Scissors’s public schools score below 80% of Texas districts on tests and graduation
Reading proficiency in Scissors’s districts is 31%, below the Texas average (51%). The grade covers the public school district serving Scissors, from kindergarten through graduation, on state tests and graduation. Each state writes its own tests, so this is the one TownRatings grade compared within Texas, not nationally.
From Texas state tests taken in spring 2022, when 98% of students in the tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s four-year graduation rate, as reported to the U.S. Department of Education.
Scissors’s schools, in brief
Results trail the state
In spring 2022, 31% of tested students were proficient in reading and 25% in math, against 51% and 41% statewide; 98% of students in the tested grades sat the tests. The grade ↓
Graduation
94% of the class of 2023 graduated in four years, against 90% across Texas. Districts ↓
Spending, and where it came from
The district spent $15,042 per student in FY2024, against $12,815 across Texas. 29% of its revenue that year was federal (Texas 13%), in the last year of pandemic relief. Districts ↓
12 elementary schools, then four middle and two high schools
Which school depends on the address at every step. See the path ↓
Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.
What’s behind Scissors’s grade
C−: better than 20% of Texas school districts, #559 of 642 Texas towns. Graduation is above the Texas average; test scores are below it.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Scissors, with each school’s own grade.
9th grade in Scissors · depends on your address
Donna H S
Grades 9–12 · 1,992 students · 13:1 students per teacher · in Donna
Donna North H S
Grades 9–12 · 1,974 students · 14:1 students per teacher · in Donna
10th grade in Scissors · depends on your address
Donna H S
Grades 9–12 · 1,992 students · 13:1 students per teacher · in Donna
Donna North H S
Grades 9–12 · 1,974 students · 14:1 students per teacher · in Donna
11th grade in Scissors · depends on your address
Donna H S
Grades 9–12 · 1,992 students · 13:1 students per teacher · in Donna
Donna North H S
Grades 9–12 · 1,974 students · 14:1 students per teacher · in Donna
12th grade in Scissors · depends on your address
Donna H S
Grades 9–12 · 1,992 students · 13:1 students per teacher · in Donna
Donna North H S
Grades 9–12 · 1,974 students · 14:1 students per teacher · in Donna
Scissors’s public schools are run by Donna Independent School District, which also serves Alamo and Donna. To confirm the school for a specific address, ask the district.
The district
Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.
Well below the state in reading
Scissors vs. its neighbors
Schools grades for the Texas towns that share Scissors’s borders.
Every school in Scissors
18 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Texas’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).
Questions about Scissors’s schools
Are Scissors’s schools good?
On Texas’s tests they score below most of the state: the public schools Scissors children attend score below 80% of Texas’s school districts on tests and graduation, a C− Schools grade, #559 of 642 Texas towns. Among towns with similar incomes they beat 23%. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023.
What school district is Scissors in?
Donna Independent School District, which runs grades PK–12 and enrolls 12,937 students in 20 schools (2024–25).
Where do Scissors kids go to high school?
One of 2 high schools, depending on your address: Donna H S and Donna North H S.
What is Scissors’s graduation rate?
94% of the class of 2023 in Donna Independent School District graduated in four years, against 90% across Texas.
How much does Scissors spend per student?
$15,042 in Donna Independent School District (FY2024), against $12,815 across Texas. Spending doesn’t count toward the grade.
Parents talk
What Scissors families are saying about school.
Looking for colleges? Colleges near Scissors → They have their own page.
School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). The School Grade is our own summary, graded within Texas. Stars are from neighbors.