Enrollment
294
Elementary
DISTRICT 491 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CORPUS CHRISTI ISD·NCES 481527001095
Yeager Elementary School
5414 TRIPOLI DR, CORPUS CHRISTI, TX 78411 · (361) 878-2920 · Nueces County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL294 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
244 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 | 54 | 18% |
| Kindergarten | 37 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 45 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 33 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 48 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 32 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 45 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (37) is 18% smaller than its 5th grade class (45).
Student demographics
23%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
41.0%
TX avg 54.5% . -2.0pp since 2021
Mathematics
39.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +10.0pp since 2021
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 39 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are down about 2 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 10 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 14.0% | 27.0% | 33.0% | 26.0% |
| Mathematics | 16.0% | 23.0% | 26.0% | 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 | 41.0% | 39.0% |
| 2024-25 | 55.0% | 41.0% |
| 2023-24 | 36.0% | 34.0% |
| 2022-23 | 33.0% | 22.0% |
| 2021-22 | 43.0% | 29.0% |
% 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
36.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.3%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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 Yeager Elementary School
Yeager Elementary School's state test result (36.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yeager Elementary School this school | 294 | 83.0% | 36.5% |
| Valley Hi Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 295 | 82.4% | 37.7% |
| Odom Elementary School AUSTIN | 286 | 86.0% | 28.8% |
| Mathis Intermediate School MATHIS | 315 | 84.4% | 42.3% |
| Fort Stockton Alamo Elementary School FORT STOCKTON | 290 | 81.7% | 39.5% |
| Palm Elementary School AUSTIN | 329 | 85.1% | 41.2% |
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 Yeager Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Nueces County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.5% | #3,004 of 4,401 | #34 of 47 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #2,954 of 4,466 ▼ 406 | #37 of 51 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #3,541 of 4,466 ▼ 1,648 | #42 of 51 ▼ 18 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +12.5pp | #1,108 of 3,998 | #9 of 42 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 294 | #4,233 of 4,938 | #45 of 58 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #1,814 of 4,622 | #13 of 53 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 22.9% | #3,662 of 4,628 | #37 of 53 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.0% | #1,733 of 4,789 | #26 of 56 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.0% | #2,116 of 2,838 | #27 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
294
-3 (-1%) vs 2020
-31% since 1990-91, when it was 429
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 12.4:1
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 | 294 | 20.5 | 14.3:1 | 83% (244) |
| 2023-24 | 274 | 24.2 | 11.3:1 | 87% (238) |
| 2022-23 | 285 | 19.9 | 14.4:1 | 88% (250) |
| 2020-21 | 297 | 24 | 12.4:1 | 86% (254) |
| 2017-18 | 323 | 22.4 | 14.4:1 | 86% (277) |
| 2015-16 | 349 | 19 | 18.4:1 | 79% (274) |
| 2010-11 | 417 | 26 | 16.0:1 | 75% (314) |
| 2000-01 | 433 | 31 | 14.0:1 | 58% (251) |
| 1990-91 | 429 | 22 | 19.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Yeager Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (323 to 294); teachers down 9% (22.4 to 20.5).
About Yeager Elementary School
Yeager Elementary School is a small elementary school serving families in CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas. It offers pre-K through 5 and has 294 students enrolled. Elementary schools in Texas have about 519 students on average; enrollment here is 43% lower.
Enrollment across the 54 schools in CORPUS CHRISTI ISD totals 33,103 students.
Yeager Elementary School is 87% Hispanic by enrollment. Beyond that, enrollment is 7% White, 4% Black, and 2% multiracial. In Nueces County overall, about 63% of residents are Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 23%.
Its ratio of 14.3:1 is based on 20.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Texas is 15.1:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. In all, 83% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Nueces County is 67%.
Test results at Yeager Elementary School are 1.8 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (36.5% actual, 38.3% predicted).
In Nueces County, home to about 352,955 people, median household income comes to about $66,897, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 24%, and about 13% of people live in poverty. Nueces County's 124 public schools enroll about 59,619 students and include Yeager Elementary School.
Of the public schools around it, Yeager Elementary School is closest to Por Vida Academy Corpus Christi, about 0.5 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 40.9%; Yeager Elementary School's is 36.5%, ranking 6th of 6.
The school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (City: Large).
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (297) to 2024-25 (294). The ratio of students to teachers went from 12.4:1 to 14.3:1 over the same years.
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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 Yeager Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Yeager Elementary. Yeager Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Yeager Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 708 students
Nearby schools
- Por Vida Academy Corpus Christi0.5 mi · 71
- Schanen Estates Elementary School0.5 mi · 374
- Browne Middle School0.6 mi · 557
- Kostoryz Elementary School0.8 mi · 371
- Hicks Elementary School1.1 mi · 559
- Sanders Elementary School1.1 mi · 279
Frequently asked questions
About Yeager Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Yeager Elementary School?
Yeager Elementary School enrolls approximately 294 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Yeager Elementary School serve?
Yeager Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Yeager Elementary School have?
Yeager Elementary School employs 21 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Yeager Elementary School?
Student demographics at Yeager Elementary School are roughly 7% White, 87% Hispanic, 4% Black, 2% Two or more.
What district is Yeager Elementary School in?
Yeager Elementary School is part of CORPUS CHRISTI ISD.
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