LE NOIR EL

LE NOIR EL is an elementary campus of reasonably sized scale in DONNA, Texas, part of DONNA ISD, works with 457 students in grades pre-K through 5.

DONNA ISD runs 20 schools in total, collectively educating 12,937 students. LE NOIR EL is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, LE NOIR EL shows that nearly all students (100%) are Hispanic.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting LE NOIR EL higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 82% of students at LE NOIR EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, LE NOIR EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 38.0%; this one delivers 36.4%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Hidalgo County put median household earnings sit near $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. LE NOIR EL is one of 364 public schools in Hidalgo County (combined enrollment of about 212,859 students).

A M OCHOA EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around LE NOIR EL. On composite proficiency, LE NOIR EL comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 38.7%.

LE NOIR EL operates from a commuter-belt location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 14%: 401 students in 2018 compared to 457 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.