Taylor County · Merkel ISD
Merkel H S college enrollment outcomes
Follow graduates from this Texas campus into covered higher-education records. Compare 2019–2024 college-going trends, every published destination, UT Austin enrollment, sector mix, and first-year GPA bands.
Texas campus code: 221904001
Merkel H S college-going snapshot
In 2024, 44 of 96 trackable graduates were found in covered Texas enrollment records, a 45.8% tracked enrollment rate. 0 graduates had a separately reported UT Austin enrollment row (0.0% of all graduates). These are enrollment outcomes, not acceptance rates.
College-going trend
Graduates found in Texas higher-education records
| Class year | Graduates | Trackable graduates | Enrolled | Tracked enrollment rate | Not found |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 66 | 66 | 32 | 48.5% | 34 |
| 2020 | 78 | 78 | 23 | 29.5% | 55 |
| 2021 | 86 | 86 | 35 | 40.7% | 51 |
| 2022 | 88 | 88 | 32 | 36.4% | 56 |
| 2023 | 89 | 89 | 41 | 46.1% | 48 |
| 2024 | 96 | 96 | 44 | 45.8% | 52 |
UT Austin
UT Austin enrollment from Merkel H S
A value appears only when THECB publishes UT Austin separately for this school. Smaller school-to-institution counts may be rolled into an aggregate Other public four-year row.
Compare this school with the statewide UT Austin feeder-school ranking.
2024 destinations
Complete published college destination list
All 5 destination rows retained from the campus file are shown below. Named institutions keep their six-digit FICE code; Other rows combine institutions suppressed by THECB at the school level.
| Destination | FICE code | Students | Share of graduates |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other Public 4-year Institutions10 institutions combined | — | 17 | 17.7% |
| Cisco College | 003553 | 11 | 11.5% |
| Texas Tech University | 003644 | 7 | 7.3% |
| Angelo State University | 003541 | 5 | 5.2% |
| Other Public 2-year Institutions3 institutions combined | — | 4 | 4.2% |
First-year sector mix
Public four-year, public two-year, and independent enrollment
THECB's separate GPA report assigns each student to the sector where they earned the most semester credit hours during the academic year. Because this is an academic-year measure, it may differ from the fall-only destination count above.
First-year performance
GPA bands by public college sector
| College sector | Below 2.0 | 2.0–2.49 | 2.5–2.99 | 3.0–3.49 | Above 3.5 | Unknown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Public four-year | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| Public two-year | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
GPA counts cover graduates attending Texas public institutions. THECB suppresses GPA detail when fewer than five students attend a public sector.
Methodology and caveats
- Enrollment source: Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board campus files.
- GPA source: Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board first-year GPA files.
- Tracked enrollment rate equals enrolled graduates divided by graduates excluding records THECB classifies as not trackable.
- Not found does not necessarily mean a graduate did not attend college; it means the graduate was not located in the records covered by this Texas report.
Merkel H S FAQ
What is Merkel H S's college-going rate?
For 2024, THECB found 44 of 96 trackable graduates in covered enrollment records, a 45.8% tracked enrollment rate.
How many Merkel H S graduates enrolled at UT Austin?
0 2024 graduates were separately reported as enrolling at UT Austin, equal to 0.0% of all graduates. Small destination counts may be grouped into Other rows.
Is this an acceptance rate for Merkel H S?
No. These are enrollment outcomes after high school. The source does not report applications, admission offers, or a high-school-level acceptance rate.