Sam Houston Elementary

Set in Lebanon, Tennessee, Sam Houston Elementary is a sizable K-5 school, one of the schools within Lebanon. It instructs 759 students across grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 470 students per school, that is 61% above typical.

Sam Houston Elementary is one of 7 schools operated by Lebanon, a district that educates 4,628 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Sam Houston Elementary logs that the largest single group is White at 49%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school records 20% Hispanic, 20% Black, 10% multiracial. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 81%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Wilson County) reports that median household income runs about $95,839, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Wilson County runs 32 public schools (combined enrollment of about 25,331 students), of which Sam Houston Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Walter J. Baird Middle School, around 0.6 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Sam Houston Elementary has edged up 16%, going from 654 students in 2018 to 759 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 66% to 49%.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.