TRAVIS EL

TRAVIS EL is a mid-tier K-5 school in MERCEDES, Texas, overseen by MERCEDES ISD. The school instructs 478 students in grades pre-K through 5.

TRAVIS EL is one of 11 schools operated by MERCEDES ISD, a district that serves 4,207 students overall.

On the student-mix side, TRAVIS EL reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (97%); the rest is composed of 2% White.

On the resource side, On paper, TRAVIS EL has 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.0:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 90% of students at TRAVIS EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), TRAVIS EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 34.6%; this one delivers 28.9%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Hidalgo County indicate median household income runs about $54,338, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 23% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Hidalgo County's 364 public schools (combined enrollment of about 212,859 students), TRAVIS EL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is MERCEDES H S, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, TRAVIS EL comes 3rd of 5 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 28.9%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Five-year trend. TRAVIS EL's enrollment has fell 26% since 2018, when it stood at 648 (now 478). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 today.

On the community side, the feed for TRAVIS EL typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.