When To Worry About MySQL Performance

I am developing a website using PHP and MySQL is being used as the database.

On my homepage, there will be 6 database queries. Here is the SQL I am using for a single query: "SELECT name,id FROM table WHERE category=X ORDER BY views DESC LIMIT 5"

The table that I am working on will have ~250 items in it. I am new to server side scripting and I am wondering if 6 queries is too much to have on a homepage. Should I keep designing for optimization or just stick with 6 queries?

 

 

 

 

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