Regular local school district · Jefferson County
Port Arthur ISD, TX: schools, enrollment and spending
Port Arthur ISD runs 15 public schools with 8,041 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 13.2 students per teacher is 1.9 lower than the Texas figure of 15.1.Listed in NCES data as "PORT ARTHUR ISD".
At a glance
- Schools
- 15
- Students
- 8,041
- Teachers (FTE)
- 609
- Students per teacher
- 13.2
- TX: 15.1 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 4801 9th Ave, Port Arthur, TX 77642
- Phone
- (409)989-6244
- County
- Jefferson County
- Locale
- City: Small
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 4835400
- State district ID
- TX-123907
- Total staff (FTE)
- 1,299
- School counselors (FTE)
- 21.0About 383 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 48.0
Students per teacher compared
This district13.2
Texas15.1
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (7,957), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $130.7 million
- Federal revenue
- $18.7 million
- State revenue
- $22.3 million
- Local revenue
- $89.6 million
- Total spending
- $120.1 million
- Spending per pupil
- $15,088
- Salaries
- $60.0 million50.0% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $353.9 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 14.3%
- State: 17.1%
- Local: 68.6%
Texas overall
- Federal: 12.6%
- State: 36.9%
- Local: 50.5%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$15,088
Texas$14,396
United States$16,826
Schools in Port Arthur ISD
By level: 3 high, 2 middle, 8 elementary, 1 secondary, 1 prekindergarten. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Dequeen ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | 3 to 5 | 232 | 10.1 |
| Houston ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 689 | 13.2 |
| Jefferson Co Youth AcadCEP school | Secondary | 10 to 11 | 2 | |
| Jefferson MiddleCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 857 | 13.8 |
| Lakeview ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 535 | 14.1 |
| Lincoln MiddleCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 619 | 11.3 |
| Memorial High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 2,140 | 13.0 |
| Port Acres ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 507 | 16.9 |
| Port Arthur Alternative CenterCEP school | High | 6 to 12 | 0 | |
| Staff Sergeant Lucian Adams ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 644 | 16.1 |
| Stilwell Tech Ctr/CateCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 0 | |
| Travis ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 543 | 14.7 |
| Tyrrell ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 670 | 15.6 |
| Washington ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 2 | 223 | 10.6 |
| Wheatley School of Early Childhood ProgramsCEP school | Prekindergarten | PK | 380 | 15.8 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Jefferson County
- Beaumont ISD 16,336 students
- Port Neches-Groves ISD 5,349 students
- Nederland ISD 5,317 students
- Bob Hope School 2,584 students
- Hamshire-Fannett ISD 2,006 students
- Ehrhart School 559 students
- Tekoa Academy of Accelerated Studies STEM School 419 students
- Sabine Pass ISD 372 students
- Reg 5 Education Service Center
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.