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Porter Early College High School, Brownsville, TX

CEP schoolPorter Early College High School is a public high school in Brownsville, part of Brownsville ISD. It enrolled 1,543 students in 2024-25, with 13.9 students per full-time teacher.Listed in NCES data as "PORTER EARLY COLLEGE H S".

Enrollment and teachers

Students
1,543
Teachers (FTE)
111.0
Students per teacher
13.9
Grades
9 to 12

This school's ratio is 1.0 lower than the district figure of 14.9. The Texas average across schools is 15.1. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school13.9
District14.9
Texas15.1
United States15.3

School details

Address
3500 International Blvd, Brownsville, TX 78521
Phone
(956)548-7800
District
Brownsville ISD
County
Cameron County
Level
High
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Locale
City: Midsize
NCES school ID
481168000642
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
1,436
Reduced-price lunch
3
Free or reduced-price lunch
1,43993.3% 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 high schools in Brownsville ISD

High schools elsewhere in Brownsville

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.