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Enrollment
1,079
High
DISTRICT 556 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TULOSO-MIDWAY ISD·NCES 484335004923
Tuloso-Midway High School
2653 MCKINZIE, CORPUS CHRISTI, TX 78410 · (361) 903-6700 · Nueces County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL1,079 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 39% of Texas public high schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+Three-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 high schools
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
84 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.9:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
395 students
DISTRICT 59% · 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 318 | 29% |
| Grade 10 | 285 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 263 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 213 | 20% |
Student demographics
31%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 29% · 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% . +40.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
47.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +47.0pp 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 47 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 40 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 47 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 11.0% | 52.0% | 16.0% | 21.0% |
| Mathematics | 18.0% | 29.0% | 38.0% | 15.0% |
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% | 47.0% |
| 2024-25 | 62.0% | 34.0% |
| 2023-24 | 66.0% | 26.0% |
| 2022-23 | 50.0% | 17.0% |
| 2021-22 | 32.0% | 16.0% |
| 2020-21 | 23.0% | 0.0% |
% 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
54.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 Tuloso-Midway High School
Tuloso-Midway High School's state test result (54.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tuloso-Midway High School this school | 1,079 | 36.6% | 54.3% |
| Andrews High School ANDREWS | 1,193 | 43.3% | 49.5% |
| Monahans High School MONAHANS | 624 | 41.3% | 48.3% |
| Santa Gertrudis Academy High School KINGSVILLE | 393 | 41.2% | 67.6% |
| Young Women's Leadership Academy SAN ANTONIO | 534 | 44.4% | 76.6% |
| Warren High School SAN ANTONIO | 2,542 | 41.8% | 61.0% |
Matched among Texas high 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 Tuloso-Midway High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Nueces County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.3% | #675 of 1,385 | #8 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #612 of 1,425 ▲ 275 | #7 of 17 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #548 of 1,425 ▼ 17 | #9 of 17 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +21.5pp | #361 of 1,184 | #4 of 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,079 | #556 of 2,107 | #9 of 27 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #386 of 1,344 | #6 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 31.3% | #997 of 1,346 | #10 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 36.6% | #1,269 of 1,522 | #19 of 21 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.5% | #289 of 557 | #7 of 10 |
Ranked against other public high 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
1,079
-21 (-2%) vs 2020
+27% since 1990-91, when it was 850
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 12.0:1
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 | 1,079 | 84.4 | 12.8:1 | 37% (395) |
| 2023-24 | 1,069 | 92 | 11.6:1 | 55% (591) |
| 2022-23 | 1,062 | 94.8 | 11.2:1 | 57% (608) |
| 2020-21 | 1,100 | 92 | 12.0:1 | 60% (655) |
| 2017-18 | 1,179 | 100.4 | 11.8:1 | 61% (725) |
| 2015-16 | 1,174 | 92 | 12.8:1 | 44% (514) |
| 2010-11 | 1,045 | 75 | 13.9:1 | 42% (437) |
| 2000-01 | 906 | 71 | 12.8:1 | 27% (249) |
| 1990-91 | 850 | 65 | 13.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Tuloso-Midway High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (1,179 to 1,079); teachers down 16% (100.4 to 84.4).
About Tuloso-Midway High School
Among the schools in CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas, is Tuloso-Midway High School, a medium-sized high school. The latest federal count shows 1,079 students in grades 9 through 12. Against the 796-student average for high schools in Texas, enrollment here is 36% higher.
Enrollment across the 5 schools in TULOSO-MIDWAY ISD totals 3,671 students.
Hispanic students are the large majority at Tuloso-Midway High School, with 81% of enrollment. Next come 17% White. That compares with about 63% Hispanic among all Nueces County residents. By the diversity index, Tuloso-Midway High School comes in at 31%.
The school reported 84.4 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 12.8:1. The 15.1:1 average for high schools in Texas is higher than this school's figure. Eligible students account for 37% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. Compared with the 67% average for public schools in Nueces County, the school's rate is lower.
The allk12 Grade for Tuloso-Midway High School is C+. Compared with Texas public high schools, the school scored higher than 39% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
A school with Tuloso-Midway High School's lunch-eligibility share in Texas is predicted to score 58.1%. Tuloso-Midway High School scores 54.3%, 3.7 points below that line.
In Nueces County (population about 352,955), median household income is about $66,897, roughly 24% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Tuloso-Midway High School is one of 124 public schools in Nueces County, which together enroll about 59,619 students.
The nearest other public school, Tuloso-Midway Primary School, is about 1.0 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Tuloso-Midway High School. Tuloso-Midway High School places 2nd of 6 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Its NCES locale code is City: Large: the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The student count changed little between 2020-21 (1,100) and 2024-25 (1,079).
Parents and students can post about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Tuloso-Midway High School. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 TULOSO-MIDWAY ISD
- Tuloso-Midway Intermediate SchoolElementary · 905 students
- Tuloso-Midway Middle SchoolMiddle · 876 students
- Tuloso-Midway Primary SchoolElementary · 779 students
- Tuloso-Midway Academic Career CenterHigh · 32 students
- Nueces Co J J Alternative Education ProgramElementary
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
- Tuloso-Midway Primary School1.0 mi · 779
- Tuloso-Midway Middle School1.2 mi · 876
- Tuloso-Midway Intermediate School1.7 mi · 905
- Calallen East Elementary School2.1 mi · 470
- Calallen Middle School3.9 mi · 858
- Tuloso-Midway Academic Career Center4.0 mi · 32
Frequently asked questions
About Tuloso-Midway High SchoolHow large is Tuloso-Midway High School?
Tuloso-Midway High School enrolls approximately 1,079 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Tuloso-Midway High School serve?
Tuloso-Midway High School serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Tuloso-Midway High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Tuloso-Midway High School is approximately 12.8:1 (84 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Tuloso-Midway High School?
At Tuloso-Midway High School, the student body is approximately 17% White, 81% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Tuloso-Midway High School?
Tuloso-Midway High School is overseen by TULOSO-MIDWAY ISD in Nueces County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.