Port Houston is a neighborhood located on the East Side of Houston, Texas, United States.
Port Houston is an industrial, mostly Hispanic community"The Port Houston Collaborative ." St. Luke's Episcopal Health Charities. located near the Houston Ship Channel and the Port of Houston. In a 2007 article John Nova Lomax of the Houston Press described Port Houston as "a blue-collar Mexican neighborhood of wrought-iron fences and wood-framed houses."Lomax, John Nova. "The East End Trek ." Houston Press. September 13, 2007. Retrieved on April 20, 2009. Port Houston has many small houses. Petrochemical businesses and trucking companies have operations in the community. Laura Isensee of KUHF wrote that Port Houston is "not a typical neighborhood".Isensee, Laura. "Port Houston Community Defends School From Closure ." KUHF. February 27, 2014. Retrieved on February 27, 2014.
Government and infrastructure Residents are in Houston City Council District H.City of Houston, Council District Maps, District H ." City of Houston. Retrieved on November 5, 2011.
The first fireboat to operate in the Houston area was named the Port Houston.
Harris Health System (formerly Harris County Hospital District) designated Ripley Health Center in the East End for ZIP code 77029. - See ZIP code 77029. See this map for relevant ZIP code. In 2000 Ripley was replaced by the Gulfgate Health Center."Gulfgate Health Center" (Archive). Harris County Hospital District. Accessed October 17, 2008. The designated public hospital is Ben Taub General Hospital in the Texas Medical Center.
Education Residents are within the Houston Independent School District. Zoned schools include Pleasantville Elementary School, Holland Middle School,"Holland Middle Attendance Zone ," Houston Independent School District. Retrieved on April 20, 2009. and Furr High School."Furr High School Attendance Zone ," Houston Independent School District. Retrieved on April 20, 2009.
Port Houston Elementary School, formerly the elementary school of the neighborhood, was constructed in 1909. Furr was built in 1961, and Holland was built in 1979."School Histories: the Stories Behind the Names ." Houston Independent School District. Retrieved on September 24, 2008. Port Houston Elementary School had an international shipping magnet program. Port Houston had an afterschool program and offered English as a second language classes for parents.
In 2014 HISD proposed closing Port Houston Elementary. In response, several members of the community argued against closing the school. The plans call for Port Houston to be combined with Pleasantville Elementary. Opposition argued that the walk to Pleasantville would be unsafe, that closing the school would harm the community, and that the school in 2013 had distinguished scores in mathematics and reading in state tests. Later in 2014, HISD announced that Port Houston will stay open."Three schools eliminated from HISD closure, consolidation proposal ." Houston Independent School District. Retrieved on March 11, 2014. Effective 2026, Port Houston elementary was scheduled to close with students moving to Pleasantville Elementary.
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Port Houston Elementary School