📍 4500 Dove Ave, Mcallen, Hidalgo County, 78504
Donna Wernecke el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Mcallen, Hidalgo County. The school has 697 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Norma Salazar. It is part of the Sharyland Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–6 in an urban setting. The school employs 43.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.2:1. 35% of students are proficient in reading. 23% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Donna Wernecke el enrolls 697 students across grades Pre-K–6. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 43.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 94% Hispanic or Latino, 4.2% White and <1% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 653 | 94% |
| White | 29 | 4.2% |
| Black or African American | 6 | <1% |
| Two or more races | 4 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 3 | <1% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
494 of the school's 697 students (71%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 401 qualify for free lunch and 93 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Donna Wernecke el is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Midsize). 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 20, state house district 41.
Donna Wernecke el is one of 13 schools in SHARYLAND ISD, based in MISSION, Texas. The district serves 9,844 students district-wide and employs 620 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 697 students, Donna Wernecke el is close to the district average of about 757 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Midsize