Corpus Christi Sun

Nueces County schools enrolled 40,256 students who identified as economically disadvantaged in the state during the 2021-22 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Of the 59,249 students enrolled in Nueces County schools, 67.9% were considered economically disadvantaged. This is a 1% increase over the previous school year.

Nueces County enrolled the 15th highest number of students identified as economically disadvantaged among Texas counties.

Education in Texas is often a hot button issue, especially as test scores lag behind other states.

"The problems commonly cited are flaws in the school financing system, relatively low teacher salary, poor test performance by students...dropouts from traditional schools in favor of charter schools...gun violence, and mental health issues," claimed the Texas Almanac.

School	Number of Economically Disadvantaged Students	Total Number of Students
School of Science and Technology Corpus Christi	1,587	2,052
Roy Miller High School and Metro School of Design	1,345	1,522
Moody High School	1,179	1,407
Ray High School	1,165	1,690
Carroll High School	1,098	1,562
King High School	994	1,481
Cunningham Middle at South Park	795	872
Veterans Memorial High School	740	2,039
Flour Bluff High School	729	1,879
Tuloso-Midway Primary School	690	955
Robstown Early College High School	627	718
Baker Middle School	612	916
Driscoll Middle School	609	661
Calk-Wilson Elementary School	598	702
Tuloso-Midway High School	579	1,065
West Oso High School	574	580
Robert Driscoll Junior Elementary School	570	617
Tuloso-Midway Intermediate School	552	830
Calallen High School	549	1,172
Haas Middle School	544	626
Hicks Elementary School	520	555
Tuloso-Midway Middle School	518	858
Garcia Elementary School	511	513
Oak Park Special Emphasis School	511	533
Browne Middle School	509	586
Kennedy Elementary School	495	499
Seale Junior High School	495	549
Calallen Middle School	486	964
West Oso Junior High School	478	484
Flour Bluff Junior High School	475	937
Grant Middle School	474	825
Martin Middle School	472	502
Moore Elementary School	471	522
Adkins Middle School	459	996
Mary Helen Berlanga Elementary School	445	491
Hamlin Middle School	419	506
Zavala Elementary School	415	422
Smith Elementary School	411	490
West Oso Elementary School	404	405
Flour Bluff Primary School	402	714
Flour Bluff Intermediate School	402	794
Calallen East Elementary School	398	594
Travis Elementary School	397	401
Wynn Seale Metropolitan School of Design	379	521
Galvan Elementary School	375	488
Flour Bluff Elementary School	365	736
Gibson Elementary School	345	363
Promesa College Prep West Corpus Christi	344	369
Shaw Ses	343	358
Kaffie Middle School	342	722