Enrollment
356
Elementary
DISTRICT 491 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CORPUS CHRISTI ISD·NCES 481527001063
Houston Elementary School
363 NORTON ST, CORPUS CHRISTI, TX 78415 · (361) 878-2520 · Nueces County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL356 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 57% of Texas public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
339 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 | 43 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 50 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 45 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 51 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 60 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 59 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 48 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (50) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (48).
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
52.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +13.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
59.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +9.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 59 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 13 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 9 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 17.0% | 35.0% | 31.0% | 17.0% |
| Mathematics | 17.0% | 42.0% | 19.0% | 22.0% |
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 | 52.0% | 59.0% |
| 2024-25 | 52.0% | 48.0% |
| 2023-24 | 48.0% | 42.0% |
| 2022-23 | 53.0% | 47.0% |
| 2021-22 | 78.0% | 44.0% |
| 2020-21 | 39.0% | 50.0% |
% 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
40.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 Houston Elementary School
Houston Elementary School's state test result (40.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Elementary School this school | 356 | 95.2% | 40.9% |
| Bishop Arts Steam Academy DALLAS | 349 | 96.0% | 37.3% |
| John F Peeler Elementary School DALLAS | 353 | 95.2% | 40.6% |
| McBee Elementary School AUSTIN | 347 | 94.5% | 22.4% |
| Green El at Riverside Park SAN ANTONIO | 368 | 94.3% | 45.2% |
| W J Turner Elementary School FORT WORTH | 341 | 93.8% | 24.2% |
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 Houston Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Nueces County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.9% | #2,480 of 4,401 | #26 of 47 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #994 of 4,466 ▲ 795 | #9 of 51 ▲ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #2,239 of 4,466 ▼ 20 | #26 of 51 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.5pp | #2,049 of 3,998 | #17 of 42 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 356 | #3,829 of 4,938 | #41 of 58 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.5:1 | #1,994 of 4,622 | #15 of 53 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 14.4% | #3,944 of 4,628 | #42 of 53 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.2% | #477 of 4,789 | #6 of 56 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.1% | #923 of 2,838 | #9 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
356
+32 (+10%) vs 2020
-46% since 1990-91, when it was 661
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
was 12.5:1
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 | 356 | 24.6 | 14.5:1 | 95% (339) |
| 2023-24 | 329 | 22.9 | 14.4:1 | 95% (312) |
| 2022-23 | 307 | 23 | 13.4:1 | 92% (282) |
| 2020-21 | 324 | 26 | 12.5:1 | 92% (299) |
| 2017-18 | 463 | 32.1 | 14.4:1 | 96% (443) |
| 2015-16 | 519 | 30 | 17.3:1 | 77% (399) |
| 2010-11 | 437 | 26 | 16.8:1 | 91% (396) |
| 2000-01 | 623 | 37 | 16.8:1 | 90% (558) |
| 1990-91 | 661 | 41 | 16.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Houston Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (463 to 356); teachers down 23% (32.1 to 24.6).
About Houston Elementary School
Houston Elementary School is a small elementary school that serves part of CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas. Enrollment totals 356 students across pre-K through 5. The school is 31% below the average for elementary schools in Texas.
Houston Elementary School sits within CORPUS CHRISTI ISD, which has 54 schools and 33,103 students.
At Houston Elementary School, 92% of students are Hispanic. It is also 4% White and 3% Black. For comparison, the population of Nueces County is roughly 63% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Houston Elementary School scores 14%.
The school had 24.6 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 14.5:1. It is about the same as the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 95%. The gap from the 67% average for public schools in Nueces County is 28 points.
On the allk12 Grade, Houston Elementary School lands at B, ahead of 57% of Texas public elementary schools.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Houston Elementary School would be expected to post about 33.0%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 40.9%.
In Nueces County, home to about 352,955 people, the median household earns about $66,897 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 24% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 13%. Houston Elementary School shares Nueces County with 123 other public schools.
Baker Middle School is the nearest public school to Houston Elementary School, about 0.7 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 39.6%, lower than Houston Elementary School's 40.9%.
Locale data from NCES put Houston Elementary School inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more (City: Large).
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 356, up from 324 in 2020-21. The number of students per teacher increased from 12.5 to 14.5 over 4 years.
The discussion board for Houston Elementary School is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 Houston Elementary schools
13 other US public schools in 5 states are named Houston Elementary. Houston Elementary School is the 11th largest of the 14.
- Houston Elementary SchoolCONROE, TX · 741 students
- Houston Elementary SchoolPORT ARTHUR, TX · 689 students
- Houston Elementary SchoolLANCASTER, TX · 613 students
- Houston Elementary SchoolDENTON, TX · 537 students
- Houston Elementary SchoolAUSTIN, TX · 496 students
Nearby schools
- Baker Middle School0.7 mi · 937
- Fannin Elementary School0.7 mi · 339
- Travis Elementary School0.8 mi · 430
- Ray High School0.8 mi · 1,578
- Collegiate High School0.9 mi · 390
- Richard Milburn Academy Corpus Christi1.0 mi · 237
Frequently asked questions
About Houston Elementary SchoolHow large is Houston Elementary School?
Houston Elementary School enrolls approximately 356 students in grades PK-05.
Is Houston Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Houston Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Houston Elementary School have?
Houston Elementary School employs 25 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Houston Elementary School?
Student demographics at Houston Elementary School are roughly 4% White, 92% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is Houston Elementary School in?
Houston Elementary School is part of CORPUS CHRISTI ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.