📍 725 S Broadway, La Porte, Harris County, 77571
La Porte el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in La Porte, Harris County. The school has 533 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Karen Lawley. It is part of the La Porte Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 31.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.1:1. 42% of students are proficient in reading. 57% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
La Porte el enrolls 533 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 47% male and 53% female. A teaching staff of 31.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 52% Hispanic or Latino, 31% White and 10% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 278 | 52% |
| White | 165 | 31% |
| Black or African American | 55 | 10% |
| Two or more races | 29 | 5.4% |
| Asian | 5 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
439 of the school's 533 students (82%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 420 qualify for free lunch and 19 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
La Porte el is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district TX At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 11, state house district 128.
La Porte el is one of 13 schools in LA PORTE ISD, based in LA PORTE, Texas. The district serves 7,099 students district-wide and employs 464 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 533 students, La Porte el is close to the district average of about 546 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large