Enrollment
203
High
DISTRICT 195 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PORT ARANSAS ISD·NCES 483537003996
Port Aransas High School
100 S STATION ST, PORT ARANSAS, TX 78373 · (361) 749-1206 · Nueces County
GRADES 09–12HIGH31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL203 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 97% of Texas public high schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
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 high schools
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
20%
40 students
DISTRICT 30% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 62 | 31% |
| Grade 10 | 45 | 22% |
| Grade 11 | 49 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 47 | 23% |
Student demographics
36%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 42% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within PORT ARANSAS ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
86.0%
TX avg 54.5% . -4.0pp since 2023
Mathematics
72.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -7.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 86 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 72 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are down about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 7 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 13.0% | 73.0% | 7.0% | 7.0% |
| Mathematics | 15.0% | 57.0% | 26.0% | 2.0% |
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 | 86.0% | 72.0% |
| 2024-25 | 86.0% | 58.0% |
| 2023-24 | 90.0% | 79.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
85.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.3%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+20.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 85% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 65% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 20 points, placing it in Texas's top 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 Port Aransas High School
Port Aransas High School's state test result (85.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Port Aransas High School this school | 203 | 19.7% | 85.3% |
| Panhandle High School PANHANDLE | 201 | 18.9% | 74.8% |
| Falls City High School FALLS CITY | 184 | 23.9% | 79.2% |
| Danbury High School DANBURY | 220 | 23.2% | 55.6% |
| Paradise High School PARADISE | 373 | 22.5% | 66.3% |
| Lyndon B Johnson High School JOHNSON CITY | 255 | 24.3% | 62.2% |
Matched among Texas high 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 Port Aransas High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Nueces County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 85.3% | #45 of 1,385 | #2 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 72.0% | #125 of 1,425 ▲ 134 | #1 of 17 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 86.0% | #101 of 1,425 ▼ 2 | #1 of 17 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 203 | #1,340 of 2,107 | #19 of 27 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.2:1 | #202 of 1,344 | #2 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.1% | #938 of 1,346 | #6 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 19.7% | #1,448 of 1,522 | #20 of 21 |
Ranked against other public high 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
203
+12 (+6%) vs 2020
+81% since 1990-91, when it was 112
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
was 10.6:1
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 | 203 | 18.2 | 11.2:1 | 20% (40) |
| 2023-24 | 184 | 19.3 | 9.5:1 | 24% (44) |
| 2022-23 | 204 | 18.5 | 11.0:1 | 19% (39) |
| 2020-21 | 191 | 18 | 10.6:1 | 18% (35) |
| 2017-18 | 162 | 18.5 | 8.8:1 | 78% (126) |
| 2015-16 | 177 | 19 | 9.3:1 | 21% (38) |
| 2010-11 | 191 | 22 | 8.7:1 | 21% (41) |
| 2000-01 | 185 | 16 | 11.6:1 | 18% (34) |
| 1990-91 | 112 | 12 | 9.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Port Aransas High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 25% (162 to 203); teachers down 2% (18.5 to 18.2).
About Port Aransas High School
A small high school in PORT ARANSAS, Texas, Port Aransas High School is part of PORT ARANSAS ISD. Students in grades 9 through 12 attend the school, which enrolls 203 students. For comparison, high schools in Texas average about 796 students.
Across its 3 schools, PORT ARANSAS ISD enrolls 585 students. Port Aransas High School is one of those schools.
A majority of students at Port Aransas High School, 78%, are White. Beyond that, enrollment is 18% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. The White share of the county population is lower, at 46%. Port Aransas High School has a diversity index of 36%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Its 18.2 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 11.2:1. That ratio is under the 15.1:1 average for high schools in Texas. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 20%. That is lower than the 67% average for public schools in Nueces County.
The allk12 Grade for Port Aransas High School is A+. Compared with Texas public high schools, the school scored higher than 97% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate on state tests for Port Aransas High School is 65.3%. It actually posts 85.3%, which is 20.0 points higher and in the top 10% of Texas schools.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Nueces County show that median household income is about $66,897, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 124 public schools in Nueces County, with a combined enrollment of about 59,619.
Olsen Elementary School is located less than a tenth of a mile from Port Aransas High School. Other public schools within five miles: 2. The school's 85.3% average proficiency ranks 1st among 7 nearby schools.
In the federal locale system, Port Aransas High School is coded Town: Fringe, for schools in a town close to an urbanized area.
Port Aransas High School had 191 students in 2020-21 and 203 in 2024-25, a 6% increase.
Discussions about Port Aransas High School may include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Nueces County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
352,955
Census ACS
Median income
$66,897
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
124
59,619 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in PORT ARANSAS ISD
- Olsen Elementary SchoolElementary · 263 students
- Brundrett Middle SchoolMiddle · 119 students
- Nueces Co J J Alternative Education ProgramElementary
Other schools in PORT ARANSAS
- Olsen Elementary SchoolElementary · 263 students
- Brundrett Middle SchoolMiddle · 119 students
- Nueces Co J J Alternative Education ProgramElementary
Nearby schools
- Olsen Elementary School0.1 mi · 263
- Brundrett Middle School0.1 mi · 119
- H T Faulk Elementary School7.8 mi · 432
- Aransas Pass High School8.6 mi · 431
- A C Blunt Middle School8.9 mi · 382
- Charlie Marshall Elementary School8.9 mi · 379
Frequently asked questions
About Port Aransas High SchoolHow many students attend Port Aransas High School?
Port Aransas High School enrolls approximately 203 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Port Aransas High School serve?
Port Aransas High School serves grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Port Aransas High School have?
Port Aransas High School employs 18 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.2:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Port Aransas High School?
At Port Aransas High School, the student body is approximately 78% White, 18% Hispanic, 0% Black, 4% Two or more.
Is Port Aransas High School public or private?
Port Aransas High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by PORT ARANSAS ISD.
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