Enrollment
360
Elementary
DISTRICT 491 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CORPUS CHRISTI ISD·NCES 481527001068
Los Encinos Ses
1921 DORADO ST, CORPUS CHRISTI, TX 78417 · (361) 878-2600 · Nueces County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL360 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 60% 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.
- 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.
- CThree-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
15.3:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
322 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 | 69 | 19% |
| Kindergarten | 52 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 49 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 48 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 52 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 41 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 49 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (52) is 6% larger than its 5th grade class (49).
Student demographics
10%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
48.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +2.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
46.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +0.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 46 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 2 points since 2020, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 23.0% | 25.0% | 27.0% | 25.0% |
| Mathematics | 17.0% | 29.0% | 21.0% | 33.0% |
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 | 48.0% | 46.0% |
| 2024-25 | 59.0% | 52.0% |
| 2023-24 | 55.0% | 44.0% |
| 2022-23 | 45.0% | 47.0% |
| 2021-22 | 50.0% | 57.0% |
| 2020-21 | 46.0% | 46.0% |
% 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
43.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 Los Encinos Ses
Los Encinos Ses's state test result (43.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Los Encinos Ses this school | 360 | 89.4% | 43.5% |
| Browning Elementary School HOUSTON | 348 | 88.8% | 33.7% |
| Robbin E L Washington International Elementary School EL PASO | 371 | 88.4% | 44.5% |
| Rosita Valley Literacy Academy EAGLE PASS | 363 | 89.8% | N/A |
| Norman M Thomas Elementary School FREER | 361 | 89.5% | 27.6% |
| Hillside Elementary School EL PASO | 348 | 87.6% | 42.9% |
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 Los Encinos Ses ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Nueces County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.5% | #2,139 of 4,401 | #21 of 47 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #2,129 of 4,466 ▼ 692 | #25 of 51 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #2,728 of 4,466 ▼ 1,236 | #32 of 51 ▼ 12 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.0pp | #2,676 of 3,998 | #24 of 42 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 360 | #3,804 of 4,938 | #40 of 58 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #2,680 of 4,622 | #23 of 53 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 10.1% | #4,102 of 4,628 | #48 of 53 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.4% | #1,133 of 4,789 | #19 of 56 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.9% | #1,953 of 2,838 | #22 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
360
+99 (+38%) vs 2020
-5% since 1990-91, when it was 380
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 13.1:1
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 | 360 | 23.6 | 15.3:1 | 89% (322) |
| 2023-24 | 309 | 21.8 | 14.2:1 | 89% (276) |
| 2022-23 | 280 | 18.1 | 15.4:1 | 89% (250) |
| 2020-21 | 261 | 20 | 13.1:1 | 87% (228) |
| 2017-18 | 404 | 26.1 | 15.5:1 | 94% (379) |
| 2015-16 | 383 | 23 | 16.6:1 | 72% (276) |
| 2010-11 | 437 | 27 | 16.2:1 | 92% (402) |
| 2000-01 | 378 | 26 | 14.5:1 | 89% (335) |
| 1990-91 | 380 | 36 | 10.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Los Encinos Ses.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (404 to 360); teachers down 9% (26.1 to 23.6).
About Los Encinos Ses
Los Encinos Ses sits in CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas, and is classified as an elementary school. Students in pre-K through 5 make up the school's enrollment of 360 students. That compares with an average of about 519 students for elementary schools in Texas.
CORPUS CHRISTI ISD has 33,103 students in 54 schools, and Los Encinos Ses is one of those schools.
At Los Encinos Ses, 95% of students are Hispanic. Smaller groups are 4% White. 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, Los Encinos Ses scores 10%.
Classroom staffing at Los Encinos Ses totals 23.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 15.3:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Texas is similar, at 15.1:1. Federal data show 89% of students (322) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Nueces County report 67%.
Among Texas public elementary schools, Los Encinos Ses outscored 60%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Los Encinos Ses, the prediction is 35.5% and the result is 43.5%.
The county, Nueces County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $66,897, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 24% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 13%. The county has 124 public schools and about 59,619 students.
Among nearby public schools, Moody High School is closest at about 1.4 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The school's 43.5% average proficiency ranks 2nd among 6 nearby schools.
The school's locale code, City: Large, means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2020-21, Los Encinos Ses enrolled 261 students. By 2024-25, that number had grown to 360. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 13.1:1 to 15.3:1.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about open houses, carpools, and field trips at Los Encinos Ses. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
Nearby schools
- Moody High School1.4 mi · 1,326
- Galvan Elementary School1.5 mi · 553
- Cunningham Middle at South Park1.7 mi · 706
- Garcia Elementary School1.8 mi · 556
- Carroll High School1.8 mi · 1,928
- Texasworks - Corpus Christi1.9 mi · 14
Frequently asked questions
About Los Encinos SesHow many students attend Los Encinos Ses?
Los Encinos Ses enrolls approximately 360 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Los Encinos Ses serve?
Los Encinos Ses serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Los Encinos Ses?
Approximately 15.3:1 students per teacher at Los Encinos Ses.
What is the student diversity at Los Encinos Ses?
Student demographics at Los Encinos Ses are roughly 4% White, 95% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Two or more.
What district is Los Encinos Ses in?
Los Encinos Ses is part of CORPUS CHRISTI ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.