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Port Arthur Isd

15 campuses · Jefferson County

Port Arthur Isd enrolled 2,142 students across 15 campuses in 2025. In the class of 2024, 85.9% graduated in four years (Texas: 92.7%).

At a glance vs. Texas

Port Arthur Isd Texas
Graduation rate ’24-3.8 vs TX
Port Arthur Isd 86.0%Texas 89.8%
College/career/military ready ’24-20.0 vs TX
Port Arthur Isd 55.1%Texas 75.1%
Enrolled in a Texas college ’22-4.9 vs TX
Port Arthur Isd 39.7%Texas 44.6%
Took the SAT or ACT ’24-40.6 vs TX
Port Arthur Isd 40.5%Texas 81.1%
College-ready test score ’24-13.0 vs TX
Port Arthur Isd 1.5%Texas 14.5%
Algebra I proficiency ’25-9.3 vs TX
Port Arthur Isd 16.7%Texas 26.0%
Advanced course completion ’24-9.4 vs TX
Port Arthur Isd 45.7%Texas 55.1%

100 of 168 Black graduates in the class of 2024 finished without ever taking the SAT or ACT.

Graduation rate

Share of the class that graduated high school within 4 years.

75808590201220152018202120249086

College/career/military ready

Met Texas' readiness checklist: a qualifying test score, college credit, a career certificate, or military enlistment.

20406080201720192021202320247555

Exists from the class of 2017. A checklist, not a test. See Methods.

Enrolled in a Texas college

Enrolled in a Texas college or university the fall after graduating.

3040506020162018202020224540

Texas colleges only: misses out-of-state, military, and trade paths. Runs through the class of 2022.

Took the SAT or ACT

Share of graduates who took a college entrance exam.

304050607080201220152018202120248141

Can top 100% where juniors test (the denominator is graduates).

College-ready test score

Scored at or above the college-ready benchmark on the SAT or ACT.

0510152020122015201820212024152

The benchmark was redefined between 2017 and 2018, and COVID broke the series between 2020 and 2021. Compare within eras, not across the dashed lines.

Algebra I proficiency

Met grade level on the Algebra I STAAR, the state test nearly every student takes.

1020304050201720192022202420252617

Advanced course completion

Completed at least one advanced or dual-credit course (grades 11-12).

405060201420172020202320245546

Took an AP/IB exam

Took at least one AP or IB exam.

05101520122015201820212024177

Every measure, latest year

Latest year per measure, by student group. Dashes are groups the state masked for privacy, not zeros.
MeasureYearAllBlackHispanicWhiteLow-income
Graduation rate202485.9%86%85.3%–86.8%
College/career/military ready202450.8%55.1%49.3%42.9%51.2%
Algebra I proficiency202522%16.7%26.3%40%21.7%
Biology proficiency202538.8%36.5%39.5%60%36.2%
English II proficiency202535.5%36.3%34.2%54.5%34.4%
Grade 3 math202324.5%16.7%29.9%20%24.9%
Grade 4 math202337.1%28.2%40.3%50%37.3%
Grade 5 math202340.8%28.8%46.2%–41.3%
Grade 6 math202319.4%13.7%22.1%–19.1%
Grade 7 math202318.9%15%20.4%–18.9%
Grade 8 math202324.2%14.7%31.7%20%24.3%
Grade 3 reading202334.4%31.5%35.7%20%34.7%
Grade 4 reading202328.9%24.9%29.3%66.7%29.3%
Grade 5 reading202345%39.4%47.5%–45.4%
Grade 6 reading202327.2%23%28.2%–27.2%
Grade 7 reading202334.5%28.8%37.8%–34.8%
Grade 8 reading202337.1%32.4%40.6%62.5%37%
Advanced course completion202449.2%45.7%51.3%42.9%50%
Took an AP/IB course202434.4%32.1%37.3%14.3%35.1%
Took an AP/IB exam202410%7.1%11.9%0%9.6%
Passed an AP/IB exam20247.4%0%8.8%–8.6%

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