SAM HOUSTON EL

SAM HOUSTON EL is a low-enrollment K-5 school in EAGLE PASS, Texas, one of the schools within EAGLE PASS ISD. The school works with 428 students in grades 2 through 6.

SAM HOUSTON EL is one of 24 schools operated by EAGLE PASS ISD, a district that educates 13,820 students overall.

On the student-mix side, SAM HOUSTON EL records that nearly all students (98%) are Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, SAM HOUSTON EL shows 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.5:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 93% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Maverick County runs at roughly 78%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, SAM HOUSTON EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 33.3%, the actual is 25.3%, a residual of -8.0 points.

Around the school, census data for Maverick County shows the typical household earns roughly $49,568 per year, 14% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 20% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Maverick County's 24 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,820 students), SAM HOUSTON EL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: PERFECTO MANCHA EL, around 1.9 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around SAM HOUSTON EL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts SAM HOUSTON EL at 6th of 7; the average score across the group is 40.7%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SAM HOUSTON EL has edged down 9%, going from 469 students in 2018 to 428 in 2025. Class-load math has loosened: from 16.6:1 in 2018 to 18.5:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the feed for SAM HOUSTON EL typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.