MARTIN MIDDLE

Located at 3502 GREENWOOD DR, in CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas, MARTIN MIDDLE is an intimate junior high that caters to 406 students (grades 6 through 8), overseen by CORPUS CHRISTI ISD. That puts it 37% smaller than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 643 students.

CORPUS CHRISTI ISD runs 54 schools in total, collectively educating 33,103 students. MARTIN MIDDLE is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, MARTIN MIDDLE reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (98%). The wider county runs roughly 63% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.7:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 97% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of Nueces County's rate of about 67%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, MARTIN MIDDLE sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 31.7%; this one delivers 22.3%.

Around the school, census data for Nueces County shows median household income runs about $66,897, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. Across Nueces County's 124 public schools (combined enrollment of about 59,619 students), MARTIN MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: DR M L GARZA-GONZALEZ CHARTER SCHOOL, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around MARTIN MIDDLE. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), MARTIN MIDDLE ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 39.1%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MARTIN MIDDLE has ticked down 33%, going from 609 students in 2018 to 406 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 93% to 98%. Class-load math has fell: from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 in 2025.

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