Public schools in Corpus Christi, TX

Corpus Christi has 90 public schools with a 2024-25 address in the city: 22 high, 18 middle, 46 elementary, 4 other, enrolling 53,088 students. They are run by 15 districts and agencies; Corpus Christi ISD runs 53 of them.

NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: schools open that year with enrollment · method

The 15 districts and agencies that run Corpus Christi's public schools

Each district decides who can enroll where; its page holds its schools, spending and teachers.

DistrictSchools in Corpus ChristiDistrict students, fall 2022Spending per student, FY23
Corpus Christi ISD5333,387$11,836
Flour Bluff ISD75,732$10,457
Calallen ISD63,952$12,875
Tuloso-Midway ISD53,655$13,700
West Oso ISD51,929$13,017
London ISD41,578$9,375
Seashore Charter Schools2464$9,784
School of Science and Technology Discovery15,644$11,913
Valere Public Schools1970$13,894
Richard Milburn Alter High School (Killeen)11,693$9,097
Dr M L Garza-Gonzalez Charter School1180$14,183
Corpus Christi Montessori School1138$9,717

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: school location city and operating agency; NCES F-33 fiscal year 2022-23: district fall membership and current spending per student. Schools on a city's edge can serve students from outside it.

22 high schools in Corpus Christi, 15,993 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Veterans Memorial High School2,02618.537.2%Corpus Christi ISD
Flour Bluff High School1,94014.837.5%Flour Bluff ISD
Carroll High School1,92817.462.6%Corpus Christi ISD
Ray High School1,57816.270.4%Corpus Christi ISD
Roy Miller H S and Metro School of Design1,42416.388.4%Corpus Christi ISD
Moody High School1,32617.186.7%Corpus Christi ISD
King High School1,27915.468.7%Corpus Christi ISD
Calallen High School1,14712.539.9%Calallen ISD
Tuloso-Midway High School1,07912.836.5%Tuloso-Midway ISD
London High School54117.111.5%London ISD
The other 12 high schools
SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
West Oso High School49112.581.5%West Oso ISD
Collegiate High School39021.860.3%Corpus Christi ISD
Harold T Branch Academy for Career & Technical Ed24818.860.5%Corpus Christi ISD
Richard Milburn Academy Corpus Christi23731.067.9%Richard Milburn Alter High School (Killeen)
Premier H S - Corpus Christi13721.685.4%Premier High Schools
Coles H S and Educational Center1106.692.7%Corpus Christi ISD
Por Vida Academy Corpus Christi7111.8not reportedPor Vida Academy
Tuloso-Midway Academic Career Center327.093.8%Tuloso-Midway ISD
Trinity Charter Schools - Corpus Christi Campus34.3not reportedTrinity Charter Schools
Nueces Co J J a E P35.3not reportedFlour Bluff ISD
Nueces Co J J a E P2not reportedAll free (CEP)Corpus Christi ISD
West Oso ISD JJAEP1not reportedAll free (CEP)West Oso ISD

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

18 middle schools in Corpus Christi, 11,065 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Kaffie Middle1,15420.138.9%Corpus Christi ISD
Baker Middle93716.264.1%Corpus Christi ISD
Flour Bluff Junior High89215.442.0%Flour Bluff ISD
Tuloso-Midway Middle87614.954.2%Tuloso-Midway ISD
Calallen Middle85813.543.2%Calallen ISD
Flour Bluff Intermediate80816.644.1%Flour Bluff ISD
Grant Middle77218.862.3%Corpus Christi ISD
Cunningham Middle at South Park70614.593.5%Corpus Christi ISD
Browne Middle55714.886.9%Corpus Christi ISD
Haas Middle54513.685.7%Corpus Christi ISD
The other 8 middle schools
SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Driscoll Middle52413.194.1%Corpus Christi ISD
Adkins Middle51818.448.6%Corpus Christi ISD
Martin Middle40613.795.1%Corpus Christi ISD
West Oso Junior High39111.786.7%West Oso ISD
Hamlin Middle36411.984.6%Corpus Christi ISD
London Middle30718.215.6%London ISD
London Intermediate28316.217.7%London ISD
Seashore Middle Acad16711.9not reportedSeashore Charter Schools

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

46 elementary schools in Corpus Christi, 23,068 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Meadowbrook Elementary92317.380.4%Corpus Christi ISD
Tuloso-Midway Intermediate90516.448.8%Tuloso-Midway ISD
Tuloso-Midway Primary77917.260.8%Tuloso-Midway ISD
Calk-Wilson Elementary74617.379.4%Corpus Christi ISD
Flour Bluff Elementary74214.948.2%Flour Bluff ISD
Flour Bluff Primary71616.149.9%Flour Bluff ISD
Barnes Elementary70016.552.0%Corpus Christi ISD
Wynn Seale Metropolitan School of Design68215.976.2%Corpus Christi ISD
London Elementary67718.118.5%London ISD
Kolda Elementary64115.644.6%Corpus Christi ISD
The other 36 elementary schools
SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Shaw Ses63817.795.8%Corpus Christi ISD
Faye Webb Elementary63414.649.7%Corpus Christi ISD
Mireles Elementary62115.942.4%Corpus Christi ISD
Windsor Park G/T60216.328.1%Corpus Christi ISD
Mary Helen Berlanga Elementary59015.690.2%Corpus Christi ISD
Hicks Elementary55915.589.3%Corpus Christi ISD
Garcia Elementary55616.792.8%Corpus Christi ISD
Galvan Elementary55315.483.2%Corpus Christi ISD
Dawson Elementary54817.364.6%Corpus Christi ISD
Oak Park Special Emphasis School54114.595.0%Corpus Christi ISD
West Oso Elementary53214.383.6%West Oso ISD
Jones Elementary52016.853.3%Corpus Christi ISD
Moore Elementary48415.290.3%Corpus Christi ISD
Calallen East Elementary47014.268.9%Calallen ISD
Early Childhood Center45814.055.5%Flour Bluff ISD
Smith Elementary45717.287.3%Corpus Christi ISD
Zavala Elementary43315.594.2%Corpus Christi ISD
Travis Elementary43015.699.3%Corpus Christi ISD
Calallen West Intermediate42612.839.9%Calallen ISD
Calallen Wood River Elementary42512.545.9%Calallen ISD
Gibson Elementary42117.591.4%Corpus Christi ISD
Wilma Magee Intermediate41913.056.1%Calallen ISD
Club Estates40615.171.9%Corpus Christi ISD
Schanen Estates Elementary37414.582.4%Corpus Christi ISD
Kostoryz Elementary37114.988.9%Corpus Christi ISD
Kennedy Elementary36316.282.4%West Oso ISD
Los Encinos Ses36015.288.3%Corpus Christi ISD
Houston Elementary35614.594.7%Corpus Christi ISD
Fannin Elementary33916.692.0%Corpus Christi ISD
Allen Elementary33114.096.1%Corpus Christi ISD
Yeager Elementary29414.381.6%Corpus Christi ISD
Sanders Elementary27917.386.0%Corpus Christi ISD
Menger Elementary24313.184.8%Corpus Christi ISD
Seashore Learning Center23813.6not reportedSeashore Charter Schools
Dr M L Garza-Gonzalez Charter School14716.687.8%Dr M L Garza-Gonzalez Charter School
Corpus Christi Montessori School13915.423.9%Corpus Christi Montessori School

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

4 other schools in Corpus Christi, 2,962 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Sst Corpus Christi2,34314.961.7%School of Science and Technology Discovery
Promesa College Prep West Corpus Christi35819.677.4%Valere Public Schools
Early Childhood Development Ctr15016.954.0%Corpus Christi ISD
Student Support Center1117.289.2%Corpus Christi ISD

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

How Corpus Christi's public schools compare with Texas's

The median Corpus Christi school has 15.4 students per full-time teacher, more than the Texas median of 14.5. 75% of its schools ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, against 70% across the state. Its median school enrolls 505 students (state 507).

Corpus Christi against Texas, schools open in 2024-25 with students
Corpus ChristiTexas
Median students per teacher15.414.5
Median school size (students)505507
Schools with a schoolwide Title I program (2021-22)75%70%
Schools where every student eats free (CEP)73%52%
Charter schools11%11%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch program, charter status; the 90 Corpus Christi schools and the 8,846 Texas schools open that year with students); Title I status CCD 2021-22. Students per teacher counts 2024-25 teachers and ratios from 3 to 99.

What to look at next in Corpus Christi

  1. Corpus Christi ISDRuns 53 of Corpus Christi's 90 public schools and spent $11,836 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$11,836
  2. Veterans Memorial High School, the largest high school in Corpus Christi2,026 students in 2024-25, 18.5 per teacher.2,026
  3. Compare Corpus Christi ISD with Flour Bluff ISDCorpus Christi's two largest operators side by side: enrollment, spending and schools.
  4. The largest public schools in TexasTexas's 50 largest schools open in 2024-25, by enrollment.
  5. Find the school district for a Corpus Christi addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools and their operating agencies); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student).

Choosing among them: how to choose a school district with the federal data, and what a Title I school is.

Other cities in Texas

  1. Houston759 schools
  2. San Antonio521 schools
  3. Dallas352 schools
  4. Austin258 schools
  5. Fort Worth257 schools
  6. El Paso213 schools
  7. Arlington102 schools
  8. Katy86 schools

Questions about schools in Corpus Christi

  1. How many public schools are in Corpus Christi, TX?
    90 public schools with an address in Corpus Christi were open in 2024-25: 22 high, 18 middle, 46 elementary, 4 other, enrolling 53,088 students. 10 are charter schools.
  2. What is the largest high school in Corpus Christi?
    Veterans Memorial High School, with 2,026 students in 2024-25 (Corpus Christi ISD).
  3. Which districts run Corpus Christi's schools?
    Corpus Christi ISD (53 schools), Flour Bluff ISD (7 schools), Calallen ISD (6 schools), Tuloso-Midway ISD (5 schools), and 11 more. A school's district, not its city, decides who can enroll.

These figures are for information and are not a substitute for the district's enrollment office, which confirms the school a home is assigned to.

Sources

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Public school search (the official record of each school) · 2024-25

Compiled from official source data by .