Flour Bluff High School
Public high school in Corpus Christi, Texas · Flour Bluff ISD · Grades 9–12
Flour Bluff High School serves 1,940 students in grades 9–12 in Corpus Christi (Nueces County). It is one of 6 schools in Flour Bluff ISD. By enrollment it is the 353rd largest of 1,920 public high schools in Texas (median 457 students). With 14.8 students per full-time teacher, it has more students per teacher than the typical Texas high school (14).
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Rank and medians compare all 1,920 Texas high schools with enrollment listed on this site.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Students per teacher = students ÷ 131.12 full-time-equivalent teachers.
School facts
| School type | Regular School |
| Level | High |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| District | Flour Bluff ISD |
| County | Nueces County |
| Area type | City, large |
| School meals | National School Lunch Program, free or reduced price for eligible students |
| NCES school ID | 481938001797 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory and school characteristics; area type from NCES EDGE locale codes.
Compared with the district and Texas
| This school | Flour Bluff ISD | Texas high schools (median) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 1,940 | 5,559 | 457 |
| Students per teacher | 14.8 | 15.2 | 14 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | 42.9% | 50.1% | 63.8% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 57% of Texas high schools have fewer students per teacher than this school (share of schools with a lower ratio). State test results aren't published here yet.
Flour Bluff High School in context
Size
Flour Bluff High School is the only high school in Flour Bluff ISD. Its 1,940 students are 34.9% of the district's 5,559. The 8 nearest high schools are a median 9 miles away and have a median of 758 students, so Flour Bluff High School is larger than most of them.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 enrollment and school type. Share of district students = this school's students ÷ the district's students. Nearest schools by straight-line distance between NCES EDGE locations.
Grades
Its largest grade is grade 9 with 533 students, and its smallest is grade 12 with 417, against an average of 485 per grade. This year grade 12 has 22% fewer students than grade 9 (417 against 533). Each grade is a different group of students, so the gap is not a dropout or growth rate.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.
Students
Hispanic students are the largest group, at 46.3% of enrollment, a lower share than across Flour Bluff ISD (49.1%). White students are next, at 43.8%. Students from all 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.
42.9% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 50.1% across Flour Bluff ISD and a median of 63.8% for Texas high schools. Families apply for free or reduced-price meals, and eligibility depends on household income.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District shares weight each school by its enrollment.
Teachers
Flour Bluff High School has 131.12 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 14.8 students per teacher. At the median Texas high school ratio of 14, a school with 1,940 students would have about 138.6 teachers, so Flour Bluff High School has 7.5 fewer.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas high schools (14).
Location
NCES classifies its location as city, large, which means it is inside a principal city of 250,000 people or more. The nearest other high school is Veterans Memorial High School, 5 miles away in Corpus Christi ISD. There are 0 high schools within 5 miles and 8 within 10 miles.
Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.
Students by race and ethnicity
| Hispanic | 46.3% |
| White | 43.8% |
| Two or more races | 5.1% |
| Black | 2.1% |
| Asian | 1.9% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 0.4% |
48.9% of students are girls and 51.1% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Grade 9 | 533 |
| Grade 10 | 516 |
| Grade 11 | 474 |
| Grade 12 | 417 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
2601 Waldron Rd, Corpus Christi, TX 78418
Phone: (361)694-9100
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: Flour Bluff High School. Blue: the nearest high schools.
Nearby high schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Veterans Memorial High School | Corpus Christi ISD | 5.0 mi | 2,026 | 18.5 | 37.5% |
| King High School | Corpus Christi ISD | 6.9 mi | 1,279 | 15.4 | 69.7% |
| Por Vida Academy Corpus Christi | Por Vida Academy | 7.5 mi | 71 | 11.8 | – |
| Carroll High School | Corpus Christi ISD | 8.9 mi | 1,928 | 17.4 | 63.6% |
| Premier H S - Corpus Christi | Premier High Schools | 9.1 mi | 137 | 21.6 | 86.9% |
| Texasworks - Corpus Christi | Texas Works | 9.1 mi | 14 | – | – |
| Richard Milburn Academy Corpus Christi | Richard Milburn Alternative High School (Killeen) | 9.3 mi | 237 | 31 | 70.5% |
| Ray High School | Corpus Christi ISD | 9.6 mi | 1,578 | 16.2 | 71% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.
Other schools in Flour Bluff ISD
| School | Level | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Early Childhood Center | Elementary | Pre-K–K | 458 |
| Flour Bluff Elementary School | Elementary | 3–4 | 742 |
| Flour Bluff Intermediate School | Middle | 5–6 | 808 |
| Flour Bluff Junior High School | Middle | 7–8 | 892 |
| Flour Bluff Primary School | Elementary | 1–2 | 716 |