Enrollment
279
Elementary
DISTRICT 491 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CORPUS CHRISTI ISD·NCES 481527001082
Sanders Elementary School
4102 REPUBLIC DR, CORPUS CHRISTI, TX 78413 · (361) 878-2820 · Nueces County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL279 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 36% 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.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-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
17.3:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
242 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 | 45 | 16% |
| Kindergarten | 40 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 40 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 33 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 34 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 43 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 44 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (40) is 9% smaller than its 5th grade class (44).
Student demographics
26%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
60.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +33.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
51.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +15.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 51 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 15 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 28.0% | 32.0% | 19.0% | 21.0% |
| Mathematics | 24.0% | 27.0% | 22.0% | 27.0% |
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 | 60.0% | 51.0% |
| 2024-25 | 51.0% | 38.0% |
| 2023-24 | 46.0% | 38.0% |
| 2022-23 | 60.0% | 60.0% |
| 2021-22 | 63.0% | 56.0% |
| 2020-21 | 27.0% | 36.0% |
% 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
37.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.6%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 Sanders Elementary School
Sanders Elementary School's state test result (37.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sanders Elementary School this school | 279 | 86.7% | 37.2% |
| Odom Elementary School AUSTIN | 286 | 86.0% | 28.8% |
| Jubilee Kingsville KINGSVILLE | 302 | 85.8% | 26.9% |
| Beacon Hill Primary School SAN ANTONIO | 267 | 88.4% | 34.1% |
| St Mary's Academy Charter School BEEVILLE | 282 | 83.7% | 45.5% |
| Pierce Early Childhood IRVING | 262 | 90.5% | 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 Sanders Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Nueces County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.2% | #2,917 of 4,401 | #33 of 47 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #1,644 of 4,466 ▲ 1,272 | #20 of 51 ▲ 18 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #1,424 of 4,466 ▲ 909 | #15 of 51 ▲ 16 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -4.5pp | #696 of 3,998 | #9 of 42 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 279 | #4,311 of 4,938 | #47 of 58 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.3:1 | #4,004 of 4,622 | #45 of 53 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 26.5% | #3,542 of 4,628 | #29 of 53 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.7% | #1,409 of 4,789 | #23 of 56 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -31.6% | #427 of 2,838 | #4 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
279
-30 (-10%) vs 2020
-51% since 1990-91, when it was 565
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
was 13.4:1
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 | 279 | 16.1 | 17.3:1 | 87% (242) |
| 2023-24 | 281 | 19.5 | 14.4:1 | 85% (239) |
| 2022-23 | 313 | 20.1 | 15.6:1 | 83% (261) |
| 2020-21 | 309 | 23 | 13.4:1 | 79% (244) |
| 2017-18 | 408 | 24.2 | 16.9:1 | 83% (339) |
| 2015-16 | 412 | 24 | 17.2:1 | 77% (318) |
| 2010-11 | 509 | 29 | 17.6:1 | 77% (392) |
| 2000-01 | 448 | 23 | 19.5:1 | 57% (254) |
| 1990-91 | 565 | 31 | 18.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sanders Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 32% (408 to 279); teachers down 33% (24.2 to 16.1).
About Sanders Elementary School
Sanders Elementary School is a small elementary school in CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas, under CORPUS CHRISTI ISD. The school reports 279 students in pre-K through 5. The school's enrollment is 46% smaller than the 519 average for elementary schools in Texas.
The district for Sanders Elementary School is CORPUS CHRISTI ISD, with 54 schools and 33,103 students.
Hispanic students are the large majority at Sanders Elementary School, with 85% of enrollment. Other groups make up 8% White, 3% Black, and 3% multiracial. County-wide, 63% of Nueces County residents are Hispanic. Sanders Elementary School has a diversity index of 26%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
A ratio of 17.3:1 comes from the school's 16.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas is lower than this school's figure. The lunch program counts 87% of students at Sanders Elementary School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The 67% average for public schools in Nueces County is 20 points lower.
Measured against Texas public elementary schools, Sanders Elementary School receives a C+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The model predicts 36.6% for a school in Texas with Sanders Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Sanders Elementary School posts 37.2%.
Census estimates describe Nueces County this way: 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%. Federal data list 124 public schools in Nueces County, with a combined enrollment of about 59,619.
The school nearest to Sanders Elementary School is Browne Middle School, at a distance of about 0.5 miles. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Sanders Elementary School ranks 8th in a group of 9 nearby schools.
Under the NCES locale system, Sanders Elementary School is City: Large.
Enrollment was 309 in 2020-21 and 279 in 2024-25, a decrease of 30 students. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 13.4:1; by 2024-25 it was 17.3:1.
The discussion area below is open to posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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
Other Sanders Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Sanders Elementary. Sanders Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 5.
- Sanders Elementary SchoolAustell, GA · 626 students
- Sanders ElementaryLouisville, KY · 394 students
- Sanders Elementary SchoolSanders, AZ · 267 students
- Sanders Elementary SchoolHollandale, MS · 246 students
Nearby schools
- Browne Middle School0.5 mi · 557
- Schanen Estates Elementary School0.8 mi · 374
- Sst Corpus Christi0.8 mi · 2,343
- Dawson Elementary School0.9 mi · 548
- Grant Middle School1.0 mi · 772
- Yeager Elementary School1.1 mi · 294
Frequently asked questions
About Sanders Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Sanders Elementary School?
Sanders Elementary School enrolls approximately 279 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Sanders Elementary School serve?
Sanders Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Sanders Elementary School?
Approximately 17.3:1 students per teacher at Sanders Elementary School.
How diverse is Sanders Elementary School?
Sanders Elementary School reports a student body of 8% White, 85% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Sanders Elementary School?
Sanders Elementary 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.