GALVAN EL

GALVAN EL operates as an average-sized K-5 school in CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas, one of the schools within CORPUS CHRISTI ISD. Current enrollment sits at 553 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

CORPUS CHRISTI ISD runs 54 schools in total, collectively educating 33,103 students. GALVAN EL is one of those campuses.

Demographically, GALVAN EL lists that 91% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Beyond that, the school records 7% White. By comparison, Nueces County as a whole is about 63% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, GALVAN EL logs 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.4:1. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 84% of students at GALVAN EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Nueces County runs at roughly 67%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, GALVAN EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 37.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 37.6%.

Across the wider county, Nueces County reports that median household income runs about $66,897, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. GALVAN EL is one of 124 public schools in Nueces County (combined enrollment of about 59,619 students).

Nearest neighbor: CARROLL H S, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts GALVAN EL at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 38.3%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 15%: 653 students in 2018 compared to 553 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 17.6:1 in 2018 to 15.4:1 today.

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