C STAINKE EL

As a medium-sized elementary-level community in DONNA, Texas, C STAINKE EL teaches 509 students from grades pre-K through 5, operated by DONNA ISD.

C STAINKE EL is one of 20 schools operated by DONNA ISD, a district that caters to 12,937 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, C STAINKE EL logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (98%).

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.4:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 88% of students at C STAINKE EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), C STAINKE EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 35.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 35.8%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Hidalgo County put the typical household earns roughly $54,338 per year, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 23% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Hidalgo County's 364 public schools (combined enrollment of about 212,859 students), C STAINKE EL is one campus in the mix.

A M OCHOA EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts C STAINKE EL at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 39.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at C STAINKE EL has decreased 9%, going from 557 students in 2018 to 509 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 18.1:1 in 2018 to 15.4:1 today.

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