📍 950 W 6th St, Mercedes, Hidalgo County, 78570
Mercedes Early Literacy Program is a State/Public serving prekindergarten age pupils, located in Mercedes, Hidalgo County. The school has 151 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Domitila Hernandez. It is part of the Mercedes Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K in a suburban setting. The school employs 4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 37.8:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Mercedes Early Literacy Program enrolls 151 students across grades Pre-K. The student body is 47% male and 53% female. A teaching staff of 4 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 37.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 99% Hispanic or Latino and 1.3% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 149 | 99% |
| White | 2 | 1.3% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
151 of the school's 151 students (100%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 150 qualify for free lunch and 1 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Mercedes Early Literacy Program 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.
Mercedes Early Literacy Program 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 151 students, Mercedes Early Literacy Program is smaller than the district average of about 382 students per school.
Setting: Suburb - Large
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