City: BROWNSVILLE, TX
School type: HIGH SCHOOL
Address: 3500 INTERNATIONAL BLVD
Grades: 9-12
District: BROWNSVILLE ISD
District number: 031901
Instruction type: REGULAR INSTRUCTIONAL
Phone: (956) 548-7800
Fax: (956) 982-2892
Web site: www.bisd.us/porter
School Enrollment: 1994
White students: 1.1%
Black students: 0.2%
Hispanic students: 98.5%
Asian students: 0.3%
Native American students: 0.1%
White students: 21
Black students: 3
Native American students: 1
Hispanic students: 1964
Attendance rate: 93.5%
Dropout rate: 8.1%
Dropout rate for white students: 0%
Dropout rate for Hispanic students: 8.3%
Dropout rate for male students: 6.8%
Dropout rate for female students: 9.7%
High School graduation rate: 76.3%
HS graduation rate for male students: 72.6%
HS graduation rate for female students: 80.6%
HS graduation rate for white students: 100%
HS graduation rate for Hispanic students: 75.9%
GED rate: 1%
Continuing education rate: 14.6%
Total number of teachers: 140.1
Beginning teachers: 3
Teachers with 1-5 years of experience: 18.9
Teachers with 6-10 years of experience: 26
Teachers with 11-20 years of experience: 46.9
Teachers with over 20 years of experience: 45.4
Male teachers count: 78.3
Female teachers count: 61.8
Teacher tenure average: 13.7
Teacher experience average: 15.7
Teacher/student ratio: 14.2
Total staff: 177.4
Professional staff: 166.5
Support staff: 18.1
Administration staff: 8.3
Educational Aides: 10.9
Pre-Kindergarten enrollment : 0
Kindergarten enrollment : 0
1st grade enrollment : 0
2nd grade enrollment : 0
3rd grade enrollment : 0
4th grade enrollment : 0
5th grade enrollment : 0
6th grade enrollment : 0
7th grade enrollment : 0
8th grade enrollment : 0
9th grade enrollment : 738
10th grade enrollment : 457
11th grade enrollment : 421
12th grade enrollment : 378
Statistics about PORTER H S in BROWNSVILLE, TX
Students taking SAT/ACT: 27.4%
SAT average for all students taking the test: 885
SAT average for Hispanic students: 882
SAT average for female students: 858
SAT average for male students: 904
ACT average for all students taking the test: 18.4
ACT average for white students: 18.1
ACT average for female students: 18
ACT average for male students: 18.8
Average teacher salary: $41581
Average profession support salary: $46812
Average administration staff salary: $59727
Average beginning teacher salary: $30614
Average salary for teachers with 1 to 5 years of experience: $32646
Average salary for teachers with 6 to 10 years of experience: $36192
Average salary for teachers with 11 to 20 years of experience: $41732
Average salary for teachers with over 20 years of experience: $48957
Dollars spent per student: $5819
Operating expenditure for instruction: $7683354
Operating expenditure for instruction leadership: $171511
Operating expenditure for administration: $785434
Operating expenditure for other campus costs: $2962347
Total operating expenditure: $11602646
Limited English Proficient students count: 503
Economically disadvantaged students count: 1899
Special education students count: 188
Gifted students count: 166
Bilingual students count: 454
Students taking advanced courses: 17.3%
Rate of students in all grades meeting all TAKS test standards (2 SEM below panel recommendation): 47.6%
Rate of students in all grades meeting all TAKS test standards (1 SEM below panel recommendation): 34.2%
Rate of students in all grades meeting all TAKS test standards (panel recommendation): 25.3%
Rate of students in all grades receiving commended perfomances on TAKS test: 0.1%
Rate of students in all grades meeting English Language Arts panel recommendation TAKS standards: 56.7%
Rate of students in all grades meeting reading panel recommendation TAKS standards: 52.1%
Rate of students in all grades meeting math panel recommendation TAKS standards: 35.4%
Rate of students in all grades meeting science panel recommendation TAKS standards: 29.3%
Rate of students in all grades meeting social studies panel recommendation TAKS standards: 69.8%