PORTER H S

Set in PORTER, Texas, PORTER H S is a well-populated high school, operated by NEW CANEY ISD. It enrolls 2,094 students across grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 796 students each, so PORTER H S sits 163% bigger than that benchmark.

NEW CANEY ISD comprises 20 schools with combined enrollment of 19,420 students; PORTER H S is among them.

Looking at the student body, PORTER H S shows that Hispanic students make up the majority at 67%. Beyond that, the school reports 22% White, 7% Black, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Montgomery County as a whole is about 28% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, PORTER H S has 138 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 68% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Montgomery County's rate of about 48%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), PORTER H S performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 44.0%, the actual is 45.3%, a residual of +1.2 points.

In the area at large, Montgomery County reports that the typical household earns roughly $97,701 per year, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Montgomery County's 160 public schools (combined enrollment of about 134,595 students), PORTER H S is one campus in the mix.

SORTERS MILL EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PORTER H S ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 36.6%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 5%: 1,990 students in 2018 compared to 2,094 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 32% to 22% across the same window.

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