b'E d u c a t i o nCorpus Christi Area Independent School DistrictsDISTRICTSTUDENTS (2020)MASCOTCorpus Christi34,511(Multi)Flour Bluff5,553HornetsGregory-Portland4,720WildcatsCalallen3,956WildcatsTuloso-Midway3,846WarriorsRobstown2,601Cotton PickersFlour Bluff ISD schools and facilities Incarnate Word graduation West Oso1,977BearsSUBURBAN DISTRICTS & PRIVATE SCHOOLS London1,280PiratesPort Aransas503MarlinsA total of six independent school districts operateacademically of all districts in the Coastal Bend, and theoil production fields, and the needs of recently-immi-within the Corpus Christi city limits, and the Romanhigh schools Junior Navy ROTC team is the winningestgrated kids, including bi-lingual education, is of specific Catholic Diocese of Corpus Christi operates 13 privateand most celebrated in national progam history. importance. Educators in the Coastal Bend find great campuses including two high schools, Saint John PaulAt the opposite end of the bay, the Gregory-Portlandpride in the success of first-generation Americans.II and Incarnate Word Academy. Five private schools inISD has expanded and improved student facilities toThe most economically and socially challenged section Corpus Christi are not operated by the Roman Catholicaccommodate record residential growth in the area,of Corpus Christi falls within the West Oso ISD, an area Diocese, the largest of which is St. James Episcopalthat includes Molina, the neighborhood where Eva School, with less than 300 students in grades K-8. while maintaining high academic performance. Longoria grew up. The district is led by the legendary Five school districts operate mainly in the outer reachesIn Northwest Corpus Christi, two districts of equal sizeformer principal of Moody High School, Conrado Gar-of the city, the largest of which is the Flour Bluff ISDserve suburban and rural populations, Tuloso-Midwaycia, where vocational programs that he implemented covering the area east of Oso Bay toward and includ- and Calallen, and the farthest-west sections of Nuecescontinue to provide opportunity and prosperity to its ing North Padre Island and part of Mustang Island. ForCounty are served by the Bishop ISD and the Robstowngraduates. Superintendent Garcia brings the kind of generations, Flour Bluff has ranked among the highestISD. These districts cover large swaths of farmland andforward thinking needed for the kids at West Oso.68 THE COASTAL BEND GUIDE TheCoastalBend.com'