ALLEN EL

ALLEN EL is a close-knit elementary school in CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas, overseen by CORPUS CHRISTI ISD. The school educates 331 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 36% below the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

CORPUS CHRISTI ISD comprises 54 schools with combined enrollment of 33,103 students; ALLEN EL is among them.

In terms of who attends, ALLEN EL logs that nearly all students (90%) are Hispanic. The remainder reads as 5% White, 3% Black. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 63%.

In terms of school funding signals, ALLEN EL shows 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Around 96% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Nueces County runs at roughly 67%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, ALLEN EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 31.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 20.0%.

In the area at large, Nueces County reports that median household earnings sit near $66,897, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. ALLEN EL is one of 124 public schools in Nueces County (combined enrollment of about 59,619 students).

The closest other public school is WYNN SEALE METROPOLITAN SCHOOL OF DESIGN, roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around ALLEN EL. On composite proficiency, ALLEN EL comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 34.5%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 5%: 349 students in 2018 compared to 331 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 in 2025.

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