SAM HOUSTON MIDDLE

Located at 2232 SUSSEX DR, in GARLAND, Texas, SAM HOUSTON MIDDLE is a middle-of-the-pack junior high that enrolls 775 students (grades 6 through 8), overseen by GARLAND ISD. Compared to the state average of about 643 students per school, that is 21% above typical.

GARLAND ISD comprises 76 schools with combined enrollment of 53,173 students; SAM HOUSTON MIDDLE is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, SAM HOUSTON MIDDLE reports that nearly all students (87%) are Hispanic. Beyond that, the school reports 5% Black, 4% White. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 41%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 58 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.4:1 average. Roughly 90% of students at SAM HOUSTON MIDDLE qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than Dallas County's rate of about 77%.

After controlling for student poverty, SAM HOUSTON MIDDLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 34.7%, the actual is 31.3%, a residual of -3.3 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Dallas County put median household income runs about $76,547, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. SAM HOUSTON MIDDLE is one of 771 public schools in Dallas County (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students).

The closest other public school is MD WILLIAMS EL, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SAM HOUSTON MIDDLE ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 36.4%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 23%: 1,005 students in 2018 compared to 775 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.