Gladys Porter High School
Address
3500 International Boulevard

Brownsville
,
Texas
78521

United States
Coordinates25°54′45″N 97°28′19″W / 25.9126°N 97.4719°W / 25.9126; -97.4719
Information
School typePublic high school
Founded1969
School districtBrownsville Independent School District
PrincipalMary E. Solis
Teaching staff141.69 (FTE)[1]
Grades9-12
Enrollment1,995 (2018-19)[1]
Student to teacher ratio14.08[1]
Color(s)    Blue & white
Athletics conferenceUIL Class AAAAA
MascotCowboy
Websiteporterechs.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. In 2015, the school was rated "Met Standard" 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. 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

  1. 1 2 3 "PORTER EARLY COLLEGE H S". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
  2. ↑ "2015 Accountability Rating System". Texas Education Agency. Archived from the original on 2016-04-22.
  3. ↑ http://www.theathleticsdepartment.com/schools/Brownsville-Lopez/
  4. ↑ UIL Centennial webpage Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
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