The top reported proficiency rate is 29% in Math. The lowest is 21% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Travis El
Travis Elementary sits on Churchill Drive in Corpus Christi's 78415 zip code, serving children from pre-kindergarten through fifth grade within Corpus Christi ISD. The first and most consequential thing a parent needs to know is that the school will not exist as Travis Elementary starting in the 2026-27 school year. The CCISD board voted in January 2026 to close Travis along with six other campuses as part of one of the largest consolidations in the district's recent history. Families currently zoned to Travis will be reassigned to other elementary schools, and anyone making a housing decision based on this school's attendance zone should contact the district directly to confirm where their children will be placed.
The context behind that closure matters. The district has lost a substantial number of students since the 2019-20 school year, enrollment has fallen well below its prior peak, and the district has been operating on deficit budgets. A bond measure in late 2024 that would have funded a new Southside elementary and renovated aging campuses was rejected by voters, the first time a CCISD bond had failed in decades. With that option gone, campus closures became the primary financial lever available to district leadership.
On academic performance, the state testing picture at Travis is one a parent should look at carefully. Across third, fourth, and fifth grade on the STAAR assessments in the most recent school year, proficiency rates in reading and language arts ranged from roughly a fifth of third graders to just over a third of fifth graders. Math proficiency ran in a similar range, with the strongest grade reaching about a third of students. Fifth grade science proficiency was in the low twenties. When Travis is placed alongside districts in Nueces County using a composite proficiency index, the school lands in the bottom quartile of that comparison set. These are meaningful gaps, and a parent would be well served asking the district how receiving schools plan to support students transferring from Travis.
The student population is almost entirely Hispanic, with a very small share of Black and white students. Nearly every student at the school qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch, making this one of the most economically concentrated schools in the district. Data on English learner enrollment and students with IEPs was not available in what was provided.
The broader Corpus Christi context shapes what families find when they look at housing near the school. Home values in the 78415 zip code sit well below the Texas statewide median and are tracking slightly downward year over year. Rents are also modest relative to state and national norms, and the rent-to-income ratio here is more manageable than the national picture. Corpus Christi as a city is car-dependent with low walkability outside the downtown bayfront, and the Churchill Drive area is a working residential neighborhood rather than a walkable corridor.
The city itself is a coastal industrial and military hub, with Naval Air Station Corpus Christi and the Corpus Christi Army Depot among the largest employers, alongside CHRISTUS Spohn Health System, Corpus Christi ISD, and the petrochemical industry. Housing growth is concentrated on the Southside and westside, away from the older central neighborhoods where Travis is located, which tracks with the enrollment shifts that drove the consolidation decision.
Program details for Travis were not available in the data provided. Given the school's scheduled closure, the more practical questions for any family are which campus their children will attend next fall, what supports will follow them there, and how the receiving school's academic profile compares.
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