Seashore Middle Acad, Corpus Christi TX

Original Research by School Decision on Seashore Middle Acad

Seashore Middle Academy is a small charter school in south Corpus Christi serving grades five through eight. The school operates as part of Seashore Charter Schools, a modest-sized open-enrollment charter operator, and sits in an active housing-development area where families are moving for newer schools and infrastructure.

The academic picture is uneven, with clear strength in upper grades and softer performance in lower ones. In eighth grade, the school shows strong results in English language arts and science, with roughly four in five students meeting or exceeding proficiency in reading and about three in four in science. Seventh grade also performs well across subjects. However, the lower grades tell a different story. In fifth grade, reading proficiency is solid at roughly two in three students, but math proficiency is low at roughly one in three. Sixth grade shows a steeper drop in math to roughly one in four proficient. Science proficiency in fifth grade is particularly weak at only about one in six students. The data suggest either a significant jump in student capability between sixth and seventh grade, or a notable difference in how students progress once they reach the upper level of the middle school. A parent may want to look into this further with the school, particularly if their child is entering fifth or sixth grade.

Across all tested subjects, roughly four in five students approach proficiency, meaning they are close to meeting standards. About a quarter to more than half of the school's students meet or exceed standards in most areas, with science and eighth-grade English language arts as the clearest strengths. One-fourth of students master-level proficiency in math and reading, and about two-fifths do so in science.

The school enrollment is about a hundred seventy students, split nearly evenly across the four grade levels. The population is predominantly white, with a substantial smaller share of Hispanic students and a small representation of Asian students. The school does not report free-or-reduced-price lunch counts, and data on students receiving special education or English-learner services were not available. This absence of demographic detail makes it difficult to assess whether the school serves the full spectrum of learner needs or how well it addresses gaps for particular subgroups.

The school sits in a zip code where median home values have declined modestly over the past year, and rent is stable. Corpus Christi itself is a sprawling, car-dependent coastal city anchored by military installations and energy industry, with healthcare and education as secondary major employers. Residential growth is now concentrating on the Southside and westside, where developments like Saratoga Ridge and Mirabella are bringing families seeking newer schools and infrastructure. The city's overall economic growth has been slow compared to the state, though pockets of new construction and redevelopment are visible in downtown and the bay area. For families drawn to the Southside, Seashore Middle Academy represents an open-enrollment option with solidifying upper-grade performance, though the early-grade math weakness and thin enrollment leave it a small school in a fast-changing part of the city.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 537%

School 37% · District 37%

▼ 4 pts below state median · ▼ 3 pts below county median

Grade 628%

School 28% · District 28%

▼ 6 pts below state median · ▼ 2 pts below county median

Grade 761%

School 61% · District 61%

▲ 34 pts above state median · ▲ 41 pts above county median

Grade 867%

School 67% · District 67%

▲ 25 pts above state median · ▲ 20 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 566%

School 66% · District 66%

▲ 12 pts above state median · ▲ 10 pts above county median

Grade 652%

School 52% · District 52%

even with state median · ▼ 8 pts below county median

Grade 762%

School 62% · District 62%

▲ 13 pts above state median · ▲ 4 pts above county median

Grade 881%

School 81% · District 81%

▲ 26 pts above state median · ▲ 18 pts above county median

Science

Grade 515%

School 15% · District 15%

▼ 8 pts below state median · ▼ 6 pts below county median

Grade 878%

School 78% · District 78%

▲ 36 pts above state median · ▲ 34 pts above county median

Social studies

Grade 869%

School 69% · District 69%

▲ 45 pts above state median · ▲ 46 pts above county median

This schoolSEASHORE CHARTER SCHOOLS, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.