In 2022-23 school year, Hispanic students had highest representation in Nueces County schools

Texas State Board Of Education Chair Keven Ellis (2024) | twitter.com/KevenEllisDC

By Corpus Christi Sun

Oct 31, 2024

Hispanic students made up the largest ethnic group in Nueces County schools in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Of the 59,672 students attending Nueces County schools, 76.3% were Hispanic. White students were the second largest ethnicity, making up 17.5% of the total enrollment.

In the previous school year, Hispanic students also made up the largest ethnic group in Nueces County, comprising 75.9% of the student body.

Veterans Memorial High School had the most even distribution of races among the county schools, which included 65.1% Hispanic students, 23% white students, 6.1% Asian students, 3.6% Black students, 1.7% multiracial students, 0.4% Pacific Islander students, and 0.2% American Indian students.

In the 2022-23 school year, total public school enrollment in the county increased by 0.7% when compared to the previous year.

“As a result, many districts in our very own Central Texas region are being forced to cut back on essential programs, services, consider school closures, and adopt deficit budgets just to provide students with the education that they deserve,” Hutto ISD Trustee James Matlock said.

Percentage Breakdown of Ethnic Representation in 2022-23 Enrollment in Nueces County

Students’ Ethnicity Percentage in Nueces County Schools in 2022-23 School Year

School name	Most prevalent ethnic group	Percent of Total Student Body	Total enrollment
Adkins Middle School	Hispanic	74%	956
Agua Dulce Elementary School	Hispanic	79.5%	171
Agua Dulce High School	Hispanic	71.3%	237
Allen Elementary School	Hispanic	91.3%	219
Baker Middle School	Hispanic	74.9%	880
Banquete Elementary School	Hispanic	83.8%	382
Banquete High School	Hispanic	82.2%	275
Banquete Junior High School	Hispanic	86.6%	186
Barnes Elementary School	Hispanic	69.1%	658
Bishop Elementary School	Hispanic	84.1%	233
Bishop High School	Hispanic	86.1%	517
Bishop Primary School	Hispanic	86.8%	235
Browne Middle School	Hispanic	81.3%	577
Brundrett Middle School	White	71.3%	115
Calallen East Elementary School	Hispanic	73.1%	475
Calallen High School	Hispanic	66.1%	1,180
Calallen Middle School	Hispanic	64.3%	968
Calallen West Intermediate School	Hispanic	56.6%	449
Calallen Wood River Elementary School	Hispanic	58.7%	479
Calk-Wilson Elementary School	Hispanic	85.7%	693
Carroll High School	Hispanic	80.3%	1,851
Club Estates	Hispanic	82.9%	369
Coles High School and Educational Center	Hispanic	91%	145
Collegiate High School	Hispanic	79.9%	398
Corpus Christi Montessori School	Hispanic	70.3%	138
Crockett Elementary School	Hispanic	93.4%	302
Cunningham Middle at South Park	Hispanic	93.1%	783
Dawson Elementary School	Hispanic	81.7%	480
Dr. M. L. Garza-Gonzalez Charter School	Hispanic	88.9%	180
Driscoll Elementary & Middle School	Hispanic	92.3%	287
Driscoll Middle School	Hispanic	87.7%	661
Early Childhood Center	Hispanic	50.7%	519
Early Childhood Development Center	Hispanic	82.5%	137
Evans Ses	Hispanic	89.5%	220
Fannin Elementary School	Hispanic	94.2%	361
Faye Webb Elementary School	Hispanic	68.1%	711
Flour Bluff Elementary School	Hispanic	45.7%	759
Flour Bluff High School	White	45.6%	1,958
Flour Bluff Intermediate School	Hispanic	49.8%	837
Flour Bluff Junior High School	Hispanic	48.2%	919
Flour Bluff Primary School	Hispanic	53.1%	738
Galvan Elementary School	Hispanic	91.6%	512
Garcia Elementary School	Hispanic	94.5%	548
Gibson Elementary School	Hispanic	85.8%	393
Grant Middle School	Hispanic	80.4%	789
Haas Middle School	Hispanic	84.5%	646
Hamlin Middle School	Hispanic	87.9%	481
Harold T. Branch Academy for Career & Technical Education	Hispanic	82.8%	256
Hicks Elementary School	Hispanic	91.4%	547
Houston Elementary School	Hispanic	91.2%	307
Jones Elementary School	Hispanic	74%	553
Kaffie Middle School	Hispanic	66.8%	762
Kennedy Elementary School	Hispanic	85.9%	545
King High School	Hispanic	75.9%	1,400
Kolda Elementary School	Hispanic	67.5%	879
Kostoryz Elementary School	Hispanic	87.5%	384
Lillion E. Luehrs Junior High School	Hispanic	88.1%	327
London Elementary School	Hispanic	52%	346
London High School	Hispanic	53.1%	507
London Intermediate School	Hispanic	54.5%	332
London Middle School	Hispanic	56.7%	393
Los Encinos Ses	Hispanic	97.9%	280
Lotspeich Elementary School	Hispanic	97.7%	348
Martin Middle School	Hispanic	92.1%	441
Mary Helen Berlanga Elementary School	Hispanic	94.2%	499
Meadowbrook Elementary School	Hispanic	84.1%	333
Menger Elementary School	Hispanic	79.9%	273
Mireles Elementary School	Hispanic	69.1%	611
Montclair Elementary School	Hispanic	81.1%	323
Moody High School	Hispanic	89.9%	1,382
Moore Elementary School	Hispanic	83.1%	503
Nueces County JJAEP	Hispanic	71.4%	7
Nueces County JJAEP	Hispanic	50%	2
Oak Park Special Emphasis School	Hispanic	87.6%	518
Olsen Elementary School	White	74.4%	227
Petronila Elementary School	Hispanic	79.6%	98
Por Vida Academy Corpus Christi	Hispanic	76.6%	47
Port Aransas High School	White	76%	204
Premier High School - Corpus Christi	Hispanic	82.7%	104
Promesa College Prep West Corpus Christi	Hispanic	93.6%	391
Ray High School	Hispanic	81.1%	1,640
Richard Milburn Academy Corpus Christi	Hispanic	81.5%	249
Robert Driscoll Junior Elementary School	Hispanic	96.7%	662
Robstown Early College High School	Hispanic	98%	741
Roy Miller High School and Metro School of Design	Hispanic	86%	1,538
Salazar Crossroads Academy	Hispanic	100%	17
San Pedro Elementary School	Hispanic	99.6%	254
Sanders Elementary School	Hispanic	84.7%	313
Schanen Estates Elementary School	Hispanic	83.1%	402
School of Science and Technology Corpus Christi	Hispanic	79.5%	2,215
Seale Junior High School	Hispanic	97.1%	521
Seashore Learning Center	White	75.3%	275
Seashore Middle Academy	White	77.8%	189
Shaw Ses	Hispanic	95.8%	359
Smith Elementary School	Hispanic	83%	423
Student Support Center	Hispanic	80.2%	96
The Landing at Corpus Christi	White	60%	15
Travis Elementary School	Hispanic	89.2%	406
Tuloso-Midway Academic Career Center	Hispanic	89.7%	39
Tuloso-Midway High School	Hispanic	82.5%	1,062
Tuloso-Midway Intermediate School	Hispanic	82.7%	890
Tuloso-Midway Middle School	Hispanic	80.4%	801
Tuloso-Midway Primary School	Hispanic	81.9%	863
Veterans Memorial High School	Hispanic	65.1%	1,949
West Oso Elementary School	Hispanic	89.8%	373
West Oso High School	Hispanic	88.2%	575
West Oso ISD JJAEP	Hispanic	50%	2
West Oso Junior High School	Hispanic	86.4%	434
Windsor Park G/T	Hispanic	49.9%	609
Woodlawn Elementary School	Hispanic	79.5%	317
Wynn Seale Metropolitan School of Design	Hispanic	84.6%	592
Yeager Elementary School	Hispanic	87.7%	285
Zavala Elementary School	Hispanic	95.6%	430