📍 5900 Jade Ave, Port Arthur, Jefferson County, 77642
Port Acres el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Port Arthur, Jefferson County. The school has 479 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Amy Jordan. It is part of the Port Arthur Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 33.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.2:1. 22% of students are proficient in reading. 17% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Port Acres el enrolls 479 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 33.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 46% Black or African American, 42% Hispanic or Latino and 5.8% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 220 | 46% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 199 | 42% |
| White | 28 | 5.8% |
| Two or more races | 20 | 4.2% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 7 | 1.5% |
| Asian | 5 | 1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
415 of the school's 479 students (87%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 408 qualify for free lunch and 7 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Port Acres el is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). 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 4, state house district 21.
Port Acres el is one of 15 schools in PORT ARTHUR ISD, based in PORT ARTHUR, Texas. The district serves 8,041 students district-wide and employs 614 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 479 students, Port Acres el is close to the district average of about 536 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe