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Garcia Elem

Nueces County · Region 02: Corpus Christi · 497 students

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Current score
74/1002025-26
Change
−15 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
−3.6 ptsvs 77.6 average · 2,007 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
1,326 of 2,007tied with 54 others
C74

At a glance

Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving down; under the rules in force back then it scored 87 in 2021-22. The current score is below the 77.6 average for 2,007 rated schools serving a similar economic context.

Read the full rating context and placement

Garcia Elem is rated C by TEA, scoring 74 out of 100 for 2025-26 — below the 77.6 average for 2,007 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is down 15 points since 2021-22.

Ranks 1,326th of 2,007 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 54 others).

Put the numbers in context

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  1. Overview
  2. 5 years of ratings
  3. Where the score comes from
  4. Student outcomes
  5. Who this school serves
  6. Student counts behind the percentages
  7. Enrollment over time
  8. Discipline and removal from class
  9. Spending per student
  10. Teachers and actual class size
  11. Where this comes from

5 years of ratings

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Compare against
90807060 Similar economic-disadvantage rateTexas averageGarcia Elem 8977668174 2021-222022-232023-242024-252025-26

2021-22 is shown under the refreshed methodology TEA adopted in 2023, so it is comparable with later years. Under the original scoring it was rated B with 87 that year.

Comparison lines follow the current rated cohort backward through time. The table gives the number in that fixed cohort that reported a score each year; it can be smaller than cohort membership.

View the yearly scores and comparisons
Rating history with comparisons
YearRatingScoreSelected comparisonSimilar economic-disadvantage rateStateTexas average
2025-26C7477.6 2,007 reporting81.3 7,646 reporting
2024-25B8177.3 1,989 reporting81.2 7,554 reporting
2023-24D6673.8 1,971 reporting78.9 7,466 reporting
2022-23C7773.3 1,965 reporting79.1 7,377 reporting
2021-22B8981.9 1,940 reporting83.7 7,283 reporting

Where the score comes from

Texas builds the overall rating from the better of Student Achievement and School Progress, weighted 70%, plus Closing the Gaps at 30%. School Progress is itself the better of Academic Growth and Relative Performance. The 60, 70, 80 and 90 rules mark the letter-grade thresholds.

  • Student Achievement69 D−1.2 vs similar economic context · 1,860 reporting
  • School Progress75 C−3.8 vs similar economic context · 1,857 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps71 C−3.9 vs similar economic context · 1,846 reporting
  • Academic Growth71 C−2.1 vs similar economic context · 1,830 reporting
  • Relative Performance75 C−1.7 vs similar economic context · 1,856 reporting
  • Garcia Elem
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,007 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement69D1
School Progress75C5
Closing the Gaps71C9
Academic Growth71C9
Relative Performance75C5

Closest to moving up: School Progress, 5 points below B in that domain — the nearest of the measures that count toward the overall rating.

TEA does not add the domains up. The overall score is the better of Student Achievement and School Progress at 70%, plus Closing the Gaps at 30%. For this school that better measure is School Progress (75), so Student Achievement (69) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 75.

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

All Subjects

  • Approaches grade level62%−4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,860 reporting
  • Meets grade level42%+2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,860 reporting
  • Masters grade level16%−0 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,860 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level65%−4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,859 reporting
  • Meets grade level47%+3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,859 reporting
  • Masters grade level17%−1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,859 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level61%−5 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,855 reporting
  • Meets grade level41%+2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,855 reporting
  • Masters grade level15%±0 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,855 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level55%−8 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,750 reporting
  • Meets grade level35%+1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,750 reporting
  • Masters grade level14%+0 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,750 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,007 in cohort)

Percentage of tests at or above each level. Masters is a subset of Meets, which is a subset of Approaches. The selected-comparison tick on each bar marks the average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate — a comparison TEA does not publish.

Counts in the comparison controls describe full cohort membership, not the denominator of every average. Each average uses only schools for which TEA reported that measure; metric-specific reporting counts are shown on the STAAR, graduation and CCMR rows and may vary.

Who this school serves

Placed after the results deliberately: this is context for reading them, not an explanation of them.

Students
497
Economically disadvantaged
93.3%+1.9 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
16.4%−24.7 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
21.0%+3.4 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
91.2%−1.8 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
33.6%+10.4 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

Garcia Elem

African American: 4.6%Hispanic: 91.3%White: 3.4%Two or More Races: 0.6%
  • African American 4.6%
  • Hispanic 91.3%
  • White 3.4%
  • Two or More Races 0.6%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,007 reporting for every category shown · 2,007 in full cohort

African American: 15%Hispanic: 76.6%White: 5.3%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 1.2%Pacific Islander: 0.1%Two or More Races: 1.5%
  • African American 15%
  • Hispanic 76.6%
  • White 5.3%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Asian 1.2%
  • Pacific Islander 0.1%
  • Two or More Races 1.5%

Student counts behind the percentages

Context only. These counts are not rankings, comparisons, or judgments about school quality.

Students in this TEA accountability summary
495
Economically disadvantaged students
462
Emergent bilingual students
81
Special education students
104

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
76
Students in TEA mobility denominator
460
TEA-published mobility rate
16.5%

The mobility count and rate use TEA’s separate 2024–25 campus denominator shown above, not current enrollment. This site does not recalculate a missing rate.

The first figure is TEA’s student count for this accountability summary. It is a separate publication from the fall PEIMS enrollment shown above and can differ; this site does not substitute one for the other. Counts come from TEA’s 2025-26 accountability summary, fetched 29 August 2026. A reported zero is shown as 0. Small-number and complementary masks, unavailable values, and blank not-reported fields stay separate and are never estimated. TEA masking definitions.

Enrollment over time

TEA-reported student enrollment for each available school year. Enrollment growth or decline is not a measure of school quality.

TEA reported 497 students in 2025–26, a decrease of 59 (10.6%) from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
497

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
−59

Decrease · −10.6%

Change since 2021–22
−16

Decrease · −3.1%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
497
Selected comparison
568.8

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,986 rated schools reporting

Student enrollment by school year for Garcia Elem
School yearStudents enrolledGarcia ElemChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 513 First available year 614.7
2022–23 548 Increase of 35 (6.8%) 611
2023–24 562 Increase of 14 (2.6%) 601
2024–25 556 Decrease of 6 (1.1%) 594.3
2025–26 497 Decrease of 59 (10.6%) 568.8

The selected comparison column is the average enrollment among reporting schools in that group. It changes with the comparison control; this school's own counts do not.

Source: TEA PEIMS Student Program and Special Populations Reports, fetched 24 August 2026. TEA reports these counts from its fall student snapshot; changes compare adjacent reported school years.

These counts show how enrollment changed, not why. Attendance-zone changes, school openings or closures, grade reconfigurations, transfers and population shifts can affect the total.

Discipline and removal from class

TEA’s annual student and action counts, kept separate and divided only by the matching full-year enrollment. These figures describe removals from instruction, not a simple safe-or-unsafe score.

Students in TEA’s all-discipline count
16

2.7% of cumulative year-end enrollment

Disciplinary actions
20

3.38 per 100 students

Cumulative year-end enrollment
592

2024–25

Share of students · 2024–25

This school
2.7%
Selected comparison
13.0%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,204 rated schools reporting

−10.3 pts vs similar economic context

Actions per 100 students · 2024–25

This school
3.38
Selected comparison
30.7

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,298 rated schools reporting

−27.3 vs similar economic context
TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for Garcia Elem
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21 603 Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
2021–22 555 Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
2022–23 563 29 5.2% 43 7.64 13.5% 32.5
2023–24 590 26 4.4% 68 11.53 13.6% 32.8
2024–25 592 16 2.7% 20 3.38 13.0% 30.7
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for Garcia Elem in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline 16 2.7% 20 3.38 13.0% 30.7
In-school suspensions 11 1.9% 11 1.86 11.2% 21.6
Out-of-school suspensions Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
DAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Mandatory DAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Discretionary DAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
JJAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Mandatory JJAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Discretionary JJAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Expulsions Not reported — Not reported — — —
Mandatory expulsions Not reported — Not reported — — —
Discretionary expulsions Not reported — Not reported — — —

Selected comparisons use rates, not raw counts, so differently sized schools can be read on the same basis. Each average uses only group members for which TEA reported that rate; this school's own counts and rates remain fixed.

Students, actions and incidents are different units. One student can receive multiple actions. The categories overlap, so they must not be added together. Rates use TEA's matching cumulative year-end enrollment, not the October enrollment shown elsewhere on this page.

Source: TEA Discipline Reports, fetched 24 August 2026. Suppressed values stay unavailable rather than being estimated. Use 2020–21 cautiously because remote instruction during the pandemic changed students' exposure to in-person discipline. TEA consolidated its separate action-group reports into this product in 2024–25; this trend uses only the stable “All discipline” heading.

Spending per student

The campus and its parent district stay fixed while the selected same-sector txschools.net comparison changes with the page-wide control. TEA's own peer group and statewide reference remain visible as separately published, fixed TEA references.

$6k$13k$20k20182020202220242025
  • Garcia Elem
  • Parent district: Corpus Christi ISD
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$8,962
Selected comparison
$13,195

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,987 rated schools reporting

−$4,233 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $8,962 per student for this campus, $17,521 per student for its parent district, Corpus Christi ISD, $18,972 per student for the Texas average.

Not reported in this TEA campus finance record: TEA peer group.

View yearly spending figures
Spending per student by year
YearGarcia ElemParent district: Corpus Christi ISDTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2018$7,178$12,440$13,054$8,333 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,892 rated schools reporting
2019$7,660$13,333$13,108$8,350 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,917 rated schools reporting
2020$8,452$12,530$14,058$8,850 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,921 rated schools reporting
2021$8,382$13,918$14,797$9,670 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,923 rated schools reporting
2022$8,210$13,018$15,708$11,245 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,940 rated schools reporting
2023$9,213$16,350$16,792$11,791 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,964 rated schools reporting
2024$9,130$17,648$18,125$12,665 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,974 rated schools reporting
2025$8,962$17,521$18,972$13,195 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,987 rated schools reporting

The selected-comparison reporting count is year-specific and can vary across the table. Dollar amounts are shown as TEA published them and are not adjusted for inflation.

Teachers and actual class size

Average salary
$61,398−$6,950 vs similar economic context
Teachers
32−7.7 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
15.4+0.7 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

Garcia Elem

Beginning: 9.3%1 to 5 years: 9.3%6 to 10 years: 21.7%11 to 20 years: 37.9%21 to 30 years: 9.3%Over 30 years: 12.4%
  • Beginning 9.3%
  • 1 to 5 years 9.3%
  • 6 to 10 years 21.7%
  • 11 to 20 years 37.9%
  • 21 to 30 years 9.3%
  • Over 30 years 12.4%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,007 reporting for every category shown · 2,007 in full cohort

Beginning: 7.5%1 to 5 years: 27.1%6 to 10 years: 18.8%11 to 20 years: 27.2%21 to 30 years: 14.8%Over 30 years: 3.4%
  • Beginning 7.5%
  • 1 to 5 years 27.1%
  • 6 to 10 years 18.8%
  • 11 to 20 years 27.2%
  • 21 to 30 years 14.8%
  • Over 30 years 3.4%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for Garcia Elem in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classGarcia Elem · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Kindergarten1918
Grade 122.318.3
Grade 219.618.3
Grade 321.918.5
Grade 420.418.4
Grade 520.819.2

These are TEA's actual class-size averages for the grade or subject shown, not the student-to-teacher ratio. TEA reported 6 of 12 categories for this campus; the categories are not combined into a made-up campus-wide average. Each selected comparison average uses only schools reporting that same grade or subject.

Source: TEA Texas Academic Performance Reports, fetched 24 August 2026.

Where this comes from

The Texas Education Agency publishes the underlying accountability reports and data downloads. Ratings, outcomes, demographics, staffing and finance on this page come from TEA data available through txschools.gov, fetched 15 August 2026. TEA’s Reports and Data Portal links the official bulk files. Enrollment history comes from TEA's PEIMS Student Program and Special Populations reports, fetched 24 August 2026. The student-count context comes from TEA’s bulk accountability summary, fetched 29 August 2026; TEA’s masking definitions explain withheld values. The dated notice, staffing, discipline, transfer, community and postsecondary sections cite their separate TEA, Census or THECB publication in place. Every archived source carries checksums so each number stays traceable to the bytes the public agency served.

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Single-file records are pre-built for district-level records only, so there is no per-campus CSV to link here. Producing both formats for every entity would consume most of the 20,000-asset deployment limit before pages and shared data are counted. This campus is a row in the bulk files on the download page, keyed by its TEA id 178904115.