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Enrollment
481
Elementary
DISTRICT 623 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIDLAND ISD·NCES 483057003442
Sam Houston Collegiate Preparatory Elementary School
2000 W LOUISIANA AVE, MIDLAND, TX 79701 · (432) 240-7100 · Midland County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY12-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL481 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 61% of Texas public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
,
Teacher data unavailable
DISTRICT 20.2:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
318 students
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 18 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 72 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 64 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 63 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 73 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 64 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 52 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (72) is 38% larger than its 6th grade class (52).
Student demographics
44%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
57.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +3.0pp since 2023
Mathematics
50.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +16.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 50 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 16 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 24.0% | 33.0% | 26.0% | 17.0% |
| Mathematics | 23.0% | 27.0% | 26.0% | 24.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 57.0% | 50.0% |
| 2024-25 | 61.0% | 46.0% |
| 2023-24 | 54.0% | 34.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
46.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Sam Houston Collegiate Preparatory Elementary School
Sam Houston Collegiate Preparatory Elementary School's state test result (46.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Houston Collegiate Preparatory Elementary School this school | 481 | 66.1% | 46.8% |
| Nixon Elementary School EL PASO | 510 | 66.1% | 39.9% |
| Turner Elementary School PASADENA | 526 | 64.4% | 52.0% |
| T W Ogg Elementary School CLUTE | 525 | 68.4% | 63.8% |
| Boone Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 458 | 65.9% | 32.9% |
| Northwood Hills Elementary School DALLAS | 563 | 65.0% | 43.0% |
Matched among Texas elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Sam Houston Collegiate Preparatory Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Midland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.8% | #1,765 of 4,401 | #9 of 27 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #1,783 of 4,466 ▲ 251 | #10 of 27 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #1,761 of 4,466 ▼ 401 | #6 of 27 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 481 | #2,716 of 4,938 | #26 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.2% | #2,835 of 4,628 | #20 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.1% | #2,774 of 4,789 | #14 of 31 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.7% | #1,069 of 1,307 | #20 of 22 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
481
+106 (+28%) vs 2020
+8% since 1990-91, when it was 445
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 481 | N/A | N/A | 66% (318) |
| 2023-24 | 475 | 34.3 | 13.8:1 | 64% (306) |
| 2022-23 | 469 | 30.7 | 15.3:1 | 64% (298) |
| 2020-21 | 375 | 30 | 12.5:1 | 64% (241) |
| 2017-18 | 464 | 34.3 | 13.6:1 | 68% (316) |
| 2015-16 | 473 | 31 | 15.3:1 | 53% (252) |
| 2010-11 | 635 | 41 | 15.5:1 | 57% (362) |
| 2000-01 | 512 | 37 | 13.8:1 | 45% (231) |
| 1990-91 | 445 | 21 | 21.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sam Houston Collegiate Preparatory Elementary School.
About Sam Houston Collegiate Preparatory Elementary School
Sam Houston Collegiate Preparatory Elementary School serves students in MIDLAND, Texas, as a mid-sized elementary school. The school serves pre-K through 6. Enrollment is 481 students.
MIDLAND ISD enrolls 29,651 students in 40 schools, including Sam Houston Collegiate Preparatory Elementary School.
Federal enrollment data show Sam Houston Collegiate Preparatory Elementary School is 73% Hispanic. The next largest groups are 14% White, 9% Black, and 3% multiracial. The school's Hispanic share is 27 points above the 46% share among Midland County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 44%.
Free or reduced-price lunch covers 66% of the student body. The average for public schools in Midland County is 57%.
Sam Houston Collegiate Preparatory Elementary School earns a B on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 61% of Texas public elementary schools.
Sam Houston Collegiate Preparatory Elementary School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Texas schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 46.8% and a predicted 45.5%.
Midland County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $92,874 a year, roughly 31% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. Sam Houston Collegiate Preparatory Elementary School shares Midland County with 51 other public schools.
San Jacinto Junior High School is about 0.5 miles from Sam Houston Collegiate Preparatory Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. The five-mile area around Sam Houston Collegiate Preparatory Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Sam Houston Collegiate Preparatory Elementary School comes in 2nd of 7 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Federal data place Sam Houston Collegiate Preparatory Elementary School in the City: Mid-size locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000. This is a charter school, which is a tuition-free public school operating under a charter.
Enrollment rose by 28% across 4 years, from 375 in 2020-21 to 481 in 2024-25.
On allk12, people connected to Sam Houston Collegiate Preparatory Elementary School can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Midland County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
174,801
Census ACS
Median income
$92,874
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
52
35,119 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MIDLAND ISD
- Legacy High SchoolHigh · 2,735 students
- Midland High SchoolHigh · 2,718 students
- IDEA Travis AcademyCombined · 1,298 students
- Goddard Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,210 students
- Abell Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,129 students
- General Tommy Franks Elementary SchoolElementary · 950 students
Other schools in MIDLAND
- Legacy High SchoolHigh · 2,735 students
- Midland High SchoolHigh · 2,718 students
- IDEA Travis AcademyCombined · 1,298 students
- Goddard Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,210 students
- Abell Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,129 students
- General Tommy Franks Elementary SchoolElementary · 950 students
Nearby schools
- San Jacinto Junior High School0.5 mi · 744
- Midland Alternative Program0.5 mi · 122
- Midland High School0.9 mi · 2,718
- James Bowie Fine Arts Academy1.0 mi · 570
- Lamar Elementary School1.1 mi · 604
- Texas Leadership of Midland1.3 mi · 888
Frequently asked questions
About Sam Houston Collegiate Preparatory Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Sam Houston Collegiate Preparatory Elementary School?
Sam Houston Collegiate Preparatory Elementary School enrolls approximately 481 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does Sam Houston Collegiate Preparatory Elementary School serve?
Sam Houston Collegiate Preparatory Elementary School serves grades PK-06.
What is the student diversity at Sam Houston Collegiate Preparatory Elementary School?
Student demographics at Sam Houston Collegiate Preparatory Elementary School are roughly 14% White, 73% Hispanic, 9% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Sam Houston Collegiate Preparatory Elementary School in?
Sam Houston Collegiate Preparatory Elementary School is part of MIDLAND ISD.
What county does Sam Houston Collegiate Preparatory Elementary School serve?
Sam Houston Collegiate Preparatory Elementary School serves Midland County in TX.
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