# SOUTH TEXAS ISD VIRTUAL ACADEMY

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## Core identification
- **NCES School ID**: `483715022795`
- **School name**: SOUTH TEXAS ISD VIRTUAL ACADEMY
- **Location**: MERCEDES, TX 78570
- **Address**: 100 MED HIGH DR
- **District**: SOUTH TEXAS ISD (LEAID `4837150`)
- **Sector**: Public
- **School type**: Regular
- **Grade range**: 6–11
- **Coordinates**: 26.15508, -97.94186
- **Phone**: (956)514-4201

## Enrollment (2024)
- **Students**: 212
- **Teachers (FTE)**: 15
- **Student-teacher ratio**: 14.1:1
- **Free/reduced lunch**: 63.7%

## Academic performance (state assessments)
### 2022
- **Algebra I (EOC) % Approaches (TX STAAR)** (grade HS): 65.8% proficient — 38 tested
- **Algebra I (EOC) % Meets (TX STAAR)** (grade HS): 26.3% proficient, 7.9% advanced — 38 tested
- **All Subjects % Approaches (TX STAAR)**: 81.7% proficient — 535 tested
- **All Subjects % Meets (TX STAAR)**: 54.2% proficient, 20.4% advanced — 535 tested
- **Biology (EOC) % Approaches (TX STAAR)** (grade HS): 86.8% proficient — 38 tested
- **Biology (EOC) % Meets (TX STAAR)** (grade HS): 60.5% proficient, 7.9% advanced — 38 tested
- **English I (EOC) % Approaches (TX STAAR)** (grade HS): 94.6% proficient — 37 tested
- **English I (EOC) % Meets (TX STAAR)** (grade HS): 78.4% proficient, 29.7% advanced — 37 tested
- **English II (EOC) % Approaches (TX STAAR)** (grade HS): 96.7% proficient — 30 tested
- **English II (EOC) % Meets (TX STAAR)** (grade HS): 76.7% proficient, 10.0% advanced — 30 tested
- **Mathematics % Approaches (TX STAAR)**: 73.4% proficient — 173 tested
- **Mathematics % Approaches (TX STAAR)** (grade 8): 89.1% proficient — 64 tested
- **Mathematics % Approaches (TX STAAR)** (grade 7): 51.2% proficient — 43 tested
- **Mathematics % Approaches (TX STAAR)** (grade 6): 82.1% proficient — 28 tested
- **Mathematics % Meets (TX STAAR)**: 41.0% proficient, 12.1% advanced — 173 tested
- **Mathematics % Meets (TX STAAR)** (grade 8): 54.7% proficient, 21.9% advanced — 64 tested
- **Mathematics % Meets (TX STAAR)** (grade 7): 30.2% proficient, 2.3% advanced — 43 tested
- **Mathematics % Meets (TX STAAR)** (grade 6): 46.4% proficient, 10.7% advanced — 28 tested
- **Reading/ELA % Approaches (TX STAAR)**: 95.7% proficient — 207 tested
- **Reading/ELA % Approaches (TX STAAR)** (grade 8): 98.3% proficient — 59 tested

## Demographics (2023)
- **Free/reduced lunch eligible**: 56.9%

## Finance
### District F-33 (2022)
- **District per-pupil revenue**: $21,849,682
- **Federal share**: 12.5%
- **State share**: 49.4%
- **Local share**: 38.1%
- **Instructional spending per pupil**: $8,563,867

## Neighbourhood (ACS 2019-2023)
- **Median household income**: $28,912
- **Poverty rate**: 47.5%
- **Bachelor's degree or higher**: 10.5%
- **Unemployment**: 13.2%
- **Median gross rent**: $718
- **Foreign-born residents**: 21.8%
- **Single-parent households**: 34.6%

## Environmental context
- **Nearest Superfund (NPL)**: 9.4 miles (DONNA RESERVOIR AND CANAL SYSTEM)
- **Toxic Release Inventory sites within 1 mile**: 0
- **TRI sites within 5 miles**: 2
- **Nearest brownfield**: 1.72 miles (CERMENIO JOE S TIRE SERVICE)

### Water safety
- **Public water system**: CITY OF MERCEDES
- **SDWA health violations (10 yr)**: 4
- **Acute violations (10 yr)**: 0
- **Most recent violation**: 2025-12-30

### Air quality
- **PM2.5 annual average**: 12.1134 μg/m³ (EPA std: 9)
- **Nearest monitor**: 16.0 miles

## Related data feeds
- **Profile (human)**: https://us.tx.whatschool.ai/en/tx/school/south-texas-isd-virtual-academy-mercedes
- **Performance**: https://us.tx.whatschool.ai/en/tx/school/south-texas-isd-virtual-academy-mercedes/performance
- **Finance**: https://us.tx.whatschool.ai/en/tx/school/south-texas-isd-virtual-academy-mercedes/finance
- **Demographics**: https://us.tx.whatschool.ai/en/tx/school/south-texas-isd-virtual-academy-mercedes/demographics
- **Inclusion**: https://us.tx.whatschool.ai/en/tx/school/south-texas-isd-virtual-academy-mercedes/inclusion
- **Context (neighbourhood)**: https://us.tx.whatschool.ai/en/tx/school/south-texas-isd-virtual-academy-mercedes/context
- **Attendance**: https://us.tx.whatschool.ai/en/tx/school/south-texas-isd-virtual-academy-mercedes/attendance
- **Discipline**: https://us.tx.whatschool.ai/en/tx/school/south-texas-isd-virtual-academy-mercedes/discipline
- **Outcomes**: https://us.tx.whatschool.ai/en/tx/school/south-texas-isd-virtual-academy-mercedes/outcomes
- **Workforce**: https://us.tx.whatschool.ai/en/tx/school/south-texas-isd-virtual-academy-mercedes/workforce

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*Source: US Dept of Education CCD, EDFacts, CRDC, F-33; US Census ACS; EPA SDWIS, TRI, NPL, AQS; state DOE portals (CA CDE, TX TEA, FL DOE, NY NYSED, IL ISBE, WA OSPI). Aggregated by WhatSchool.ai.*

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