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Enrollment
560
Elementary
DISTRICT 479 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DONNA ISD·NCES 481739009540
Daniel Singleterry Sr
9113 N VAL VERDE RD, DONNA, TX 78537 · (956) 464-1845 · Hidalgo County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL560 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 12% of Texas public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-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
17.8:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
554 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 | 135 | 24% |
| Kindergarten | 79 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 66 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 62 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 71 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 83 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 64 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (79) is 23% larger than its 5th grade class (64).
Student demographics
1%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
26.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +18.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
30.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +21.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 30 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 18 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 21 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 6.0% | 20.0% | 33.0% | 41.0% |
| Mathematics | 9.0% | 21.0% | 32.0% | 38.0% |
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 | 26.0% | 30.0% |
| 2024-25 | 24.0% | 35.0% |
| 2023-24 | 22.0% | 26.0% |
| 2022-23 | 17.0% | 24.0% |
| 2021-22 | 19.0% | 19.0% |
| 2020-21 | 8.0% | 9.0% |
% 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
23.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.4%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% 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 Daniel Singleterry Sr
Daniel Singleterry Sr's state test result (23.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Singleterry Sr this school | 560 | 98.9% | 23.6% |
| Don Jose Gallego LAREDO | 557 | 98.7% | 47.5% |
| Patricia S Garza Elementary School DONNA | 551 | 98.4% | 27.7% |
| Juan Seguin Elementary School MISSION | 569 | 98.2% | 27.4% |
| T Sanchez El / H Ochoa Elementary School LAREDO | 569 | 98.2% | 48.0% |
| Marcia R Garza ALAMO | 545 | 99.3% | 42.0% |
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 Daniel Singleterry Sr ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Hidalgo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.6% | #4,124 of 4,401 | #178 of 181 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.0% | #3,908 of 4,466 ▼ 651 | #174 of 183 ▼ 24 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.0% | #4,373 of 4,466 ▼ 11 | #183 of 183 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.5pp | #1,790 of 3,998 | #79 of 180 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 560 | #1,954 of 4,938 | #70 of 192 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.8:1 | #4,155 of 4,622 | #150 of 185 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 1.1% | #4,526 of 4,628 | #133 of 185 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.9% | #86 of 4,789 | #7 of 190 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.5% | #1,014 of 1,307 | #36 of 53 |
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
560
+27 (+5%) vs 2020
-3% since 2010-11, when it was 575
Student : Teacher
17.8:1
was 19.0:1
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 | 560 | 31.5 | 17.8:1 | 99% (554) |
| 2023-24 | 510 | 29.2 | 17.5:1 | 99% (507) |
| 2022-23 | 553 | 31.1 | 17.8:1 | 99% (547) |
| 2020-21 | 533 | 28 | 19.0:1 | 98% (521) |
| 2017-18 | 536 | 29.8 | 18.0:1 | 97% (521) |
| 2015-16 | 522 | 28 | 18.6:1 | 98% (509) |
| 2010-11 | 575 | 34 | 16.9:1 | 1% (3) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Daniel Singleterry Sr.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (536 to 560); teachers up 6% (29.8 to 31.5).
About Daniel Singleterry Sr
Students in DONNA, Texas, attend Daniel Singleterry Sr, a mid-sized elementary school. It has an enrollment of 560 students in pre-K through 5.
DONNA ISD has 20 schools and 12,937 students, and Daniel Singleterry Sr is one of those schools.
Daniel Singleterry Sr is 99% Hispanic by enrollment. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Daniel Singleterry Sr scores 1%.
There are about 17.8 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Daniel Singleterry Sr, which has 31.5. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Texas is 15.1:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Daniel Singleterry Sr is about 99%. That is 14 points above the 85% average for public schools in Hidalgo County.
Among Texas public elementary schools, Daniel Singleterry Sr outscored 12%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Daniel Singleterry Sr would score about 31.4%. It scores 23.6%, 7.8 points below that figure.
Census data for Hidalgo County show median household income comes to about $54,338, about 21% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 23% of residents are in poverty. There are 364 public schools in the county, enrolling about 212,859, Daniel Singleterry Sr among them.
The closest school to Daniel Singleterry Sr is Patricia S Garza Elementary School, located about 0.1 miles away. Daniel Singleterry Sr is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Daniel Singleterry Sr ranks 9th of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 23.6% against a local average of 38.0%.
In the federal locale system, Daniel Singleterry Sr is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 560, up from 533 in 2020-21. Students per teacher dropped from 19.0 in 2020-21 to 17.8 in 2024-25.
The discussion board for Daniel Singleterry Sr is open to topics like athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 DONNA
- Donna High SchoolHigh · 1,992 students
- Donna North High SchoolHigh · 1,974 students
- Veterans Middle SchoolMiddle · 866 students
- IDEA College PrepHigh · 823 students
- IDEA AcademyElementary · 744 students
- Maria Alicia P Munoz Elementary SchoolElementary · 688 students
Nearby schools
- Patricia S Garza Elementary School0.1 mi · 551
- Donna North High School1.3 mi · 1,974
- Maria Alicia P Munoz Elementary School2.5 mi · 688
- San Carlos Elementary School3.1 mi · 471
- John F Kennedy Elementary School3.2 mi · 514
- Betts Elementary School3.2 mi · 534
Frequently asked questions
About Daniel Singleterry SrHow many students attend Daniel Singleterry Sr?
Daniel Singleterry Sr enrolls approximately 560 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Daniel Singleterry Sr serve?
Daniel Singleterry Sr serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Daniel Singleterry Sr?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Daniel Singleterry Sr is approximately 17.8:1 (31 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Daniel Singleterry Sr?
Daniel Singleterry Sr reports a student body of 1% White, 99% Hispanic.
What district is Daniel Singleterry Sr in?
Daniel Singleterry Sr is part of DONNA ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.