YEAGER EL

YEAGER EL is a cozy elementary campus in CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas, run under CORPUS CHRISTI ISD. The school instructs 294 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 43% smaller than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

CORPUS CHRISTI ISD runs 54 schools in total, collectively educating 33,103 students. YEAGER EL is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, YEAGER EL shows that nearly all students (87%) are Hispanic. The remainder breaks down as 7% White, 4% Black, 2% multiracial. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 63%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Around 83% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Nueces County runs at roughly 67%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, YEAGER EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 37.6%; this one delivers 30.0%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Nueces County indicate median household earnings sit near $66,897, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. Across Nueces County's 124 public schools (combined enrollment of about 59,619 students), YEAGER EL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is POR VIDA ACADEMY CORPUS CHRISTI, roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, YEAGER EL comes 6th of 6 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 37.8%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at YEAGER EL has decreased 9%, going from 323 students in 2018 to 294 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 82% to 87%.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.