JONES EL

Located at 7533 LIPES BLVD, in CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas, JONES EL is an average-sized elementary campus that serves 520 students (grades pre-K through 5), part of CORPUS CHRISTI ISD.

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

On the student-mix side, JONES EL shows that 78% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 17% White, 3% Black. By comparison, Nueces County as a whole is about 63% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.8:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 54% of students at JONES EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is lower than Nueces County's rate of about 67%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, JONES EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.1%, the actual is 49.1%, a residual of -1.0 points.

In the broader 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. Across Nueces County's 124 public schools (combined enrollment of about 59,619 students), JONES EL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: CLUB ESTATES, around 1.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), JONES EL ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 49.8%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 6%: 552 students in 2018 compared to 520 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment expanded from 64% to 78% over that span.

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