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Enrollment
456
Elementary
DISTRICT 387 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LA FERIA ISD·NCES 482604002930
Sam Houston Elementary School
500 N BEDDOES, LA FERIA, TX 78559 · (956) 797-8490 · Cameron County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL456 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 69% 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.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
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
16.9:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
310 students
DISTRICT 84% · 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 | 80 | 18% |
| Kindergarten | 65 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 66 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 75 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 88 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 82 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (65) is 21% smaller than its 4th grade class (82).
Student demographics
10%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 7% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within LA FERIA ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
45.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +17.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
33.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +12.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 33 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 17 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 12 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 18.0% | 27.0% | 26.0% | 29.0% |
| Mathematics | 14.0% | 19.0% | 27.0% | 40.0% |
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 | 45.0% | 33.0% |
| 2024-25 | 48.0% | 44.0% |
| 2023-24 | 48.0% | 52.0% |
| 2022-23 | 22.0% | 34.0% |
| 2021-22 | 35.0% | 23.0% |
| 2020-21 | 28.0% | 21.0% |
% 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
48.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.7%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% 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 Elementary School
Sam Houston Elementary School's state test result (48.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Houston Elementary School this school | 456 | 68.0% | 48.3% |
| Jose H Damian Elementary School CANUTILLO | 473 | 68.5% | 46.3% |
| Dolphin Terrace Elementary School EL PASO | 510 | 67.8% | 44.9% |
| Gonzalo and Sofia Garcia Elementary School EL PASO | 424 | 65.8% | 43.2% |
| Matias De Llano Elementary School LAREDO | 453 | 64.9% | 55.9% |
| Myers Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 459 | 70.8% | 43.6% |
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 Cameron County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.3% | #1,593 of 4,401 | #36 of 93 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #3,669 of 4,466 ▼ 1,408 | #87 of 93 ▼ 21 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #3,155 of 4,466 ▼ 427 | #78 of 93 ▼ 7 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +11.0pp | #1,325 of 3,998 | #37 of 93 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 456 | #2,957 of 4,938 | #49 of 95 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.9:1 | #3,812 of 4,622 | #74 of 93 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 9.6% | #4,120 of 4,628 | #18 of 93 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 68.0% | #2,669 of 4,789 | #87 of 94 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.3% | #1,927 of 2,838 | #50 of 64 |
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
456
+41 (+10%) vs 2020
+17% since 1990-91, when it was 391
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
was 16.6:1
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 | 456 | 27.1 | 16.9:1 | 68% (310) |
| 2023-24 | 442 | 28.2 | 15.7:1 | 81% (357) |
| 2022-23 | 440 | 27.5 | 16.0:1 | 87% (381) |
| 2020-21 | 415 | 25 | 16.6:1 | 80% (332) |
| 2017-18 | 514 | 29.6 | 17.4:1 | 79% (408) |
| 2015-16 | 522 | 30 | 17.4:1 | 86% (447) |
| 2010-11 | 507 | 29 | 17.5:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2000-01 | 333 | 19 | 17.5:1 | 92% (306) |
| 1990-91 | 391 | 33 | 11.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sam Houston Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (514 to 456); teachers down 8% (29.6 to 27.1).
About Sam Houston Elementary School
Sam Houston Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school for students in LA FERIA, Texas. The school teaches pre-K through 4 and enrolls 456 students.
LA FERIA ISD has 2,861 students spread across 8 schools.
Roughly 95% of students at Sam Houston Elementary School are Hispanic. Other groups include 4% White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 10%.
Based on 27.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, Sam Houston Elementary School has a ratio of 16.9:1. Across elementary schools in Texas, the average ratio is 15.1:1. Income data for the school show 68% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 16 points below the 84% average for public schools in Cameron County.
Sam Houston Elementary School holds a B+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 69% of Texas public elementary schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 48.3%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 44.7%.
In Cameron County, median household income comes to about $52,601, roughly 22% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 21%. The county's public schools total 187, with about 97,392 students.
La Feria Academy sits about 1.1 miles from Sam Houston Elementary School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Sam Houston Elementary School places 4th of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The school's federal locale classification is Rural: Fringe.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 456, compared with 415 in 2020-21.
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Cameron County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
426,120
Census ACS
Median income
$52,601
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
21%
Below federal line
Schools in county
187
97,392 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LA FERIA ISD
- La Feria Early College High SchoolHigh · 901 students
- W B Green Junior High SchoolMiddle · 391 students
- Noemi Dominguez Elementary SchoolMiddle · 387 students
- C E Vail Elementary SchoolElementary · 376 students
- David G Sanchez Elementary SchoolElementary · 330 students
- La Feria AcademyHigh · 19 students
Other schools in LA FERIA
- La Feria Early College High SchoolHigh · 901 students
- W B Green Junior High SchoolMiddle · 391 students
- Noemi Dominguez Elementary SchoolMiddle · 387 students
- C E Vail Elementary SchoolElementary · 376 students
- David G Sanchez Elementary SchoolElementary · 330 students
- La Feria AcademyHigh · 19 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 7th 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 SchoolBRYAN, TX · 494 students
- Sam Houston Elementary SchoolODESSA, TX · 450 students
Nearby schools
- La Feria Academy1.1 mi · 19
- C E Vail Elementary School1.2 mi · 376
- W B Green Junior High School1.3 mi · 391
- La Feria Early College High School1.3 mi · 901
- David G Sanchez Elementary School1.4 mi · 330
- Noemi Dominguez Elementary School1.4 mi · 387
Frequently asked questions
About Sam Houston Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Sam Houston Elementary School?
Sam Houston Elementary School enrolls approximately 456 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does Sam Houston Elementary School serve?
Sam Houston Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Sam Houston Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Sam Houston Elementary School is approximately 16.9:1 (27 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Sam Houston Elementary School?
Sam Houston Elementary School reports a student body of 4% White, 95% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Two or more.
What district is Sam Houston Elementary School in?
Sam Houston Elementary School is part of LA FERIA ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.