Photo: Akissforme · CC BY-SA 3.0Mercedes’s public schools score below 72% of Texas districts on tests and graduation
In Mercedes, 31% of tested students are proficient in math, below the Texas average (41%). The grade covers the two public school districts serving Mercedes, from kindergarten through graduation, on state tests and graduation. Each state writes its own tests, so this is the one TownRatings grade compared within Texas, not nationally.
From Texas state tests taken in spring 2022, when 98% of students in the tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s four-year graduation rate, as reported to the U.S. Department of Education.
Mercedes’s schools, in brief
Results trail the state
In spring 2022, 41% of tested students were proficient in reading and 31% in math, against 51% and 41% statewide; 98% of students in the tested grades sat the tests. The grade ↓
Graduation
92% of the class of 2023 graduated in four years, against 90% across Texas. Districts ↓
Spending and class size
Mercedes Independent spends $14,728 per student and Weslaco Independent $12,596, against $12,815 across Texas (FY2024). Neither counts toward the grade. Districts ↓
Choice beyond the district
Triumph Public High Schools-Mercedes and Immanuel Lutheran School (private) are in town. South Texas Isd Virtual Academy, an online school, is based here too; it isn’t counted as a local school. Every school ↓
Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.
What’s behind Mercedes’s grade
C: better than 28% of Texas school districts, #493 of 642 Texas towns. Graduation is above the Texas average; test scores are below it.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Mercedes, with each school’s own grade.
6th grade in Mercedes · depends on your address
SGT Manuel Chacon Middle
Grades 6–9 · 518 students · 14:1 students per teacher
SGT William G Harrell Middle
Grades 6–8 · 390 students · 12:1 students per teacher
7th grade in Mercedes · depends on your address
SGT Manuel Chacon Middle
Grades 6–9 · 518 students · 14:1 students per teacher
SGT William G Harrell Middle
Grades 6–8 · 390 students · 12:1 students per teacher
8th grade in Mercedes · depends on your address
SGT Manuel Chacon Middle
Grades 6–9 · 518 students · 14:1 students per teacher
SGT William G Harrell Middle
Grades 6–8 · 390 students · 12:1 students per teacher
9th grade in Mercedes · depends on your address
Mercedes H S
Grades 9–12 · 903 students · 15:1 students per teacher
SGT Manuel Chacon Middle
Grades 6–9 · 518 students · 14:1 students per teacher
10th grade in Mercedes
Mercedes H S
Grades 9–12 · 903 students · 15:1 students per teacher
11th grade in Mercedes
Mercedes H S
Grades 9–12 · 903 students · 15:1 students per teacher
12th grade in Mercedes
Mercedes H S
Grades 9–12 · 903 students · 15:1 students per teacher
Mercedes runs its own schools through grade 12 (Mercedes Independent School District). From grade PK, students attend the Weslaco Independent School District, shared with Weslaco. To confirm the school for a specific address, ask the district.
Two districts serve Mercedes
Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.
Well below the state in reading
Mercedes vs. its neighbors
Schools grades for the Texas towns that share Mercedes’s borders.
Every school in Mercedes
15 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Texas’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).
Left off: 1 public program with fewer than 25 students (Mercedes Daep).
Questions about Mercedes’s schools
Are Mercedes’s schools good?
On Texas’s tests they score below most of the state: the public schools Mercedes children attend score below 72% of Texas’s school districts on tests and graduation, a C Schools grade, #493 of 642 Texas towns. Among towns with similar incomes they beat 28%. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023.
What school district is Mercedes in?
Two districts: Mercedes Independent School District runs grades PK–12, and Weslaco Independent School District runs grades PK–12, shared with Weslaco.
Where do Mercedes kids go to high school?
Mercedes H S, with 903 students; its own test results earn a D−.
What is Mercedes’s graduation rate?
92% of the class of 2023 in Weslaco Independent School District graduated in four years, against 90% across Texas.
How much does Mercedes spend per student?
$14,728 in Mercedes Independent School District and $12,596 in Weslaco Independent School District (FY2024), against $12,815 across Texas. Spending doesn’t count toward the grade.
Are there private schools in Mercedes?
Yes: Immanuel Lutheran School (religious, grades PK–5, 8 students). Mercedes also has 1 charter school, free and open by application.
Parents talk
What Mercedes families are saying about school.
Looking for colleges? Colleges near Mercedes → They have their own page.
School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). The School Grade is our own summary, graded within Texas. Stars are from neighbors.