Gladys Porter Early College High School

Coordinates: 25°54′45″N 97°28′19″W / 25.9126°N 97.4719°W

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Gladys Porter High School
Address

3500 International Boulevard Brownsville , Texas 78521 United States
Coordinates	25°54′45″N 97°28′19″W / 25.9126°N 97.4719°W / 25.9126; -97.4719
Information
School type	Public high school
Founded	1969
School district	Brownsville Independent School District
Principal	Mary E. Solis
Teaching staff	124.81 (FTE)^[1]
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	1,814 (2022-23)^[1]
Student to teacher ratio	14.53^[1]
Color(s)	Blue & white
Athletics conference	UIL Class AAAAA
Mascot	Cowboy
Website	porterechs.bisd.us

Gladys Porter Early College High School is a 5A public high school in Brownsville, Texas, United States, and is one of the successors of Brownsville High School. It is one of six high schools operated by the Brownsville Independent School District. For the 2021-2022 school year, the school was given a "B" by the Texas Education Agency.^[2]

History

Porter High School was built to alleviate the over-crowded conditions which had existed at Brownsville High School for three years.^{[citation needed]} Before the construction began, the school's colors and mascot were chosen at a board meeting on October 2, 1973. The school was named for Gladys Sams Porter (1910-March 16, 1980), the daughter of Earl C. Sams, who was the first president of the J.C. Penney retail chain and Lula A. Sams. Porter was a Brownsville civic leader and philanthropist.

The school is a magnet school for technology and engineering.

The first principal was Tony Ortiz.

The Magnet Program from Porter High School was moved to Veterans Memorial High School for the 2012-2013 school year.

Athletics

The Porter Cowboys compete in the following sports:^[3]

Soccer

Boys' soccer^[4]
- 2006 (5A) State Champions
- 2016 (5A) State Champions

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "PORTER EARLY COLLEGE H S". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
^ "TEA". Texas Education Agency. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
^ http://www.theathleticsdepartment.com/schools/Brownsville-Lopez/
^ UIL Centennial webpage Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine

External links

Official website

Brownsville, Texas

Education

Primary & secondary schools	Brownsville ISD Homer Hanna Early College HS Gladys Porter Early College HS James Pace Early College HS Simon Rivera Early College HS Lopez Early College HS Brownsville Early College HS Veterans Memorial Early College HS Los Fresnos CISD Saint Joseph Academy Valley Christian HS Raul Yzaguirre Schools for Success Brownsville campus
Other education	University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Brownsville Campus University of Texas at Brownsville (merged) Texas Southmost College

History

Media

Transportation

Landmarks

Sunrise Mall
Amigoland Mall (former)

v t e Education in Cameron County, Texas
Public high schools
Brownsville ISD	Homer Hanna Lopez James Pace Gladys Porter Simon Rivera Veterans Memorial Brownsville Early College
Harlingen CISD	Harlingen High Harlingen High South Harlingen Collegiate Cano Ninth Grade Harlingen School of Health Professions
La Feria ISD	La Feria
Los Fresnos CISD	Los Fresnos High Los Fresnos United
Point Isabel ISD	Port Isabel
Rio Hondo ISD	Rio Hondo High
San Benito CISD	San Benito High San Benito Veterans Memorial Academy
Santa Maria ISD	Santa Maria High
Santa Rosa ISD	Santa Rosa High
South Texas ISD (magnet)	South Texas Academy for Medical Professions Other campuses are in Hidalgo County
Private high schools
Secular high schools	Marine Military Academy
Religious high schools	Saint Joseph Academy Valley Christian
Tertiary
Universities	University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (merged from University of Texas at Brownsville)
Community colleges	Texas Southmost College
Lyford CISD's Lyford High School in Willacy County serves a section of Cameron County

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