PEREZ EL

PEREZ EL is a primary school of intimate scale in KINGSVILLE, Texas, operated by KINGSVILLE ISD, serveing 364 students in grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 30% smaller than typical.

KINGSVILLE ISD comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 2,534 students; PEREZ EL is among them.

In terms of who attends, PEREZ EL records that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (88%). Other groups include 7% White, 2% Black. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 71%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Roughly 86% of students at PEREZ EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Kleberg County's rate of about 70%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, PEREZ EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 36.3%, the actual is 31.1%, a residual of -5.2 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Kleberg County indicate median household income runs about $61,292, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 19%. In all, Kleberg County runs 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,746 students), of which PEREZ EL is one.

H M KING H S is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, PEREZ EL comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 39.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Looking at the recent track record. PEREZ EL's enrollment has ticked down 23% since 2018, when it stood at 475 (now 364). Class-load math has fell: from 17.4:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.