📍 801 S Mile 1 e, Mercedes, Hidalgo County, 78570
Sgt Manuel Chacon Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Mercedes, Hidalgo County. The school has 563 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Armando Martinez. It is part of the Mercedes Isd school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a suburban setting. The school employs 40.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.9:1. 26% of students are proficient in reading. 16% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Sgt Manuel Chacon Middle enrolls 563 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 40.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 99% Hispanic or Latino, 1.1% White and <1% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 556 | 99% |
| White | 6 | 1.1% |
| Black or African American | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
491 of the school's 563 students (87%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 475 qualify for free lunch and 16 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Sgt Manuel Chacon Middle is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district TX At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 27, state house district 39.
Sgt Manuel Chacon Middle is one of 11 schools in MERCEDES ISD, based in MERCEDES, Texas. The district serves 4,207 students district-wide and employs 315 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 563 students, Sgt Manuel Chacon Middle is larger than the district average of about 382 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large
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