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Enrollment
457
Elementary
DISTRICT 479 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DONNA ISD·NCES 481739007038
Capt D Salinas II Elementary School
333 E HWY 83, ALAMO, TX 78516 · (956) 783-1332 · Hidalgo County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL457 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 48% of Texas public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
393 students
DISTRICT 92% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 63 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 53 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 53 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 64 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 65 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 73 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 86 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (53) is 38% smaller than its 5th grade class (86).
Student demographics
0%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
50.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +36.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
60.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +47.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 60 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 36 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 47 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 28.0% | 22.0% | 33.0% | 17.0% |
| Mathematics | 24.0% | 36.0% | 27.0% | 13.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 50.0% | 60.0% |
| 2024-25 | 46.0% | 49.0% |
| 2023-24 | 36.0% | 41.0% |
| 2022-23 | 37.0% | 37.0% |
| 2021-22 | 34.0% | 41.0% |
| 2020-21 | 14.0% | 13.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
37.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Capt D Salinas II Elementary School
Capt D Salinas II Elementary School's state test result (37.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capt D Salinas II Elementary School this school | 457 | 86.0% | 37.5% |
| Language Development Center EAGLE PASS | 440 | 86.4% | N/A |
| Crockett Elementary School EL PASO | 453 | 86.5% | 26.9% |
| Lopez-Riggins Elementary School LOS FRESNOS | 467 | 84.8% | 60.3% |
| Zapata South Elementary School ZAPATA | 428 | 86.7% | 40.5% |
| Ruben C Rodriguez Elementary School EDCOUCH | 457 | 88.0% | 25.7% |
Matched among Texas elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Capt D Salinas II Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Hidalgo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.5% | #2,887 of 4,401 | #134 of 181 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #931 of 4,466 ▲ 766 | #26 of 183 ▲ 41 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #2,499 of 4,466 ▲ 408 | #110 of 183 ▲ 26 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +18.0pp | #644 of 3,998 | #26 of 180 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 457 | #2,941 of 4,938 | #119 of 192 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #1,247 of 4,622 | #16 of 185 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 0.0% | #4,593 of 4,628 | #163 of 185 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.0% | #1,481 of 4,789 | #133 of 190 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.4% | #985 of 2,838 | #48 of 128 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
457
-4 (-1%) vs 2020
-41% since 2000-01, when it was 771
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 14.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 457 | 33.5 | 13.7:1 | 86% (393) |
| 2023-24 | 477 | 36.2 | 13.2:1 | 96% (457) |
| 2022-23 | 416 | 28.8 | 14.5:1 | 96% (398) |
| 2020-21 | 461 | 32 | 14.4:1 | 96% (442) |
| 2017-18 | 589 | 35.6 | 16.6:1 | 96% (566) |
| 2015-16 | 500 | 28 | 17.9:1 | 96% (481) |
| 2010-11 | 713 | 42 | 17.0:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2000-01 | 771 | 42 | 18.4:1 | 99% (763) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Capt D Salinas II Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (589 to 457); teachers down 6% (35.6 to 33.5).
About Capt D Salinas II Elementary School
Capt D Salinas II Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school serving families in ALAMO, Texas. It offers pre-K through 5 and has 457 students enrolled.
Capt D Salinas II Elementary School sits within DONNA ISD, which has 20 schools and 12,937 students.
Hispanic students are 100% of those enrolled at Capt D Salinas II Elementary School. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Hidalgo County's population at about 92%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 0%.
There are 33.5 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 13.7:1. The average for elementary schools in Texas, 15.1:1, is higher. Of all students at Capt D Salinas II Elementary School, 86% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Hidalgo County average a similar 85%.
On the allk12 Grade, Capt D Salinas II Elementary School lands at B-, ahead of 48% of Texas public elementary schools.
A school with Capt D Salinas II Elementary School's lunch-eligibility share in Texas is predicted to score 37.0%. Capt D Salinas II Elementary School scores 37.5%, within a point of that line.
For the population of Hidalgo County, the median household earns about $54,338 a year, about 21% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 23% of residents are in poverty. Across Hidalgo County, 364 public schools serve about 212,859 students.
Vanguard Mozart is about 0.4 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Capt D Salinas II Elementary School is 7th of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Under the NCES locale system, Capt D Salinas II Elementary School is Suburb: Large.
Federal data show 461 students in 2020-21 and 457 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%.
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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 High SchoolHigh · 1,992 students
- Donna North High SchoolHigh · 1,974 students
- Veterans Middle SchoolMiddle · 866 students
- Maria Alicia P Munoz Elementary SchoolElementary · 688 students
- W A Todd Middle SchoolMiddle · 670 students
- A P Solis Middle SchoolMiddle · 646 students
Other schools in ALAMO
- Psja Memorial Early College High SchoolHigh · 1,997 students
- Vanguard MozartCombined · 1,236 students
- Audie Murphy Middle SchoolMiddle · 790 students
- IDEA College Preparatory AlamoHigh · 737 students
- Augusto Guerra Elementary SchoolElementary · 731 students
- John McKeever Elementary SchoolElementary · 699 students
Nearby schools
- Vanguard Mozart0.4 mi · 1,236
- Psja Memorial Early College High School1.2 mi · 1,997
- Zeferino Farias Elementary School1.3 mi · 520
- IDEA College Preparatory Alamo1.4 mi · 737
- IDEA Academy Alamo1.4 mi · 698
- Santos Livas Elementary School1.5 mi · 515
Frequently asked questions
About Capt D Salinas II Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Capt D Salinas II Elementary School?
Capt D Salinas II Elementary School enrolls approximately 457 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Capt D Salinas II Elementary School serve?
Capt D Salinas II Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Capt D Salinas II Elementary School?
Approximately 13.7:1 students per teacher at Capt D Salinas II Elementary School.
How diverse is Capt D Salinas II Elementary School?
Capt D Salinas II Elementary School reports a student body of 100% Hispanic.
Who oversees Capt D Salinas II Elementary School?
Capt D Salinas II Elementary School is overseen by DONNA ISD in Hidalgo County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.