LOS ENCINOS SES

LOS ENCINOS SES is one of the modestly sized elementary-level communitys in CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas, one of the schools within CORPUS CHRISTI ISD, with 360 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so LOS ENCINOS SES sits 31% below that benchmark.

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

On the student-mix side, LOS ENCINOS SES records that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (95%). The remainder reads as 4% White. By comparison, Nueces County as a whole is about 63% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, LOS ENCINOS SES has 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.3:1. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 89% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Nueces County (around 67%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, LOS ENCINOS SES sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 34.8%; this one delivers 40.0%.

In the broader community, Nueces County reports that median household income runs about $66,897, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. Across Nueces County's 124 public schools (combined enrollment of about 59,619 students), LOS ENCINOS SES is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is MOODY H S, roughly 1.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, LOS ENCINOS SES comes 2nd of 6 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 34.9%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at LOS ENCINOS SES has ticked down 11%, going from 404 students in 2018 to 360 in 2025.

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