HICKS EL

HICKS EL is an elementary campus of middle-of-the-pack scale in CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas, overseen by CORPUS CHRISTI ISD, works with 559 students in grades pre-K through 5.

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

Demographically, HICKS EL lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (93%). The remainder reads as 3% White. The wider county runs roughly 63% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.5:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 90% of students at HICKS EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Nueces County runs at roughly 67%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, HICKS EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 34.7%; this one delivers 43.1%.

Around the school, census data for Nueces County shows median household income runs about $66,897, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. HICKS EL is one of 124 public schools in Nueces County (combined enrollment of about 59,619 students).

The closest other public school is PREMIER H S - CORPUS CHRISTI, roughly 0.7 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around HICKS EL. On composite proficiency, HICKS EL comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 35.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at HICKS EL has shrank 21%, going from 704 students in 2018 to 559 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 14% to 3% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 17.4:1 in 2018 to 15.5:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.