Flour Bluff High School

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Flour Bluff High School
Location
2505 Waldron Road
Corpus Christi, Texas
USA
Information
School district Flour Bluff Independent School District
Enrollment

1,685[1] (2005-06)
Faculty 102.9 (on FTE basis)[1]
Student:teacher ratio 16.4[1]
Type Public
Grades 9 to 12
Homepage Flour Bluff High School

Flour Bluff High School is a public high school in Corpus Christi, Texas (USA). It is part of the Flour Bluff Independent School District.

Located at 2505 Waldron Road, the school serves students in grades nine through twelve and is home of the Hustlin' Hornets.

The Texas Education Agency's 2007 accountability rating was "academically acceptable" with Gold Performance Acknowledgments for English Language Arts (Texas Success Initiative (TSI)), Mathematics (TSI), Social Studies (commended), and Reading/English LA (comparable improvement).[2]

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[edit] Student demographics

As of the 2005-2006 school year, Flour Bluff High had a total of 1,658 students (66.4% White, 23.3% Hispanic, 5.5% African American, 4.2% Asian/Pacific Islander, and 0.6% Native American). 30.4% of the students are considered economically disadvantaged.

Facility: Opened in 1967 New additions and renovations completed in 1999 91 Classrooms Cafetorium (900 capacity) Teaching Theater (150 capacity) Auditorium 2 Gymnasiums Library Football/athletic field

Enrollment: Total: 1,821 Students 549 Ninth Grade 496 Tenth Grade 427 Eleventh Grade 349 Twelfth Grade

Faculty & Staff: Total: 173 Staff 119 Teachers 15 Support Staff 39 Paraprofessionals

[edit] Extra-curricular activities

The Navy Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps cadets have, as of 2006, won the state drill competitions for 12 years and the national drill competition nine years.[3]

The Academic Decathlon team has, as of 2006, gone on to the state competition twelve years.[4]

[edit] Notable alumni

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c Flour Bluff HS. National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved on 2008-05-27. "Students: 1685 (2005-2006)
  2. ^ 2007 Campus AEIS Report. Texas Education Agency. Retrieved on 2008-05-28.
  3. ^ Wilson, Beth. "Flour Bluff cadets reign supreme", Caller-Times, 2006-01-29. Retrieved on 2008-05-27. 
  4. ^ Garza, Adriana. "Putting the work in teamwork", Caller-Times, 2006-02-06. Retrieved on 2008-05-27. 
  5. ^ Mark Lowry. "Drama 'King'", Fort Worth Star-Telegram, June 2, 2006, pp. S30.  (Newsbank)
  6. ^ Sheffield, Nicholas. "Flour Bluff graduate returns", The Waldron Street Journal, 2005-04-29. Retrieved on 2008-05-27. 

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