Corpus Christi Sun

Nueces County schools enrolled 40,391 students who identified as economically disadvantaged in the state during the 2022-23 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Of the 59,672 students enrolled in Nueces County schools, 67.7% were considered economically disadvantaged. This is a 0.3% increase over the previous school year.

Nueces County enrolled the 14th 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	1,550	2,215
Roy Miller High School and Metro School of Design	1,361	1,538
Carroll High School	1,255	1,851
Moody High School	1,156	1,382
Ray High School	1,138	1,640
King High School	888	1,400
Flour Bluff High School	793	1,958
Cunningham Middle at South Park	730	783
Veterans Memorial High School	695	1,949
Robstown Early College High School	664	741
Tuloso-Midway Primary School	638	863
Driscoll Middle School	627	661
Tuloso-Midway High School	608	1,062
Robert Driscoll Junior Elementary School	604	662
Calallen High School	603	1,180
Calk-Wilson Elementary School	585	693
Tuloso-Midway Intermediate School	585	890
Haas Middle School	574	646
Baker Middle School	573	880
Kennedy Elementary School	525	545
Hicks Elementary School	517	547
Calallen Middle School	515	968
Tuloso-Midway Middle School	515	801
Garcia Elementary School	513	548
West Oso High School	503	575
Oak Park Special Emphasis School	499	518
Browne Middle School	483	577
Seale Junior High School	467	521
Grant Middle School	462	789
Adkins Middle School	457	956
Mary Helen Berlanga Elementary School	457	499
Moore Elementary School	452	503
Wynn Seale Metropolitan School of Design	441	592
Flour Bluff Intermediate School	431	837
Flour Bluff Junior High School	424	919
Zavala Elementary School	420	430
Martin Middle School	413	441
Galvan Elementary School	413	512
Flour Bluff Primary School	410	738
Hamlin Middle School	407	481
Flour Bluff Elementary School	402	759
Travis Elementary School	399	406
Gibson Elementary School	380	393
Faye Webb Elementary School	370	711
Barnes Elementary School	365	658
West Oso Junior High School	362	434
Kaffie Middle School	353	762
Calallen East Elementary School	352	475
West Oso Elementary School	351	373
Schanen Estates Elementary School	350	402