SHAW SES

SHAW SES is an elementary school of mid-tier scale in CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas, run under CORPUS CHRISTI ISD, hosting 638 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 23% bigger than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

CORPUS CHRISTI ISD comprises 54 schools with combined enrollment of 33,103 students; SHAW SES is among them.

Looking at the student body, SHAW SES records that nearly all students (96%) are Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 63% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, SHAW SES reports 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.7:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 97% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Nueces County runs at roughly 67%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, SHAW SES sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 31.4%; this one delivers 22.6%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Nueces County shows the typical household earns roughly $66,897 per year, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. SHAW SES is one of 124 public schools in Nueces County (combined enrollment of about 59,619 students).

MARTIN MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts SHAW SES at 5th of 6; the average score across the group is 38.1%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SHAW SES has grew 21%, going from 527 students in 2018 to 638 in 2025.

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