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Jefferson Middle, Port Arthur, TX

CEP schoolJefferson Middle is a public middle school in Port Arthur, part of Port Arthur ISD. It enrolled 857 students in 2024-25, with 13.8 students per full-time teacher.Listed in NCES data as "JEFFERSON MIDDLE".

Enrollment and teachers

Students
857
Teachers (FTE)
62.0
Students per teacher
13.8
Grades
6 to 8

This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 13.2. The Texas average across schools is 15.1. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school13.8
District13.2
Texas15.1
United States15.3

School details

Address
2200 Jefferson Dr, Port Arthur, TX 77642
Phone
(409)984-4860
District
Port Arthur ISD
County
Jefferson County
Level
Middle
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Locale
City: Small
NCES school ID
483540004001
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
779
Reduced-price lunch
13
Free or reduced-price lunch
79292.4% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision
Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other middle schools in Port Arthur ISD

Middle schools elsewhere in Port Arthur

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.