ABOUT US

About Flour Bluff Junior High

Welcome to Flour Bluff Junior High – Home of Academic Champions!! We are a highly diverse, highly motivated, highly successful school. Our students are seventh and eighth graders living in Flour Bluff, on Padre Island and on Naval Air Station, Corpus Christi. We are dedicated to our school and community and are constantly striving to be the best students and citizens we can possibly be.

One word exemplifies Flour Bluff Junior High – Heart. As you walk the halls, you immediately notice that everyone has plenty of it: the teachers and staff, mentoring and guiding students at this State Recognized Campus, the custodial staff, maintaining the building and grounds in immaculate condition, and the support staff, working behind the scenes to keep everything running smoothly. One longtime faculty member likens it to being with family all day. As with any tight-knit family, we are people working together for the benefit of all.

The results are fantastic!! They can be seen day in and day out in our students as they move through our school and community bearing the standard of success for Flour Bluff Junior High. Traditionally, Flour Bluff Junior High has produced champion math teams. We are dedicated to reaching Exemplary status.

Campus Profile

Flour Bluff Independent School District was established in 1937. The district encompasses a 156 square mile area (100 square miles of water and 56 square miles of land). The Flour Bluff/Padre Island/NAS community enjoys the advantage of being a part of the metropolitan Corpus Christi (est. pop. 320,434) with all its cultural, economic, and educational benefits. Nevertheless, the community is proud to maintain a separate independent school district emphasizing high standards and local control.

Flour Bluff Junior High School operates on a eight period schedule. The school year is divided into two semesters with three six-week grading periods per semester. Course offerings include: special education, advanced, career & technical education courses.

Grading Guidelines: Flour Bluff Junior High School is on a scale of 100. Average daily work and tests make-up 80% of a six weeks grade. Major exams make up 20% of a six weeks grade. The first semester grade is made up of 1/3 of the First Six Weeks grade, 1/3 of the Second Six Weeks grade and 1/3 of the Third Six Weeks grade. The second semester grade is made up of 1/3 of the Fourth Six Weeks grade, 1/3 of the Fifth Six Weeks grade and 1/3 of the Sixth Six Weeks grade. The yearly average is calculated by averaging 50% of the First Semester Grade and 50% of the Second Semester Grade.

High School Credit Courses: Flour Bluff Junior High students have the availability to earn high school credits at the junior high level. Students at 8th grade level who are enrolled in Algebra I, Geometry, Principles of Health Science, Principles of Business, Marketing & Finance (BMF), Principles of Arts, Audio, Visual, & Technical Communications (AAVTC), Principles of Information Technology, Theater I, Art I, Spanish I, and Spanish II  will receive high school credit for the grade earned. Students taking Algebra I in junior high will be required to take three additional years of mathematics in high school. These courses will count toward a student’s Grade Point Average in high school. Students at the 7th grade level are offered Spanish I, Algebra I, Art I, and Theatre I courses for high school credit. Students failing at the end of the first six weeks will be placed on academic probation and removed from the course if the student is not passing at Progress Report 2. Students enrolled in Algebra I will be required to take the STAAR End-of-Course (EOC) exam.

Administration

Brodie Wallace
Principal

Jennifier Krnavek
Dean of Instruction

Amanda Aguilar, Jake Lyda & Brooke Radtke
Assistant Principals

Leslie Danette Vargas & Brittany Holden
Counselors

Tracie Henderson
Administrative Assistant

Carol Buitenhuis
Registrar

STAAR Passing Rates 2024-2025

8th Grade:
Reading: 89%
Math: 82%
Science: 84%
Social Studies: 75%

Algebra I: 100%

7th Grade:
Reading: 84%
Math: 83%