Flour Bluff High School

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name = Flour Bluff High School


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location = 2505 Waldron Road
Corpus Christi, Texas
district = Flour Bluff Independent School District
country = USA
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faculty = 102.9 (on FTE basis) [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&SchoolID=481938001797&ID=481938001797 Flour Bluff HS] . National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved on 2008-05-27. "Students: 1685 (2005-2006)]
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enrollment = 1,685
enrollment_as_of = 2005-06
type = Public
grades = 9 to 12
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homepage = [http://www.flourbluffschools.net/html/campus/highschool.html 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).cite web|url=http://www.tea.state.tx.us/cgi/sas/broker?_service=marykay&_program=perfrept.perfmast.sas&prgopt=2007/aeis/alltypec.sas&year4=2007&search=campback&year2=07&topic=aeis&ptype=HTML&third=0&sublevel=camp&gifname=g_aeis05campus&title=AEIS+Report&level=Campus&campback=178914001|title=2007 Campus AEIS Report|publisher=Texas Education Agency|accessdate=2008-05-28]

tudent 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 1967New 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

Extra-curricular activities

The Navy Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps cadets have, as of 2008, have won the National Championships for the 14th year now. [cite news|url=http://www.caller.com/ccct/local_news/article/0,1641,CCCT_811_4425232,00.html|title=Flour Bluff cadets reign supreme|last=Wilson|first=Beth|date=2006-01-29|publisher=Caller-Times|accessdate=2008-05-27]

The Academic Decathlon team has, as of 2006, gone on to the state competition twelve years. [cite news|url=http://www.caller.com/ccct/local_news/article/0,1641,CCCT_811_4444665,00.html|title=Putting the work in teamwork|last=Garza|first=Adriana|date=2006-02-06|publisher=Caller-Times|accessdate=2008-05-27]

Notable alumni

*Lou Diamond Phillips, actor [cite news |author=Mark Lowry |title=Drama 'King' |work=Fort Worth Star-Telegram |date=June 2 2006 |pages=S30 ( [http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=ST&s_site=dfw&p_multi=ST&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=112006DB8BCEE748&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM Newsbank] )] [cite news|url=http://my.hsj.org/tx/corpuschristi/fbhs/article.cfm?eid=3537&aid=48985|title=Flour Bluff graduate returns|last=Sheffield|first=Nicholas|date=2005-04-29|publisher=The Waldron Street Journal|accessdate=2008-05-27] JD Gonzalez- AKA "BO LEO" Former DJ of KXTN 107.5 San Antonio. Currently Vice president of programming for Univision Radio.

References

External links

* [http://www.flourbluffschools.net/html/campus/highschool.html Flour Bluff High School]
* [http://www.flourbluffschools.net/ Flour Bluff ISD]