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Honest take: what's the hardest part about being a student at PORTER H S?
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Enrollment
2,094
High
DISTRICT 1,489 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW CANEY ISD·NCES 483240011842
Porter High School
22625 SANDY LN, PORTER, TX 77365 · (281) 577-5900 · Montgomery County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL2,094 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
138 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
1,432 students
DISTRICT 72% · 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 | 564 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 486 | 23% |
| Grade 11 | 380 | 18% |
| Grade 12 | 664 | 32% |
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · 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
43.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +22.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
52.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +28.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 52 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 22 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 28 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 5.0% | 38.0% | 21.0% | 36.0% |
| Mathematics | 17.0% | 35.0% | 36.0% | 12.0% |
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 | 43.0% | 52.0% |
| 2024-25 | 41.0% | 39.0% |
| 2023-24 | 42.0% | 29.0% |
| 2022-23 | 25.0% | 22.0% |
| 2021-22 | 24.0% | 34.0% |
| 2020-21 | 21.0% | 24.0% |
% 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
46.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 Porter High School
Porter High School's state test result (46.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Porter High School this school | 2,094 | 68.4% | 46.5% |
| Victoria East High School VICTORIA | 1,861 | 66.8% | 36.8% |
| Seguin High School SEGUIN | 2,020 | 64.5% | 40.0% |
| Crockett Early College High School AUSTIN | 1,529 | 65.5% | 40.5% |
| Monterey High School LUBBOCK | 2,117 | 66.7% | 53.0% |
| San Marcos High School SAN MARCOS | 2,371 | 73.3% | 38.8% |
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 High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.5% | #947 of 1,385 | #15 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #491 of 1,425 ▲ 250 | #10 of 17 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #1,174 of 1,425 ▼ 45 | #15 of 17 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +24.0pp | #290 of 1,184 | #9 of 17 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,094 | #292 of 2,107 | #11 of 28 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #765 of 1,344 | #2 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.2% | #691 of 1,346 | #12 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 68.4% | #615 of 1,522 | #3 of 18 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.2% | #491 of 672 | #11 of 12 |
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
2,094
-124 (-6%) vs 2020
+107% since 2010-11, when it was 1,010
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 16.4:1
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 | 2,094 | 137.6 | 15.2:1 | 68% (1,432) |
| 2023-24 | 2,120 | 141.7 | 15.0:1 | 67% (1,420) |
| 2022-23 | 2,209 | 140.3 | 15.8:1 | 65% (1,437) |
| 2020-21 | 2,218 | 135 | 16.4:1 | 52% (1,163) |
| 2017-18 | 1,990 | 137.2 | 14.5:1 | 51% (1,010) |
| 2015-16 | 1,777 | 132 | 13.5:1 | 43% (762) |
| 2010-11 | 1,010 | 72 | 14.0:1 | 53% (538) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Porter High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (1,990 to 2,094); teachers unchanged (137.2 to 137.6).
About Porter High School
Porter High School is one of the public schools in PORTER, Texas. It is a high-enrollment high school. Its enrollment is 2,094 students, spread over grades 9 through 12. That compares with an average of about 796 students for high schools in Texas.
NEW CANEY ISD runs 20 schools with a combined 19,420 students. Porter High School is one of them.
Of every 100 students at Porter High School, about 67 are Hispanic. The school is also 22% White, 7% Black, and 3% multiracial. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 28%. The diversity index for Porter High School is 50%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Porter High School reports a ratio of 15.2 students per teacher, from 137.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 15.1:1 average for high schools in Texas is close to this figure. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Porter High School, 68% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The 48% average for public schools in Montgomery County is 20 points lower.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Porter High School is 2.0 points above the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 46.5% actual, 44.5% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Texas.
In the wider Montgomery County area, the median household earns about $97,701 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 39% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Porter High School shares Montgomery County with 159 other public schools.
Porter High School is about 0.7 miles from Sorters Mill Elementary School, its nearest public school. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, Porter High School is ahead of the 37.2% nearby average, ranking 1st of 9.
For locale, NCES codes Porter High School as Suburb: Large.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased 6%. The school's ratio dropped from 16.4:1 to 15.2:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Montgomery County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
684,432
Census ACS
Median income
$97,701
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
160
134,595 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in NEW CANEY ISD
- New Caney High SchoolHigh · 2,226 students
- Woodridge Forest Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,371 students
- West Fork High SchoolHigh · 1,279 students
- Keefer Crossing Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,271 students
- Porter Elementary SchoolElementary · 931 students
- Dogwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 911 students
Other schools in PORTER
- Woodridge Forest Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,371 students
- Porter Elementary SchoolElementary · 931 students
- Sorters Mill Elementary SchoolElementary · 838 students
- White Oak Middle SchoolMiddle · 833 students
- Bens Branch Elementary SchoolElementary · 812 students
- Robert Crippen Elementary SchoolElementary · 809 students
Nearby schools
- Sorters Mill Elementary School0.7 mi · 838
- Robert Crippen Elementary School1.4 mi · 809
- Bens Branch Elementary School1.9 mi · 812
- Valley Ranch Elementary School2.0 mi · 790
- Pine Valley Middle School2.1 mi · 741
- White Oak Middle School2.1 mi · 833
Frequently asked questions
About Porter High SchoolHow large is Porter High School?
Porter High School enrolls approximately 2,094 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Porter High School serve?
Porter High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Porter High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Porter High School is approximately 15.2:1 (138 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Porter High School?
At Porter High School, the student body is approximately 22% White, 67% Hispanic, 7% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Porter High School public or private?
Porter High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW CANEY ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.