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How has MARY HELEN BERLANGA EL changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
590
Elementary
DISTRICT 491 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CORPUS CHRISTI ISD·NCES 481527001044
Mary Helen Berlanga Elementary School
4120 CARROLL LN, CORPUS CHRISTI, TX 78411 · (361) 878-2160 · Nueces County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL590 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 25% of Texas public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-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
15.6:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
537 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 | 71 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 82 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 79 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 90 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 95 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 82 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 91 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (82) is 10% smaller than its 5th grade class (91).
Student demographics
11%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
47.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +9.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
38.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +5.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 38 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 9 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 19.0% | 28.0% | 20.0% | 33.0% |
| Mathematics | 13.0% | 25.0% | 26.0% | 36.0% |
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 | 47.0% | 38.0% |
| 2024-25 | 46.0% | 35.0% |
| 2023-24 | 38.0% | 36.0% |
| 2022-23 | 50.0% | 58.0% |
| 2021-22 | 54.0% | 38.0% |
| 2020-21 | 38.0% | 33.0% |
% 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
34.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% 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 Mary Helen Berlanga Elementary School
Mary Helen Berlanga Elementary School's state test result (34.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mary Helen Berlanga Elementary School this school | 590 | 91.0% | 34.0% |
| L F Smith Elementary School PASADENA | 572 | 91.1% | 48.3% |
| Red Sands Elementary School EL PASO | 572 | 92.1% | 39.1% |
| IDEA Sports Park Academy BROWNSVILLE | 571 | 92.3% | 42.0% |
| Fenwick Academy SAN ANTONIO | 593 | 91.7% | 29.6% |
| Vanguard Picasso PHARR | 572 | 91.4% | 48.6% |
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 Mary Helen Berlanga Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Nueces County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #3,264 of 4,401 | #37 of 47 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #3,074 of 4,466 ▲ 165 | #38 of 51 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #2,843 of 4,466 ▲ 60 | #34 of 51 ▲ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -11.5pp | #269 of 3,998 | #3 of 42 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 590 | #1,688 of 4,938 | #16 of 58 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #2,966 of 4,622 | #27 of 53 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 10.7% | #4,072 of 4,628 | #47 of 53 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.0% | #949 of 4,789 | #15 of 56 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.5% | #1,643 of 2,838 | #18 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
590
+79 (+15%) vs 2020
+26% since 1990-91, when it was 467
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 16.0:1
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 | 590 | 37.9 | 15.6:1 | 91% (537) |
| 2023-24 | 546 | 34.1 | 16.0:1 | 94% (512) |
| 2022-23 | 499 | 31.1 | 16.1:1 | 92% (457) |
| 2020-21 | 511 | 32 | 16.0:1 | 87% (447) |
| 2017-18 | 690 | 39.9 | 17.3:1 | 91% (626) |
| 2015-16 | 723 | 38 | 19.0:1 | 83% (597) |
| 2010-11 | 287 | 20 | 14.3:1 | 83% (237) |
| 2000-01 | 376 | 24 | 15.7:1 | 85% (320) |
| 1990-91 | 467 | 32 | 14.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mary Helen Berlanga Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (690 to 590); teachers down 5% (39.9 to 37.9).
About Mary Helen Berlanga Elementary School
Federal records list Mary Helen Berlanga Elementary School as an elementary school in CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 590 students in pre-K through 5.
CORPUS CHRISTI ISD is made up of 54 schools with 33,103 students in all.
Mary Helen Berlanga Elementary School enrolls a student body that is 94% Hispanic. It is also 4% White. For comparison, the population of Nueces County is roughly 63% Hispanic. Mary Helen Berlanga Elementary School has a diversity index of 11%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Federal staffing data show 37.9 full-time-equivalent teachers at Mary Helen Berlanga Elementary School and a ratio of 15.6:1. Elementary schools in Texas have a similar average ratio of 15.1:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 91% of students. That rate is above the 67% average among public schools in Nueces County.
The allk12 Grade for Mary Helen Berlanga Elementary School is C. Compared with Texas public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 25% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Compared with Texas schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Mary Helen Berlanga Elementary School's results are within a point of predicted: 34.0% against 34.8%.
Across Nueces County, median household income is about $66,897, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 24% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 13%. The public schools of Nueces County number 124 and enroll about 59,619.
Baker Middle School is the public school closest to Mary Helen Berlanga Elementary School, about 0.4 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 43.0%; Mary Helen Berlanga Elementary School's is 34.0%, ranking 8th of 8.
Federal data place Mary Helen Berlanga Elementary School in the City: Large locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment up 15%, from 511 to 590.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Mary Helen Berlanga Elementary School covering things like enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
- Baker Middle School0.4 mi · 937
- Richard Milburn Academy Corpus Christi0.6 mi · 237
- Hamlin Middle School0.8 mi · 364
- Calk-Wilson Elementary School0.8 mi · 746
- Ray High School0.9 mi · 1,578
- Hicks Elementary School0.9 mi · 559
Frequently asked questions
About Mary Helen Berlanga Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Mary Helen Berlanga Elementary School?
Mary Helen Berlanga Elementary School enrolls approximately 590 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Mary Helen Berlanga Elementary School serve?
Mary Helen Berlanga Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Mary Helen Berlanga Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Mary Helen Berlanga Elementary School is approximately 15.6:1 (38 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Mary Helen Berlanga Elementary School?
At Mary Helen Berlanga Elementary School, the student body is approximately 4% White, 94% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is Mary Helen Berlanga Elementary School public or private?
Mary Helen Berlanga 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.