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What's the one class at PORT NECHES MIDDLE every student should take?
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Enrollment
575
Middle
DISTRICT 611 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PORT NECHES-GROVES ISD·NCES 483543004019
Port Neches Middle School
749 CENTRAL DR, PORT NECHES, TX 77651 · (409) 722-8115 · Jefferson County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE22-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL575 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 64% 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.
- CBeats 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
204 students
DISTRICT 45% · 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 | 204 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 194 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 177 | 31% |
Student demographics
58%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
64.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +38.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
49.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +33.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 49 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 38 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 33 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 36.0% | 28.0% | 19.0% | 17.0% |
| Mathematics | 22.0% | 27.0% | 25.0% | 26.0% |
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 | 64.0% | 49.0% |
| 2024-25 | 62.0% | 47.0% |
| 2023-24 | 66.0% | 42.0% |
| 2022-23 | 28.0% | 34.0% |
| 2021-22 | 27.0% | 25.0% |
| 2020-21 | 26.0% | 16.0% |
% 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
51.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 Middle School
Port Neches Middle School's state test result (51.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Port Neches Middle School this school | 575 | 35.5% | 51.6% |
| Wilson Middle School NEDERLAND | 678 | 37.9% | 58.2% |
| Lorenzo De Zavala Middle School AMARILLO | 427 | 31.4% | 63.3% |
| Cross Timbers Middle School GRAPEVINE | 820 | 34.8% | 62.3% |
| China Spring Middle School CHINA SPRING | 483 | 34.2% | 54.6% |
| Greenways Intermediate School AMARILLO | 629 | 33.5% | 56.8% |
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 Port Neches Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.6% | #453 of 1,635 | #4 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #583 of 1,670 ▲ 31 | #4 of 12 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #456 of 1,670 ▲ 34 | #3 of 12 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +25.5pp | #140 of 1,570 | #2 of 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 575 | #969 of 1,749 | #8 of 13 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #383 of 1,542 | #3 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.0% | #580 of 1,543 | #5 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 35.5% | #1,387 of 1,648 | #12 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.7% | #860 of 942 | #6 of 8 |
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
575
-55 (-9%) vs 2020
-2% since 1990-91, when it was 584
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 15.0:1
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 | 575 | 43.7 | 13.2:1 | 35% (204) |
| 2023-24 | 584 | 44.5 | 13.1:1 | 36% (211) |
| 2022-23 | 599 | 41.8 | 14.3:1 | 36% (213) |
| 2020-21 | 630 | 42 | 15.0:1 | 33% (211) |
| 2017-18 | 591 | 41.5 | 14.3:1 | 34% (203) |
| 2015-16 | 565 | 41 | 13.8:1 | 29% (165) |
| 2010-11 | 534 | 40 | 13.3:1 | 15% (79) |
| 2000-01 | 594 | 44 | 13.5:1 | 11% (66) |
| 1990-91 | 584 | 31 | 18.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Port Neches Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (591 to 575); teachers up 5% (41.5 to 43.7).
About Port Neches Middle School
Port Neches Middle School serves students in PORT NECHES, Texas, as a medium-sized middle school. It enrolled 575 students in grades 6 through 8 for the 2024-25 school year.
PORT NECHES-GROVES ISD has 5,349 students spread across 9 schools.
White students make up a majority at Port Neches Middle School, at 58%. The remaining shares are 28% Hispanic, 10% Asian, and 3% Black. Census estimates put the White share of Jefferson County's population at about 40%. Port Neches Middle School's diversity index is 58%, against a US figure of 70%.
Port Neches Middle School employs 43.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 13.2:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 14.4:1 average for middle schools in Texas. Port Neches Middle School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 35%. For comparison, public schools in Jefferson County average 71%.
allk12 grades Port Neches Middle School a B. The grade compares the school only with Texas public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Port Neches Middle School, the prediction is 58.5% and the result is 51.6%.
Census estimates describe Jefferson County this way: the median household income is $60,026, about 20% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 16%. In all, Jefferson County has 92 public schools and roughly 42,825 students.
The school nearest to Port Neches Middle School is Port Neches-Groves High School, at a distance of about 0.7 miles. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. By average proficiency, Port Neches Middle School is 6th among 7 schools close by.
The NCES locale for Port Neches Middle School is Suburb: Mid-size, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Over 4 years, Port Neches Middle School's enrollment declined 9%, to 575. The school's ratio fell from 15.0:1 to 13.2:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Discussions about Port Neches Middle School may include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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
- Port Neches-Groves High SchoolHigh · 1,720 students
- Groves Middle SchoolMiddle · 647 students
- Groves Primary SchoolElementary · 613 students
- Groves Intermediate SchoolElementary · 609 students
- Port Neches Intermediate SchoolElementary · 607 students
- Port Neches Primary SchoolElementary · 574 students
Other schools in PORT NECHES
- Port Neches-Groves High SchoolHigh · 1,720 students
- Port Neches Intermediate SchoolElementary · 607 students
- Port Neches Primary SchoolElementary · 574 students
- Alter SchoolHigh · 2 students
- Port Neches Elementary SchoolCombined
- Ridgewood Elementary SchoolCombined
Nearby schools
- Port Neches-Groves High School0.7 mi · 1,720
- Alter School1.0 mi · 2
- Port Neches Primary School1.0 mi · 574
- Port Neches Intermediate School1.3 mi · 607
- Highland Park Elementary School1.6 mi · 547
- Langham Elementary School2.3 mi · 553
Frequently asked questions
About Port Neches Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Port Neches Middle School?
Port Neches Middle School enrolls approximately 575 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Port Neches Middle School serve?
Port Neches Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Port Neches Middle School?
Approximately 13.2:1 students per teacher at Port Neches Middle School.
How diverse is Port Neches Middle School?
Port Neches Middle School reports a student body of 58% White, 28% Hispanic, 3% Black, 10% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Port Neches Middle School?
Port Neches Middle 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.