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What's one thing JONES EL gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
520
Elementary
DISTRICT 491 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CORPUS CHRISTI ISD·NCES 481527021048
Jones Elementary School
7533 LIPES BLVD, CORPUS CHRISTI, TX 78413 · (361) 878-0100 · Nueces County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL520 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 61% of Texas public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-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
16.8:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
283 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 | 65 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 71 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 62 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 73 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 69 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 89 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 91 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (71) is 22% smaller than its 5th grade class (91).
Student demographics
37%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
63.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +13.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
56.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +6.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 56 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 6 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 33.0% | 30.0% | 23.0% | 14.0% |
| Mathematics | 27.0% | 29.0% | 30.0% | 14.0% |
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 | 63.0% | 56.0% |
| 2024-25 | 68.0% | 55.0% |
| 2023-24 | 58.0% | 53.0% |
| 2022-23 | 38.0% | 88.0% |
| 2021-22 | 67.0% | 78.0% |
| 2020-21 | 50.0% | 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
51.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 Jones Elementary School
Jones Elementary School's state test result (51.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jones Elementary School this school | 520 | 54.4% | 51.9% |
| Mora Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 569 | 54.3% | 41.8% |
| Austin Montessori Magnet ODESSA | 550 | 57.5% | 37.1% |
| Andrews Elementary School PORTLAND | 530 | 55.5% | 46.4% |
| Stanton Elementary School STANTON | 483 | 57.1% | 47.5% |
| Helms Elementary School HOUSTON | 501 | 48.9% | 59.2% |
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 Jones Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Nueces County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.9% | #1,279 of 4,401 | #14 of 47 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #1,208 of 4,466 no change | #14 of 51 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #1,160 of 4,466 ▼ 326 | #10 of 51 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.5pp | #785 of 3,998 | #11 of 42 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 520 | #2,335 of 4,938 | #23 of 58 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.8:1 | #3,788 of 4,622 | #41 of 53 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 37.1% | #3,183 of 4,628 | #16 of 53 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 54.4% | #3,381 of 4,789 | #45 of 56 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.8% | #2,409 of 2,838 | #32 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
520
-27 (-5%) vs 2020
-20% since 1990-91, when it was 648
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
was 17.1:1
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 | 520 | 30.9 | 16.8:1 | 54% (283) |
| 2023-24 | 543 | 35.3 | 15.4:1 | 62% (335) |
| 2022-23 | 553 | 32 | 17.3:1 | 62% (341) |
| 2020-21 | 547 | 32 | 17.1:1 | 47% (258) |
| 2017-18 | 552 | 31.9 | 17.3:1 | 48% (265) |
| 2015-16 | 551 | 31 | 17.8:1 | 30% (167) |
| 2010-11 | 652 | 35 | 18.6:1 | 24% (157) |
| 2000-01 | 574 | 33 | 17.4:1 | 7% (43) |
| 1990-91 | 648 | 7 | 92.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jones Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (552 to 520); teachers down 3% (31.9 to 30.9).
About Jones Elementary School
Jones Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas, one of the schools in CORPUS CHRISTI ISD. Federal data show 520 students enrolled in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25.
CORPUS CHRISTI ISD has 33,103 students in 54 schools, and Jones Elementary School is one of those schools.
About 78% of the student body at Jones Elementary School is Hispanic. The remaining students are 17% White and 3% Black. Among people living in Nueces County, the Hispanic share is about 63%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 37%.
Teacher count: 30.9 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 16.8:1. Compared with the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas, this school's ratio is higher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 54%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Nueces County is 67%.
Among Texas public elementary schools, Jones Elementary School outscored 61%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Jones Elementary School is 1.4 points above the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 51.9% actual, 50.5% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Texas.
Looking at the county, Nueces County, the median household earns about $66,897 a year, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of people live in poverty. Nueces County has 124 public schools with about 59,619 students, including Jones Elementary School.
Measured in a straight line, Club Estates is about 1.1 miles from Jones Elementary School. The five-mile area around Jones Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. The school's 51.9% average proficiency ranks 5th among 9 nearby schools.
The NCES locale for Jones Elementary School is City: Large, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's enrollment decreased 5% from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
The discussion board for Jones Elementary School is open to topics like special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 Jones Elementary schools
12 other US public schools in 9 states are named Jones Elementary. Jones Elementary School is the 5th largest of the 13.
- Jones Elementary SchoolHUMBLE, TX · 662 students
- Jones Elementary SchoolMIDLAND, TX · 483 students
- Jones Elementary SchoolTYLER, TX · 355 students
- Jones Elementary SchoolBremen, GA · 750 students
- Jones Elementary SchoolJoliet, IL · 553 students
Nearby schools
- Club Estates1.1 mi · 406
- Dawson Elementary School1.1 mi · 548
- Grant Middle School1.3 mi · 772
- Faye Webb Elementary School1.4 mi · 634
- Kaffie Middle School1.4 mi · 1,154
- Mireles Elementary School1.8 mi · 621
Frequently asked questions
About Jones Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Jones Elementary School?
Jones Elementary School enrolls approximately 520 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Jones Elementary School serve?
Jones Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Jones Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Jones Elementary School is approximately 16.8:1 (31 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Jones Elementary School?
Jones Elementary School reports a student body of 17% White, 78% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Jones Elementary School public or private?
Jones Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by CORPUS CHRISTI ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.