Port Aransas High School
Public high school in Port Aransas, Texas · Port Aransas ISD · Grades 9–12
Port Aransas High School serves 203 students in grades 9–12 in Port Aransas (Nueces County). It is one of 3 schools in Port Aransas ISD. By enrollment it is the 1349th largest of 1,920 public high schools in Texas (median 457 students). With 11.2 students per full-time teacher, it has fewer students per teacher than the typical Texas high school (14).
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Rank and medians compare all 1,920 Texas high schools with enrollment listed on this site.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Students per teacher = students ÷ 18.17 full-time-equivalent teachers.
School facts
| School type | Regular School |
| Level | High |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| District | Port Aransas ISD |
| County | Nueces County |
| Area type | Town, fringe |
| School meals | National School Lunch Program, free or reduced price for eligible students |
| NCES school ID | 483537003996 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory and school characteristics; area type from NCES EDGE locale codes.
Compared with the district and Texas
| This school | Port Aransas ISD | Texas high schools (median) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 203 | 585 | 457 |
| Students per teacher | 11.2 | 11.8 | 14 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | 19.7% | 30.3% | 63.8% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 28% of Texas high schools have fewer students per teacher than this school (share of schools with a lower ratio). State test results aren't published here yet.
Port Aransas High School in context
Size
Port Aransas High School is the only high school in Port Aransas ISD. Its 203 students are 34.7% of the district's 585. Its 8 closest high schools sit a median 18.1 miles away with a median enrollment of 771; Port Aransas High School is smaller than most of them.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 enrollment and school type. Share of district students = this school's students ÷ the district's students. Nearest schools by straight-line distance between NCES EDGE locations.
Grades
Its largest grade is grade 9 with 62 students, and its smallest is grade 10 with 45, against an average of 51 per grade. This year grade 12 has 24% fewer students than grade 9 (47 against 62). Each grade is a different group of students, so the gap is not a dropout or growth rate.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.
Students
The largest group is White students: 77.8% here and 73.2% across Port Aransas ISD. Hispanic students are next, at 17.7%. Students from 4 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.
19.7% of its students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, against 30.3% across Port Aransas ISD and a median of 63.8% for Texas high schools. Families apply for free or reduced-price meals, and eligibility depends on household income.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District shares weight each school by its enrollment.
Teachers
With 18.17 full-time-equivalent teachers for 203 students, Port Aransas High School has 11.2 students per teacher. At the median Texas high school ratio of 14, a school with 203 students would have about 14.5 teachers, so Port Aransas High School has 3.7 more.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas high schools (14).
Location
Port Aransas High School is in a town no more than 10 miles from an urbanized area, which NCES calls town, fringe. The nearest other high school is Aransas Pass High School, 8.6 miles away in Aransas Pass ISD. Within 10 miles there is 1 other high school, 0 of them within 5 miles.
Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.
Students by race and ethnicity
| White | 77.8% |
| Hispanic | 17.7% |
| Two or more races | 3.9% |
| Black | 0.5% |
47.3% of students are girls and 52.7% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Grade 9 | 62 |
| Grade 10 | 45 |
| Grade 11 | 49 |
| Grade 12 | 47 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
100 S Station St, Port Aransas, TX 78373
Phone: (361)749-1206
Website: paisd.net
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: Port Aransas High School. Blue: the nearest high schools.
Nearby high schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aransas Pass High School | Aransas Pass ISD | 8.6 mi | 431 | 12.7 | 65.7% |
| Ingleside High School | Ingleside ISD | 10.1 mi | 624 | 13.7 | 58.8% |
| Rockport-Fulton High School | Rockport-Fulton ISD | 14.5 mi | 918 | 14.5 | 54.1% |
| Gregory-Portland High School | Gregory-Portland ISD | 16.8 mi | 1,511 | 15.8 | 41.4% |
| Flour Bluff High School | Flour Bluff ISD | 19.4 mi | 1,940 | 14.8 | 42.9% |
| King High School | Corpus Christi ISD | 20.5 mi | 1,279 | 15.4 | 69.7% |
| Coles H S and Educational Center | Corpus Christi ISD | 20.9 mi | 110 | 6.6 | 93.6% |
| Richard Milburn Academy Corpus Christi | Richard Milburn Alternative High School (Killeen) | 21.1 mi | 237 | 31 | 70.5% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.
Other schools in Port Aransas ISD
| School | Level | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brundrett Middle School | Middle | 6–8 | 119 |
| Olsen Elementary School | Elementary | Pre-K–5 | 263 |