Enrollment
923
Elementary
DISTRICT 491 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CORPUS CHRISTI ISD·NCES 481527001071
Cullen Place Elementary School
850 BELMEADE DR, CORPUS CHRISTI, TX 78412 · (361) 878-2960 · Nueces County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL923 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
53 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
81%
749 students
DISTRICT 76% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 95 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 132 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 141 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 124 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 158 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 130 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 143 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (132) is 8% smaller than its 5th grade class (143).
Student demographics
32%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 31% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
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STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
47.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +22.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
43.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +10.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 43 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 22 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 10 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 21.0% | 26.0% | 23.0% | 30.0% |
| Mathematics | 15.0% | 28.0% | 22.0% | 35.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 47.0% | 43.0% |
| 2024-25 | 45.0% | 39.0% |
| 2023-24 | 45.0% | 42.0% |
| 2022-23 | 43.0% | 33.0% |
| 2021-22 | 47.0% | 33.0% |
| 2020-21 | 25.0% | 33.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
38.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Cullen Place Elementary School
Cullen Place Elementary School's state test result (38.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cullen Place Elementary School this school | 923 | 81.1% | 38.0% |
| Lost Pines Elementary School BASTROP | 896 | 82.3% | 21.7% |
| Dogwood Elementary School NEW CANEY | 911 | 84.6% | 30.3% |
| Sorters Mill Elementary School PORTER | 838 | 78.4% | 39.5% |
| Brandenburg Elementary School IRVING | 947 | 81.1% | 36.3% |
| Lively Elementary School IRVING | 794 | 83.4% | 24.3% |
Matched among Texas elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Cullen Place Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Nueces County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #2,839 of 4,401 | #32 of 47 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #2,486 of 4,466 ▲ 321 | #29 of 51 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #2,846 of 4,466 ▲ 151 | #37 of 51 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.0pp | #1,856 of 3,998 | #14 of 42 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 923 | #175 of 4,938 | #1 of 58 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.4:1 | #4,016 of 4,622 | #46 of 53 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.0% | #3,356 of 4,628 | #19 of 53 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 81.1% | #1,868 of 4,789 | #28 of 56 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +113.2% | #15 of 1,307 | #1 of 11 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
923
+566 (+159%) vs 2020
+52% since 1990-91, when it was 607
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
was 14.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 923 | 53.2 | 17.4:1 | 81% (749) |
| 2023-24 | 838 | 53.3 | 15.7:1 | 82% (687) |
| 2022-23 | 333 | 20.9 | 15.9:1 | 84% (281) |
| 2020-21 | 357 | 25 | 14.3:1 | 84% (301) |
| 2017-18 | 433 | 25.8 | 16.8:1 | 81% (351) |
| 2015-16 | 511 | 28 | 18.3:1 | 58% (294) |
| 2010-11 | 563 | 34 | 16.6:1 | 79% (445) |
| 2000-01 | 551 | 33 | 16.7:1 | 64% (352) |
| 1990-91 | 607 | 27 | 22.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cullen Place Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 113% (433 to 923); teachers up 106% (25.8 to 53.2).
About Cullen Place Elementary School
Cullen Place Elementary School is a large elementary school in CORPUS CHRISTI ISD, located in CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas. Students in pre-K through 5 attend, and enrollment is 923 students. The school's enrollment is 78% bigger than the 519 average for elementary schools in Texas.
CORPUS CHRISTI ISD is responsible for 54 schools, Cullen Place Elementary School included, with 33,103 students in all.
Cullen Place Elementary School enrolls a student body that is 81% Hispanic. The school is also 14% White. That is higher than the 63% Hispanic share among all Nueces County residents. By the diversity index, Cullen Place Elementary School comes in at 32%.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 17.4:1, with 53.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. Among elementary schools in Texas, the typical ratio is 15.1:1. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Cullen Place Elementary School is 81%. Public schools in Nueces County average 67%.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Cullen Place Elementary School, the prediction is 39.0% and the result is 38.0%.
Nueces County has these Census figures: median household income is about $66,897, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 24% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 13%. The public schools of Nueces County number 124 and enroll about 59,619.
Nearby, King High School is about 0.9 miles away. Cullen Place Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Cullen Place Elementary School at 4th of 5.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Large. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school counted 357 students in 2020-21 and 923 in 2024-25. A shift in the grades offered could account for part of the difference. The school's ratio rose from 14.3:1 to 17.4:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Conversations here can range across sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Nueces County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
352,955
Census ACS
Median income
$66,897
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
124
59,619 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CORPUS CHRISTI ISD
- Veterans Memorial High SchoolHigh · 2,026 students
- Carroll High SchoolHigh · 1,928 students
- Ray High SchoolHigh · 1,578 students
- Roy Miller H S and Metro School of DesignHigh · 1,424 students
- Moody High SchoolHigh · 1,326 students
- King High SchoolHigh · 1,279 students
Other schools in CORPUS CHRISTI
- Sst Corpus ChristiCombined · 2,343 students
- Veterans Memorial High SchoolHigh · 2,026 students
- Flour Bluff High SchoolHigh · 1,940 students
- Carroll High SchoolHigh · 1,928 students
- Ray High SchoolHigh · 1,578 students
- Roy Miller H S and Metro School of DesignHigh · 1,424 students
Nearby schools
- King High School0.9 mi · 1,279
- Windsor Park G/T1.0 mi · 602
- Haas Middle School1.1 mi · 545
- Smith Elementary School1.7 mi · 457
- Nueces Co J J Alternative Education Program1.9 mi · 3
- Nueces Co J J Alternative Education Program1.9 mi · 2
Frequently asked questions
About Cullen Place Elementary SchoolHow large is Cullen Place Elementary School?
Cullen Place Elementary School enrolls approximately 923 students in grades PK-05.
Is Cullen Place Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Cullen Place Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Cullen Place Elementary School have?
Cullen Place Elementary School employs 53 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.4:1.
How diverse is Cullen Place Elementary School?
Cullen Place Elementary School reports a student body of 14% White, 81% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Cullen Place Elementary School?
Cullen Place Elementary School is overseen by CORPUS CHRISTI ISD in Nueces County.
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