Merkel El
Merkel, TX
PublicElementary · Grades Pre-K–5
Accountability rating
Texas Education Agency
C rating for 2025, with a score of 78.
| Measure | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | B81 | B83 | C78 |
| Student achievement | C74 | D69 | C73 |
| School progress | B80 | B87 | B80 |
| Academic growth | B80 | B87 | B80 |
| Relative performance | C75 | D60 | D67 |
| Closing the gaps | B83 | C73 | C72 |
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
- None
- Not earned
- ELA/reading, Mathematics, Science, Comparative academic growth, Comparative closing the gaps, Postsecondary readiness
Discipline
U.S. Department of Education
0.3% of students were suspended out of school at least once in 2023–24.
| Measure | 2021–22 | 2023–24 |
|---|---|---|
| Enrolled in the fall | 526 | 589 |
| Suspended out of school | 0.8% · 4 | 0.3% · 2 |
| Suspended in school | 8.9% · 47 | 8.7% · 51 |
| Expelled | 0.0% · 0 | 0.0% · 0 |
School Profile
Location
Rural, Distant
Enrollment
589 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
15:1
Demographics
Hispanic/Latino25.6%
White69.3%
Black or African American1.2%
Asian0.2%
Two or More Races3.2%
American Indian or Alaska Native0.5%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander0.0%
Public school directory
NCES ID 483034003395
- District
- Merkel Isd
- Status
- Open
- School category
- Regular School
- Charter
- No
- Virtual instruction
- Unknown
- Enrollment
- 589 students
- Teachers (FTE)
- 39.7
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