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Enrollment
559
Elementary
DISTRICT 491 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CORPUS CHRISTI ISD·NCES 481527001046
Hicks Elementary School
3602 MCARDLE RD, CORPUS CHRISTI, TX 78415 · (361) 878-2200 · Nueces County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL559 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
502 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 78 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 69 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 82 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 71 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 73 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 87 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 99 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (69) is 30% smaller than its 5th grade class (99).
Student demographics
14%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
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
57.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +43.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
60.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +27.0pp 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 60 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 43 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 27 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 28.0% | 29.0% | 23.0% | 20.0% |
| Mathematics | 25.0% | 35.0% | 19.0% | 21.0% |
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 | 57.0% | 60.0% |
| 2024-25 | 59.0% | 66.0% |
| 2023-24 | 48.0% | 49.0% |
| 2022-23 | 38.0% | 53.0% |
| 2021-22 | 39.0% | 42.0% |
| 2020-21 | 14.0% | 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
49.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.3%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 Hicks Elementary School
Hicks Elementary School's state test result (49.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hicks Elementary School this school | 559 | 89.8% | 49.2% |
| Indian Creek Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 573 | 89.2% | 34.8% |
| L F Smith Elementary School PASADENA | 572 | 91.1% | 48.3% |
| Heritage Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 555 | 87.9% | 49.8% |
| Alma Brewer Strawn Elementary School DALE | 529 | 89.2% | 28.3% |
| Mary Helen Berlanga Elementary School CORPUS CHRISTI | 590 | 91.0% | 34.0% |
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 Hicks Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Nueces County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.2% | #1,503 of 4,401 | #17 of 47 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #926 of 4,466 ▼ 375 | #8 of 51 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #1,709 of 4,466 ▼ 221 | #21 of 51 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +13.0pp | #1,061 of 3,998 | #7 of 42 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 559 | #1,962 of 4,938 | #17 of 58 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.5:1 | #2,919 of 4,622 | #26 of 53 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 13.7% | #3,974 of 4,628 | #44 of 53 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.8% | #1,098 of 4,789 | #17 of 56 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.6% | #1,120 of 2,838 | #12 of 38 |
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
559
-5 (-1%) vs 2020
+9% since 1990-91, when it was 511
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 559 | 36 | 15.5:1 | 90% (502) |
| 2023-24 | 557 | 38.8 | 14.4:1 | 92% (514) |
| 2022-23 | 547 | 36.1 | 15.2:1 | 95% (517) |
| 2020-21 | 564 | 37 | 15.2:1 | 90% (507) |
| 2017-18 | 704 | 40.5 | 17.4:1 | 87% (614) |
| 2015-16 | 739 | 40 | 18.5:1 | 73% (536) |
| 2010-11 | 696 | 36 | 19.3:1 | 93% (644) |
| 2000-01 | 457 | 27 | 16.9:1 | 86% (394) |
| 1990-91 | 511 | 30 | 17.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hicks Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (704 to 559); teachers down 11% (40.5 to 36).
About Hicks Elementary School
Families in CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas, are served by Hicks Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary school. There are 559 students enrolled, covering pre-K through 5.
CORPUS CHRISTI ISD runs Hicks Elementary School along with 53 other schools, enrolling 33,103 students in total.
Hicks Elementary School is 93% Hispanic by enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 3% White. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Nueces County's population at about 63%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 14, compared with 70 nationally.
Teacher count: 36 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 15.5:1. It is about the same as the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. Roughly 90% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 67% average for public schools in Nueces County is 23 points.
Hicks Elementary School is 13.9 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (49.2% versus 35.3%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Texas.
Nueces County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $66,897 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 24% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 13%. Public schools in Nueces County number 124, with about 59,619 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Texasworks - Corpus Christi, is about 0.7 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. By average proficiency, Hicks Elementary School is 2nd among 7 schools close by.
Hicks Elementary School falls in the City: Large locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Hicks Elementary School had 564 students in 2020-21 and 559 in 2024-25, nearly the same.
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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
Other Hicks Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 2 states are named Hicks Elementary. Hicks Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- Hicks Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 645 students
- Hicks Elementary SchoolConyers, GA · 878 students
Nearby schools
- Texasworks - Corpus Christi0.7 mi · 14
- Premier H S - Corpus Christi0.7 mi · 137
- Kostoryz Elementary School0.7 mi · 371
- Mary Helen Berlanga Elementary School0.9 mi · 590
- Cunningham Middle at South Park0.9 mi · 706
- Yeager Elementary School1.1 mi · 294
Frequently asked questions
About Hicks Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Hicks Elementary School?
Hicks Elementary School enrolls approximately 559 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Hicks Elementary School serve?
Hicks Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Hicks Elementary School?
Approximately 15.5:1 students per teacher at Hicks Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Hicks Elementary School?
At Hicks Elementary School, the student body is approximately 3% White, 93% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Hicks Elementary School?
Hicks Elementary School 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.