HAAS MIDDLE

As a cozy 6-8 campus in CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas, HAAS MIDDLE works with 545 students from grades 6 through 8, part of CORPUS CHRISTI ISD.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, HAAS MIDDLE records that 87% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Beyond that, the school reports 8% White, 3% Black. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 63%.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.4:1 average. About 86% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Nueces County (around 67%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, HAAS MIDDLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 36.2%, the actual is 30.2%, a residual of -6.0 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Nueces County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $66,897 per year, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. HAAS MIDDLE is one of 124 public schools in Nueces County (combined enrollment of about 59,619 students).

The closest other public school is SMITH EL, roughly 0.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around HAAS MIDDLE. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts HAAS MIDDLE at 6th of 6; the average score across the group is 50.9%.

HAAS MIDDLE operates from a high-density location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 44%: 378 students in 2018 compared to 545 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 77% to 87% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 13.6:1 today.

Inside the community feed, the feed for HAAS MIDDLE typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.