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What's the most underrated thing about CARROLL H S that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
1,928
High
DISTRICT 1,031 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CORPUS CHRISTI ISD·NCES 481527001043
Carroll High School
3202 SARATOGA BLVD, CORPUS CHRISTI, TX 78415 · (361) 878-5140 · Nueces County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,928 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 22% of Texas public high schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-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 high schools
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
111 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.5:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
1,227 students
DISTRICT 76% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 495 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 470 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 498 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 465 | 24% |
Student demographics
34%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
51.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +31.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
33.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -7.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 33 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 31 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 7 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 5.0% | 46.0% | 22.0% | 27.0% |
| Mathematics | 11.0% | 22.0% | 39.0% | 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 | 51.0% | 33.0% |
| 2024-25 | 50.0% | 28.0% |
| 2023-24 | 51.0% | 22.0% |
| 2022-23 | 29.0% | 21.0% |
| 2021-22 | 21.0% | 53.0% |
| 2020-21 | 20.0% | 40.0% |
% 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
44.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 Carroll High School
Carroll High School's state test result (44.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carroll High School this school | 1,928 | 63.6% | 44.0% |
| Akins Early College High School AUSTIN | 2,421 | 63.8% | 40.5% |
| Legacy of Educational Excellence High School SAN ANTONIO | 2,285 | 66.3% | 50.0% |
| Stevens High School SAN ANTONIO | 2,546 | 61.1% | 44.3% |
| Crockett Early College High School AUSTIN | 1,529 | 65.5% | 40.5% |
| Seguin High School SEGUIN | 2,020 | 64.5% | 40.0% |
Matched among Texas high 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 Carroll High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Nueces County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #1,019 of 1,385 | #12 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #1,013 of 1,425 ▲ 10 | #14 of 17 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #930 of 1,425 ▼ 55 | #12 of 17 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +17.0pp | #519 of 1,184 | #7 of 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,928 | #351 of 2,107 | #3 of 27 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.4:1 | #1,119 of 1,344 | #15 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 34.0% | #963 of 1,346 | #8 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 63.6% | #723 of 1,522 | #12 of 21 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +21.2% | #196 of 672 | #2 of 7 |
Ranked against other public high 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
1,928
+502 (+35%) vs 2020
-27% since 1990-91, when it was 2,625
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
was 16.6:1
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 | 1,928 | 111 | 17.4:1 | 64% (1,227) |
| 2023-24 | 1,870 | 106.5 | 17.6:1 | 67% (1,247) |
| 2022-23 | 1,851 | 101.6 | 18.2:1 | 68% (1,255) |
| 2020-21 | 1,426 | 86 | 16.6:1 | 65% (923) |
| 2017-18 | 1,591 | 93.6 | 17.0:1 | 72% (1,141) |
| 2015-16 | 1,839 | 102 | 18.0:1 | 48% (884) |
| 2010-11 | 2,216 | 128 | 17.3:1 | 40% (879) |
| 2000-01 | 2,507 | 139 | 18.0:1 | 15% (370) |
| 1990-91 | 2,625 | 129 | 20.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Carroll High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 21% (1,591 to 1,928); teachers up 19% (93.6 to 111).
About Carroll High School
Carroll High School is a large high school in CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas, (ZIP code 78415). Total enrollment is 1,928 students, and the grades served are 9 through 12. It has 142% more students than the average for high schools in Texas (about 796).
CORPUS CHRISTI ISD has 54 schools and 33,103 students, and Carroll High School is one of those schools.
By race and ethnicity, Carroll High School is 80% Hispanic. The next largest groups are 12% White and 4% Black. The school's Hispanic share is 18 points above the 63% share among Nueces County residents. A diversity index of 34% means there is a 34% chance two randomly chosen students at Carroll High School are from different groups.
There are 111 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 17.4:1. The average for high schools in Texas is 15.1:1, so this school has more students per teacher. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Carroll High School is about 64%. Public schools in Nueces County average a similar 67%.
On the allk12 Grade, Carroll High School lands at C-, ahead of 22% of Texas public high schools.
A school with Carroll High School's lunch-eligibility share in Texas is predicted to score 46.5%. Carroll High School scores 44.0%, 2.5 points below that line.
American Community Survey estimates for Nueces County show that the median household earns about $66,897 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 24%, and about 13% of people live in poverty. Nueces County has 124 public schools with about 59,619 students, including Carroll High School.
Galvan Elementary School is about 0.4 miles from Carroll High School, the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Among the 7 closest schools with test data, this one included, Carroll High School ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
Carroll High School falls in the City: Large locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 1,928, compared with 1,426 in 2020-21.
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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
- 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
- Kaffie Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,154 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
- Ray High SchoolHigh · 1,578 students
- Roy Miller H S and Metro School of DesignHigh · 1,424 students
- Moody High SchoolHigh · 1,326 students
Other Carroll High schools
5 other US public schools in 5 states are named Carroll High. Carroll High School is the 2nd largest of the 6.
- Carroll High SchoolSOUTHLAKE, TX · 1,357 students
- Carroll High SchoolFort Wayne, IN · 2,623 students
- Carroll High SchoolOzark, AL · 640 students
- Carroll High SchoolMonroe, LA · 577 students
- Carroll High SchoolCarroll, IA · 483 students
Nearby schools
- Galvan Elementary School0.4 mi · 553
- Sst Corpus Christi0.5 mi · 2,343
- Sanders Elementary School1.1 mi · 279
- Kostoryz Elementary School1.3 mi · 371
- Grant Middle School1.4 mi · 772
- Browne Middle School1.5 mi · 557
Frequently asked questions
About Carroll High SchoolHow large is Carroll High School?
Carroll High School enrolls approximately 1,928 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Carroll High School serve?
Carroll High School serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Carroll High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Carroll High School is approximately 17.4:1 (111 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Carroll High School?
Carroll High School reports a student body of 12% White, 80% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Carroll High School?
Carroll High School is overseen by CORPUS CHRISTI ISD in Nueces County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.