📍 302 Ash, Merkel, Taylor County, 79536
Merkel Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Merkel, Taylor County. The school has 248 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Krin Young. It is part of the Merkel Isd school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 25.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 9.7:1. 36% of students are proficient in reading. 28% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Merkel Middle enrolls 248 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 42% male and 58% female. A teaching staff of 25.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 9.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 65% White, 30% Hispanic or Latino and 2.4% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 160 | 65% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 74 | 30% |
| Black or African American | 6 | 2.4% |
| Two or more races | 6 | 2.4% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
126 of the school's 248 students (51%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 122 qualify for free lunch and 4 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Merkel Middle is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Distant). 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 28, state house district 71.
Merkel Middle is one of 3 schools in MERKEL ISD, based in MERKEL, Texas. The district serves 1,090 students district-wide and employs 99 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 248 students, Merkel Middle is smaller than the district average of about 363 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Distant