PORT NECHES-GROVES H S

Located at 1401 MERRIMAN ST, in PORT NECHES, Texas, PORT NECHES-GROVES H S is a substantial senior high that hosts 1,720 students (grades 9 through 12), run under PORT NECHES-GROVES ISD. Enrollment runs roughly 116% larger than the state mean of about 796.

PORT NECHES-GROVES ISD runs 9 schools in total, collectively educating 5,349 students. PORT NECHES-GROVES H S is one of those campuses.

Demographically, PORT NECHES-GROVES H S lists that the largest single group is White at 54%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 32% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 5% Black, 3% multiracial. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 40%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 116 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.8:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 37% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Jefferson County (around 71%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, PORT NECHES-GROVES H S performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 57.5%, the actual is 52.6%, a residual of -4.9 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Jefferson County put the typical household earns roughly $60,026 per year, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 16%. Across Jefferson County's 92 public schools (combined enrollment of about 42,825 students), PORT NECHES-GROVES H S is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: PORT NECHES MIDDLE, around 0.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PORT NECHES-GROVES H S ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 52.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Trend over the last 7 years. PORT NECHES-GROVES H S's enrollment has increased 16% since 2018, when it stood at 1,477 (now 1,720). Over the same period, the White share edged down from 65% to 54%.

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