📍 100 Med High Dr, Mercedes, Hidalgo County, 78570
South Texas Isd Virtual Academy is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Mercedes, Hidalgo County. The school has 210 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Eric Gutierrez. It is part of the South Texas Isd school district. It serves grades 6–10 in a rural setting. The school employs 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.3:1.
South Texas Isd Virtual Academy enrolls 210 students across grades 6–10. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 17 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 56% Hispanic or Latino, 40% White and 2.4% Asian.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 118 | 56% |
| White | 84 | 40% |
| Asian | 5 | 2.4% |
| Black or African American | 1 | <1% |
| Two or more races | 1 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
87 of the school's 210 students (41%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 78 qualify for free lunch and 9 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
South Texas Isd Virtual Academy is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). It operates as a fully virtual school. 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.
South Texas Isd Virtual Academy is one of 7 schools in SOUTH TEXAS ISD, based in MERCEDES, Texas. The district serves 4,639 students district-wide and employs 313 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 210 students, South Texas Isd Virtual Academy is smaller than the district average of about 663 students per school.
Setting: Rural - Fringe
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