Summary:
Zip code 78401 is served by a single school, Coles H S And Educational Center, a high school for grades 8-12 with a very small enrollment of 110 students, located in an area with a high level of economic disadvantage where 93.64% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch.
Coles H S And Educational Center is part of the Corpus Christi Independent School District (Isd), which is ranked in the 49th percentile among Texas districts. The school itself ranks in the 5th percentile statewide (1900 out of 2009 schools). Despite spending a high $17,997 per student and having a very low student-teacher ratio of 6.5:1, academic outcomes are extremely low. Proficiency rates in core subjects are drastically below district and state averages: Algebra I at 3.57%, English I Reading at 2.94%, Biology at 33.33%, and U.S. History at 36.00%. The graduation rate is 81.1%, nearly 10 points below the district average of 90.6%, while the dropout rate of 9.4% is nearly six times higher than the district's 1.6%.
The most striking finding is the paradox of high spending and low results, indicating that financial resources alone are not overcoming the profound challenges faced by the student body. The extremely low proficiency in foundational subjects like Algebra I and English I Reading suggests a crisis in core academics that directly contributes to the high dropout rate. There is a slight positive trend in English II Reading, which improved from 13.51% to 22.22% in the most recent year, potentially indicating a targeted intervention beginning to show results, though it remains far below state averages. The dropout rate of 9.4% is the most urgent metric, signaling that the school is failing to retain a significant portion of its students due to a combination of academic struggles and socioeconomic pressures.
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