ELOY GARZA SALAZAR EL

As a middle-of-the-pack elementary campus in DONNA, Texas, ELOY GARZA SALAZAR EL caters to 446 students from grades pre-K through 5, part of DONNA ISD.

Across the 20 schools in DONNA ISD (12,937 students total), ELOY GARZA SALAZAR EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, ELOY GARZA SALAZAR EL lists that nearly all students (99%) are Hispanic.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting ELOY GARZA SALAZAR EL higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 95% of students at ELOY GARZA SALAZAR EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Hidalgo County (around 85%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, ELOY GARZA SALAZAR EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 32.4%; this one delivers 30.7%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Hidalgo County) records that median household income runs about $54,338, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 23% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Hidalgo County runs 364 public schools (combined enrollment of about 212,859 students), of which ELOY GARZA SALAZAR EL is one.

The closest other public school is VETERANS MIDDLE, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, ELOY GARZA SALAZAR EL comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 37.0%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 19%: 553 students in 2018 compared to 446 in 2025.

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