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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at TRAVIS EL this year?
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Enrollment
430
Elementary
DISTRICT 491 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CORPUS CHRISTI ISD·NCES 481527001090
Travis Elementary School
3210 CHURCHILL DR, CORPUS CHRISTI, TX 78415 · (361) 878-2700 · Nueces County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL430 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
427 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 | 78 | 18% |
| Kindergarten | 60 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 58 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 60 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 57 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 60 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 57 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (60) is 5% larger than its 5th grade class (57).
Student demographics
20%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
34.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +17.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
38.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +30.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 34 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 17 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 30 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 13.0% | 21.0% | 33.0% | 33.0% |
| Mathematics | 16.0% | 22.0% | 27.0% | 35.0% |
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 | 34.0% | 38.0% |
| 2024-25 | 29.0% | 30.0% |
| 2023-24 | 28.0% | 33.0% |
| 2022-23 | 38.0% | 38.0% |
| 2021-22 | 27.0% | 18.0% |
| 2020-21 | 17.0% | 8.0% |
% 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
27.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.3%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% 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 Travis Elementary School
Travis Elementary School's state test result (27.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Travis Elementary School this school | 430 | 99.3% | 27.4% |
| Sylvia Mendez Crew Leadership Academy DALLAS | 446 | 98.7% | 42.4% |
| Sherman Elementary School HOUSTON | 453 | 99.8% | 43.4% |
| Margil Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 420 | 96.9% | 29.4% |
| Herff Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 461 | 98.0% | 14.3% |
| Julius Dorsey Leadership Academy DALLAS | 458 | 97.2% | 45.5% |
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 Travis Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Nueces County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.4% | #3,885 of 4,401 | #42 of 47 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #3,076 of 4,466 ▲ 657 | #40 of 51 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #4,095 of 4,466 ▲ 110 | #49 of 51 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.0pp | #954 of 3,998 | #14 of 42 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 430 | #3,227 of 4,938 | #29 of 58 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #2,975 of 4,622 | #28 of 53 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 19.7% | #3,768 of 4,628 | #39 of 53 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.3% | #67 of 4,789 | #1 of 56 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.2% | #1,932 of 2,838 | #21 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
430
+57 (+15%) vs 2020
-19% since 1990-91, when it was 533
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 430 | 27.6 | 15.6:1 | 99% (427) |
| 2023-24 | 414 | 26.9 | 15.4:1 | 100% (412) |
| 2022-23 | 406 | 27.7 | 14.7:1 | 98% (399) |
| 2020-21 | 373 | 26 | 14.3:1 | 99% (371) |
| 2017-18 | 484 | 29.9 | 16.2:1 | 99% (477) |
| 2015-16 | 525 | 29 | 18.1:1 | 89% (467) |
| 2010-11 | 465 | 33 | 14.1:1 | 96% (445) |
| 2000-01 | 412 | 25 | 16.5:1 | 90% (371) |
| 1990-91 | 533 | 35 | 15.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Travis Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (484 to 430); teachers down 8% (29.9 to 27.6).
About Travis Elementary School
Travis Elementary School is one of the public schools in CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas. It is a small elementary school. The school offers pre-K through 5 and enrolls 430 students.
CORPUS CHRISTI ISD has 33,103 students spread across 54 schools.
A large majority of enrollment at Travis Elementary School is Hispanic, at 89%. It is also 6% Black and 4% White. Nueces County's residents are about 63% Hispanic, 27 points below the school's share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Travis Elementary School scores 20%.
Teacher count: 27.6 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 15.6:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Texas is similar, at 15.1:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 99%. The average for public schools in Nueces County is 67%.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Travis Elementary School, the prediction is 31.3% and the result is 27.4%.
Nueces County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $66,897, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Nueces County's 124 public schools enroll about 59,619 students and include Travis Elementary School.
Collegiate High School is the nearest public school to Travis Elementary School, about 0.6 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 27.4% is below the 35.2% average for nearby schools.
The NCES locale for Travis Elementary School is City: Large, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment increased 15%. The number of students per teacher increased from 14.3 to 15.6 over 4 years.
People who know Travis Elementary School can post here about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 Travis Elementary schools
12 other US public schools in 2 states are named Travis Elementary. Travis Elementary School is the 7th largest of the 13.
- Travis Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 762 students
- Travis Elementary SchoolBAYTOWN, TX · 709 students
- Travis Elementary SchoolROSENBERG, TX · 579 students
- Travis Elementary SchoolPORT ARTHUR, TX · 543 students
- Travis Elementary SchoolMERCEDES, TX · 478 students
Nearby schools
- Collegiate High School0.6 mi · 390
- Martin Middle School0.8 mi · 406
- Houston Elementary School0.8 mi · 356
- Shaw Ses1.0 mi · 638
- Wynn Seale Metropolitan School of Design1.0 mi · 682
- Dr M L Garza-Gonzalez Charter School1.1 mi · 147
Frequently asked questions
About Travis Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Travis Elementary School?
Travis Elementary School enrolls approximately 430 students in grades PK-05.
Is Travis Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Travis Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Travis Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Travis Elementary School is approximately 15.6:1 (28 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Travis Elementary School?
Travis Elementary School reports a student body of 4% White, 89% Hispanic, 6% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is Travis Elementary School public or private?
Travis 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.