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Enrollment
446
Elementary
DISTRICT 479 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DONNA ISD·NCES 481739010817
Eloy Garza Salazar Elementary School
3207 N GOOLIE RD, DONNA, TX 78537 · (956) 464-1977 · Hidalgo County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL446 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 49% 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.
- AThree-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
15.9:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
424 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 | 53 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 51 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 74 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 57 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 55 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 77 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 79 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (51) is 35% smaller than its 5th grade class (79).
Student demographics
2%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
48.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +31.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
44.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +36.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 44 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 31 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 36 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 20.0% | 28.0% | 23.0% | 29.0% |
| Mathematics | 16.0% | 28.0% | 30.0% | 26.0% |
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 | 48.0% | 44.0% |
| 2024-25 | 50.0% | 41.0% |
| 2023-24 | 40.0% | 30.0% |
| 2022-23 | 32.0% | 17.0% |
| 2021-22 | 26.0% | 13.0% |
| 2020-21 | 17.0% | 8.0% |
% 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
35.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 Eloy Garza Salazar Elementary School
Eloy Garza Salazar Elementary School's state test result (35.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eloy Garza Salazar Elementary School this school | 446 | 95.1% | 35.9% |
| Elodia R Chapa Elementary School MISSION | 445 | 95.5% | 35.0% |
| Douglass Elementary School EL PASO | 451 | 95.8% | 25.6% |
| Hall Personalized Learning Academy at Oak Cliff DALLAS | 443 | 95.7% | 41.6% |
| Henry Cuellar Elementary School LAREDO | 430 | 94.4% | 43.5% |
| Eliot Elementary School HOUSTON | 464 | 95.5% | 49.1% |
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 Eloy Garza Salazar Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Hidalgo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.9% | #3,077 of 4,401 | #146 of 181 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #2,399 of 4,466 ▲ 157 | #122 of 183 ▼ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #2,739 of 4,466 ▼ 295 | #118 of 183 ▼ 18 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +21.5pp | #425 of 3,998 | #12 of 180 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 446 | #3,054 of 4,938 | #125 of 192 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.9:1 | #3,236 of 4,622 | #93 of 185 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 2.2% | #4,458 of 4,628 | #105 of 185 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.1% | #494 of 4,789 | #44 of 190 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.3% | #1,230 of 2,838 | #62 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
446
-11 (-2%) vs 2020
-32% since 2010-11, when it was 658
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
was 15.8:1
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 | 446 | 28 | 15.9:1 | 95% (424) |
| 2023-24 | 446 | 28.7 | 15.5:1 | 94% (418) |
| 2022-23 | 436 | 25.9 | 16.8:1 | 94% (408) |
| 2020-21 | 457 | 29 | 15.8:1 | 93% (425) |
| 2017-18 | 553 | 34.4 | 16.1:1 | 95% (526) |
| 2015-16 | 545 | 29 | 18.8:1 | 89% (487) |
| 2010-11 | 658 | 34 | 19.4:1 | 0% (0) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Eloy Garza Salazar Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (553 to 446); teachers down 19% (34.4 to 28).
About Eloy Garza Salazar Elementary School
Eloy Garza Salazar Elementary School, located in DONNA, Texas, is a medium-sized elementary school. It covers pre-K through 5, with a total enrollment of 446 students.
Eloy Garza Salazar Elementary School reports to DONNA ISD, which has 20 schools and 12,937 students.
Eloy Garza Salazar Elementary School enrolls a student body that is 99% Hispanic. Eloy Garza Salazar Elementary School has a diversity index of 2%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Federal data list 28 full-time-equivalent teachers at Eloy Garza Salazar Elementary School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 15.9:1. Among elementary schools in Texas, the typical ratio is 15.1:1. The lunch program counts 95% of students at Eloy Garza Salazar Elementary School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Public schools in Hidalgo County average 85%.
allk12 grades Eloy Garza Salazar Elementary School a B-. The grade compares the school only with Texas public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
After adjusting for student poverty, Eloy Garza Salazar Elementary School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Texas schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 35.9%; the prediction is 33.1%.
Hidalgo County has these Census figures: median household income is about $54,338, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 21% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 23%. The public schools of Hidalgo County number 364 and enroll about 212,859.
Veterans Middle School is the closest public school, about 0.2 miles away in a straight line. Eloy Garza Salazar Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 38.3% proficiency; Eloy Garza Salazar Elementary School posts 35.9%.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 457 in 2020-21, 446 in 2024-25.
Conversations here can range across sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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
- Veterans Middle School0.2 mi · 866
- Le Noir Elementary School1.1 mi · 457
- Dora M Sauceda Middle School1.2 mi · 553
- Julian S Adame1.5 mi · 562
- W A Todd Middle School1.5 mi · 670
- IDEA College Prep1.8 mi · 823
Frequently asked questions
About Eloy Garza Salazar Elementary SchoolHow large is Eloy Garza Salazar Elementary School?
Eloy Garza Salazar Elementary School enrolls approximately 446 students in grades PK-05.
Is Eloy Garza Salazar Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Eloy Garza Salazar Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Eloy Garza Salazar Elementary School?
Approximately 15.9:1 students per teacher at Eloy Garza Salazar Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Eloy Garza Salazar Elementary School?
At Eloy Garza Salazar Elementary School, the student body is approximately 1% White, 99% Hispanic.
Who oversees Eloy Garza Salazar Elementary School?
Eloy Garza Salazar 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.