📍 2711 N Golie Rd, Donna, Hidalgo County, 78537
Veterans Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Donna, Hidalgo County. The school has 894 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Alenn Garza. It is part of the Donna Isd school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a suburban setting. The school employs 60.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.8:1. 12% of students are proficient in reading. 7% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Veterans Middle enrolls 894 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 60.4 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 100% Hispanic or Latino and <1% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 891 | 100% |
| White | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
894 of the school's 894 students (100%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 885 qualify for free lunch and 9 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Veterans Middle is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district TX At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 27, state house district 39.
Veterans Middle is one of 21 schools in DONNA ISD, based in DONNA, Texas. The district serves 12,937 students district-wide and employs 892 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 894 students, Veterans Middle is larger than the district average of about 616 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large