HOUSTON EL

HOUSTON EL, an intimate elementary school in CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas, run under CORPUS CHRISTI ISD, works with 356 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 31% below the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

HOUSTON EL is one of 54 schools operated by CORPUS CHRISTI ISD, a district that instructs 33,103 students overall.

On demographics, HOUSTON EL records that 92% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Other groups include 4% White, 3% Black. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 63%.

On the income-and-resources front, HOUSTON EL lists 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.5:1. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 95% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Nueces County runs at roughly 67%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, HOUSTON EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 32.3%, the actual is 38.9%, a residual of +6.6 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for Nueces County shows median household earnings sit near $66,897, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. HOUSTON EL is one of 124 public schools in Nueces County (combined enrollment of about 59,619 students).

The closest other public school is BAKER MIDDLE, roughly 0.7 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts HOUSTON EL at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 38.8%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 23%: 463 students in 2018 compared to 356 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.