Porter Early College High School
Public high school in Brownsville, Texas · Brownsville ISD · Grades 9–12
Porter Early College High School serves 1,543 students in grades 9–12 in Brownsville (Cameron County). It is one of 48 schools in Brownsville ISD. By enrollment it is the 451st largest of 1,920 public high schools in Texas (median 457 students). With 13.8 students per full-time teacher, it has about the same as 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 ÷ 111.61 full-time-equivalent teachers.
School facts
| School type | Regular School |
| Level | High |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| District | Brownsville ISD |
| County | Cameron County |
| Area type | City, midsize |
| School meals | Free meals for every student (Community Eligibility Provision) |
| NCES school ID | 481168000642 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory and school characteristics; area type from NCES EDGE locale codes.
Compared with the district and Texas
| This school | Brownsville ISD | Texas high schools (median) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 1,543 | 36,140 | 457 |
| Students per teacher | 13.8 | 15 | 14 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | 93.3% | 89.3% | 63.8% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 48% 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.
Porter Early College High School in context
Size
Porter Early College High School is the 6th largest of Brownsville ISD's 7 high schools; its 1,543 students are 4.3% of district enrollment. The 8 nearest high schools are a median 2.3 miles away and have a median of 229 students, so Porter Early College High School is larger 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 428 students, and its smallest is grade 12 with 352, against an average of 386 per grade. This year grade 12 has 18% fewer students than grade 9 (352 against 428). 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
Hispanic students are the largest group, at 99.2% of enrollment, about the same share as across Brownsville ISD (98.5%).
93.3% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 89.3% across Brownsville ISD and a median of 63.8% for Texas high schools. Under the Community Eligibility Provision, every student can eat breakfast and lunch at no charge, and families fill out no meal application.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District shares weight each school by its enrollment.
Teachers
Porter Early College High School has 111.61 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 13.8 students per teacher. At the median Texas high school ratio of 14, a school with 1,543 students would have about 110.2 teachers, so Porter Early College High School has 1.4 more.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas high schools (14).
Location
NCES classifies its location as city, midsize, which means it is inside a principal city of 100,000 to 250,000 people. The nearest other high school is Hanna Early College High School, 1.8 miles away in the same district. There are 14 high schools within 5 miles and 16 within 10 miles.
Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.
Students by race and ethnicity
| Hispanic | 99.2% |
| White | 0.7% |
| Black | 0.1% |
48.7% of students are girls and 51.3% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Grade 9 | 428 |
| Grade 10 | 353 |
| Grade 11 | 410 |
| Grade 12 | 352 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
3500 International Blvd, Brownsville, TX 78521
Phone: (956)548-7800
Website: bisd.us
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: Porter Early College High School. Blue: the nearest high schools.
Nearby high schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hanna Early College High School | Brownsville ISD | 1.8 mi | 2,039 | 14.9 | 91.2% |
| Brownsville Early College High School | Brownsville ISD | 1.9 mi | 311 | 20.2 | 94.2% |
| Premier H S of Brownsville | Premier High Schools | 2.0 mi | 147 | 17.6 | 85.7% |
| Texasworks - Brownsville | Texas Works | 2.0 mi | 16 | 8 | – |
| Triumph Public High Schools-Brownsville | Triumph Public High Schools-Rio Grande Valley | 2.6 mi | 122 | 22.8 | – |
| IDEA Robindale College Preparatory | IDEA Public Schools | 2.6 mi | 693 | 16 | 90.8% |
| Bryss Academy High School | Raul Yzaguirre Schools for Success | 2.8 mi | 27 | 8.1 | 96.3% |
| Harmony School of Innovation - Brownsville | Harmony Public Schools - South Texas | 3.2 mi | 498 | 14.2 | 90.8% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.