Harold T Branch Academy for Career & Technical Education
Public high school in Corpus Christi, Texas · Corpus Christi ISD · Grades 9–12
Harold T Branch Academy for Career & Technical Education serves 248 students in grades 9–12 in Corpus Christi (Nueces County). It is one of 53 schools in Corpus Christi ISD. By enrollment it is the 1246th largest of 1,920 public high schools in Texas (median 457 students). With 18.8 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 ÷ 13.17 full-time-equivalent teachers.
School facts
| School type | Regular School |
| Level | High |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| District | Corpus Christi ISD |
| County | Nueces County |
| Area type | City, large |
| School meals | Free meals for every student (Community Eligibility Provision) |
| NCES school ID | 481527012733 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory and school characteristics; area type from NCES EDGE locale codes.
Compared with the district and Texas
| This school | Corpus Christi ISD | Texas high schools (median) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 248 | 33,103 | 457 |
| Students per teacher | 18.8 | 16.1 | 14 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | 62.1% | 72.3% | 63.8% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 89% 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.
Harold T Branch Academy for Career & Technical Education in context
Size
Harold T Branch Academy for Career & Technical Education is the 8th largest of Corpus Christi ISD's 9 high schools; its 248 students are 0.7% of district enrollment. The 8 nearest high schools are a median 2.4 miles away and have a median of 441 students, so Harold T Branch Academy for Career & Technical Education is smaller 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 10 with 78 students, and its smallest is grade 12 with 48, against an average of 62 per grade. This year grade 12 has 17% fewer students than grade 9 (48 against 58). 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 81.9% of enrollment, about the same share as across Corpus Christi ISD (82.2%). White students are next, at 13.7%. Students from 5 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.
62.1% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 72.3% across Corpus Christi ISD and a median of 63.8% for Texas high schools. Under the Community Eligibility Provision, every student can eat breakfast and lunch at no charge, and families fill out no meal application.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District shares weight each school by its enrollment.
Teachers
Harold T Branch Academy for Career & Technical Education has 13.17 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 18.8 students per teacher. At the median Texas high school ratio of 14, a school with 248 students would have about 17.7 teachers, so Harold T Branch Academy for Career & Technical Education has 4.5 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 Roy Miller H S and Metro School of Design, 1.5 miles away in the same district. There are 10 high schools within 5 miles and 16 within 10 miles.
Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.
Students by race and ethnicity
| Hispanic | 81.9% |
| White | 13.7% |
| Asian | 2% |
| Black | 1.6% |
| Two or more races | 0.8% |
52% of students are girls and 48% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Grade 9 | 58 |
| Grade 10 | 78 |
| Grade 11 | 64 |
| Grade 12 | 48 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
3902 Morgan Ave, Corpus Christi, TX 78405
Phone: (361)878-4780
Website: branch.ccisd.us
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: Harold T Branch Academy for Career & Technical Education. Blue: the nearest high schools.
Nearby high schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roy Miller H S and Metro School of Design | Corpus Christi ISD | 1.5 mi | 1,424 | 16.3 | 89.2% |
| West Oso High School | West Oso ISD | 1.6 mi | 491 | 12.5 | 94.7% |
| Collegiate High School | Corpus Christi ISD | 1.9 mi | 390 | 21.8 | 60.5% |
| Moody High School | Corpus Christi ISD | 2.2 mi | 1,326 | 17.1 | 87.4% |
| Coles H S and Educational Center | Corpus Christi ISD | 2.7 mi | 110 | 6.6 | 93.6% |
| Ray High School | Corpus Christi ISD | 3.0 mi | 1,578 | 16.2 | 71% |
| Richard Milburn Academy Corpus Christi | Richard Milburn Alternative High School (Killeen) | 3.2 mi | 237 | 31 | 70.5% |
| Premier H S - Corpus Christi | Premier High Schools | 3.7 mi | 137 | 21.6 | 86.9% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.