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What's the vibe like in the hallways at VETERANS MEMORIAL H S right now?
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Enrollment
2,026
High
DISTRICT 1,031 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CORPUS CHRISTI ISD·NCES 481527013128
Veterans Memorial High School
3750 CIMARRON BLVD, CORPUS CHRISTI, TX 78414 · (361) 878-7900 · Nueces County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL2,026 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 39% of Texas public high schools
- BTest 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
18.5:1
109 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.5:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
759 students
DISTRICT 76% · 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 | 503 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 547 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 478 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 498 | 25% |
Student demographics
50%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
70.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +18.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
42.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -1.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 42 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 18 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 1 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 13.0% | 57.0% | 14.0% | 16.0% |
| Mathematics | 13.0% | 29.0% | 42.0% | 16.0% |
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 | 70.0% | 42.0% |
| 2024-25 | 64.0% | 42.0% |
| 2023-24 | 68.0% | 33.0% |
| 2022-23 | 59.0% | 60.0% |
| 2021-22 | 55.0% | 50.0% |
| 2020-21 | 52.0% | 43.0% |
% 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
58.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.7%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% 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 Veterans Memorial High School
Veterans Memorial High School's state test result (58.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Veterans Memorial High School this school | 2,026 | 37.5% | 58.3% |
| Clark High School SAN ANTONIO | 2,750 | 33.6% | 66.0% |
| Churchill High School SAN ANTONIO | 2,308 | 39.8% | 56.1% |
| Taft High School SAN ANTONIO | 2,670 | 33.2% | 59.6% |
| Warren High School SAN ANTONIO | 2,542 | 41.8% | 61.0% |
| Jack C Hays High School BUDA | 2,304 | 34.8% | 62.5% |
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 Veterans Memorial High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Nueces County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.3% | #542 of 1,385 | #7 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #743 of 1,425 ▼ 96 | #10 of 17 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.0% | #358 of 1,425 ▲ 100 | #5 of 17 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.5pp | #71 of 1,184 | #2 of 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,026 | #314 of 2,107 | #1 of 27 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.5:1 | #1,221 of 1,344 | #16 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.8% | #705 of 1,346 | #3 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.5% | #1,251 of 1,522 | #18 of 21 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.2% | #355 of 557 | #9 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
2,026
-70 (-3%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
18.5:1
was 17.8:1
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 | 2,026 | 109.4 | 18.5:1 | 37% (759) |
| 2023-24 | 2,008 | 110.1 | 18.2:1 | 38% (764) |
| 2022-23 | 1,949 | 109.2 | 17.8:1 | 36% (695) |
| 2020-21 | 2,096 | 118 | 17.8:1 | 32% (676) |
| 2017-18 | 2,159 | 116.1 | 18.6:1 | 43% (920) |
| 2015-16 | 1,363 | 73 | 18.7:1 | 26% (353) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Veterans Memorial High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (2,159 to 2,026); teachers down 6% (116.1 to 109.4).
About Veterans Memorial High School
As a high-enrollment high school, Veterans Memorial High School serves students in CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas. A federal count lists 2,026 students at the school, in grades 9 through 12. An average school in this group (high schools in Texas) has about 796 students.
Veterans Memorial High School is part of CORPUS CHRISTI ISD, where 54 schools serve 33,103 students.
At Veterans Memorial High School, Hispanic students make up 68% of the student body. The school is also 19% White, 7% Asian, 4% Black, and 2% multiracial. Veterans Memorial High School's diversity index is 50%, against a US figure of 70%.
Federal data list 109.4 full-time-equivalent teachers at Veterans Memorial High School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 18.5:1. That is higher than the 15.1:1 average for high schools in Texas. The lunch program counts 37% of students at Veterans Memorial High School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. On average, public schools in Nueces County report 67%.
Measured against Texas public high schools, Veterans Memorial High School receives a C+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Veterans Memorial High School is within a point of its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (58.3% versus 57.7%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Texas.
Within Nueces County, the median household income is $66,897, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 24% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 13%. In all, Nueces County has 124 public schools and roughly 59,619 students.
The shortest distance from Veterans Memorial High School to another public school is about 0.5 miles, to Kaffie Middle School. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Veterans Memorial High School is 2nd on average proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Large, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Veterans Memorial High School's enrollment declined from 2,096 in 2020-21 to 2,026 in 2024-25.
The Veterans Memorial High School community page is open for posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
- 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
- Kaffie Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,154 students
Other schools in CORPUS CHRISTI
- Sst Corpus ChristiCombined · 2,343 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
- Moody High SchoolHigh · 1,326 students
Other Veterans Memorial High schools
2 other US public schools in 1 state are named Veterans Memorial High. Veterans Memorial High School is the largest of the 3.
- Veterans Memorial High SchoolMISSION, TX · 1,737 students
- Veterans Memorial High SchoolSAN ANTONIO, TX · 1,579 students
Nearby schools
- Kaffie Middle School0.5 mi · 1,154
- Faye Webb Elementary School0.6 mi · 634
- Kolda Elementary School0.9 mi · 641
- Mireles Elementary School1.0 mi · 621
- Moore Elementary School1.2 mi · 484
- Barnes Elementary School1.7 mi · 700
Frequently asked questions
About Veterans Memorial High SchoolHow large is Veterans Memorial High School?
Veterans Memorial High School enrolls approximately 2,026 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Veterans Memorial High School serve?
Veterans Memorial High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many teachers does Veterans Memorial High School have?
Veterans Memorial High School employs 109 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Veterans Memorial High School?
Student demographics at Veterans Memorial High School are roughly 19% White, 68% Hispanic, 4% Black, 7% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Veterans Memorial High School public or private?
Veterans Memorial High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by CORPUS CHRISTI ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.