Corpus Christi Sun

Hispanic students comprised the most prevalent ethnic group in Nueces County schools in the 2023-24 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Of the 59,278 students attending Nueces County schools, 76.8% were Hispanic. White students were the second largest ethnicity, making up 16.8% of the total enrollment.

In the previous school year, Hispanic students also made up the largest ethnic group in Nueces County, comprising 76.3% of the student body.

Kolda Elementary School had the most even distribution of races among the schools in the county, which included 66.8% Hispanic students, 19.9% white students, 6% Asian students, 3.7% multiracial students, 3% Black students, 0.3% American Indian students, and 0.2% Pacific Islander students.

When compared to the previous school year, total public school enrollment in the county dropped 0.7%.

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 district. Per-pupil funding has not increased since 2019, despite inflation rates rising by more than 20% since then.

School name	Most prevalent ethnic group	Percent of Total Student Body	Total enrollment
Adkins Middle School	Hispanic	74.6%	634
Agua Dulce Elementary School	Hispanic	81.7%	169
Agua Dulce High School	Hispanic	69.4%	222
Allen Elementary School	Hispanic	92%	313
Baker Middle School	Hispanic	76.3%	947
Banquete Elementary School	Hispanic	85.1%	355
Banquete High School	Hispanic	80.8%	292
Banquete Junior High School	Hispanic	88.5%	174
Barnes Elementary School	Hispanic	69.5%	705
Bishop Elementary School	Hispanic	83.7%	221
Bishop High School	Hispanic	85.1%	525
Bishop Primary School	Hispanic	84.9%	212
Browne Middle School	Hispanic	86.4%	602
Brundrett Middle School	White	74.8%	111
Calallen East Elementary School	Hispanic	74.3%	467
Calallen High School	Hispanic	63.7%	1,177
Calallen Middle School	Hispanic	67%	888
Calallen West Intermediate School	Hispanic	57.7%	449
Calallen Wood River Elementary School	Hispanic	61.1%	457
Calk-Wilson Elementary School	Hispanic	84.3%	732
Carroll High School	Hispanic	80.6%	1,870
Club Estates	Hispanic	79.6%	392
Coles High School and Educational Center	Hispanic	86.2%	130
Collegiate High School	Hispanic	79.1%	397
Corpus Christi Montessori School	Hispanic	69.5%	131
Cunningham Middle at South Park	Hispanic	94.9%	702
Dawson Elementary School	Hispanic	81.2%	517
Dr. M. L. Garza-Gonzalez Charter School	Hispanic	90.1%	162
Driscoll Elementary & Middle School	Hispanic	94%	281
Driscoll Middle School	Hispanic	89.1%	560
Early Childhood Center	Hispanic	55.1%	463
Early Childhood Development Center	Hispanic	70.1%	127
Fannin Elementary School	Hispanic	93.6%	342
Faye Webb Elementary School	Hispanic	71.4%	668
Flour Bluff Elementary School	Hispanic	49.2%	731
Flour Bluff High School	Hispanic	45.8%	1,961
Flour Bluff Intermediate School	Hispanic	50.8%	849
Flour Bluff Junior High School	Hispanic	51.3%	898
Flour Bluff Primary School	Hispanic	54.8%	757
Galvan Elementary School	Hispanic	93.1%	565
Garcia Elementary School	Hispanic	94.5%	562
Gibson Elementary School	Hispanic	85.8%	393
Grant Middle School	Hispanic	82.2%	821
Haas Middle School	Hispanic	84.5%	550
Hamlin Middle School	Hispanic	89.3%	413
Harold T. Branch Academy for Career & Technical Education	Hispanic	84.5%	258
Hicks Elementary School	Hispanic	91.2%	557
Houston Elementary School	Hispanic	91.2%	329
Jones Elementary School	Hispanic	74.6%	543
Kaffie Middle School	Hispanic	69.3%	994
Kennedy Elementary School	Hispanic	85%	560
King High School	Hispanic	76.7%	1,335
Kolda Elementary School	Hispanic	66.8%	920
Kostoryz Elementary School	Hispanic	86.1%	388
Lillion E. Luehrs Junior High School	Hispanic	86.3%	306
London Elementary School	Hispanic	53%	400
London High School	Hispanic	55.4%	540
London Intermediate School	Hispanic	56.8%	366
London Middle School	Hispanic	57.6%	420
Los Encinos Ses	Hispanic	97.4%	309
Lotspeich Elementary School	Hispanic	98.9%	364
Martin Middle School	Hispanic	98.1%	413
Mary Helen Berlanga Elementary School	Hispanic	92.9%	546
Meadowbrook Elementary School	Hispanic	82.8%	838
Menger Elementary School	Hispanic	83.8%	290
Mireles Elementary School	Hispanic	67.8%	652
Moody High School	Hispanic	90.7%	1,316
Moore Elementary School	Hispanic	85.5%	511
Nueces County JJAEP	Hispanic	50%	2
Nueces County JJAEP	Hispanic	33.3%	6
Nueces County JJAEP	Hispanic	71.4%	7
Oak Park Special Emphasis School	Hispanic	84.9%	517
Olsen Elementary School	White	72.4%	232
Petronila Elementary School	Hispanic	76.5%	98
Por Vida Academy Corpus Christi	Hispanic	83.1%	77
Port Aransas High School	White	81%	184
Premier High School - Corpus Christi	Hispanic	83.9%	124
Promesa College Prep West Corpus Christi	Hispanic	93.4%	391
Ray High School	Hispanic	82%	1,588
Richard Milburn Academy Corpus Christi	Hispanic	83.3%	210
Robert Driscoll Junior Elementary School	Hispanic	96.2%	664
Robstown Early College High School	Hispanic	97.8%	736
Roy Miller High School and Metro School of Design	Hispanic	86.3%	1,531
San Pedro Elementary School	Hispanic	99.2%	246
Sanders Elementary School	Hispanic	85.8%	281
Schanen Estates Elementary School	Hispanic	84.5%	388
School of Science and Technology Corpus Christi	Hispanic	79.4%	2,455
Seale Junior High School	Hispanic	95.4%	498
Seashore Learning Center	White	76.2%	244
Seashore Middle Academy	White	77.1%	166
Shaw Ses	Hispanic	94.9%	610
Smith Elementary School	Hispanic	82.7%	440
Student Support Center	Hispanic	84.9%	126
Travis Elementary School	Hispanic	89.6%	414
Tuloso-Midway Academic Career Center	Hispanic	87.5%	40
Tuloso-Midway High School	Hispanic	80.8%	1,069
Tuloso-Midway Intermediate School	Hispanic	83.5%	903
Tuloso-Midway Middle School	Hispanic	80.1%	825
Tuloso-Midway Primary School	Hispanic	84.7%	799
Veterans Memorial High School	Hispanic	66.5%	2,008
West Oso Elementary School	Hispanic	90.5%	391
West Oso High School	Hispanic	88%	534
West Oso ISD JJAEP	Hispanic	50%	2
West Oso Junior High School	Hispanic	87.9%	421
Windsor Park G/T	Hispanic	47.4%	593
Wynn Seale Metropolitan School of Design	Hispanic	86.8%	695
Yeager Elementary School	Hispanic	88%	274
Zavala Elementary School	Hispanic	93.9%	440