📍 1805 Peter Garza, San Marcos, Hays County, 78666
Mendez el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in San Marcos, Hays County. The school has 496 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Suzanne Perkins. It is part of the San Marcos Cisd school district. It serves grades K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 43.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.5:1. 16% of students are proficient in reading. 6% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Mendez el enrolls 496 students across grades K–5. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 43.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 84% Hispanic or Latino, 11% White and 3.2% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 418 | 84% |
| White | 53 | 11% |
| Black or African American | 16 | 3.2% |
| Two or more races | 5 | 1% |
| Asian | 3 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
448 of the school's 496 students (90%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 442 qualify for free lunch and 6 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Mendez el is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Small). 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 21, state house district 45.
Mendez el is one of 11 schools in SAN MARCOS CISD, based in SAN MARCOS, Texas. The district serves 8,222 students district-wide and employs 584 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 496 students, Mendez el is smaller than the district average of about 747 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Small