Enrollment Analysis: Pacific students comprised 0.1% of Nueces County’s student body in 2022-23 school year

Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath (2024) | onestarfoundation.org

By Corpus Christi Sun

Jan 29, 2025

There were 66 Pacific Islander students enrolled in Nueces County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 8.2% more than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Nueces County welcomed 59,672 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Pacific Islander students comprised 0.1% of the student body to be the least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 113 schools in Nueces County, Veterans Memorial High School recorded the highest enrollment of Pacific Islander students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of seven students.

Texas is found to be one of the least-educated states in the U.S. A study from WalletHub ranked Texas 41st out of 50 states in terms of the quality of the educational system and how successful students were.

Underfunding is a frequently cited challenge facing the state's school districts. Per-pupil funding has not increased since 2019, despite inflation rates rising by more than 20% since then.

“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.

Ethnicities in Nueces County in 2022-23 School Year

Enrollment Demographics in Nueces County Schools During 2022-23 School Year

School name	% of Pacific Islander students enrolment	Total enrollment
School of Science and Technology Corpus Christi	0	2,215
Flour Bluff High School	0.1	1,958
Veterans Memorial High School	0.4	1,949
Carroll High School	0.2	1,851
Ray High School	0.1	1,640
Roy Miller High School and Metro School of Design	0	1,538
King High School	0.1	1,400
Moody High School	0.2	1,382
Calallen High School	0.1	1,180
Tuloso-Midway High School	0	1,062
Calallen Middle School	0	968
Adkins Middle School	0.2	956
Flour Bluff Junior High School	0.4	919
Tuloso-Midway Intermediate School	0.2	890
Baker Middle School	0.1	880
Kolda Elementary School	0.2	879
Tuloso-Midway Primary School	0.1	863
Flour Bluff Intermediate School	0.4	837
Tuloso-Midway Middle School	0	801
Grant Middle School	0.3	789
Cunningham Middle at South Park	0	783
Kaffie Middle School	0	762
Flour Bluff Elementary School	0	759
Robstown Early College High School	0	741
Flour Bluff Primary School	0	738
Faye Webb Elementary School	0.1	711
Calk-Wilson Elementary School	0	693
Robert Driscoll Junior Elementary School	0	662
Driscoll Middle School	0	661
Barnes Elementary School	0	658
Haas Middle School	0.2	646
Mireles Elementary School	0	611
Windsor Park G/T	0	609
Wynn Seale Metropolitan School of Design	0.2	592
Browne Middle School	0.2	577
West Oso High School	0	575
Jones Elementary School	0.4	553
Garcia Elementary School	0	548
Hicks Elementary School	0.4	547
Kennedy Elementary School	0	545
Seale Junior High School	0	521
Early Childhood Center	0.2	519
Oak Park Special Emphasis School	0	518
Bishop High School	0	517
Galvan Elementary School	0	512
London High School	0.2	507
Moore Elementary School	0	503
Mary Helen Berlanga Elementary School	0	499
Hamlin Middle School	0.4	481
Dawson Elementary School	0.2	480
Calallen Wood River Elementary School	0.4	479
Calallen East Elementary School	0.4	475
Calallen West Intermediate School	0	449
Martin Middle School	0	441
West Oso Junior High School	0	434
Zavala Elementary School	0	430
Smith Elementary School	0.5	423
Travis Elementary School	0	406
Schanen Estates Elementary School	0.5	402
Collegiate High School	0	398
London Middle School	0	393
Gibson Elementary School	0	393
Promesa College Prep West Corpus Christi	0	391
Kostoryz Elementary School	0	384
Banquete Elementary School	0	382
West Oso Elementary School	0	373
Club Estates	0	369
Fannin Elementary School	0	361
Shaw Ses	0	359
Lotspeich Elementary School	0.6	348
London Elementary School	1.2	346
Meadowbrook Elementary School	0	333
London Intermediate School	0	332
Lillion E. Luehrs Junior High School	0	327
Montclair Elementary School	0.3	323
Woodlawn Elementary School	0	317
Sanders Elementary School	0	313
Houston Elementary School	0	307
Crockett Elementary School	0	302
Driscoll Elementary & Middle School	0	287
Yeager Elementary School	0	285
Los Encinos Ses	0	280
Seashore Learning Center	0	275
Banquete High School	0	275
Menger Elementary School	0	273
Harold T. Branch Academy for Career & Technical Education	0	256
San Pedro Elementary School	0	254
Richard Milburn Academy Corpus Christi	0	249
Agua Dulce High School	0	237
Bishop Primary School	0	235
Bishop Elementary School	0	233
Olsen Elementary School	0	227
Evans Ses	0	220
Allen Elementary School	0	219
Port Aransas High School	0	204
Seashore Middle Academy	0	189
Banquete Junior High School	0	186
Dr. M. L. Garza-Gonzalez Charter School	0	180
Agua Dulce Elementary School	0	171
Coles High School and Educational Center	0	145
Corpus Christi Montessori School	0	138
Early Childhood Development Center	0	137
Brundrett Middle School	0	115
Premier High School - Corpus Christi	0	104
Petronila Elementary School	0	98
Student Support Center	0	96
Por Vida Academy Corpus Christi	2.1	47
Tuloso-Midway Academic Career Center	0	39
Salazar Crossroads Academy	0	17
The Landing at Corpus Christi	0	15
Nueces County JJAEP	0	7
West Oso ISD JJAEP	0	2
Nueces County JJAEP	0	2