXAS ISD HEALTH PROFESSIONS serve?
SOUTH TEXAS ISD HEALTH PROFESSIONS serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many teachers does SOUTH TEXAS ISD HEALTH PROFESSIONS have?
SOUTH TEXAS ISD HEALTH PROFESSIONS employs 54 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.5:1.
What is the student diversity at SOUTH TEXAS ISD HEALTH PROFESSIONS?
Student demographics at SOUTH TEXAS ISD HEALTH PROFESSIONS are roughly 6% White, 85% Hispanic, 1% Black, 7% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is SOUTH TEXAS ISD HEALTH PROFESSIONS in?
SOUTH TEXAS ISD HEALTH PROFESSIONS is part of SOUTH TEXAS ISD.
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