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Enrollment
524
Middle
DISTRICT 648 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CORPUS CHRISTI ISD·NCES 481527001053
Driscoll Middle School
3501 KENWOOD DR, CORPUS CHRISTI, TX 78408 · (361) 878-4660 · Nueces County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL524 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
499 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 | 173 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 170 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 181 | 35% |
Student demographics
20%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
33.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +20.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
29.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +8.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 29 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 20 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 8 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 9.0% | 24.0% | 27.0% | 40.0% |
| Mathematics | 10.0% | 19.0% | 26.0% | 45.0% |
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 | 33.0% | 29.0% |
| 2024-25 | 30.0% | 29.0% |
| 2023-24 | 28.0% | 18.0% |
| 2022-23 | 25.0% | 16.0% |
| 2021-22 | 25.0% | 20.0% |
| 2020-21 | 13.0% | 21.0% |
% 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
23.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 Driscoll Middle School
Driscoll Middle School's state test result (23.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Driscoll Middle School this school | 524 | 95.2% | 23.1% |
| KIPP 3D Academy HOUSTON | 513 | 95.9% | 38.5% |
| Zan Wesley Holmes Jr Middle School DALLAS | 570 | 97.0% | 32.7% |
| Energized for Excellence Academy Inc Middle School HOUSTON | 515 | 96.9% | 40.5% |
| Raul Quintanilla Sr Middle Steam Academy DALLAS | 556 | 95.1% | 35.9% |
| KIPP Austin College Prep AUSTIN | 465 | 94.2% | 28.7% |
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 Driscoll Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Nueces County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.1% | #1,554 of 1,635 | #20 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.0% | #1,388 of 1,670 ▼ 68 | #19 of 22 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #1,610 of 1,670 ▲ 2 | #21 of 22 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +10.5pp | #751 of 1,570 | #4 of 20 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 524 | #1,052 of 1,749 | #12 of 22 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #352 of 1,542 | #4 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 20.4% | #1,294 of 1,543 | #15 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.2% | #102 of 1,648 | #3 of 21 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -32.7% | #107 of 942 | #3 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
524
-161 (-24%) vs 2020
-43% since 1990-91, when it was 919
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 524 | 40.1 | 13.1:1 | 95% (499) |
| 2023-24 | 560 | 43.1 | 13.0:1 | 96% (536) |
| 2022-23 | 661 | 47.6 | 13.9:1 | 95% (627) |
| 2020-21 | 685 | 45 | 15.2:1 | 93% (634) |
| 2017-18 | 779 | 53.3 | 14.6:1 | 96% (744) |
| 2015-16 | 768 | 51 | 15.1:1 | 64% (490) |
| 2010-11 | 608 | 41 | 14.8:1 | 90% (549) |
| 2000-01 | 756 | 48 | 15.8:1 | 83% (628) |
| 1990-91 | 919 | 60 | 15.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Driscoll Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 33% (779 to 524); teachers down 25% (53.3 to 40.1).
About Driscoll Middle School
Driscoll Middle School sits in CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas, and is classified as a middle-grades school. The school's enrollment of 524 students covers grades 6 through 8.
A total of 54 schools make up CORPUS CHRISTI ISD, with 33,103 students enrolled.
The student body at Driscoll Middle School is 89% Hispanic. Enrollment also includes 6% Black and 4% White. Among people living in Nueces County, the Hispanic share is about 63%. The school's diversity index is 20%, meaning two students picked at random have a 20% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school employs the equivalent of 40.1 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 13.1:1. That is 1.3 students per teacher below the 14.4:1 average for middle schools in Texas. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Driscoll Middle School is 95%. Public schools in Nueces County average 67%.
Driscoll Middle School's average proficiency rate on state tests of 23.1% is 9.9 points below the 33.0% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Census estimates describe Nueces County this way: the median household income is $66,897, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Driscoll Middle School, Nueces County has 123 other public schools.
Oak Park Special Emphasis School is the closest public school, about 0.5 miles away in a straight line. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Driscoll Middle School comes in 8th of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Driscoll Middle School is coded as City: Large in federal locale data.
Driscoll Middle School's enrollment dropped from 685 in 2020-21 to 524 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 15.2:1; by 2024-25 it was 13.1:1.
Parents and students can post about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Driscoll Middle School. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 Driscoll Middle schools
One other US public school is named Driscoll Middle. Driscoll Middle School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Driscoll Middle SchoolSAN ANTONIO, TX · 535 students
Nearby schools
- Oak Park Special Emphasis School0.5 mi · 541
- Roy Miller H S and Metro School of Design0.6 mi · 1,424
- Zavala Elementary School0.7 mi · 433
- Harold T Branch Academy for Career & Technical Ed1.0 mi · 248
- Promesa College Prep West Corpus Christi1.1 mi · 358
- Shaw Ses1.6 mi · 638
Frequently asked questions
About Driscoll Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Driscoll Middle School?
Driscoll Middle School enrolls approximately 524 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Driscoll Middle School serve?
Driscoll Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Driscoll Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Driscoll Middle School is approximately 13.1:1 (40 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Driscoll Middle School?
At Driscoll Middle School, the student body is approximately 4% White, 89% Hispanic, 6% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Driscoll Middle School public or private?
Driscoll 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.