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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the LE NOIR EL administration to hear?
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Enrollment
457
Elementary
DISTRICT 479 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DONNA ISD·NCES 481739009295
Le Noir Elementary School
316 N MAIN ST, DONNA, TX 78537 · (956) 464-1685 · Hidalgo County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL457 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
82%
375 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 | 77 | 17% |
| Kindergarten | 54 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 69 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 61 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 66 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 67 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 63 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (54) is 14% smaller than its 5th grade class (63).
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
64.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +46.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
51.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +36.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 51 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 46 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 | 37.0% | 27.0% | 21.0% | 15.0% |
| Mathematics | 25.0% | 26.0% | 24.0% | 25.0% |
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 | 64.0% | 51.0% |
| 2024-25 | 56.0% | 47.0% |
| 2023-24 | 43.0% | 40.0% |
| 2022-23 | 19.0% | 28.0% |
| 2021-22 | 40.0% | 42.0% |
| 2020-21 | 18.0% | 15.0% |
% 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
39.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.6%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 Le Noir Elementary School
Le Noir Elementary School's state test result (39.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Le Noir Elementary School this school | 457 | 82.1% | 39.8% |
| Finley Elementary School LAREDO | 471 | 80.9% | 43.0% |
| Ruben Hinojosa Elementary School MERCEDES | 468 | 82.9% | 40.7% |
| Wright Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 430 | 84.0% | 32.9% |
| Emma Vera Elementary School ROMA | 504 | 82.3% | 88.5% |
| Hebbronville Elementary School HEBBRONVILLE | 448 | 82.4% | 41.1% |
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 Le Noir Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Hidalgo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.8% | #2,614 of 4,401 | #120 of 181 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #1,655 of 4,466 ▲ 258 | #72 of 183 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #1,105 of 4,466 ▲ 687 | #28 of 183 ▲ 38 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +34.0pp | #91 of 3,998 | #2 of 180 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 457 | #2,942 of 4,938 | #120 of 192 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.3:1 | #3,506 of 4,622 | #106 of 185 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 0.9% | #4,542 of 4,628 | #141 of 185 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.1% | #1,791 of 4,789 | #152 of 190 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +14.0% | #589 of 1,307 | #20 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
457
+49 (+12%) vs 2020
-33% since 2010-11, when it was 681
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 16.3:1
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 | 28 | 16.3:1 | 82% (375) |
| 2023-24 | 451 | 25.2 | 17.9:1 | 85% (383) |
| 2022-23 | 413 | 25.1 | 16.4:1 | 87% (361) |
| 2020-21 | 408 | 25 | 16.3:1 | 91% (370) |
| 2017-18 | 401 | 24.6 | 16.3:1 | 91% (366) |
| 2015-16 | 556 | 32 | 17.4:1 | 91% (505) |
| 2010-11 | 681 | 38 | 17.9:1 | 0% (3) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Le Noir Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 14% (401 to 457); teachers up 14% (24.6 to 28).
About Le Noir Elementary School
The public elementary school Le Noir Elementary School is located in DONNA, Texas. The grade span is pre-K through 5, and enrollment is 457 students.
DONNA ISD oversees Le Noir Elementary School and 19 other schools, with 12,937 students in total.
Most students at Le Noir Elementary School are Hispanic: 100% of enrollment. The chance that two students picked at random at Le Noir Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 1%.
Teacher staffing is 28 full-time equivalents, or about 16.3 students per teacher. The 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas is lower than this school's figure. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 82%. Across public schools in Hidalgo County, the average is about the same, 85%.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Le Noir Elementary School falls in the middle 80% of Texas schools: 39.8% actual against 38.6% predicted.
Hidalgo County census figures show that median household income is about $54,338, about 21% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 23%. A total of 364 public schools operate in Hidalgo County, serving about 212,859 students.
A M Ochoa Elementary School is the closest public school, about 0.7 miles away in a straight line. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Le Noir Elementary School is 4th on average proficiency.
The federal government classifies Le Noir Elementary School's location as Suburb: Large.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count climbed from 408 to 457.
Threads on this page can be about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
- A M Ochoa Elementary School0.7 mi · 580
- W A Todd Middle School0.7 mi · 670
- Veterans Middle School1.0 mi · 866
- Guzman Elementary School1.0 mi · 291
- A P Solis Middle School1.0 mi · 646
- IDEA College Prep1.0 mi · 823
Frequently asked questions
About Le Noir Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Le Noir Elementary School?
Le Noir Elementary School enrolls approximately 457 students in grades PK-05.
Is Le Noir Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Le Noir Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Le Noir Elementary School have?
Le Noir Elementary School employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Le Noir Elementary School?
At Le Noir Elementary School, the student body is approximately 0% White, 100% Hispanic.
What district is Le Noir Elementary School in?
Le Noir Elementary School is part of DONNA ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.