LA PORTE J H

LA PORTE J H is a mid-sized 6-8 campus in LA PORTE, Texas, operated by LA PORTE ISD. The school works with 563 students in grades 7 through 8.

Within LA PORTE ISD, which oversees 13 schools and 7,099 students, LA PORTE J H is one campus in the system.

On demographics, LA PORTE J H records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 55% of enrollment. The remainder comes out to 34% White, 7% Black, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 44% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.3:1. The state averages around 14.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 49% of students at LA PORTE J H qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is below Harris County's rate of about 70%.

After controlling for student poverty, LA PORTE J H performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 52.4%, the actual is 40.2%, a residual of -12.2 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Harris County shows the typical household earns roughly $74,983 per year, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. In all, Harris County runs 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), of which LA PORTE J H is one.

LA PORTE EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around LA PORTE J H. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), LA PORTE J H ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 54.1%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Five-year trend. LA PORTE J H's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 565 (now 563). Over the same period, the Hispanic share expanded from 42% to 55%. Class-load math has rose: from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 16.3:1 in 2025.

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