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Oak Park Special Emphasis School

Public elementary school in Corpus Christi, Texas · Corpus Christi ISD · Grades Pre-K–5

Oak Park Special Emphasis School serves 541 students in grades Pre-K–5 in Corpus Christi (Nueces County). It is one of 53 schools in Corpus Christi ISD. By enrollment it is the 2122nd largest of 4,726 public elementary schools in Texas (median 516 students). With 14.5 students per full-time teacher, it has about the same as the typical Texas elementary school (14.8).

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Rank and medians compare all 4,726 Texas elementary schools with enrollment listed on this site.

541
students
14.5
students per teacher
95.9%
free/reduced lunch eligible
Pre-K–5
grades

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Students per teacher = students ÷ 37.2 full-time-equivalent teachers.

School facts

School typeRegular School
LevelElementary
GradesPre-K–5
DistrictCorpus Christi ISD
CountyNueces County
Area typeCity, large
School mealsFree meals for every student (Community Eligibility Provision)
NCES school ID481527001077

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory and school characteristics; area type from NCES EDGE locale codes.

Compared with the district and Texas

This schoolCorpus Christi ISDTexas elementary schools (median)
Students54133,103516
Students per teacher14.516.114.8
Free or reduced-price lunch eligible95.9%72.3%72%

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 44% of Texas elementary schools have fewer students per teacher than this school (share of schools with a lower ratio). State test results aren't published here yet.

Oak Park Special Emphasis School in context

Size

Of the 32 elementary schools in Corpus Christi ISD, Oak Park Special Emphasis School is the 15th largest, with 1.6% of the district's students. Its 8 closest elementary schools sit a median 2.4 miles away with a median enrollment of 426; Oak Park Special Emphasis School is larger than most of them.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 enrollment and school type. Share of district students = this school's students ÷ the district's students. Nearest schools by straight-line distance between NCES EDGE locations.

Grades

Its largest grade is grade 4 with 86 students, and its smallest is grade 1 with 69, against an average of 77 per grade. Its first and last grades are close in size: 80 in kindergarten and 77 in grade 5. It also enrolls 72 children in pre-K.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.

Students

The largest group is Hispanic students: 83% here and 82.2% across Corpus Christi ISD. Students from 4 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

95.9% of its students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, against 72.3% across Corpus Christi ISD and a median of 72% for Texas elementary schools. Under the Community Eligibility Provision, every student can eat breakfast and lunch at no charge, and families fill out no meal application.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District shares weight each school by its enrollment.

Teachers

With 37.2 full-time-equivalent teachers for 541 students, Oak Park Special Emphasis School has 14.5 students per teacher. At the median Texas elementary school ratio of 14.8, a school with 541 students would have about 36.6 teachers, so Oak Park Special Emphasis School has about as many as that.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas elementary schools (14.8).

Location

Oak Park Special Emphasis School is inside a principal city of 250,000 people or more, which NCES calls city, large. The nearest other elementary school is Zavala Elementary School, 1.2 miles away in the same district. Within 10 miles there are 36 other elementary schools, 16 of them within 5 miles.

Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.

Students by race and ethnicity

Students by race and ethnicity
Hispanic
83%
Black
9.1%
White
7%
Two or more races
0.9%

52.5% of students are girls and 47.5% are boys.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.

Students by grade

Students by grade
Pre-K
72
Kindergarten
80
Grade 1
69
Grade 2
80
Grade 3
77
Grade 4
86
Grade 5
77

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.

Location and contact

3801 Leopard St, Corpus Christi, TX 78408
Phone: (361)878-2120
Website: oakpark.ccisd.us

Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Red: Oak Park Special Emphasis School. Blue: the nearest elementary schools.

Nearby elementary schools

SchoolDistrictDistanceStudentsPer teacherFree/reduced lunch
Zavala Elementary SchoolCorpus Christi ISD1.2 mi43315.594.9%
Shaw SesCorpus Christi ISD2.0 mi63817.797.3%
Gibson Elementary SchoolCorpus Christi ISD2.1 mi42117.591.7%
Allen Elementary SchoolCorpus Christi ISD2.2 mi3311496.1%
Dr. M L Garza-Gonzalez Charter SchoolDr. M L Garza-Gonzalez Charter School2.7 mi14716.691.8%
Wynn Seale Metropolitan School of DesignCorpus Christi ISD2.7 mi68215.977.1%
Travis Elementary SchoolCorpus Christi ISD2.8 mi43015.699.3%
Corpus Christi Montessori SchoolCorpus Christi Montessori School2.8 mi13915.4–

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.

Other schools in Corpus Christi ISD

SchoolLevelGradesStudents
Adkins Middle SchoolMiddle6–8518
Allen Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–5331
Baker Middle SchoolMiddle6–8937
Barnes Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–5700
Browne Middle SchoolMiddle6–8557
Calk-Wilson Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–5746
Carroll High SchoolHigh9–121,928
Club EstatesElementaryPre-K–5406
Coles H S and Educational CenterHigh8–12110
Collegiate High SchoolHigh9–12390
Creekside Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–5416
Cullen Place Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–5923
Cunningham Middle at South ParkMiddle6–8706
Dawson Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–5548
Driscoll Middle SchoolMiddle6–8524
Early Childhood Development CenterPre-KPre-K150
Fannin Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–5339
Faye Webb Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–5634
Galvan Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–5553
Garcia Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–5556
Gibson Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–5421
Grant Middle SchoolMiddle6–8772
Haas Middle SchoolMiddle6–8545
Hamlin Middle SchoolMiddle6–8364
Harold T Branch Academy for Career & Technical EducationHigh9–12248
Hicks Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–5559
Houston Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–5356
Jones Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–5520
Kaffie Middle SchoolMiddle6–81,154
King High SchoolHigh9–121,279
Kolda Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–5641
Kostoryz Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–5371
Los Encinos SesElementaryPre-K–5360
Martin Middle SchoolMiddle6–8406
Mary Helen Berlanga Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–5590
Menger Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–5243
Mireles Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–5621
Moody High SchoolHigh9–121,326
Moore Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–5484
Ray High SchoolHigh9–121,578
Roy Miller H S and Metro School of DesignHigh7–121,424
Sanders Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–5279
Schanen Estates Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–5374
Shaw SesElementaryPre-K–5638
Smith Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–5457
Student Support CenterOther4–12111
Travis Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–5430
Veterans Memorial High SchoolHigh9–122,026
Windsor Park G/TElementary1–5602
Wynn Seale Metropolitan School of DesignElementaryPre-K–6682
Yeager Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–5294
Zavala Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–5433