Mercedes Early Literacy Program

Size

Mercedes Early Literacy Program is the only school in Mercedes ISD. Its 189 students are 4.5% of the district's 4,207. The 8 nearest schools are a median 21.7 miles away and have a median of 185 students, so Mercedes Early Literacy Program is close to their typical size.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 enrollment and school type. Share of district students = this school's students ÷ the district's students. Nearest schools by straight-line distance between NCES EDGE locations.

Grades

Mercedes Early Literacy Program serves a single grade, pre-K, with 189 students.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.

Students

All of its students are reported as Hispanic.

100% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 90.4% across Mercedes ISD and a median of 85.7% for Texas schools. Under the Community Eligibility Provision, every student can eat breakfast and lunch at no charge, and families fill out no meal application.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District shares weight each school by its enrollment.

Teachers

Mercedes Early Literacy Program has 4.89 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 38.7 students per teacher. At the median Texas school ratio of 17, a school with 189 students would have about 11.1 teachers, so Mercedes Early Literacy Program has 6.2 fewer.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas schools (17).

Location

NCES classifies its location as suburb, large, which means it is in an urbanized area of 250,000 people or more, outside its principal city. The nearest other school is Jorge R Gutierrez Early Childhood Center, 10.9 miles away in Edcouch-Elsa ISD. No other school is within 10 miles.

Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.