Daniel Singleterry Sr, Donna TX - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Daniel Singleterry Sr

Daniel Singleterry Sr. is a pre-K through fifth-grade school in Donna, a small South Texas city in Hidalgo County east of McAllen. The school serves a student body that is almost entirely Hispanic and economically disadvantaged, with virtually all students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch. The enrollment is small to moderate for its grade band, with roughly equal cohorts across pre-K through fifth grade.

The school's academic performance presents a clear challenge. Across STAAR testing in the spring of 2025, proficiency rates were consistently low. In English-language math testing at fourth and fifth grade, less than half of tested students met or exceeded grade-level standards. In English-language reading at third grade, fewer than a third did. Spanish-language testing showed even steeper gaps: at fourth grade, only about one in ten students in Spanish reading met standards, and at fifth grade in both Spanish reading and science, proficiency hovered around one in ten to one in eight. The third-grade math cohort tested in Spanish showed no students meeting proficiency. Across all tested subjects combined, the school's overall proficiency rate sits well below the middle of the range for Hidalgo County districts.

The pattern suggests a school working with a linguistically diverse population, with assessments administered in both English and Spanish across different grades. A parent may want to look into further how the school coordinates bilingual instruction, English language support, and assessment language assignment, since the data does not clarify enrollment in bilingual or ESL programs or the reasoning behind which students take tests in which language.

Donna sits in an affordability-driven landscape of modest single-story homes and extended family networks, where Spanish is as common as English and employment centers on public services, healthcare, agriculture, and retail. The city is experiencing steady outward growth with newer subdivisions spreading toward Highway 83. Home values in the area are substantially below state and national medians, and monthly rental costs are modest. The school is located in the northern part of the district, some distance from the historic downtown core near Donna City Square Park.

Daniel Singleterry Sr. is a traditional public school with no charter or magnet designation. No data was available on special education enrollment rates, English learner designation counts, staffing levels, attendance, chronic absenteeism, or discipline practices. The school serves an early elementary population, so no high school completion or college readiness metrics apply.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 30%

School 0% · District 17% · ▼ 17 pts below district

▼ 40 pts below state median · ▼ 37 pts below county median

Grade 442%

School 42% · District 27% · ▲ 15 pts above district

▲ 1 pts above state median · ▼ 4 pts below county median

Grade 541%

School 41% · District 38% · ▲ 3 pts above district

even with state median · ▲ 1 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 329%

School 29% · District 16% · ▲ 13 pts above district

▼ 17 pts below state median · ▼ 13 pts below county median

Grade 411%

School 11% · District 29% · ▼ 18 pts below district

▼ 38 pts below state median · ▼ 40 pts below county median

Grade 514%

School 14% · District 28% · ▼ 14 pts below district

▼ 40 pts below state median · ▼ 40 pts below county median

Science

Grade 511%

School 11% · District 8% · ▲ 3 pts above district

▼ 12 pts below state median · ▼ 15 pts below county median

This schoolDONNA ISD, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.