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Enrollment
494
Elementary
DISTRICT 476 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BRYAN ISD·NCES 481179006226
Sam Houston Elementary School
4501 CANTERBURY, BRYAN, TX 77802 · (979) 209-1360 · Brazos County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL494 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 83% of Texas public elementary schools
- A-Test 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
15.3:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
32%
159 students
DISTRICT 78% · 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 | 45 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 85 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 94 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 91 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 99 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 80 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (85) is 6% larger than its 4th grade class (80).
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
72.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +22.0pp since 2021
Mathematics
63.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +46.0pp since 2021
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 63 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 22 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 46 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 38.0% | 34.0% | 18.0% | 10.0% |
| Mathematics | 34.0% | 29.0% | 21.0% | 16.0% |
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 | 72.0% | 63.0% |
| 2024-25 | 65.0% | 60.0% |
| 2023-24 | 65.0% | 58.0% |
| 2021-22 | 50.0% | 17.0% |
% 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
62.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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 Elementary School
Sam Houston Elementary School's state test result (62.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Houston Elementary School this school | 494 | 32.2% | 62.5% |
| William Stribling Elementary School BURLESON | 507 | 34.5% | 56.3% |
| Poth Elementary School POTH | 455 | 33.0% | 55.4% |
| G W Robinson SEABROOK | 536 | 32.8% | 57.0% |
| Tom R Ellisor Elementary School MAGNOLIA | 569 | 32.7% | 56.3% |
| Sparta Elementary School BELTON | 549 | 29.5% | 51.0% |
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 Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Brazos County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.5% | #633 of 4,401 | #4 of 28 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #748 of 4,466 ▲ 112 | #5 of 28 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.0% | #603 of 4,466 ▲ 418 | #3 of 28 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 494 | #2,600 of 4,938 | #14 of 28 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #2,712 of 4,622 | #23 of 26 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.8% | #2,245 of 4,628 | #18 of 26 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 32.2% | #4,170 of 4,789 | #24 of 28 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +24.1% | #333 of 1,307 | #2 of 10 |
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
494
+101 (+26%) vs 2020
-22% since 1990-91, when it was 630
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 14.0:1
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 | 494 | 32.3 | 15.3:1 | 32% (159) |
| 2023-24 | 479 | 31.9 | 15.0:1 | 33% (159) |
| 2022-23 | 457 | 30.9 | 14.8:1 | 39% (176) |
| 2020-21 | 393 | 28 | 14.0:1 | 42% (164) |
| 2017-18 | 398 | 27.6 | 14.4:1 | 30% (119) |
| 2015-16 | 451 | 29 | 15.6:1 | 36% (164) |
| 2010-11 | 550 | 33 | 16.7:1 | 31% (168) |
| 2000-01 | 404 | 27 | 15.0:1 | 20% (80) |
| 1990-91 | 630 | 39 | 16.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sam Houston Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 24% (398 to 494); teachers up 17% (27.6 to 32.3).
About Sam Houston Elementary School
Sam Houston Elementary School is the name of a medium-sized elementary school in BRYAN, Texas. The student body numbers 494 students, from pre-K through 4.
The 26 schools of BRYAN ISD, including Sam Houston Elementary School, enroll 16,044 students.
White students account for 63% of enrollment at Sam Houston Elementary School. Enrollment also includes 29% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 2% Black. County-wide, about 63% of residents are White. The chance that two students picked at random at Sam Houston Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 52%.
Federal data list 32.3 full-time-equivalent teachers at Sam Houston Elementary School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 15.3:1. Across elementary schools in Texas, the average ratio is about 15.1:1. The lunch program counts 32% of students at Sam Houston Elementary School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The rate at public schools in Brazos County averages 60%, higher than here.
Sam Houston Elementary School is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 83% of Texas public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Sam Houston Elementary School's average proficiency rate on state tests of 62.5% is 2.6 points above the 59.9% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Census estimates describe Brazos County this way: median household income is about $58,553, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 43% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 12%. Federal data list 53 public schools in Brazos County, with a combined enrollment of about 32,430.
Alton Bowen Elementary School is the closest public school, about 1.1 miles away in a straight line. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, Sam Houston Elementary School ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around Sam Houston Elementary School as City: Small, meaning inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment was 393 in 2020-21 and 494 in 2024-25, a rise of 101 students. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 14.0:1; by 2024-25 it was 15.3:1.
The discussion area below is open to posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Brazos County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
242,311
Census ACS
Median income
$58,553
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
53
32,430 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in BRYAN ISD
- Travis B Bryan High SchoolHigh · 2,426 students
- James Earl Rudder High SchoolHigh · 1,697 students
- Stephen F AustinMiddle · 1,177 students
- Arthur L Davila Middle SchoolMiddle · 983 students
- Jane LongMiddle · 895 students
- Sam RayburnMiddle · 728 students
Other schools in BRYAN
- Travis B Bryan High SchoolHigh · 2,426 students
- James Earl Rudder High SchoolHigh · 1,697 students
- Stephen F AustinMiddle · 1,177 students
- Arthur L Davila Middle SchoolMiddle · 983 students
- Jane LongMiddle · 895 students
- Sam RayburnMiddle · 728 students
Other Sam Houston Elementary schools
9 other US public schools in 2 states are named Sam Houston Elementary. Sam Houston Elementary School is the 5th largest of the 10.
- Sam Houston Elementary SchoolWESLACO, TX · 761 students
- Sam Houston Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 703 students
- Sam Houston Elementary SchoolMARSHALL, TX · 536 students
- Sam Houston Elementary SchoolLA FERIA, TX · 456 students
- Sam Houston Elementary SchoolODESSA, TX · 450 students
Nearby schools
- Alton Bowen Elementary School1.1 mi · 440
- Johnson Elementary School2.3 mi · 445
- Mitchell Elementary School2.4 mi · 426
- Travis B Bryan High School2.5 mi · 2,426
- Sam Rayburn2.7 mi · 728
- James Earl Rudder High School2.9 mi · 1,697
Frequently asked questions
About Sam Houston Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Sam Houston Elementary School?
Sam Houston Elementary School enrolls approximately 494 students in grades PK-04.
Is Sam Houston Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Sam Houston Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-04.
How many teachers does Sam Houston Elementary School have?
Sam Houston Elementary School employs 32 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.3:1.
How diverse is Sam Houston Elementary School?
Sam Houston Elementary School reports a student body of 63% White, 29% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Sam Houston Elementary School?
Sam Houston Elementary School is overseen by BRYAN ISD in Brazos County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.