TULOSO-MIDWAY H S

TULOSO-MIDWAY H S is one of the middle-of-the-pack secondary schools in CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas, run under TULOSO-MIDWAY ISD, with 1,079 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 796 students per school, that is 36% larger than typical.

Across the 5 schools in TULOSO-MIDWAY ISD (3,671 students total), TULOSO-MIDWAY H S accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, TULOSO-MIDWAY H S lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (81%); the rest breaks down as 17% White. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 63%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 84 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting TULOSO-MIDWAY H S tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 37% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Nueces County runs at roughly 67%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, TULOSO-MIDWAY H S performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 57.9%, the actual is 54.5%, a residual of -3.4 points.

Around the school, census data for Nueces County shows median household earnings sit near $66,897, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. Across Nueces County's 124 public schools (combined enrollment of about 59,619 students), TULOSO-MIDWAY H S is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: TULOSO-MIDWAY PRI, around 1.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around TULOSO-MIDWAY H S. On composite proficiency, TULOSO-MIDWAY H S comes 2nd of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 51.3%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Looking at the recent track record. TULOSO-MIDWAY H S's enrollment has decreased 8% since 2018, when it stood at 1,179 (now 1,079). Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 76% to 81%. Class-load math has rose: from 11.8:1 in 2018 to 12.8:1 in 2025.

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