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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at KAFFIE MIDDLE this year?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
1,154
Middle
DISTRICT 648 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CORPUS CHRISTI ISD·NCES 481527006528
Kaffie Middle School
5922 BROCKHAMPTON ST, CORPUS CHRISTI, TX 78414 · (361) 878-3700 · Nueces County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,154 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 41% of Texas public middle schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- FThree-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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
20.1:1
57 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
456 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 | 433 | 38% |
| Grade 7 | 362 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 359 | 31% |
Student demographics
45%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
63.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +1.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
50.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -9.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 50 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 1 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 9 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 34.0% | 29.0% | 22.0% | 15.0% |
| Mathematics | 24.0% | 26.0% | 25.0% | 25.0% |
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 | 63.0% | 50.0% |
| 2024-25 | 62.0% | 47.0% |
| 2023-24 | 66.0% | 40.0% |
| 2022-23 | 68.0% | 54.0% |
| 2021-22 | 67.0% | 47.0% |
| 2020-21 | 62.0% | 59.0% |
% 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
49.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 Kaffie Middle School
Kaffie Middle School's state test result (49.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kaffie Middle School this school | 1,154 | 39.5% | 49.1% |
| Jefferson Middle School SAN ANTONIO | 990 | 39.6% | 49.4% |
| Hornedo Middle School EL PASO | 1,442 | 39.3% | 62.8% |
| Stinson Middle School SAN ANTONIO | 898 | 40.8% | 48.3% |
| Luna Middle School SAN ANTONIO | 1,114 | 45.3% | 38.8% |
| Bradley Middle School SAN ANTONIO | 1,148 | 40.6% | 53.6% |
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 Kaffie Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Nueces County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.1% | #532 of 1,635 | #10 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #548 of 1,670 ▲ 48 | #10 of 22 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #464 of 1,670 ▲ 9 | #8 of 22 ▲ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -4.5pp | #101 of 1,570 | #4 of 20 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,154 | #151 of 1,749 | #1 of 22 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.1:1 | #1,514 of 1,542 | #19 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.9% | #1,022 of 1,543 | #6 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 39.5% | #1,336 of 1,648 | #18 of 21 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.9% | #268 of 437 | N/A |
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
1,154
+275 (+31%) vs 2020
+8% since 1990-91, when it was 1,071
Student : Teacher
20.1:1
was 18.3:1
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 | 1,154 | 57.5 | 20.1:1 | 40% (456) |
| 2023-24 | 994 | 51.9 | 19.2:1 | 44% (438) |
| 2022-23 | 762 | 39.2 | 19.4:1 | 46% (353) |
| 2020-21 | 879 | 48 | 18.3:1 | 42% (369) |
| 2017-18 | 1,070 | 55.9 | 19.1:1 | 50% (532) |
| 2015-16 | 1,007 | 54 | 18.6:1 | 32% (321) |
| 2010-11 | 952 | 48 | 19.8:1 | 33% (317) |
| 2000-01 | 785 | 48 | 16.4:1 | 34% (270) |
| 1990-91 | 1,071 | 54 | 19.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kaffie Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 8% (1,070 to 1,154); teachers up 3% (55.9 to 57.5).
About Kaffie Middle School
Kaffie Middle School is the name of a large middle school in CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas. It educates 1,154 students in grades 6 through 8. The typical figure for middle schools in Texas is about 643 students.
CORPUS CHRISTI ISD runs 54 schools with a combined 33,103 students. Kaffie Middle School is one of them.
Hispanic students make up a majority at Kaffie Middle School, at 72%. The remaining students are 17% White, 4% Black, 4% Asian, and 3% multiracial. Census figures show Nueces County is about 63% Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 45% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school reports 57.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 20.1 students per teacher. That is 5.7 students per teacher above the 14.4:1 average for middle schools in Texas. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 40% of students. The 67% average for public schools in Nueces County is 27 points higher.
The allk12 Grade for Kaffie Middle School is C+. Compared with Texas public middle schools, the school scored higher than 41% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The model predicts 56.8% for a school in Texas with Kaffie Middle School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Kaffie Middle School posts 49.1%.
Nueces County census figures show that the median household income is $66,897, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 24% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 13%. Nueces County is home to 124 public schools and about 59,619 public school students.
Faye Webb Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles away. Within five miles of Kaffie Middle School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 49.1% is below the 53.1% average for nearby schools.
Locale: City: Large. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment is up 31% from 2020-21, when Kaffie Middle School had 879 students, to 2024-25, when it had 1,154. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio rose from 18.3:1 to 20.1:1.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Kaffie Middle School covering things like sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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
Nearby schools
- Faye Webb Elementary School0.3 mi · 634
- Veterans Memorial High School0.5 mi · 2,026
- Mireles Elementary School1.0 mi · 621
- Moore Elementary School1.2 mi · 484
- Club Estates1.3 mi · 406
- Kolda Elementary School1.4 mi · 641
Frequently asked questions
About Kaffie Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Kaffie Middle School?
Kaffie Middle School enrolls approximately 1,154 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Kaffie Middle School serve?
Kaffie Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Kaffie Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Kaffie Middle School is approximately 20.1:1 (57 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Kaffie Middle School?
At Kaffie Middle School, the student body is approximately 17% White, 72% Hispanic, 4% Black, 4% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Kaffie Middle School?
Kaffie Middle 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.