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Enrollment
433
Elementary
DISTRICT 491 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CORPUS CHRISTI ISD·NCES 481527001096
Zavala Elementary School
3125 RUTH ST, CORPUS CHRISTI, TX 78405 · (361) 878-2720 · Nueces County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL433 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 35% of Texas public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-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
15.5:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
411 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 | 65 | 15% |
| Kindergarten | 68 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 59 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 61 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 58 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 64 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 58 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (68) is 17% larger than its 5th grade class (58).
Student demographics
8%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
51.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +34.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
46.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +31.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 46 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 34 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 31 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 24.0% | 27.0% | 25.0% | 24.0% |
| Mathematics | 21.0% | 25.0% | 29.0% | 25.0% |
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 | 51.0% | 46.0% |
| 2024-25 | 45.0% | 39.0% |
| 2023-24 | 32.0% | 30.0% |
| 2022-23 | 22.0% | 31.0% |
| 2021-22 | 18.0% | 33.0% |
| 2020-21 | 17.0% | 15.0% |
% 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
31.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.2%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 Zavala Elementary School
Zavala Elementary School's state test result (31.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zavala Elementary School this school | 433 | 94.9% | 31.6% |
| Celestino Mauricio Soto Jr Elementary School DALLAS | 444 | 94.1% | 44.8% |
| Hall Personalized Learning Academy at Oak Cliff DALLAS | 443 | 95.7% | 41.6% |
| Dolores Huerta Elementary School FORT WORTH | 443 | 93.7% | 28.8% |
| Price Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 417 | 95.2% | 33.4% |
| Madison Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 457 | 95.0% | 28.1% |
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 Zavala Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Nueces County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.6% | #3,521 of 4,401 | #39 of 47 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #2,130 of 4,466 ▲ 676 | #26 of 51 ▲ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #2,361 of 4,466 ▲ 637 | #28 of 51 ▲ 12 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +22.0pp | #397 of 3,998 | #3 of 42 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 433 | #3,193 of 4,938 | #28 of 58 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.5:1 | #2,888 of 4,622 | #25 of 53 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 8.5% | #4,167 of 4,628 | #49 of 53 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.9% | #524 of 4,789 | #9 of 56 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -33.0% | #372 of 2,838 | #3 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
433
-61 (-12%) vs 2020
-35% since 1990-91, when it was 671
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
was 14.5:1
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 | 433 | 28 | 15.5:1 | 95% (411) |
| 2023-24 | 440 | 30.5 | 14.4:1 | 98% (433) |
| 2022-23 | 430 | 28.9 | 14.9:1 | 98% (420) |
| 2020-21 | 494 | 34 | 14.5:1 | 97% (480) |
| 2017-18 | 646 | 42.5 | 15.2:1 | 98% (630) |
| 2015-16 | 749 | 40 | 18.7:1 | 77% (573) |
| 2010-11 | 869 | 49 | 17.7:1 | 98% (851) |
| 2000-01 | 586 | 37 | 15.8:1 | 96% (561) |
| 1990-91 | 671 | 40 | 16.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Zavala Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 33% (646 to 433); teachers down 34% (42.5 to 28).
About Zavala Elementary School
Zavala Elementary School is a small elementary school in CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas, (ZIP code 78405). In all, 433 students attend the school in pre-K through 5.
The CORPUS CHRISTI ISD system has 54 schools and 33,103 students.
Of every 100 students at Zavala Elementary School, about 96 are Hispanic. After that, the student body is 3% White. Census figures show Nueces County is about 63% Hispanic. A diversity index of 8% means there is an 8% chance two randomly chosen students at Zavala Elementary School are from different groups.
There are 28 full-time-equivalent teachers at Zavala Elementary School, giving a ratio of 15.5:1. The ratio is within a point of the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. By family income, 95% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Nueces County averages 67%, lower than here.
Among Texas public elementary schools, Zavala Elementary School outscored 35%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
Test results at Zavala Elementary School are 1.6 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (31.6% actual, 33.2% predicted).
In Nueces County, median household income comes to about $66,897, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 24% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 13%. Across Nueces County, 124 public schools serve about 59,619 students.
Zavala Elementary School's nearest public school is Promesa College Prep West Corpus Christi (about 0.3 miles). There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. On state test proficiency, Zavala Elementary School ranks 5th in a group of 9 nearby schools.
In the federal locale system, Zavala Elementary School is coded City: Large, for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 12%, from 494 to 433.
Anyone can start a thread about open houses, carpools, and field trips at Zavala Elementary School. 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 Zavala Elementary schools
6 other US public schools in 1 state are named Zavala Elementary. Zavala Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 7.
- Zavala Elementary SchoolPECOS, TX · 861 students
- Zavala Elementary SchoolEDINBURG, TX · 565 students
- Zavala Elementary SchoolHARLINGEN, TX · 332 students
- Zavala Elementary SchoolCRYSTAL CITY, TX · 300 students
- Zavala Elementary SchoolEL PASO, TX · 253 students
Nearby schools
- Promesa College Prep West Corpus Christi0.3 mi · 358
- Harold T Branch Academy for Career & Technical Ed0.7 mi · 248
- Driscoll Middle School0.7 mi · 524
- Roy Miller H S and Metro School of Design0.9 mi · 1,424
- Shaw Ses0.9 mi · 638
- Allen Elementary School1.0 mi · 331
Frequently asked questions
About Zavala Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Zavala Elementary School?
Zavala Elementary School enrolls approximately 433 students in grades PK-05.
Is Zavala Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Zavala Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Zavala Elementary School?
Approximately 15.5:1 students per teacher at Zavala Elementary School.
How diverse is Zavala Elementary School?
Zavala Elementary School reports a student body of 3% White, 96% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Two or more.
Is Zavala Elementary School public or private?
Zavala 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.