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South Palm Gardens H S
2607 Camino Real Viejo, Mercedes, TX 78570
Grades
9–12
High
Students
72
Enrolled 2024–25
Students per teacher
14.8 : 1
Full-time teachers
District
Weslaco ISD
Hidalgo County
Not graded
Alternative schools serve students whose needs a regular school could not meet, and states hold them to separate accountability rules, so we don't rank them against regular schools. How we grade
About South Palm Gardens H S
South Palm Gardens H S is an alternative high school in Mercedes, Texas, serving grades 9–12. It is part of Weslaco ISD. The school is located in a rural area near a town in Hidalgo County.
In the 2024–25 school year, 72 students were enrolled, with about 14.8 students for every full-time teacher. That ratio is larger than the typical Texas high school (13.7 students per teacher).
Grades & enrollment
Students per grade, 2024–25Grades 9–12
Location & nearby schools
School details
- Type
- Alternative School · What this means
- Level
- High
- Grades offered
- 9–12
- Enrollment (2024–25)
- 72 students
- Students per teacher
- 14.8 to 1
- Charter school
- No
- Magnet school
- No
- Locale
- Rural — Fringe
- School district
- Weslaco ISD
- County
- Hidalgo County
- NCES school ID
- 484496004795
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School data comes from the U.S. Department of Education: the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDGE school locations (2024–25) and Private School Survey (2023–24), the Civil Rights Data Collection (2023–24), and EDFacts (test results 2021–22; graduation and chronic absenteeism 2022–23), plus other public sources. Please contact the school to confirm enrollment, programs, and other details. How we source data.