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Enrollment
688
Elementary
DISTRICT 479 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DONNA ISD·NCES 481739008284
Maria Alicia P Munoz Elementary School
1901 E ROOSEVELT, DONNA, TX 78537 · (956) 464-1310 · Hidalgo County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL688 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 32% of Texas public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-Three-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
16.6:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
654 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 | 89 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 91 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 103 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 88 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 83 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 114 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 120 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (91) is 24% smaller than its 5th grade class (120).
Student demographics
0%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
36.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +26.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
45.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +33.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 45 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 26 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 33 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 14.0% | 22.0% | 23.0% | 41.0% |
| Mathematics | 13.0% | 32.0% | 31.0% | 24.0% |
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 | 36.0% | 45.0% |
| 2024-25 | 39.0% | 39.0% |
| 2023-24 | 26.0% | 43.0% |
| 2022-23 | 23.0% | 30.0% |
| 2021-22 | 20.0% | 20.0% |
| 2020-21 | 10.0% | 12.0% |
% 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
31.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% 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 Maria Alicia P Munoz Elementary School
Maria Alicia P Munoz Elementary School's state test result (31.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maria Alicia P Munoz Elementary School this school | 688 | 95.1% | 31.4% |
| Champion Elementary School BROWNSVILLE | 710 | 94.8% | 47.3% |
| General Ricardo Sanchez Elementary School RIO GRANDE CITY | 712 | 94.2% | 63.0% |
| Milton Elementary School LAREDO | 651 | 94.6% | 47.9% |
| IDEA Academy Pharr PHARR | 717 | 93.7% | 42.6% |
| De Chaumes Elementary School HOUSTON | 680 | 96.5% | 39.0% |
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 Maria Alicia P Munoz Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Hidalgo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.4% | #3,529 of 4,401 | #168 of 181 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #2,267 of 4,466 ▲ 556 | #117 of 183 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #3,983 of 4,466 ▼ 408 | #172 of 183 ▼ 11 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +14.0pp | #968 of 3,998 | #39 of 180 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 688 | #995 of 4,938 | #28 of 192 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #3,656 of 4,622 | #118 of 185 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 0.3% | #4,588 of 4,628 | #160 of 185 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.1% | #498 of 4,789 | #45 of 190 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.5% | #2,162 of 2,838 | #103 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
688
+52 (+8%) vs 2020
-5% since 2000-01, when it was 723
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
was 15.5:1
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 | 688 | 41.5 | 16.6:1 | 95% (654) |
| 2023-24 | 692 | 40.6 | 17.1:1 | 97% (669) |
| 2022-23 | 754 | 40.9 | 18.5:1 | 98% (736) |
| 2020-21 | 636 | 41 | 15.5:1 | 97% (616) |
| 2017-18 | 752 | 41.1 | 18.3:1 | 97% (727) |
| 2015-16 | 886 | 42 | 21.1:1 | 96% (854) |
| 2010-11 | 750 | 45 | 16.7:1 | 1% (4) |
| 2000-01 | 723 | 41 | 17.6:1 | 93% (669) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Maria Alicia P Munoz Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (752 to 688); teachers up 1% (41.1 to 41.5).
About Maria Alicia P Munoz Elementary School
Maria Alicia P Munoz Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school based in DONNA, Texas. The school serves pre-K through 5. Enrollment is 688 students. By comparison, elementary schools in Texas enroll about 519 students on average.
Maria Alicia P Munoz Elementary School is part of DONNA ISD, where 20 schools serve 12,937 students.
The share of students at Maria Alicia P Munoz Elementary School who are Hispanic is 100%. A diversity index of 0% means there is a 0% chance two randomly chosen students at Maria Alicia P Munoz Elementary School are from different groups.
The school lists 41.5 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.6:1. Compared with the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas, this school's ratio is higher. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 95% of the student body. Among public schools in Hidalgo County, the average eligibility rate is 85%.
Maria Alicia P Munoz Elementary School earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 32% of Texas public elementary schools.
Maria Alicia P Munoz Elementary School is 1.6 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (31.4% versus 33.1%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Texas.
In Hidalgo County, home to about 891,977 people, the median household earns about $54,338 a year, roughly 21% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 23%. Maria Alicia P Munoz Elementary School shares Hidalgo County with 363 other public schools.
Maria Alicia P Munoz Elementary School is about 2.2 miles from Julian S Adame, its nearest public school. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Maria Alicia P Munoz Elementary School is 6th of 9 on proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Fringe.
An 8% increase took enrollment from 636 in 2020-21 to 688 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 15.5:1 to 16.6:1.
The allk12 page for Maria Alicia P Munoz Elementary School lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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
- W A Todd Middle SchoolMiddle · 670 students
- A P Solis Middle SchoolMiddle · 646 students
- A M Ochoa Elementary SchoolElementary · 580 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
- W A Todd Middle SchoolMiddle · 670 students
Nearby schools
- Julian S Adame2.2 mi · 562
- Daniel Singleterry Sr2.5 mi · 560
- Donna North High School2.5 mi · 1,974
- Patricia S Garza Elementary School2.5 mi · 551
- Eloy Garza Salazar Elementary School3.3 mi · 446
- Rodolfo Rudy Silva Jr Elementary School3.4 mi · 685
Frequently asked questions
About Maria Alicia P Munoz Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Maria Alicia P Munoz Elementary School?
Maria Alicia P Munoz Elementary School enrolls approximately 688 students in grades PK-05.
Is Maria Alicia P Munoz Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Maria Alicia P Munoz Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Maria Alicia P Munoz Elementary School have?
Maria Alicia P Munoz Elementary School employs 42 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.6:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Maria Alicia P Munoz Elementary School?
At Maria Alicia P Munoz Elementary School, the student body is approximately 100% Hispanic, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees Maria Alicia P Munoz Elementary School?
Maria Alicia P Munoz 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.