Schools · Port Arthur
Port Arthur, TX schools
Kids attend one of 8 schools through grade 12, then one of 8 high schools, Jefferson Middle or Lincoln Middle or Sabine Pass School and Memorial H S or Sabine Pass School.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
D
Port Arthur’s School Grade: D
The public schools Port Arthur’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 90% of Texas’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
DTest scoresDGraduation
Texas school districts we grade (1,185)Better than 10%
Lower resultsHigher results
Texas towns with similar household incomes (498)Better than 6%
High confidence. Built on 3,782 tested students and a graduating class of 547; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Texas’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2019.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Texas only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Texas with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
School path
Where Port Arthur kids go to school
Grades 12
8 high schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Port Arthur Independent School DistrictGrades 12
DJefferson Middle or DLincoln Middle or B+Sabine Pass School
Depends on your address Port Arthur Independent School DistrictGrades 12
C-Memorial H S or B+Sabine Pass School
Depends on your address Port Arthur Independent School DistrictBased on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.
Test scores · 2020–21
State test results
Math (grades PK–12, Port Arthur Independent)15%
State average 36.5%
Math (Sabine Pass Independent)37%
State average 36.5%
Graduation · class of 2019
83% graduate on time
Graduation rate
83%
TX: 90.2%
Graduating class
547
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years.
Districts
Two districts serve Port Arthur
Port Arthur Independent School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 15 schools · 8,041 students
$15,260 per studentTX $12,815DSabine Pass Independent School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 2 schools · 372 students
$25,148 per studentTX $12,815B-Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Colleges
Port Arthur is home to Lamar State College-Port Arthur
More about Lamar State College-Port Arthur →Every school
All 21 schools in Port Arthur
Showing 1–21 of 21 schools
Houston ElElementary · Grades PK–5 · 689 students
CPublicTyrrell ElElementary · Grades PK–5 · 670 students
DPublicBob Hope School - El CampusElementary · Grades PK–5 · 650 students
B-CharterStaff Sergeant Lucian Adams ElElementary · Grades PK–5 · 644 students
C-PublicTravis ElElementary · Grades PK–5 · 543 students
D-PublicLakeview ElElementary · Grades PK–5 · 535 students
C-PublicPort Acres ElElementary · Grades PK–5 · 507 students
DPublicTekoa Academy of Accelerated StudiesElementary · Grades PK–5 · 236 students
D-CharterDequeen ElElementary · Grades 3–5 · 232 students
D-PublicWashington ElElementary · Grades PK–2 · 223 students
PublicJefferson MiddleMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 857 students
DPublicLincoln MiddleMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 619 students
DPublicBob Hope SchoolMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 473 students
C+CharterTekoa Academy of Accelerated StudiesMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 46 students
DCharterMemorial H SHigh · Grades 9–12 · 2,140 students
C-PublicBob Hope H SHigh · Grades 9–12 · 555 students
B-CharterTekoa Academy of Accelerated StudiesHigh · Grades 9–12 · 52 students
D-CharterPort Arthur Alternative CenterHigh · Grades 6–12
PublicStilwell Tech CTR/CateHigh · Grades 9–12
PublicWheatley School of Early Childhood ProgramsPrekindergarten · Grades PK · 380 students
PublicSabine Pass SchoolOther · Grades PK–12 · 372 students
B+PublicSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.