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If you could change one rule at GREGORY-PORTLAND MIDDLE, what would it be?
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Enrollment
1,148
Middle
DISTRICT 718 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GREGORY-PORTLAND ISD·NCES 482178002200
Gregory-Portland Middle School
4200 WILDCAT DR, PORTLAND, TX 78374 · (361) 777-4042 · San Patricio County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,148 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 63% of Texas public middle schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public middle schools
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
76 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
526 students
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 400 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 389 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 359 | 31% |
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Gregory-Portland Middle School→Gregory-Portland High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within GREGORY-PORTLAND ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
61.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +32.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
56.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +26.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 56 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 32 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 26 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 31.0% | 30.0% | 22.0% | 17.0% |
| Mathematics | 25.0% | 31.0% | 23.0% | 21.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 61.0% | 56.0% |
| 2024-25 | 58.0% | 49.0% |
| 2023-24 | 60.0% | 54.0% |
| 2022-23 | 45.0% | 56.0% |
| 2021-22 | 41.0% | 37.0% |
| 2020-21 | 29.0% | 30.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
51.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Gregory-Portland Middle School
Gregory-Portland Middle School's state test result (51.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gregory-Portland Middle School this school | 1,148 | 45.8% | 51.9% |
| Canyon Middle School NEW BRAUNFELS | 1,251 | 43.2% | 40.7% |
| Glenn Middle School SAN ANGELO | 1,260 | 49.4% | 44.6% |
| Bradley Middle School SAN ANTONIO | 1,148 | 40.6% | 53.6% |
| Calallen Middle School CORPUS CHRISTI | 858 | 48.1% | 52.0% |
| Flour Bluff Junior High School CORPUS CHRISTI | 892 | 49.1% | 61.8% |
Matched among Texas middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Gregory-Portland Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In San Patricio County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.9% | #444 of 1,635 | #2 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #390 of 1,670 ▲ 152 | #2 of 7 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.0% | #537 of 1,670 ▲ 87 | #1 of 7 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.0pp | #921 of 1,570 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,148 | #153 of 1,749 | #1 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #898 of 1,542 | #3 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.7% | #828 of 1,543 | #2 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.8% | #1,219 of 1,648 | #7 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.0% | #310 of 437 | N/A |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,148
-1 (0%) vs 2020
+80% since 1990-91, when it was 637
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 13.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,148 | 75.7 | 15.2:1 | 46% (526) |
| 2023-24 | 1,105 | 81.6 | 13.5:1 | 50% (553) |
| 2022-23 | 1,124 | 81.1 | 13.9:1 | 48% (537) |
| 2020-21 | 1,149 | 86 | 13.4:1 | 53% (612) |
| 2017-18 | 1,083 | 77.9 | 13.9:1 | 56% (603) |
| 2015-16 | 685 | 46 | 14.9:1 | 36% (248) |
| 2010-11 | 648 | 43 | 15.1:1 | 40% (261) |
| 2000-01 | 689 | 43 | 16.0:1 | 27% (188) |
| 1990-91 | 637 | 36 | 17.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Gregory-Portland Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 6% (1,083 to 1,148); teachers down 3% (77.9 to 75.7).
About Gregory-Portland Middle School
Among the schools in PORTLAND, Texas, is Gregory-Portland Middle School, a large middle school. A total of 1,148 students attend the school, which covers grades 6 through 8. Against the 643-student average for middle schools in Texas, enrollment here is 79% higher.
Gregory-Portland Middle School is one school in a 7-school district, GREGORY-PORTLAND ISD, which enrolls 5,024 students.
At Gregory-Portland Middle School, Hispanic students make up 61% of the student body. After that, the student body is 34% White and 2% Asian. The school's diversity index is 52%, meaning two students picked at random have a 52% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Its 75.7 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 15.2:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 14.4:1 average for middle schools in Texas. The school's lunch program data list 46% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is lower than the 63% average for public schools in San Patricio County.
Measured against Texas public middle schools, Gregory-Portland Middle School receives a B. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Gregory-Portland Middle School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Texas schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 51.9% and a predicted 54.1%.
Census estimates describe San Patricio County this way: the median household income is $69,704, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 18% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 12%. In all, San Patricio County has 33 public schools and roughly 13,920 students.
The school nearest to Gregory-Portland Middle School is Clark Elementary School, at a distance of about 0.2 miles. A five-mile radius around the school includes 6 other public schools. By average proficiency, Gregory-Portland Middle School is 6th among 8 schools close by.
The NCES locale for Gregory-Portland Middle School is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The student count changed little between 2020-21 (1,149) and 2024-25 (1,148). The school's ratio rose from 13.4:1 to 15.2:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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San Patricio County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
70,181
Census ACS
Median income
$69,704
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
33
13,920 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in GREGORY-PORTLAND ISD
- Gregory-Portland High SchoolHigh · 1,511 students
- Andrews Elementary SchoolElementary · 530 students
- Early Childhood CenterElementary · 529 students
- East Cliff Elementary SchoolElementary · 474 students
- Clark Elementary SchoolElementary · 457 students
- Austin Elementary SchoolElementary · 375 students
Other schools in PORTLAND
- Gregory-Portland High SchoolHigh · 1,511 students
- Andrews Elementary SchoolElementary · 530 students
- Early Childhood CenterElementary · 529 students
- East Cliff Elementary SchoolElementary · 474 students
- Clark Elementary SchoolElementary · 457 students
Nearby schools
- Clark Elementary School0.2 mi · 457
- Gregory-Portland High School0.7 mi · 1,511
- Early Childhood Center0.9 mi · 529
- East Cliff Elementary School1.0 mi · 474
- Andrews Elementary School1.6 mi · 530
- Austin Elementary School2.9 mi · 375
Frequently asked questions
About Gregory-Portland Middle SchoolHow large is Gregory-Portland Middle School?
Gregory-Portland Middle School enrolls approximately 1,148 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Gregory-Portland Middle School serve?
Gregory-Portland Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Gregory-Portland Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Gregory-Portland Middle School is approximately 15.2:1 (76 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Gregory-Portland Middle School?
At Gregory-Portland Middle School, the student body is approximately 34% White, 61% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Gregory-Portland Middle School public or private?
Gregory-Portland Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by GREGORY-PORTLAND ISD.
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