Schools in Relampago · Mercedes Independent School District
Relampago’s public schools score below 89% of Texas districts
The public schools Relampago’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 89% of Texas’s districts on state tests and graduation.
Math proficiency
12%
▼ 25 pts vs TX 37%
2020–21
Graduate on time
89%
▼ 1 pts vs TX 90%
class of 2019
Spent per student
$14.7K
▲ 15% vs TX $12.8K
FY2024
Schools
0
The School Grade
How Relampago compares
D− Test scoresC− Graduation
Texas school districts we grade (1,185)Better than 11%
Lower resultsHigher results
High confidence. Built on 1,281 tested students and a graduating class of 380; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change it.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Texas’s state tests against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown but don’t count. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2019.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids through every district that serves it, weighted by students tested. Tests count 60%, graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are compared with the rest of Texas only. A+ is the top 5%, A the next 10%, A− the next 10%, the B range the next 30%, the C range the next 30%, D the rest.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income, so we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Relampago.
5 schools teach Pre-K in Relampago’s district. Which one depends on your address: Travis El, Ruben Hinojosa El, Taylor El and John F Kennedy El and more.
4 schools teach K in Relampago’s district. Which one depends on your address: Travis El, Ruben Hinojosa El, Taylor El and John F Kennedy El.
4 schools teach 1st grade in Relampago’s district. Which one depends on your address: Travis El, Ruben Hinojosa El, Taylor El and John F Kennedy El.
4 schools teach 2nd grade in Relampago’s district. Which one depends on your address: Travis El, Ruben Hinojosa El, Taylor El and John F Kennedy El.
4 schools teach 3rd grade in Relampago’s district. Which one depends on your address: Travis El, Ruben Hinojosa El, Taylor El and John F Kennedy El.
4 schools teach 4th grade in Relampago’s district. Which one depends on your address: Travis El, Ruben Hinojosa El, Taylor El and John F Kennedy El.
4 schools teach 5th grade in Relampago’s district. Which one depends on your address: Travis El, Ruben Hinojosa El, Taylor El and John F Kennedy El.
The path, start to finish
PK–54 elementary schoolsDepends on your address
6–92 schoolsDepends on your address
10–12Mercedes H Sin Mercedes
The district
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Test scores · 2020–21
How students score
Math12%
State average 36.5%
Every school in Relampago
0 schools. Grades are ours, from state tests and graduation. Stars are from neighbors.
Also serving Relampago · in other towns
Travis El
D478 students14:1Rate it →
Ruben Hinojosa El
D468 students13:1Rate it →
Taylor El
D406 students13:1Rate it →
John F Kennedy El
D399 students14:1Rate it →
SGT Manuel Chacon Middle
C−518 students14:1Rate it →
SGT William G Harrell Middle
D−390 students13:1Rate it →
Mercedes H S
D−903 students15:1Rate it →
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Within reach
Colleges →Colleges near Relampago
There’s no college in Relampago, but 8 are within 30 miles. The closest is Southern Careers Institute-Harlingen in Harlingen, 16.5 miles away.
Southern Careers Institute-HarlingenCommunity college · For-profit · Harlingen
16.5 mi437 students
Rio Grande Valley CollegeCommunity college · For-profit · Pharr
20.1 mi883 students
Southern Careers Institute-PharrCommunity college · For-profit · Pharr
20.3 mi629 students
The University of Texas Rio Grande ValleyUniversity or college · Public · Edinburg
22.6 mi26,858 students
The College of Health Care Professions-McAllen CampusCommunity college · For-profit · McAllen
23 mi728 students
South Texas CollegeUniversity or college · Public · McAllen
23.4 mi20,017 students
Southern Careers Institute-BrownsvilleCommunity college · For-profit · Brownsville
27.1 mi637 students
Texas Southmost CollegeCommunity college · Public · Brownsville
28.7 mi7,111 students
Straight-line distance from the center of Relampago. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus · College Scorecard · IPEDS.
School data: U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts, F-33 school finance). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within Texas. Stars are from neighbors.