High · Texas

South Texas ISD Virtual Academy

Fully virtual

South Texas ISD Virtual Academy, a public high school in Mercedes, Texas: grades 6–12, 212 students, 13.7 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of South Texas ISD.

Size and class size

Compared with high schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students: 212
Teachers (FTE): 15.5
Students per teacher: 13.7
Grades: 6–12; High

Fewer students per teacher than 51% of high schools in Texas

Median 13.8 · 1,941 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 55% of high schools in the US

Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared

Smaller than 62% of high schools in Texas

Median 365 · 2,123 schools compared

Smaller than 68% of high schools in the US

Median 414 · 22,064 schools compared

What it offers

Grades: High · Grades 6–12
Type: District school · Regular
Instruction: Fully virtual
Area: Rural area near a city
Run by: South Texas ISD

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with South Texas ISD.

Location

Address: 100 Med High Dr, Mercedes, TX 78570
Phone: (956)514-4201
City or town: Mercedes
County: Hidalgo County

Quality of life in Mercedes Schools in Mercedes

Nearby high schools

The closest public high schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher
South Texas ISD Health Professions	9–12	781	14.5	0.1 mi
South Texas ISD Science Academy	9–12	840	12.9	0.2 mi
South Palm Gardens H SAlternativeFree meals for all	9–12	72	14.8	0.8 mi
Mercedes Early College AcademyAlternativeFree meals for all	9–12	355	16.0	1.5 mi
Weslaco East H SFree meals for all	9–12	2,066	16.3	1.8 mi
Triumph Public High Schools-MercedesCharterAlternative	9–12	109	22.1	1.9 mi

Sources

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).

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