Texas State Board Of Education Chair Keven Ellis (2024) | twitter.com/KevenEllisDC
Texas State Board Of Education Chair Keven Ellis (2024) | twitter.com/KevenEllisDC
Data showed that Mercedes ISD schools welcomed 4,457 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, white students comprised 1.5% of the student body to be one of the least represented ethnicities in the district.
Mercedes ISD roughly covers schools within Hidalgo County and has a main office in Mercedes.
Among the 10 schools in Mercedes ISD schools, Sgt. William G. Harrell Middle School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 16 students.
Texas is found to be one of the least-educated states in the U.S. A study from WalletHub ranked Texas 41st out of 50 states in terms of the quality of the educational system and how successful students were.
More than 5.4 million students are enrolled in public schools across Texas. Nearly one million of them live in rural areas where options for local public schools are few and far between.
| Year | Total District Enrollment | Total of White Students | White students % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 4,457 | 68 | 1.5% |
| 2021-22 | 4,418 | 52 | 1.2% |
| 2020-21 | 4,681 | 42 | 0.9% |
| 2019-20 | 4,941 | 46 | 0.9% |
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