Tuloso-Midway Academic Career Center
Public high school in Corpus Christi, Texas · Tuloso-Midway ISD · Grades 9–12
Tuloso-Midway Academic Career Center serves 32 students in grades 9–12 in Corpus Christi (Nueces County). It is one of 5 schools in Tuloso-Midway ISD. By enrollment it is the 1798th largest of 1,920 public high schools in Texas (median 457 students). With 7 students per full-time teacher, it has fewer 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 ÷ 4.54 full-time-equivalent teachers.
School facts
| School type | Alternative School |
| Level | High |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| District | Tuloso-Midway ISD |
| County | Nueces County |
| Area type | City, large |
| School meals | Free meals for every student (Community Eligibility Provision) |
| NCES school ID | 484335005136 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory and school characteristics; area type from NCES EDGE locale codes.
Compared with the district and Texas
| This school | Tuloso-Midway ISD | Texas high schools (median) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 32 | 3,671 | 457 |
| Students per teacher | 7 | 14.8 | 14 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | 93.8% | 49.5% | 63.8% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 7% 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.
Tuloso-Midway Academic Career Center in context
Size
Tuloso-Midway Academic Career Center is the smallest of Tuloso-Midway ISD's 2 high schools; its 32 students are 0.9% of district enrollment. Its 8 closest high schools sit a median 6.2 miles away with a median enrollment of 785; Tuloso-Midway Academic Career Center is smaller than most of them.
NCES lists it as an alternative school: one that serves students whose needs a regular school may not meet, or that offers a non-traditional program alongside regular schools.
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 11 with 10 students, and its smallest is grade 9 with 4, against an average of 8 per grade. This year grade 12 has 125% more students than grade 9 (9 against 4). 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
The largest group is Hispanic students: 87.5% here and 82.6% across Tuloso-Midway ISD. White students are next, at 12.5%.
93.8% of its students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, against 49.5% across Tuloso-Midway 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
With 4.54 full-time-equivalent teachers for 32 students, Tuloso-Midway Academic Career Center has 7 students per teacher. At the median Texas high school ratio of 14, a school with 32 students would have about 2.3 teachers, so Tuloso-Midway Academic Career Center has 2.2 more.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas high schools (14).
Location
Tuloso-Midway Academic Career Center is inside a principal city of 250,000 people or more, which NCES calls city, large. The nearest other high school is Tuloso-Midway High School, 4 miles away in the same district. Within 10 miles there are 14 other high schools, 2 of them within 5 miles.
Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.
Students by race and ethnicity
| Hispanic | 87.5% |
| White | 12.5% |
50% of students are girls and 50% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Grade 9 | 4 |
| Grade 10 | 9 |
| Grade 11 | 10 |
| Grade 12 | 9 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
7601 Leopard, Corpus Christi, TX 78409
Phone: (361)903-6450
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: Tuloso-Midway Academic Career Center. Blue: the nearest high schools.
Nearby high schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuloso-Midway High School | Tuloso-Midway ISD | 4.0 mi | 1,079 | 12.8 | 36.6% |
| West Oso High School | West Oso ISD | 4.4 mi | 491 | 12.5 | 94.7% |
| Harold T Branch Academy for Career & Technical Education | Corpus Christi ISD | 5.3 mi | 248 | 18.8 | 62.1% |
| Roy Miller H S and Metro School of Design | Corpus Christi ISD | 5.6 mi | 1,424 | 16.3 | 89.2% |
| Moody High School | Corpus Christi ISD | 6.7 mi | 1,326 | 17.1 | 87.4% |
| Coles H S and Educational Center | Corpus Christi ISD | 6.9 mi | 110 | 6.6 | 93.6% |
| Collegiate High School | Corpus Christi ISD | 7.3 mi | 390 | 21.8 | 60.5% |
| Calallen High School | Calallen ISD | 8.2 mi | 1,147 | 12.5 | 45.2% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.
Other schools in Tuloso-Midway ISD
| School | Level | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tuloso-Midway High School | High | 9–12 | 1,079 |
| Tuloso-Midway Intermediate School | Elementary | 3–5 | 905 |
| Tuloso-Midway Middle School | Middle | 6–8 | 876 |
| Tuloso-Midway Primary School | Elementary | Pre-K–2 | 779 |