Veterans Middle School

Size

Of the 4 middle schools in Donna ISD, Veterans Middle School is the largest, with 6.7% of the district's students. The 8 nearest middle schools are a median 3.7 miles away and have a median of 703 students, so Veterans Middle School is close to their typical size.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 enrollment and school type. Share of district students = this school's students ÷ the district's students. Nearest schools by straight-line distance between NCES EDGE locations.

Grades

Its largest grade is grade 8 with 299 students, and its smallest is grade 7 with 280, against an average of 289 per grade. Its first and last grades are close in size: 287 in grade 6 and 299 in grade 8.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.

Students

All of its students are reported as Hispanic.

95.4% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 92.4% across Donna ISD and a median of 65.6% for Texas middle schools. Under the Community Eligibility Provision, every student can eat breakfast and lunch at no charge, and families fill out no meal application.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District shares weight each school by its enrollment.

Teachers

Veterans Middle School has 68 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 12.7 students per teacher. At the median Texas middle school ratio of 14.4, a school with 866 students would have about 60.1 teachers, so Veterans Middle School has 7.9 more.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas middle schools (14.4).

Location

NCES classifies its location as suburb, large, which means it is in an urbanized area of 250,000 people or more, outside its principal city. The nearest other middle school is Dora M Sauceda Middle School, 1.1 miles away in the same district. There are 6 middle schools within 5 miles and 22 within 10 miles.

Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.