Merkel Middle
Merkel, TX
PublicMiddle · Grades 6–8
Accountability rating
Texas Education Agency
C rating for 2025, with a score of 76.
| Measure | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | C75 | C72 | C76 |
| Student achievement | C76 | C73 | C76 |
| School progress | C72 | F59 | C72 |
| Academic growth | D65 | F59 | C72 |
| Relative performance | C72 | F59 | D63 |
| Closing the gaps | C74 | D68 | C76 |
The overall score counts the better of student achievement and school progress for 70%, and closing the gaps for 30%. School progress is the better of its two parts.
Distinctions, 2025
- Earned
- Science, Social studies
- Not earned
- ELA/reading, Mathematics, Comparative academic growth, Comparative closing the gaps, Postsecondary readiness
Discipline
U.S. Department of Education
7.4% of students were suspended out of school at least once in 2023–24.
| Measure | 2021–22 | 2023–24 |
|---|---|---|
| Enrolled in the fall | 227 | 243 |
| Suspended out of school | 7.0% · 16 | 7.4% · 18 |
| Suspended in school | 27.8% · 63 | 30.0% · 73 |
| Expelled | 0.4% · 1 | 0.4% · 1 |
School Profile
Location
Rural, Distant
Enrollment
242 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
11:1
Demographics
Hispanic/Latino30.2%
White64.9%
Black or African American1.2%
Asian0.0%
Two or More Races3.3%
American Indian or Alaska Native0.4%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander0.0%
Public school directory
NCES ID 483034003397
- District
- Merkel Isd
- Status
- Open
- School category
- Regular School
- Charter
- No
- Virtual instruction
- Unknown
- Enrollment
- 242 students
- Teachers (FTE)
- 23.1
Sources
- NCES Common Core of Data · National Center for Education Statistics · 2023–24
- Texas A–F Accountability Ratings · Texas Education Agency · 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25
- Civil Rights Data Collection · U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights · 2021–22, 2023–24