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Enrollment
1,543
High
DISTRICT 1,453 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BROWNSVILLE ISD·NCES 481168000642
Porter Early College High School
3500 INTERNATIONAL BLVD, BROWNSVILLE, TX 78521 · (956) 548-7800 · Cameron County
GRADES 09–12HIGH12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,543 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 60% 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.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+Three-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
13.8:1
112 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
1,439 students
DISTRICT 91% · 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 | 428 | 28% |
| Grade 10 | 353 | 23% |
| Grade 11 | 410 | 27% |
| Grade 12 | 352 | 23% |
Student demographics
2%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 3% · 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
42.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +20.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
67.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +46.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 67 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 20 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 46 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 5.0% | 37.0% | 21.0% | 37.0% |
| Mathematics | 37.0% | 30.0% | 27.0% | 6.0% |
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 | 42.0% | 67.0% |
| 2024-25 | 37.0% | 70.0% |
| 2023-24 | 44.0% | 63.0% |
| 2022-23 | 26.0% | 58.0% |
| 2021-22 | 22.0% | 51.0% |
| 2020-21 | 22.0% | 21.0% |
% 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
52.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+18.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 34% 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 18 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 Porter Early College High School
Porter Early College High School's state test result (52.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Porter Early College High School this school | 1,543 | 93.3% | 52.1% |
| Pace Early College High School BROWNSVILLE | 1,621 | 94.0% | 57.1% |
| Edcouch-Elsa High School ELSA | 1,309 | 93.4% | 32.2% |
| Psja Southwest Early College High School PHARR | 1,588 | 95.1% | 51.3% |
| Dr Leo Cigarroa High School LAREDO | 1,379 | 95.8% | 37.8% |
| Valley View High School HIDALGO | 1,227 | 92.1% | 51.8% |
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 Porter Early College High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Cameron County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.1% | #742 of 1,385 | #12 of 27 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.0% | #173 of 1,425 ▼ 68 | #3 of 27 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #1,185 of 1,425 ▲ 15 | #26 of 27 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +12.5pp | #703 of 1,184 | #16 of 26 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,543 | #448 of 2,107 | #10 of 46 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #532 of 1,344 | #8 of 26 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 1.5% | #1,316 of 1,346 | #23 of 26 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.3% | #108 of 1,522 | #7 of 28 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.9% | #86 of 557 | #3 of 15 |
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
1,543
-410 (-21%) vs 2020
-49% since 1990-91, when it was 3,032
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 14.2:1
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 | 1,543 | 111.6 | 13.8:1 | 93% (1,439) |
| 2023-24 | 1,683 | 118.7 | 14.2:1 | 94% (1,579) |
| 2022-23 | 1,814 | 124.8 | 14.5:1 | 94% (1,712) |
| 2020-21 | 1,953 | 138 | 14.2:1 | 98% (1,908) |
| 2017-18 | 2,000 | 137.6 | 14.5:1 | 100% (1,996) |
| 2015-16 | 1,985 | 140 | 14.2:1 | 100% (1,977) |
| 2010-11 | 2,223 | 163 | 13.6:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2000-01 | 1,821 | 144 | 12.7:1 | 43% (780) |
| 1990-91 | 3,032 | 204 | 14.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Porter Early College High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (2,000 to 1,543); teachers down 19% (137.6 to 111.6).
About Porter Early College High School
Located in BROWNSVILLE, Texas, Porter Early College High School is a large high school. The school enrolls 1,543 students in grades 9 through 12. On average, high schools in Texas enroll around 796, and this school is 94% larger than that mark.
BROWNSVILLE ISD has 52 schools and 37,097 students, and Porter Early College High School is one of those schools.
The share of Hispanic students at Porter Early College High School is 99%. The county population is about 89% Hispanic. The diversity index for Porter Early College High School is 2%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Staffing at Porter Early College High School comes to 111.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 13.8:1. High schools in Texas average 15.1:1, 1.3 more students per teacher than here. Porter Early College High School counts 93% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Cameron County average 84%.
Porter Early College High School earns a B on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 60% of Texas public high schools.
Porter Early College High School outperforms its prediction by 18.2 points. The model expects 33.9% for a school with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Texas; the school's rate is 52.1%.
The county, Cameron County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $52,601, about 22% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 21%. The county's public schools total 187, with about 97,392 students.
Of the public schools around it, Porter Early College High School is closest to Faulk Middle School, about 0.6 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Porter Early College High School ranks 1st of 9 on average proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, Porter Early College High School is City: Mid-size.
The school shrank from 1,953 students in 2020-21 to 1,543 in 2024-25.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at Porter Early College High School. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Cameron County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
426,120
Census ACS
Median income
$52,601
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
21%
Below federal line
Schools in county
187
97,392 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in BROWNSVILLE ISD
- Veterans Memorial Early College High SchoolHigh · 2,216 students
- Rivera Early College High SchoolHigh · 2,150 students
- Hanna Early College High SchoolHigh · 2,039 students
- Lopez Early College High SchoolHigh · 1,739 students
- Pace Early College High SchoolHigh · 1,621 students
- Stillman Middle SchoolMiddle · 964 students
Other schools in BROWNSVILLE
- Veterans Memorial Early College High SchoolHigh · 2,216 students
- Rivera Early College High SchoolHigh · 2,150 students
- Hanna Early College High SchoolHigh · 2,039 students
- Lopez Early College High SchoolHigh · 1,739 students
- Pace Early College High SchoolHigh · 1,621 students
- Jubilee BrownsvilleCombined · 999 students
Nearby schools
- Faulk Middle School0.6 mi · 885
- Canales Elementary School0.7 mi · 630
- Cromack Elementary School0.7 mi · 455
- Cromack - Castaneda Elementary School0.8 mi · 823
- Oliveira Middle School1.0 mi · 699
- Egly Elementary School1.0 mi · 520
Frequently asked questions
About Porter Early College High SchoolHow many students attend Porter Early College High School?
Porter Early College High School enrolls approximately 1,543 students in grades 09-12.
Is Porter Early College High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Porter Early College High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Porter Early College High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Porter Early College High School is approximately 13.8:1 (112 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Porter Early College High School?
Student demographics at Porter Early College High School are roughly 1% White, 99% Hispanic, 0% Black.
What district is Porter Early College High School in?
Porter Early College High School is part of BROWNSVILLE ISD.
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