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What's the biggest difference between T PRICE EL and what you expected?
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Enrollment
416
Elementary
DISTRICT 479 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DONNA ISD·NCES 481739007347
T PRICE EL
2906 E ROBERTS, DONNA, TX 78537 · (956) 464-1303 · Hidalgo County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL416 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
37.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +19.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
40.0%
TX avg 42.0% . +32.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 40 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 19 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 32 points.
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
37.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
416
-91 (-18%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
was 19.0:1
% White
1%
was 0%
% Hispanic
99%
was 100%
% Black
0%
was 0%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About T PRICE EL
As a close-knit primary school in DONNA, Texas, T PRICE EL works with 416 students from grades pre-K through 5, one of the schools within DONNA ISD.
Across the 20 schools in DONNA ISD (12,937 students total), T PRICE EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
In terms of who attends, T PRICE EL lists that 99% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority.
On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.6:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 90% of students at T PRICE EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, T PRICE EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 34.5%, the actual is 37.0%, a residual of +2.5 points.
Across the wider county, Hidalgo County reports that the typical household earns roughly $54,338 per year, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 23%. In all, Hidalgo County runs 364 public schools (combined enrollment of about 212,859 students), of which T PRICE EL is one.
The closest other public school is DONNA H S, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, T PRICE EL comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 41.4%.
The school occupies a commuter-belt site.
Over the past 7-year window. T PRICE EL's enrollment has shrank 18% since 2018, when it stood at 507 (now 416). Class-load math has tightened: from 19.0:1 in 2018 to 16.6:1 in 2025.
On allk12, members of the T PRICE EL community share and discuss enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 H SHigh · 1,992 students
- DONNA NORTH H SHigh · 1,974 students
- VETERANS MIDDLEMiddle · 866 students
- MARIA ALICIA P MUNOZ ELElementary · 688 students
- W A TODD MIDDLEMiddle · 670 students
- A P SOLIS MIDDLEMiddle · 646 students
Other schools in DONNA
- DONNA H SHigh · 1,992 students
- DONNA NORTH H SHigh · 1,974 students
- VETERANS MIDDLEMiddle · 866 students
- IDEA COLLEGE PREPHigh · 823 students
- IDEA ACADEMYElementary · 744 students
- MARIA ALICIA P MUNOZ ELElementary · 688 students
Nearby schools
- DONNA H S0.3 mi · 1,992
- W A TODD MIDDLE0.7 mi · 670
- GUZMAN EL0.8 mi · 291
- C STAINKE EL1.2 mi · 509
- A M OCHOA EL1.3 mi · 580
- LE NOIR EL1.3 mi · 457
Frequently asked questions
About T PRICE ELHow many students attend T PRICE EL?
T PRICE EL enrolls approximately 416 students in grades PK-05.
Is T PRICE EL an elementary, middle, or high school?
T PRICE EL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does T PRICE EL have?
T PRICE EL employs 25 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.6:1.
What is the student diversity at T PRICE EL?
Student demographics at T PRICE EL are roughly 1% White, 99% Hispanic, 0% Two or more.
Is T PRICE EL public or private?
T PRICE EL is a public K-12 school, overseen by DONNA ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.