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What's one thing A P SOLIS MIDDLE gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
646
Middle
DISTRICT 684 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DONNA ISD·NCES 481739017037
A P SOLIS MIDDLE
700 S AVE, DONNA, TX 78537 · (956) 464-1650 · Hidalgo County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL646 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.7:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
590 students
DISTRICT 92% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
54.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +40.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
53.0%
TX avg 42.0% . +48.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 53 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 40 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 48 points.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
55.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+21.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 34% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 22 points, placing it in Texas's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
646
-196 (-23%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 10.4:1
% White
0%
was 0%
% Hispanic
100%
was 100%
% Black
0%
was 0%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About A P SOLIS MIDDLE
A P SOLIS MIDDLE is one of the reasonably sized middle-grades schools in DONNA, Texas, operated by DONNA ISD, with 646 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8.
DONNA ISD runs 20 schools in total, collectively educating 12,937 students. A P SOLIS MIDDLE is one of those campuses.
For racial and ethnic makeup, A P SOLIS MIDDLE reports that nearly all students (100%) are Hispanic.
Looking at school resources, A P SOLIS MIDDLE records 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.4:1 average. An estimated 91% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, A P SOLIS MIDDLE sits in the top 10% of Texas schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 34.0%; actual is 55.7%, +21.7 points clear of the demographic baseline.
In the broader community, Hidalgo County reports that median household earnings sit near $54,338, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 23%. Across Hidalgo County's 364 public schools (combined enrollment of about 212,859 students), A P SOLIS MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: A M OCHOA EL, around 0.4 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts A P SOLIS MIDDLE at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 35.7%.
The campus sits in a small-town setting.
Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 23%: 842 students in 2018 compared to 646 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 10.4:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 today.
On allk12, the feed for A P SOLIS MIDDLE typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Hidalgo County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
891,977
Census ACS
Median income
$54,338
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
23%
Below federal line
Schools in county
364
212,859 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in DONNA ISD
- DONNA H SHigh · 1,992 students
- DONNA NORTH H SHigh · 1,974 students
- VETERANS MIDDLEMiddle · 866 students
- MARIA ALICIA P MUNOZ ELElementary · 688 students
- W A TODD MIDDLEMiddle · 670 students
- A M OCHOA ELElementary · 580 students
Other schools in DONNA
- DONNA H SHigh · 1,992 students
- DONNA NORTH H SHigh · 1,974 students
- VETERANS MIDDLEMiddle · 866 students
- IDEA COLLEGE PREPHigh · 823 students
- IDEA ACADEMYElementary · 744 students
- MARIA ALICIA P MUNOZ ELElementary · 688 students
Nearby schools
- A M OCHOA EL0.4 mi · 580
- C STAINKE EL0.5 mi · 509
- IDEA COLLEGE PREP0.6 mi · 823
- IDEA ACADEMY0.6 mi · 744
- M RIVAS PRI DISCOVERY ACADEMY0.8 mi · 413
- J W CACERES DISCOVERY INT ACADEMY0.9 mi · 299
Frequently asked questions
About A P SOLIS MIDDLEHow large is A P SOLIS MIDDLE?
A P SOLIS MIDDLE enrolls approximately 646 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does A P SOLIS MIDDLE serve?
A P SOLIS MIDDLE serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at A P SOLIS MIDDLE?
The student-to-teacher ratio at A P SOLIS MIDDLE is approximately 12.9:1 (50 FTE teachers).
How diverse is A P SOLIS MIDDLE?
A P SOLIS MIDDLE reports a student body of 0% White, 100% Hispanic.
Who oversees A P SOLIS MIDDLE?
A P SOLIS MIDDLE is overseen by DONNA ISD in Hidalgo County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.