SORTERS MILL EL

SORTERS MILL EL, a high-enrollment elementary school in PORTER, Texas, operated by NEW CANEY ISD, instructs 838 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so SORTERS MILL EL sits 61% bigger than that benchmark.

NEW CANEY ISD comprises 20 schools with combined enrollment of 19,420 students; SORTERS MILL EL is among them.

On the student-mix side, SORTERS MILL EL shows that 78% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest looks like 18% White. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 28%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 78% 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, Montgomery County runs at roughly 48%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, SORTERS MILL EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 39.6%; this one delivers 38.9%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Montgomery County put the typical household earns roughly $97,701 per year, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Montgomery County's 160 public schools (combined enrollment of about 134,595 students), SORTERS MILL EL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is PORTER H S, roughly 0.7 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SORTERS MILL EL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 37.9%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SORTERS MILL EL has stayed largely flat, going from 854 students in 2018 to 838 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment expanded from 69% to 78% over that span.

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