Summary:
This analysis examines three elementary schools in the 78411 zip code of Corpus Christi, Texas, serving grades PK through 5 and all part of the Corpus Christi Independent School District (Isd), which holds a 2-star rating and ranks near the middle of Texas districts.
Calk-Wilson Elementary stands out as the top performer in the area, earning a 2-star rating and ranking in the 46th percentile for 2025-2026. It is the largest school with 746 students and the only one that occasionally meets or exceeds district averages, particularly in 4th and 5th-grade Reading. In contrast, Mary Helen Berlanga Elementary is the most consistently low-performing school, ranking in the bottom 20th percentile for two years and posting the lowest test scores across nearly every subject. Yeager Elementary is the smallest school with 294 students and shows dramatic year-over-year ranking swings, from the 20th percentile in 2023-2024 to the 48th in 2024-2025, then back to the 29th in 2025-2026. This volatility is likely due to small cohort sizes, making long-term performance assessment difficult.
A critical finding is that spending does not equal performance: Yeager spends $12,781 per student—over $3,400 more than Calk-Wilson—yet ranks lower. All three schools share a consistent weakness in 5th Grade Science, with proficiency rates around 11-20%, roughly half the state average of 29.6%. However, there is a glimmer of hope in 5th Grade Reading, where Calk-Wilson (55.24%) and Yeager (55.56%) approach the state average (58.47%), suggesting some success in developing reading skills by upper elementary grades. The high economic disadvantage across all schools (79-91% free/reduced lunch) underscores the challenges these schools face, with the highest-poverty school, Berlanga, showing the lowest performance.
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