BARNES EL

BARNES EL is a mid-sized primary school in CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas, one of the schools within CORPUS CHRISTI ISD. The school caters to 700 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so BARNES EL sits 35% above that benchmark.

Across the 54 schools in CORPUS CHRISTI ISD (33,103 students total), BARNES EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, BARNES EL lists that 70% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest comes out to 18% White, 5% multiracial, 4% Asian, 3% Black.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Roughly 53% of students at BARNES EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Nueces County (around 67%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, BARNES EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.9%, the actual is 55.6%, a residual of +4.7 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Nueces County) reports that median household earnings sit near $66,897, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. In all, Nueces County runs 124 public schools (combined enrollment of about 59,619 students), of which BARNES EL is one.

The closest other public school is ADKINS MIDDLE, roughly 0.7 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts BARNES EL at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 49.7%.

BARNES EL operates from a downtown location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BARNES EL has increased 6%, going from 663 students in 2018 to 700 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 18.7:1 in 2018 to 16.5:1 today.

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