📍 2500 Taft Ave, Port Arthur, Jefferson County, 77642
Taft el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Port Arthur, Jefferson County. The school has 414 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Port Neches-Groves Isd school district. It serves grades K–3. The school employs 27.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.3:1. 37% of students are proficient in reading. 27% are proficient in maths.
Taft el enrolls 414 students across grades K–3. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 27.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 50% White, 34% Hispanic or Latino and 7% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 209 | 50% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 142 | 34% |
| Two or more races | 29 | 7% |
| Black or African American | 20 | 4.8% |
| Asian | 12 | 2.9% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
254 of the school's 414 students (61%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 230 qualify for free lunch and 24 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.
The school's NCES locale classification is City, Small. 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-14, state senate district 4, state house district 21.
Taft el is one of 16 schools in PORT NECHES-GROVES ISD, based in PORT NECHES, Texas. The district serves 5,349 students district-wide and employs 371 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 414 students, Taft el is larger than the district average of about 334 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Small