Government directory/Texas/Independent school district
U.S. Census government inventory · ID 140569

South Texas ISD.

Independent school district in Texas · Census county area: Cameron.

Independent school districtSchool districtFunctioning
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.

4,531students in the finance record
7operating schools connected
$17,827current spending per pupil
Who governs this school system

23 published board members.

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

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Board President

Mr Henry Levrier

Term dates not published

henry.levrier@stisd.net
Board Vice President

Mrs Sylvia Sanchez Garza

Term dates not published

sylvia.garza@stisd.net
Board Secretary

Carmen Noriega

Term dates not published

carmen.noriega@stisd.net
Board Secretary

Mr Eduardo L Cantu

Term dates not published

larry.cantu@stisd.net
Board Member

Abiel J Cantu

Term dates not published

abiel.cantu@stisd.net
Board Member

Andrea E Gonzales Loya

Term dates not published

andrea.loya@stisd.net
Board Member

David Suarez

Term dates not published

david.suarez@stisd.net
Board Member

Douglas Buchanan

Term dates not published

doug.buchanan@stisd.net
Board Member

Dr Noel Garza

Term dates not published

noel.garza@stisd.net
Board Member

Dr Ricardo Manuel Villarreal

Term dates not published

sonia.rodriguez@stisd.net
Board Member

Irma Garcia

Term dates not published

irma.garcia@stisd.net
Board Member

Mr Adrian Garcia

Term dates not published

adrian.garcia@stisd.net
Board Member

Mr David Briones

Term dates not published

david.briones@stisd.net
Board Member

Mr Eduardo R Rodriguez

Term dates not published

Public email not published
Board Member

Mr Jaime Solis

Term dates not published

Public email not published
Board Member

Mr Robert J Lerma

Term dates not published

bobby.lerma@stisd.net
Board Member

Mr Rudy Ramirez

Term dates not published

rudy.ramirez@stisd.net
Board Member

Mrs Margarita Garcia

Term dates not published

Public email not published
Board Member

Mrs Ruth Villarreal

Term dates not published

ruth.villarreal@stisd.net
Board Member

Ms Sasha Crane

Term dates not published

sasha.crane@stisd.net
Board Member

Oscar Salinas

Term dates not published

oscar.salinas@stisd.net
Board Member

Sue Ann Villarreal

Term dates not published

sueann.villarreal@stisd.net
Board Member

Zachary Zamora

Term dates not published

zach.zamora@stisd.net

Source checked2026-08-30

TEA organization031916

CountyCameron County

Region01

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 ↗
Enrollment4,53110.6% higher than 2019
Current spending / pupil$17,8272.2% lower than 2019 after inflation · 20.0% higher than 2019 nominal
Total expenditure$90.1M35.3% higher than 2019 · nominal
Debt outstanding$6.3MAbout unchanged since 2019 · nominal
Enrollment reported by Census
2019: 4,098; 2020: 4,126; 2021: 4,194; 2022: 4,251; 2023: 4,382; 2024: 4,5314,5924,3154,037201920202021202220232024
Current spending per pupil (2024 dollars)
2019: $18,225; 2020: $17,703; 2021: $16,779; 2022: $17,689; 2023: $18,486; 2024: $17,827$18,725$17,632$16,540201920202021202220232024
Funding mix over time

Federal, state, and local shares

20195.2% F51.8% S42.9% L
20205.1% F54.8% S40.1% L
20216.9% F51.1% S42.0% L
202212.5% F49.4% S38.1% L
202312.4% F41.8% S45.8% L
20245.1% F46.0% S48.9% L
View the 2019–2024 values as a table
YearEnrollmentSpending / pupilTotal revenueTotal expenditureDebt
20194,098$14,853$73,351,000$66,643,000$6,310,000
20204,126$14,606$78,184,000$63,932,000$6,310,000
20214,194$14,494$78,088,000$68,160,000$6,310,000
20224,251$16,503$92,883,000$80,529,000$6,310,000
20234,382$17,956$112,208,000$88,036,000$6,310,000
20244,531$17,827$104,149,000$90,144,000$6,310,000

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.

Schools this system operates

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NCES source ↗
Where the money comes from

$104M in reported revenue.

Census finance source ↗
Federal5.1%$5.32M
State46.0%$47.9M
Local48.9%$51.0M
Total expenditures$90.1M
Current spending$80.9M
Instruction$39.1M
Support services$39.2M
Capital outlay$8.77M
Debt outstanding$6.31M

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

SOUTH TEXAS ISD

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

Grades0612
StatusOpen
Address7001 E EXPY 83, MERCEDES, TX, 78570
Open district website →
Still needed for a complete civic record

The federal layer is useful—but it is not the whole school board.

  • Exact trustee-seat geometry, current vacancies, and appointment history
  • Next board election, candidates, filing rules, and past results
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  • Meeting agendas, minutes, votes, policies, and public-record links
  • School-level outcomes, audited contracts and vendors, and inflation-adjusted spending comparisons
The source record

A functioning Census entity.

The Census ACTIVE field is Y for this record.

Census ID
140569
Record type
Independent school district
Classification
School district
School level
Elementary and Secondary
Status
Functioning
Published contact fields

Contact and location

Mailing address100 MED HIGH DR · MERCEDES, TX · 78570-9702
Census contact/title fieldSuperintendent
County areaCameron

Websites are primarily self-reported and received only limited Census Bureau quality control. County area can mean the area most served or the headquarters county when boundaries cross counties.

Published context

Scale and parent relationship

Estimated enrollment4,3822023

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.