Corpus Christi Sun

Gregory-Portland High School had the highest enrollment among San Patricio County schools, welcoming 1,464 students during the 2022-23 academic year, according to the Texas Education Agency report.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2022-23 school year, 51.8% of them were boys, and 48.2% were girls.

Data also showed that the majority of students were Hispanic, representing 60% of the Gregory-Portland High School total enrollment.

Among the 30 schools in San Patricio County, Gregory-Portland Middle School ranked second in enrollment numbers with 1,124 students, while Andrews Elementary School welcomed 636 students and ranked third in the 2022-23 school year.

Gregory-Portland High School is a part of Gregory-Portland ISD, which roughly covers schools within San Patricio County with its main office in Portland.

In the previous school year, Gregory-Portland High School also had the highest number of students among San Patricio County schools.

Texas is found to be one of the least educated states in the U.S. A study from WalletHub ranked Texas 41st out of 50 states in terms of the quality of the educational system and how successful students were.

More than 5.4 million students are enrolled in public schools across Texas. Nearly one million of them live in rural areas where options for local public schools are few and far between.

Education in Texas is often a hot button issue, especially as test scores lag behind other states.

“The problems commonly cited are flaws in the school financing system, relatively low teacher salary, poor test performance by students, dropouts from traditional schools in favor of charter schools, gun violence, and mental health issues,” claimed the Texas Almanac.

School Name	City	Total School Enrollment
Gregory-Portland High School	Portland	1,464
Gregory-Portland Middle School	Portland	1,124
Andrews Elementary School	Portland	636
Ingleside High School	Ingleside	633
Sinton High School	Sinton	610
Clark Elementary School	Portland	596
East Cliff Elementary School	Portland	580
Welder Elementary School	Sinton	574
Austin Elementary School	Portland	537
Ingleside Primary School	Ingleside	495
H. T. Faulk Elementary School	Aransas Pass	483
Aransas Pass High School	Aransas Pass	457
Sinton Elementary School	Sinton	449
Gilbert Junior Mircovich Elementary School	Ingleside	448
Mathis High School	Mathis	434
E. Merle Smith Middle School	Sinton	428
Mathis Elementary School	Mathis	409
A. C. Blunt Middle School	Aransas Pass	387
Woodroe Petty Elementary School	Taft	381
Charlie Marshall Elementary School	Aransas Pass	373
Mathis Intermediate School	Mathis	323
Mathis Middle School	Mathis	319
Odem High School	Odem	279
Taft High School	Taft	242
Odem Elementary School	Odem	233
Ricardo L. Trevino Junior High School	Taft	199
Odem Intermediate School	Odem	197
Odem Junior High School	Odem	188
Coastal Horizons Academy	Stephenville	62
Juvenile Detention Center	Sinton	10