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Enrollment
557
Middle
DISTRICT 648 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CORPUS CHRISTI ISD·NCES 481527001041
Browne Middle School
4301 SCHANEN BLVD, CORPUS CHRISTI, TX 78413 · (361) 878-4270 · Nueces County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL557 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 42% of Texas public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public middle schools
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
487 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 | 168 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 183 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 206 | 37% |
Student demographics
22%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
49.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +25.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
45.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +26.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 45 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 25 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 26 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 21.0% | 28.0% | 28.0% | 23.0% |
| Mathematics | 16.0% | 29.0% | 27.0% | 28.0% |
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 | 49.0% | 45.0% |
| 2024-25 | 46.0% | 39.0% |
| 2023-24 | 43.0% | 29.0% |
| 2022-23 | 55.0% | 40.0% |
| 2021-22 | 33.0% | 31.0% |
| 2020-21 | 24.0% | 19.0% |
% 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
38.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.4%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Browne Middle School
Browne Middle School's state test result (38.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Browne Middle School this school | 557 | 87.4% | 38.3% |
| Haas Middle School CORPUS CHRISTI | 545 | 86.2% | 34.0% |
| Spring Oaks Middle School HOUSTON | 565 | 89.0% | 33.1% |
| San Jacinto Intermediate School PASADENA | 613 | 88.3% | 40.4% |
| Keller Middle School PASADENA | 522 | 89.5% | 32.8% |
| Woodland Acres Middle School HOUSTON | 570 | 87.7% | 49.2% |
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 Browne Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Nueces County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.3% | #1,022 of 1,635 | #14 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #714 of 1,670 ▲ 188 | #13 of 22 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #1,078 of 1,670 ▲ 56 | #16 of 22 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.5pp | #212 of 1,570 | #7 of 20 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 557 | #998 of 1,749 | #9 of 22 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #799 of 1,542 | #10 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 21.8% | #1,285 of 1,543 | #14 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.4% | #328 of 1,648 | #6 of 21 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.8% | #889 of 942 | #16 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
557
-16 (-3%) vs 2020
-46% since 1990-91, when it was 1,037
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 15.5:1
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 | 557 | 37.8 | 14.8:1 | 87% (487) |
| 2023-24 | 602 | 43 | 14.0:1 | 88% (528) |
| 2022-23 | 577 | 37.1 | 15.6:1 | 84% (483) |
| 2020-21 | 573 | 37 | 15.5:1 | 82% (470) |
| 2017-18 | 567 | 34.3 | 16.5:1 | 82% (465) |
| 2015-16 | 704 | 39 | 18.1:1 | 74% (518) |
| 2010-11 | 789 | 45 | 17.5:1 | 70% (552) |
| 2000-01 | 703 | 46 | 15.3:1 | 41% (286) |
| 1990-91 | 1,037 | 49 | 21.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Browne Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (567 to 557); teachers up 10% (34.3 to 37.8).
About Browne Middle School
Browne Middle School is a medium-sized middle school with its address in CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas. Students in grades 6 through 8 attend, and enrollment is 557 students.
CORPUS CHRISTI ISD enrolls 33,103 students, and its 54 schools include Browne Middle School.
About 88% of the student body at Browne Middle School is Hispanic. The remaining students are 6% White and 3% Black. Among people living in Nueces County, the Hispanic share is about 63%. Pick two students at random and there is a 22% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 14.8:1, with 37.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is close to the 14.4:1 average for middle schools in Texas. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Browne Middle School is 87%. For comparison, public schools in Nueces County average 67%.
Browne Middle School is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 42% of Texas public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Browne Middle School is 36.4%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 38.3%.
Census estimates describe Nueces County this way: the median household income is $66,897, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 24% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 13%. In all, Nueces County has 124 public schools and roughly 59,619 students.
The closest public school to Browne Middle School is Schanen Estates Elementary School, about 0.3 miles away. Browne Middle School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Browne Middle School comes in 6th of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Federal data place Browne Middle School in the City: Large locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school enrolled 557 students in 2024-25, 16 fewer than the 573 it had in 2020-21.
Community posts for Browne Middle School can cover enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
Nearby schools
- Schanen Estates Elementary School0.3 mi · 374
- Sanders Elementary School0.5 mi · 279
- Yeager Elementary School0.6 mi · 294
- Por Vida Academy Corpus Christi1.0 mi · 71
- Kostoryz Elementary School1.0 mi · 371
- Dawson Elementary School1.3 mi · 548
Frequently asked questions
About Browne Middle SchoolHow large is Browne Middle School?
Browne Middle School enrolls approximately 557 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Browne Middle School serve?
Browne Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Browne Middle School have?
Browne Middle School employs 38 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Browne Middle School?
Student demographics at Browne Middle School are roughly 6% White, 88% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Browne Middle School public or private?
Browne 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.