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Enrollment
1,720
High
DISTRICT 575 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PORT NECHES-GROVES ISD·NCES 483543004020
Port Neches-Groves High School
1401 MERRIMAN ST, PORT NECHES, TX 77651 · (409) 729-7644 · Jefferson County
GRADES 09–12HIGH22-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,720 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 41% of Texas public high schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-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 high schools
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
116 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 7.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
644 students
DISTRICT 45% · STATE 65%
Community
1
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 | 445 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 411 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 429 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 435 | 25% |
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · 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
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
56.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +39.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
39.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +7.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 39 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 39 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 7 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 7.0% | 49.0% | 18.0% | 26.0% |
| Mathematics | 10.0% | 29.0% | 42.0% | 19.0% |
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 | 56.0% | 39.0% |
| 2024-25 | 54.0% | 34.0% |
| 2023-24 | 53.0% | 26.0% |
| 2022-23 | 16.0% | 15.0% |
| 2021-22 | 14.0% | 14.0% |
| 2020-21 | 17.0% | 32.0% |
% 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
53.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.7%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 Port Neches-Groves High School
Port Neches-Groves High School's state test result (53.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Port Neches-Groves High School this school | 1,720 | 37.4% | 53.4% |
| Nederland High School NEDERLAND | 1,500 | 39.3% | 61.8% |
| Burleson High School BURLESON | 1,791 | 35.3% | 60.8% |
| Lake Dallas High School CORINTH | 1,283 | 35.1% | 59.0% |
| Kingwood Park High School KINGWOOD | 1,884 | 33.2% | 65.1% |
| Stratford High School HOUSTON | 2,394 | 32.2% | 69.7% |
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 Neches-Groves High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.4% | #699 of 1,385 | #5 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #860 of 1,425 ▲ 23 | #4 of 8 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #771 of 1,425 ▼ 9 | #5 of 8 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +32.0pp | #116 of 1,184 | #2 of 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,720 | #403 of 2,107 | #4 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #692 of 1,344 | #5 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.0% | #360 of 1,346 | #3 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.4% | #1,252 of 1,522 | #10 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +16.5% | #261 of 672 | N/A |
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
1,720
+244 (+17%) vs 2020
+74% since 1990-91, when it was 991
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 13.9:1
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 | 1,720 | 116.2 | 14.8:1 | 37% (644) |
| 2023-24 | 1,681 | 116.2 | 14.5:1 | 42% (712) |
| 2022-23 | 1,627 | 114.4 | 14.2:1 | 43% (693) |
| 2020-21 | 1,476 | 106 | 13.9:1 | 37% (545) |
| 2017-18 | 1,477 | 105.4 | 14.0:1 | 31% (458) |
| 2015-16 | 1,439 | 102 | 14.1:1 | 26% (380) |
| 2010-11 | 1,415 | 106 | 13.3:1 | 14% (195) |
| 2000-01 | 1,582 | 103 | 15.4:1 | 6% (96) |
| 1990-91 | 991 | 86 | 11.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Port Neches-Groves High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 16% (1,477 to 1,720); teachers up 10% (105.4 to 116.2).
About Port Neches-Groves High School
Located in PORT NECHES, Texas, Port Neches-Groves High School is a high-enrollment high school. It had 1,720 students in 2024-25, spanning grades 9 through 12. That compares with an average of about 796 students for high schools in Texas.
PORT NECHES-GROVES ISD has a total of 9 schools and 5,349 students, Port Neches-Groves High School among them.
The student body at Port Neches-Groves High School is 54% White. Other reported shares: 32% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 5% Black, and 3% multiracial. Jefferson County's residents are about 40% White, 14 points below the school's share. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 60, compared with 70 nationally.
For every teacher at Port Neches-Groves High School, there are about 14.8 students; the school has 116.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. It is about the same as the 15.1:1 average for high schools in Texas. There are 644 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 37% of enrollment. The average for public schools in Jefferson County is 71%.
Port Neches-Groves High School holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 41% of Texas public high schools.
Port Neches-Groves High School scores 53.4% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 57.7%.
In the wider Jefferson County area, the median household earns about $60,026 a year, about 20% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 16%. Port Neches-Groves High School shares Jefferson County with 91 other public schools.
Port Neches-Groves High School's nearest public school is Port Neches Middle School (about 0.7 miles). Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Port Neches-Groves High School ranks 4th of 7 on average proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Mid-size, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment increased from 1,476 to 1,720, a 17% rise.
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Jefferson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
253,878
Census ACS
Median income
$60,026
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
92
42,825 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in PORT NECHES-GROVES ISD
- Groves Middle SchoolMiddle · 647 students
- Groves Primary SchoolElementary · 613 students
- Groves Intermediate SchoolElementary · 609 students
- Port Neches Intermediate SchoolElementary · 607 students
- Port Neches Middle SchoolMiddle · 575 students
- Port Neches Primary SchoolElementary · 574 students
Other schools in PORT NECHES
- Port Neches Intermediate SchoolElementary · 607 students
- Port Neches Middle SchoolMiddle · 575 students
- Port Neches Primary SchoolElementary · 574 students
- Alter SchoolHigh · 2 students
- Port Neches Elementary SchoolCombined
- Ridgewood Elementary SchoolCombined
Nearby schools
- Port Neches Middle School0.7 mi · 575
- Alter School0.8 mi · 2
- Port Neches Intermediate School0.8 mi · 607
- Port Neches Primary School1.7 mi · 574
- Highland Park Elementary School1.9 mi · 547
- Langham Elementary School2.6 mi · 553
Frequently asked questions
About Port Neches-Groves High SchoolHow many students attend Port Neches-Groves High School?
Port Neches-Groves High School enrolls approximately 1,720 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Port Neches-Groves High School serve?
Port Neches-Groves High School serves grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at Port Neches-Groves High School?
Approximately 14.8:1 students per teacher at Port Neches-Groves High School.
How diverse is Port Neches-Groves High School?
Port Neches-Groves High School reports a student body of 54% White, 32% Hispanic, 5% Black, 6% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Port Neches-Groves High School?
Port Neches-Groves High School is overseen by PORT NECHES-GROVES ISD in Jefferson County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.