BROWNE MIDDLE

As a moderately sized junior high in CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas, BROWNE MIDDLE hosts 557 students from grades 6 through 8, operated by CORPUS CHRISTI ISD.

Across the 54 schools in CORPUS CHRISTI ISD (33,103 students total), BROWNE MIDDLE accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, BROWNE MIDDLE shows that 88% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority; the rest breaks down as 6% White, 3% Black. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 63%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, BROWNE MIDDLE has 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 87% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Nueces County's rate of about 67%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), BROWNE MIDDLE tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 35.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 35.8%.

Across the wider county, census data for Nueces County shows the typical household earns roughly $66,897 per year, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Nueces County runs 124 public schools (combined enrollment of about 59,619 students), of which BROWNE MIDDLE is one.

The closest other public school is SCHANEN ESTATES EL, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, BROWNE MIDDLE comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 40.6%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. BROWNE MIDDLE's enrollment has remained close to its prior level since 2018, when it stood at 567 (now 557). Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged up from 84% to 88%. Class-load math has fell: from 16.5:1 in 2018 to 14.8:1 in 2025.

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