PORTER EARLY COLLEGE H S

PORTER EARLY COLLEGE H S is one of the substantial 9-12 campuss in BROWNSVILLE, Texas, part of BROWNSVILLE ISD, with 1,543 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 796 students each, so PORTER EARLY COLLEGE H S sits 94% larger than that benchmark.

PORTER EARLY COLLEGE H S is one of 52 schools operated by BROWNSVILLE ISD, a district that enrolls 37,097 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, PORTER EARLY COLLEGE H S records that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (99%). The wider county runs roughly 89% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, PORTER EARLY COLLEGE H S has 112 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.8:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 93% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Cameron County runs at roughly 84%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, PORTER EARLY COLLEGE H S ranks in the top 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 33.2%; PORTER EARLY COLLEGE H S posts 51.4%, +18.2 points above that line.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Cameron County put the typical household earns roughly $52,601 per year, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 21%. Across Cameron County's 187 public schools (combined enrollment of about 97,392 students), PORTER EARLY COLLEGE H S is one campus in the mix.

FAULK MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PORTER EARLY COLLEGE H S. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PORTER EARLY COLLEGE H S at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 36.7%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PORTER EARLY COLLEGE H S has edged down 23%, going from 2,000 students in 2018 to 1,543 in 2025.

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