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What tradition at DAWSON EL should never be changed?
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Enrollment
548
Elementary
DISTRICT 491 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CORPUS CHRISTI ISD·NCES 481527007706
DAWSON EL
6821 SANDERS DR, CORPUS CHRISTI, TX 78413 · (361) 878-0140 · Nueces County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL548 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
356 students
DISTRICT 76% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
57.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +12.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
58.0%
TX avg 42.0% . +8.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 58 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 12 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 8 points.
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
51.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
548
-24 (-4%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
was 16.3:1
% White
12%
was 13%
% Hispanic
85%
was 81%
% Black
2%
was 3%
% Asian
0%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About DAWSON EL
DAWSON EL is one of the medium-sized elementary-level communitys in CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas, overseen by CORPUS CHRISTI ISD, with 548 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.
Within CORPUS CHRISTI ISD, which oversees 54 schools and 33,103 students, DAWSON EL is one campus in the system.
On the student-mix side, DAWSON EL lists that 85% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Other groups include 12% White. By comparison, Nueces County as a whole is about 63% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.
Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting DAWSON EL higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 65% of students at DAWSON EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
With demographic context factored in, DAWSON EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 45.5%; this one delivers 51.1%.
Around the school, community-level numbers for Nueces County indicate median household earnings sit near $66,897, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. DAWSON EL is one of 124 public schools in Nueces County (combined enrollment of about 59,619 students).
The closest other public school is GRANT MIDDLE, roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around DAWSON EL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts DAWSON EL at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 42.9%.
The school occupies a city-core site.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at DAWSON EL has decreased 4%, going from 572 students in 2018 to 548 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 17.3:1 today.
In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 H SHigh · 2,026 students
- CARROLL H SHigh · 1,928 students
- RAY H SHigh · 1,578 students
- ROY MILLER H S AND METRO SCHOOL OF DESIGNHigh · 1,424 students
- MOODY H SHigh · 1,326 students
- KING H SHigh · 1,279 students
Other schools in CORPUS CHRISTI
- SST CORPUS CHRISTICombined · 2,343 students
- VETERANS MEMORIAL H SHigh · 2,026 students
- FLOUR BLUFF H SHigh · 1,940 students
- CARROLL H SHigh · 1,928 students
- RAY H SHigh · 1,578 students
- ROY MILLER H S AND METRO SCHOOL OF DESIGNHigh · 1,424 students
Nearby schools
- GRANT MIDDLE0.5 mi · 772
- CLUB ESTATES0.9 mi · 406
- SANDERS EL0.9 mi · 279
- JONES EL1.1 mi · 520
- SST CORPUS CHRISTI1.2 mi · 2,343
- BROWNE MIDDLE1.3 mi · 557
Frequently asked questions
About DAWSON ELHow large is DAWSON EL?
DAWSON EL enrolls approximately 548 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does DAWSON EL serve?
DAWSON EL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at DAWSON EL?
Approximately 17.3:1 students per teacher at DAWSON EL.
How diverse is DAWSON EL?
DAWSON EL reports a student body of 12% White, 85% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees DAWSON EL?
DAWSON EL is overseen by CORPUS CHRISTI ISD in Nueces County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.