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What's the one class at OAK PARK SPECIAL EMPHASIS SCHOOL every student should take?
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Enrollment
541
Elementary
DISTRICT 491 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CORPUS CHRISTI ISD·NCES 481527001077
Oak Park Special Emphasis School
3801 LEOPARD ST, CORPUS CHRISTI, TX 78408 · (361) 878-2120 · Nueces County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL541 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 30% of Texas public elementary schools
- C-Test 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.
- B-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
14.5:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
519 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 | 72 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 80 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 69 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 80 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 77 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 86 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 77 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (80) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (77).
Student demographics
30%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
37.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +33.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
37.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +33.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 37 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 33 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 33 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 14.0% | 23.0% | 34.0% | 29.0% |
| Mathematics | 14.0% | 23.0% | 22.0% | 41.0% |
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 | 37.0% | 37.0% |
| 2024-25 | 43.0% | 33.0% |
| 2023-24 | 39.0% | 30.0% |
| 2022-23 | 35.0% | 26.0% |
| 2021-22 | 14.0% | 5.0% |
| 2020-21 | 4.0% | 4.0% |
% 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
32.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.7%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 Oak Park Special Emphasis School
Oak Park Special Emphasis School's state test result (32.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Park Special Emphasis School this school | 541 | 95.9% | 32.0% |
| Young Elementary School PASADENA | 545 | 93.8% | 26.5% |
| West Oso Elementary School CORPUS CHRISTI | 532 | 95.1% | 29.5% |
| Johns Elementary School ARLINGTON | 560 | 93.6% | 24.8% |
| Baty Elementary School AUSTIN | 558 | 96.2% | 20.5% |
| Keeble Ec/PK/K HOUSTON | 548 | 93.4% | N/A |
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 Oak Park Special Emphasis School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Nueces County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #3,480 of 4,401 | #38 of 47 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #3,192 of 4,466 ▲ 244 | #41 of 51 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #3,909 of 4,466 ▼ 723 | #46 of 51 ▼ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.5pp | #1,920 of 3,998 | #16 of 42 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 541 | #2,118 of 4,938 | #21 of 58 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.5:1 | #2,029 of 4,622 | #16 of 53 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 29.8% | #3,432 of 4,628 | #21 of 53 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.9% | #394 of 4,789 | #5 of 56 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.4% | #1,301 of 2,838 | #13 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
541
+6 (+1%) vs 2020
-15% since 1990-91, when it was 635
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
was 12.7:1
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 | 541 | 37.2 | 14.5:1 | 96% (519) |
| 2023-24 | 517 | 36.6 | 14.1:1 | 97% (499) |
| 2022-23 | 518 | 34 | 15.2:1 | 96% (499) |
| 2020-21 | 535 | 42 | 12.7:1 | 95% (507) |
| 2017-18 | 663 | 40 | 16.6:1 | 98% (649) |
| 2015-16 | 775 | 45 | 17.2:1 | 83% (646) |
| 2010-11 | 695 | 38 | 18.3:1 | 94% (652) |
| 2000-01 | 498 | 31 | 16.1:1 | 87% (434) |
| 1990-91 | 635 | 34 | 18.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Oak Park Special Emphasis School.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (663 to 541); teachers down 7% (40 to 37.2).
About Oak Park Special Emphasis School
Oak Park Special Emphasis School is a medium-sized elementary school for students in CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas. Its 541 students are spread across pre-K through 5.
Oak Park Special Emphasis School is one school in a 54-school district, CORPUS CHRISTI ISD, which enrolls 33,103 students.
About 83% of the student body at Oak Park Special Emphasis School is Hispanic. Other groups include 9% Black and 7% White. The county population is about 63% Hispanic. Oak Park Special Emphasis School's diversity index is 30%, against a US figure of 70%.
Staffing totals 37.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 14.5:1. That matches the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas fairly closely. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Oak Park Special Emphasis School is 96%. The rate at public schools in Nueces County averages 67%, lower than here.
The allk12 Grade for Oak Park Special Emphasis School is C. Compared with Texas public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 30% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Schools in Texas with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 32.7%. Oak Park Special Emphasis School scores 32.0%.
Oak Park Special Emphasis School is located in Nueces County, where the median household income is $66,897, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 24%, and roughly 13% of residents are in poverty. Besides Oak Park Special Emphasis School, Nueces County has 123 other public schools.
Nearby, Driscoll Middle School is about 0.5 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Nearby schools average 36.5% on proficiency, and Oak Park Special Emphasis School is below that at 32.0%.
Its location is classified as City: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
The school's size has been steady, with 535 students in 2020-21 and 541 in 2024-25. Students per teacher rose from 12.7 in 2020-21 to 14.5 in 2024-25.
Posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs are welcome on this page. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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
- Driscoll Middle School0.5 mi · 524
- Roy Miller H S and Metro School of Design0.9 mi · 1,424
- Zavala Elementary School1.2 mi · 433
- Harold T Branch Academy for Career & Technical Ed1.4 mi · 248
- Promesa College Prep West Corpus Christi1.5 mi · 358
- Shaw Ses2.0 mi · 638
Frequently asked questions
About Oak Park Special Emphasis SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Oak Park Special Emphasis School?
Oak Park Special Emphasis School enrolls approximately 541 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Oak Park Special Emphasis School serve?
Oak Park Special Emphasis School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Oak Park Special Emphasis School have?
Oak Park Special Emphasis School employs 37 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Oak Park Special Emphasis School?
Student demographics at Oak Park Special Emphasis School are roughly 7% White, 83% Hispanic, 9% Black, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Oak Park Special Emphasis School?
Oak Park Special Emphasis School is overseen by CORPUS CHRISTI ISD in Nueces County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.