2025 Census government inventory

Merkel ISD

Independent school district in Texas. Browse the source-reported information below.

Census ID 202696 · Census county field: Taylor · Functioning in the 2025 inventory
School system at a glance

Students, schools, and public money.

Election.org connected this entity to its fiscal year 2024 Census finance record by exact government ID and to its 2024–25 NCES district and school directory by exact agency ID.

1,127students in the finance record
3operating schools connected
$12,264current spending per pupil
Who governs this school system

7 published board members.

These are the current board-role records published by the Texas Education Agency for Merkel ISD. Election.org joined them by exact state agency ID—not by name.

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Board President

Kyle Doan

05/2026–05/2029

kyle.doan@merkelisd.net
Board Vice President

Joe Salas

05/2026–05/2029

joe.salas@merkelisd.net
Board Member

Angela Head

Term dates not published

Public email not published
Board Member

Colton Grisham

Term dates not published

Public email not published
Board Member

Gabby Campbell

Term dates not published

gabby.campbell@merkelisd.net
Board Member

Guillermo Hernandez

Term dates not published

Public email not published
Board Member

Kerry Fryar

Term dates not published

Public email not published

Source checked2026-08-30

TEA organization221904

CountyTaylor County

Region14

AskTED is updated daily. It does not establish election method, trustee-seat geography, vacancies, candidates, or meeting votes; blank term and email fields remain visibly unpublished.

Six years of enrollment and school finance

See what changed—not just one year.

Exact federal identifiers connect 6 annual Census records for this system. Source dollars stay visible, while spending changes are also converted to constant 2024 dollars.

Census annual tables ↗
Enrollment1,1271.1% lower than 2019
Current spending / pupil$12,2641.9% higher than 2019 after inflation · 25.0% higher than 2019 nominal
Total expenditure$16.5M14.3% higher than 2019 · nominal
Debt outstanding$8.1M27.2% lower than 2019 · nominal
Enrollment reported by Census
2019: 1,140; 2020: 1,108; 2021: 1,097; 2022: 1,087; 2023: 1,140; 2024: 1,1271,1471,1141,080201920202021202220232024
Current spending per pupil (2024 dollars)
2019: $12,038; 2020: $12,394; 2021: $12,430; 2022: $13,036; 2023: $11,918; 2024: $12,264$13,193$12,477$11,762201920202021202220232024
Funding mix over time

Federal, state, and local shares

20194.9% F51.1% S44.0% L
20206.1% F54.0% S39.9% L
20218.7% F53.2% S38.1% L
202213.0% F51.4% S35.6% L
202313.9% F52.3% S33.8% L
202412.2% F58.1% S29.7% L
View the 2019–2024 values as a table
YearEnrollmentSpending / pupilTotal revenueTotal expenditureDebt
20191,140$9,811$13,537,000$14,469,000$11,095,000
20201,108$10,226$14,037,000$11,952,000$10,520,000
20211,097$10,737$14,495,000$12,313,000$9,935,000
20221,087$12,162$15,799,000$13,971,000$9,335,000
20231,140$11,577$17,069,000$14,834,000$8,715,000
20241,127$12,264$17,902,000$16,537,000$8,075,000

Source-reported nominal dollars. Amount fields are converted from source thousands to dollars. No inflation adjustment is applied. An exact identifier links published source rows; it does not erase consolidations, closures, reorganizations, or other real institutional changes between years. Constant-dollar comparisons use BLS CPI-U series CUUR0000SA0, annual U.S. city average; this is not a local cost-of-living index. Joined by exact Census PID6 or NCES LEAID; names are never used.

Where the money comes from

$17.9M in reported revenue.

Census finance source ↗
Federal12.2%$2.19M
State58.1%$10.4M
Local29.7%$5.32M
Total expenditures$16.5M
Current spending$14.0M
Instruction$8.47M
Support services$4.64M
Capital outlay$2.06M
Debt outstanding$8.07M

Fiscal year 2024. Census source amounts are published in thousands of dollars and converted here to dollars; per-pupil fields are published as dollar amounts. Revenue percentages are reproduced from the source.

District contact

MERKEL ISD

Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union

GradesPK–12
StatusOpen
Address314 MANCHESTER, MERKEL, TX, 79536
Open district website →
About this school data

Census and NCES records describe this system’s enrollment, finances and schools for the years shown. Board, election and meeting information, when available, has separate sources and dates. An unlisted item means it is not covered here—not that it does not exist. Check the district’s official notices for current meetings and officeholders.

The source record

Listed as functioning in 2025.

The Census ACTIVE field is Y for this record.

Census ID
202696
Record type
Independent school district
Classification
School district
School level
Elementary and Secondary
Status
Functioning
2025 Census snapshot

Reported contact and location fields

Reported mailing addressPO BOX 430 · MERKEL, TX · 79536-0430
Reported contact roleSupt

A role label, not a verified person’s name.

Census county fieldTaylor
Reported websiteOpen listed website ↗

These are inventory fields, not newly verified office contacts. A county field or mailing address does not establish the exact service boundary.

Published context

Scale and parent relationship

Estimated enrollment1,1402023

About these sources and their limits
Evidence boundary

What each source proves—and what it does not.

Established by the published records

  • The entity or system appears in the 2025 Census listing.
  • Its Census category, identifier, and functioning/dormant field.
  • Only the location, function, population, enrollment, and contact fields actually published.
  • The dated AskTED export reports the board names, roles, public emails, and term fields shown above.

Not established by these records

  • Whether each governing or administrative role is elected, appointed, or mixed.
  • The exact geographic service boundary or that a reported website remains current.