MARIA ALICIA P MUNOZ EL

MARIA ALICIA P MUNOZ EL is an average-sized K-5 school in DONNA, Texas, part of DONNA ISD. The school teaches 688 students in grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 33% bigger than typical.

DONNA ISD runs 20 schools in total, collectively educating 12,937 students. MARIA ALICIA P MUNOZ EL is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, MARIA ALICIA P MUNOZ EL reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (100%).

On the resource side, Staff filings list 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. About 95% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Hidalgo County's rate of about 85%.

After controlling for student poverty, MARIA ALICIA P MUNOZ 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 29.2%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Hidalgo County indicate median household earnings sit near $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), MARIA ALICIA P MUNOZ EL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is JULIAN S ADAME, roughly 2.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), MARIA ALICIA P MUNOZ EL ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 32.1%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. MARIA ALICIA P MUNOZ EL's enrollment has declined 9% since 2018, when it stood at 752 (now 688). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 18.3:1 in 2018 to 16.6:1 today.

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