Porter High School

Size

Of the 4 high schools in New Caney ISD, Porter High School is the 2nd largest, with 10.8% of the district's students. Its 8 closest high schools sit a median 5.5 miles away with a median enrollment of 2,055; Porter High School is close to their typical size.

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 12 with 664 students, and its smallest is grade 11 with 380, against an average of 524 per grade. This year grade 12 has 18% more students than grade 9 (664 against 564). 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 Hispanic students: 66.7% here and 63.1% across New Caney ISD. White students are next, at 21.7%. Students from all 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

68.4% of its students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, against 71.5% across New Caney 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 137.56 full-time-equivalent teachers for 2,094 students, Porter High School has 15.2 students per teacher. At the median Texas high school ratio of 14, a school with 2,094 students would have about 149.6 teachers, so Porter High School has 12 fewer.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas high schools (14).

Location

Porter High School is in an urbanized area of 250,000 people or more, outside its principal city, which NCES calls suburb, large. The nearest other high school is New Caney High School, 3 miles away in the same district. Within 10 miles there are 13 other high schools, 3 of them within 5 miles.

Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.