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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROBSTOWN ISD·NCES 483744004204

ROBSTOWN EARLY COLLEGE H S

609 HWY 44, ROBSTOWN, TX 78380 · (361) 767-6600 · Nueces County
GRADES 09–12HIGH41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL750 STUDENTS
Enrollment
750
High
DISTRICT 514 · STATE 796
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
52 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.4:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
642 students
DISTRICT 90% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Grade 9
216
Grade 10
190
Grade 11
151
Grade 12
193
Student demographics
White
162%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 24%
Hispanic
72096%
DISTRICT 96% · STATE 54%
Black
91%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 13%
Asian
20%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 6%
Two+
10%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 3%
Native American
20%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Male
36348%
Female
38752%

School pathway

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Test scores

STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or Above
Reading
42.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +21.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
20.0%
TX avg 42.0% . +0.0pp since 2020

What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 20 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 21 points since 2020, while math scores have held steady.

Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
31.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.0pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 →

7-year change

SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25
Enrollment
750
+60 (+9%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 13.0:1
% White
2%
was 2%
% Hispanic
96%
was 98%
% Black
1%
was 1%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

About ROBSTOWN EARLY COLLEGE H S

ROBSTOWN EARLY COLLEGE H S operates as a medium-sized senior high in ROBSTOWN, Texas, overseen by ROBSTOWN ISD. Current enrollment sits at 750 students spanning grades 9 through 12.

Across the 5 schools in ROBSTOWN ISD (2,570 students total), ROBSTOWN EARLY COLLEGE H S accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, ROBSTOWN EARLY COLLEGE H S logs that nearly all students (96%) are Hispanic. The remainder consists of 2% White. The wider county runs roughly 63% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting ROBSTOWN EARLY COLLEGE H S tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 86% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Nueces County runs at roughly 67%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, ROBSTOWN EARLY COLLEGE H S performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 36.5%, the actual is 31.5%, a residual of -5.0 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Nueces County put median household income runs about $66,897, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. Across Nueces County's 124 public schools (combined enrollment of about 59,619 students), ROBSTOWN EARLY COLLEGE H S is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: ROBERT DRISCOLL JR STEM ACADEMY, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around ROBSTOWN EARLY COLLEGE H S. On composite proficiency, ROBSTOWN EARLY COLLEGE H S comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 39.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 9%: 690 students in 2018 compared to 750 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 13.0:1 in 2018 to 14.4:1 today.

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Nueces County at a glance

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Population
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

School name
ROBSTOWN EARLY COLLEGE H S
District
ROBSTOWN ISD
Address
609 HWY 44, ROBSTOWN, TX 78380
Phone
(361) 767-6600
County
Nueces County
Level
High
Grade range
09–12
Total enrollment
750
Teachers (FTE)
52
Student–teacher ratio
14.4:1
Free/Reduced lunch
642 (86%)
Locale
41-Rural: Fringe
NCES ID
483744004204
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About ROBSTOWN EARLY COLLEGE H S
What is the total enrollment at ROBSTOWN EARLY COLLEGE H S?
ROBSTOWN EARLY COLLEGE H S enrolls approximately 750 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does ROBSTOWN EARLY COLLEGE H S serve?
ROBSTOWN EARLY COLLEGE H S serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at ROBSTOWN EARLY COLLEGE H S?
Approximately 14.4:1 students per teacher at ROBSTOWN EARLY COLLEGE H S.
How diverse is ROBSTOWN EARLY COLLEGE H S?
ROBSTOWN EARLY COLLEGE H S reports a student body of 2% White, 96% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees ROBSTOWN EARLY COLLEGE H S?
ROBSTOWN EARLY COLLEGE H S is overseen by ROBSTOWN ISD in Nueces County.
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