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Enrollment
937
Middle
DISTRICT 648 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CORPUS CHRISTI ISD·NCES 481527001040
Baker Middle School
1540 CASA GRANDE DR, CORPUS CHRISTI, TX 78411 · (361) 878-4600 · Nueces County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL937 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
58 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
604 students
DISTRICT 76% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 327 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 308 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 302 | 32% |
Student demographics
36%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 31% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
64.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +21.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
56.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +14.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 56 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 21 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 14 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 43.0% | 21.0% | 19.0% | 17.0% |
| Mathematics | 34.0% | 22.0% | 20.0% | 24.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 64.0% | 56.0% |
| 2024-25 | 60.0% | 51.0% |
| 2023-24 | 61.0% | 41.0% |
| 2022-23 | 56.0% | 39.0% |
| 2021-22 | 61.0% | 41.0% |
| 2020-21 | 43.0% | 42.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
49.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.2%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Baker Middle School
Baker Middle School's state test result (49.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baker Middle School this school | 937 | 64.5% | 49.4% |
| Bondy Intermediate School PASADENA | 933 | 66.8% | 48.2% |
| Alamo Junior High School MIDLAND | 786 | 64.1% | 28.8% |
| Nimitz Middle School SAN ANTONIO | 995 | 66.6% | 37.7% |
| Eisenhower Middle School SAN ANTONIO | 951 | 66.7% | 33.3% |
| Grant Middle School CORPUS CHRISTI | 772 | 63.0% | 43.2% |
Matched among Texas middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Baker Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Nueces County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.4% | #522 of 1,635 | #9 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #385 of 1,670 ▲ 92 | #6 of 22 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #436 of 1,670 ▲ 100 | #7 of 22 ▲ 7 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +12.5pp | #636 of 1,570 | #3 of 20 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 937 | #354 of 1,749 | #2 of 22 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.2:1 | #1,156 of 1,542 | #13 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 35.6% | #1,148 of 1,543 | #8 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 64.5% | #848 of 1,648 | #10 of 21 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.9% | #626 of 942 | #11 of 16 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
937
-29 (-3%) vs 2020
-22% since 1990-91, when it was 1,199
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
was 17.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 937 | 57.8 | 16.2:1 | 64% (604) |
| 2023-24 | 947 | 52 | 18.2:1 | 66% (622) |
| 2022-23 | 880 | 51.4 | 17.1:1 | 65% (573) |
| 2020-21 | 966 | 56 | 17.3:1 | 69% (665) |
| 2017-18 | 1,040 | 59.1 | 17.6:1 | 73% (758) |
| 2015-16 | 1,018 | 59 | 17.3:1 | 59% (598) |
| 2010-11 | 941 | 57 | 16.5:1 | 63% (590) |
| 2000-01 | 790 | 53 | 14.9:1 | 48% (379) |
| 1990-91 | 1,199 | 63 | 19.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Baker Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (1,040 to 937); teachers down 2% (59.1 to 57.8).
About Baker Middle School
Baker Middle School is a mid-sized middle school in CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas. The school offers grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 937 students. That puts enrollment 46% larger than the 643-student average for middle schools in Texas.
Baker Middle School is one of the 54 schools that make up CORPUS CHRISTI ISD (33,103 students in total).
At Baker Middle School, 79% of students are Hispanic. Smaller groups are 12% White, 5% Asian, and 2% Black. For comparison, the population of Nueces County is roughly 63% Hispanic. The diversity index for Baker Middle School is 36%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Baker Middle School has 57.8 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.2:1. The gap from the 14.4:1 average for middle schools in Texas is 1.8 students per teacher. At Baker Middle School, 64% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The figure for public schools in Nueces County is close, at 67%.
In Texas, Baker Middle School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 49.4% actual against a predicted 46.2%.
The school is in Nueces County, where the median household earns about $66,897 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 24% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 13%. Baker Middle School shares Nueces County with 123 other public schools.
Mary Helen Berlanga Elementary School is about 0.4 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Within five miles of Baker Middle School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Baker Middle School places 1st out of 8 schools in its immediate area.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Large: inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 937, from 966 in 2020-21. The ratio of students to teachers went from 17.3:1 to 16.2:1 over the same years.
On allk12, people connected to Baker Middle School can post about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Nueces County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
352,955
Census ACS
Median income
$66,897
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
124
59,619 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CORPUS CHRISTI ISD
- Veterans Memorial High SchoolHigh · 2,026 students
- Carroll High SchoolHigh · 1,928 students
- Ray High SchoolHigh · 1,578 students
- Roy Miller H S and Metro School of DesignHigh · 1,424 students
- Moody High SchoolHigh · 1,326 students
- King High SchoolHigh · 1,279 students
Other schools in CORPUS CHRISTI
- Sst Corpus ChristiCombined · 2,343 students
- Veterans Memorial High SchoolHigh · 2,026 students
- Flour Bluff High SchoolHigh · 1,940 students
- Carroll High SchoolHigh · 1,928 students
- Ray High SchoolHigh · 1,578 students
- Roy Miller H S and Metro School of DesignHigh · 1,424 students
Other Baker Middle schools
6 other US public schools in 7 states are named Baker Middle. Baker Middle School is the largest of the 7.
- Baker Middle SchoolTacoma, WA · 687 students
- Baker Middle SchoolColumbus, GA · 631 students
- Baker Middle SchoolTROY, MI · 629 students
- Baker Middle SchoolKayenta, AZ · 447 students
- Baker Middle SchoolBaker City, OR · 226 students
Nearby schools
- Mary Helen Berlanga Elementary School0.4 mi · 590
- Richard Milburn Academy Corpus Christi0.5 mi · 237
- Houston Elementary School0.7 mi · 356
- Ray High School0.7 mi · 1,578
- Fannin Elementary School0.8 mi · 339
- Hicks Elementary School1.1 mi · 559
Frequently asked questions
About Baker Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Baker Middle School?
Baker Middle School enrolls approximately 937 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Baker Middle School serve?
Baker Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Baker Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Baker Middle School is approximately 16.2:1 (58 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Baker Middle School?
At Baker Middle School, the student body is approximately 12% White, 79% Hispanic, 2% Black, 5% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Baker Middle School public or private?
Baker Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by CORPUS CHRISTI ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.