Memorial High School

Summary:

Memorial High School is a public high school in Port Arthur, Texas, serving 2,116 students in grades 9-12. The school is part of the Port Arthur Independent School District, which is ranked 866 out of 968 districts in Texas and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Memorial High School faces significant challenges in serving its predominantly minority and economically disadvantaged student population. The school has a much higher percentage of African American (43.62%) and Hispanic (47.26%) students compared to nearby schools like Bridge City High School, which has a student population that is 73.83% White. Memorial High School consistently ranks in the bottom quartile of Texas high schools, with poor performance on STAAR End-of-Course exams across all subject areas. The school's 4-year graduation rate of 84.6% is lower than the state average, and its dropout rate has ranged from 3.0% to 5.4% over the past 5 years, which is higher than the state and district averages.

The stark contrast in educational outcomes between Memorial High School and its neighbors, such as Nederland High School and Port Neches-Groves High School, highlights the challenges faced by the school. With a high percentage of students (77.03%) qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, Memorial High School serves a significantly more economically disadvantaged population, which likely contributes to its consistently low academic performance and higher dropout rates. Targeted interventions and support may be necessary to improve educational outcomes for the students at Memorial High School.


Detail:

Public 9-12

 3501 Ssgt Lucian Adam Dr
       Port Arthur, TX  77642


(409) 984-4000

District: Port Arthur Independent School District (Isd)

SchoolDigger Rank:
1652nd of 1,987 Texas High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $13,207 Help


Feeder schools for Memorial High School:

Elementary:    Dequeen Elementary
    Houston Elementary
    Lakeview Elementary
    Port Acres Elementary
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Middle:    Jefferson Middle
    Lincoln Middle

Student/teacher ratio:  12.4 Help
Number of students:  2,116

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
47.3%
African American:
43.6%
Asian:
3.5%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  77% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Memorial High School ranks worse than 83.1% of high schools in Texas. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 17.79. (See more...)
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The Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate (ACGR) measures the percentage of Memorial High School freshmen who graduate within four years, adjusting for students who transfer in or out.
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The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.
Student Body
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Compare Details Memorial High School has the largest high school student body size in the Port Arthur Independent School District (Isd). Racial makeup is: Hispanic (47.3%), African American (43.6%), Asian (3.5%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 77% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the highest percentage in the Port Arthur Independent School District (Isd). (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Memorial High School is 12.4. 1 high schools in the Port Arthur Independent School District (Isd) have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Finance
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Memorial High School is $13,207, which is the highest among 3 high schools in the Port Arthur Independent School District (Isd)!
Schooldigger Rankings:

Memorial High School was not ranked this year due to insufficient test score data.
SchoolDigger ranks Memorial High School 1652nd of 1987 Texas public high schools. (See Memorial High School in the ranking list.)

Port Arthur Independent School District (Isd):

SchoolDigger ranks Port Arthur Independent School District (Isd) 866th of 968 Texas school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Memorial High School

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Rank History for all students at Memorial High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 28.34 1213th 1427 15.0%
2005 29.03 1177th 1429 17.6%
2006 20.29 1254th 1430 12.3%
2007 22.57 1297th 1497 13.4%
2008 16.61 1374th 1510 9.0%
2009 16.07 1409th 1539 8.4%
2010 16.81 1445th 1568 7.8%
2011 25.26 1482nd 1672 11.4%
2012 13.97 1462nd 1603 8.8%
2013 13.74 1492nd 1652 9.7%
2014 11.08 1590th 1734 8.3%
2015 9.01 1593rd 1743 8.6%
2016 13.39 1569th 1762 11.0%
2017 23.36 1389th 1777 21.8%
2018 26.17 1361st 1797 24.3%
2019 24.59 1442nd 1857 22.3%
2021 15.07 1608th 1861 13.6%
2022 13.24 1646th 1876 12.3%
2023 16.23 1659th 1961 15.4%
2024 17.79 1652nd 1987 16.9%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Memorial High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 30.36 797th 1113 28.4%
2019 34.11 722nd 1136 36.4%
2021 21.06 1041st 1195 12.9%
2022 14.45 1191st 1278 6.8%
2023 19.15 1169th 1371 14.7%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Memorial High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 25.50 1117th 1347 17.1%
2019 24.85 1146th 1357 15.5%
2021 30.04 1042nd 1382 24.6%
2022 20.49 1279th 1418 9.8%
2023 27.00 1168th 1478 21.0%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Memorial High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 30.66 1343rd 1794 25.1%
2019 31.10 1358th 1818 25.3%
2021 18.94 1566th 1848 15.3%
2022 18.23 1581st 1847 14.4%
2023 21.64 1543rd 1897 18.7%
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Rank History for Migrant students at Memorial High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 19.37 115th 131 12.2%
2019 11.91 106th 113 6.2%
2021 22.28 89th 97 8.2%
2022 26.89 93rd 114 18.4%
2023 30.57 73rd 93 21.5%
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Rank History for Female students at Memorial High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 26.77 1401st 1781 21.3%
2019 24.79 1453rd 1798 19.2%
2021 14.27 1585th 1815 12.7%
2022 12.91 1615th 1841 12.3%
2023 16.03 1604th 1891 15.2%
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Rank History for Gifted and Talented students at Memorial High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 36.29 932nd 1137 18.0%
2019 48.21 803rd 1145 29.9%
2021 33.06 956th 1177 18.8%
2022 51.47 760th 1172 35.2%
2023 51.32 793rd 1182 32.9%
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Rank History for At Risk students at Memorial High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 46.89 772nd 1784 56.7%
2019 47.31 817th 1810 54.9%
2021 30.59 1293rd 1829 29.3%
2022 21.38 1558th 1837 15.2%
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Rank History for Male students at Memorial High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 24.07 1454th 1803 19.4%
2019 21.76 1503rd 1824 17.6%
2021 14.28 1617th 1840 12.1%
2022 12.52 1648th 1853 11.1%
2023 15.06 1642nd 1913 14.2%
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Rank History for Asian students at Memorial High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 21.03 409th 486 15.8%
2019 20.39 421st 487 13.6%
2021 7.32 460th 488 5.7%
2022 3.81 486th 507 4.1%
2023 8.16 483rd 525 8.0%
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Rank History for African American students at Memorial High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 38.04 586th 1013 42.2%
2019 37.07 600th 1024 41.4%
2021 21.23 837th 1020 17.9%
2022 19.80 857th 1031 16.9%
2023 22.34 836th 1069 21.8%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Memorial High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 27.57 1313th 1691 22.4%
2019 25.93 1375th 1714 19.8%
2021 20.69 1436th 1743 17.6%
2022 17.60 1500th 1762 14.9%
2023 22.56 1446th 1820 20.5%
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Rank History for Native American students at Memorial High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 20.99 99th 122 18.9%
2019 19.87 92nd 105 12.4%
2021 10.11 93rd 95 2.1%
2022 28.91 82nd 106 22.6%
2023 19.80 88th 101 12.9%
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Rank History for White students at Memorial High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 20.28 1319th 1539 14.3%
2019 39.70 989th 1526 35.2%
2021 19.60 1270th 1510 15.9%
2022 5.00 1457th 1525 4.5%
2023 23.66 1258th 1576 20.2%
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Data source: test scores: Texas Education Agency, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

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Enrollment information for Memorial High School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
2002 154 1213 157 403 1 n/a n/a 0 1928
2003 154 1213 157 403 1 n/a n/a 0 1928
2004 134 1164 143 442 2 n/a n/a 0 1885
2005 115 1142 149 429 0 n/a n/a 0 1835
2006 92 1097 135 441 0 n/a n/a 0 1765
2007 82 1025 139 503 1 n/a n/a 0 1750
2008 66 968 136 515 1 n/a n/a 0 1686
2009 57 1006 124 565 2 n/a n/a 0 1754
2010 77 1369 177 867 3 n/a n/a 0 2493
2011 60 1241 152 834 13 1 21 0 2322
2012 37 866 112 614 10 2 11 0 1652
2013 36 822 108 610 17 2 7 0 1602
2014 30 779 102 609 17 2 8 0 1547
2015 24 758 100 630 16 2 8 0 1538
2016 24 744 83 619 14 1 7 0 1492
2017 35 1077 96 905 24 1 7 0 2145
2018 33 1000 97 868 30 0 10 0 2038
2019 29 926 98 859 30 0 12 0 1954
2020 35 934 91 866 49 0 13 0 1988
2021 43 871 94 860 52 0 17 0 1937
2022 46 891 76 912 54 0 18 0 1997
2023 51 923 74 1000 46 0 22 0 2116

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Memorial High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
2002 1928 119.7 16.1 56.6
2003 1928 119.7 16.1 56.6
2004 1885 106.7 17.7 62
2005 1835 122.7 15.0 64.3
2006 1765 103.9 17.0 74.6
2007 1750 112.0 15.6 70.3
2008 1686 113.7 14.8 73.1
2009 1754 112.1 15.6 68.3
2010 2493 172.5 14.4 80.3
2011 2322 173.0 13.4 76.9
2012 1652 117.4 14.0 83.7
2013 1602 113.9 14.0 69.5
2014 1547 101.2 15.2 81.9
2015 1538 100.0 15.3 64.3
2016 1492 98.0 15.2 67.4
2017 2145 140.1 15.3 79.3
2018 2038 147.5 13.8 78.6
2019 1954 155.5 12.5 69.4
2020 1988 168.2 11.8 64.4
2021 1937 165.3 11.7 80.4
2022 1997 160.2 12.4 75
2023 2116 169.4 12.4 77

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Memorial High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
2002 1928 119.7 16.1 56.6
2003 1928 119.7 16.1 56.6
2004 1885 106.7 17.7 62
2005 1835 122.7 15.0 64.3
2006 1765 103.9 17.0 74.6
2007 1750 112.0 15.6 70.3
2008 1686 113.7 14.8 73.1
2009 1754 112.1 15.6 68.3
2010 2493 172.5 14.4 80.3
2011 2322 173.0 13.4 76.9
2012 1652 117.4 14.0 83.7
2013 1602 113.9 14.0 69.5
2014 1547 101.2 15.2 81.9
2015 1538 100.0 15.3 64.3
2016 1492 98.0 15.2 67.4
2017 2145 140.1 15.3 79.3
2018 2038 147.5 13.8 78.6
2019 1954 155.5 12.5 69.4
2020 1988 168.2 11.8 64.4
2021 1937 165.3 11.7 80.4
2022 1997 160.2 12.4 75
2023 2116 169.4 12.4 77

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Memorial High School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $1,655 (11.9%) $12,242 (88.1%) $13,898
2020 $1,531 (11.7%) $11,602 (88.3%) $13,133
2021 $1,189 (9.0%) $12,018 (91.0%) $13,207

Data source: Texas Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Memorial High School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 1442nd of 1857 High schoolsRanks 1659th of 1961 High schools
 6.9%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
End of Course Algebra I (Memorial High School)4721
 26%
   End of Course Algebra I (Port Arthur Independent School District (Isd))5826
 32%
   End of Course Algebra I (Texas)6245
 17%
End of Course Biology (Memorial High School)4331
 12%
   End of Course Biology (Port Arthur Independent School District (Isd))4331
 12%
   End of Course Biology (Texas)6357
 6%
End of Course English I Reading (Memorial High School)3135
 4%
   End of Course English I Reading (Port Arthur Independent School District (Isd))3135
 4%
   End of Course English I Reading (Texas)4954
 5%
End of Course English II Reading (Memorial High School)3132
 1%
   End of Course English II Reading (Port Arthur Independent School District (Isd))3132
 1%
   End of Course English II Reading (Texas)5156
 5%
End of Course U.S. History (Memorial High School)5746
 11%
   End of Course U.S. History (Port Arthur Independent School District (Isd))5746
 11%
   End of Course U.S. History (Texas)7571
 4%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students19542116
 8.3%
African American926923
 0.3%
American Indian3046
 53.3%
Asian9874
 24.5%
Hispanic8591000
 16.4%
Pacific Islander00
White2951
 75.9%
Two or More Races1222
 83.3%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients69.4%77%
 7.6%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Memorial High School

Students at Memorial High School are 47% Hispanic, 44% African American, 3% Asian, 2% White, 2% American Indian, 1% Two or more races.

In the 2022-23 school year, 2,116 students attended Memorial High School.

Memorial High School is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Dequeen Elementary
Elementary : Houston Elementary
Elementary : Lakeview Elementary
Elementary : Port Acres Elementary
Elementary : Staff Sergeant Lucian Adams Elementary
Elementary : Travis Elementary
Elementary : Tyrrell Elementary
Elementary : Washington Elementary
Middle : Jefferson Middle
Middle : Lincoln Middle

Memorial High School ranks in the bottom 16.9% of Texas high schools.


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Texas Education Agency.

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