DONNA WERNECKE EL

DONNA WERNECKE EL is an elementary-level community of mid-sized scale in MCALLEN, Texas, overseen by SHARYLAND ISD, educateing 631 students in grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 22% bigger than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

DONNA WERNECKE EL is one of 13 schools operated by SHARYLAND ISD, a district that hosts 9,844 students overall.

Looking at the student body, DONNA WERNECKE EL reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (95%). Other groups include 4% White. Compared to Hidalgo County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.0:1. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 64% of students at DONNA WERNECKE EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Hidalgo County runs at roughly 85%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, DONNA WERNECKE EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 45.9%; this one delivers 53.3%.

In the broader community, census data for Hidalgo County shows median household income runs about $54,338, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 23%. Across Hidalgo County's 364 public schools (combined enrollment of about 212,859 students), DONNA WERNECKE EL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is SHARYLAND NORTH J H, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around DONNA WERNECKE EL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts DONNA WERNECKE EL at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 49.6%.

DONNA WERNECKE EL operates from a metropolitan location.

Trend over the last 7 years. DONNA WERNECKE EL's enrollment has decreased 15% since 2018, when it stood at 744 (now 631). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 18.3:1 in 2018 to 15.0:1 today.

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