DRISCOLL MIDDLE

DRISCOLL MIDDLE operates as a close-knit 6-8 campus in CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas, operated by CORPUS CHRISTI ISD. Current enrollment sits at 524 students spanning grades 6 through 8.

Within CORPUS CHRISTI ISD, which oversees 54 schools and 33,103 students, DRISCOLL MIDDLE is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, DRISCOLL MIDDLE records that nearly all students (89%) are Hispanic. The remainder reads as 6% Black, 4% White. The wider county runs roughly 63% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.4:1 average. An estimated 95% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Nueces County's rate of about 67%.

After controlling for student poverty, DRISCOLL MIDDLE tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 32.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 23.7%.

Around the school, Nueces County reports that median household earnings sit near $66,897, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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 DRISCOLL MIDDLE is one.

OAK PARK SPECIAL EMPHASIS SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around DRISCOLL MIDDLE. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), DRISCOLL MIDDLE ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 34.1%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 33%: 779 students in 2018 compared to 524 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 14.6:1 in 2018 to 13.1:1 in 2025.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.