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Enrollment
900
Elementary
DISTRICT 906 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CYPRESS-FAIRBANKS ISD·NCES 481611009267
Sampson Elementary School
16002 COLES CROSSING DR, CYPRESS, TX 77429 · (281) 213-1600 · Harris County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL900 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.0:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
17%
154 students
DISTRICT 62% · 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 | 7 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 123 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 133 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 152 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 154 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 148 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 183 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (123) is 33% smaller than its 5th grade class (183).
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
86.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +6.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
79.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +4.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 86 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 79 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 6 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 61.0% | 25.0% | 8.0% | 6.0% |
| Mathematics | 49.0% | 30.0% | 14.0% | 7.0% |
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 | 86.0% | 79.0% |
| 2024-25 | 85.0% | 79.0% |
| 2023-24 | 82.0% | 78.0% |
| 2022-23 | 83.0% | 76.0% |
| 2021-22 | 79.0% | 72.0% |
| 2020-21 | 80.0% | 75.0% |
% 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
78.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.4%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 78% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% 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 Sampson Elementary School
Sampson Elementary School's state test result (78.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sampson Elementary School this school | 900 | 17.1% | 78.1% |
| Buckalew Elementary School THE WOODLANDS | 823 | 18.1% | 84.3% |
| Campbell Elementary School LEAGUE CITY | 791 | 16.3% | 60.9% |
| Doss Elementary School AUSTIN | 930 | 19.1% | 71.1% |
| Powell Elementary School THE WOODLANDS | 830 | 20.8% | 75.3% |
| Bush Elementary School THE WOODLANDS | 881 | 17.4% | 77.7% |
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 Sampson Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 78.1% | #119 of 4,401 | #17 of 624 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 79.0% | #147 of 4,466 ▲ 13 | #18 of 625 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 86.0% | #89 of 4,466 ▲ 34 | #11 of 625 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.0pp | #2,405 of 3,998 | #381 of 603 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 900 | #211 of 4,938 | #76 of 682 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.0:1 | #4,198 of 4,622 | #586 of 657 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.0% | #1,066 of 4,628 | #134 of 657 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 17.1% | #4,507 of 4,789 | #650 of 671 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.4% | #2,266 of 2,838 | #368 of 441 |
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
900
+13 (+1%) vs 2020
-32% since 2010-11, when it was 1,318
Student : Teacher
18.0:1
was 17.4:1
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 | 900 | 50.1 | 18.0:1 | 17% (154) |
| 2023-24 | 907 | 50.5 | 17.9:1 | 16% (144) |
| 2022-23 | 848 | 49.7 | 17.1:1 | 12% (105) |
| 2020-21 | 887 | 51 | 17.4:1 | 10% (85) |
| 2017-18 | 972 | 50.8 | 19.1:1 | 6% (58) |
| 2015-16 | 1,021 | 56 | 18.2:1 | 2% (22) |
| 2010-11 | 1,318 | 72 | 18.3:1 | 1% (19) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sampson Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (972 to 900); teachers down 1% (50.8 to 50.1).
About Sampson Elementary School
Sampson Elementary School is an elementary school in CYPRESS, Texas, reachable at (281) 213-1600. Enrollment totals 900 students across pre-K through 5. That puts enrollment 73% larger than the 519-student average for elementary schools in Texas.
Federal data list 92 schools in CYPRESS-FAIRBANKS ISD, with 117,927 students enrolled.
Of every 100 students at Sampson Elementary School, about 53 are White. After that, the student body is 24% Hispanic, 11% Asian, 6% multiracial, and 6% Black. Among all residents of Harris County, the White share is about 34%. The diversity index for Sampson Elementary School is 64%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Sampson Elementary School reported 50.1 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 18.0:1. Elementary schools in Texas have an average ratio of 15.1:1. Roughly 17% of students at Sampson Elementary School can receive free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Harris County average 70%.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Sampson Elementary School is +11.7 points: 78.1% actual, 66.4% predicted.
Census data for Harris County show median household income comes to about $74,983, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 13% of residents are in poverty. There are 1,205 public schools in the county, enrolling about 886,911, Sampson Elementary School among them.
Among nearby public schools, Farney Elementary School is closest at about 1.2 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Sampson Elementary School. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Sampson Elementary School is 2nd on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Sampson Elementary School is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's size has been steady, with 887 students in 2020-21 and 900 in 2024-25.
People can post here about special education services, counseling, and support programs and other school topics. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Harris County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
4,838,303
Census ACS
Median income
$74,983
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
1,205
886,911 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CYPRESS-FAIRBANKS ISD
- Bridgeland High SchoolHigh · 3,707 students
- Cypress Woods High SchoolHigh · 3,469 students
- Cypress Ranch High SchoolHigh · 3,463 students
- Jersey Village High SchoolHigh · 3,323 students
- Cypress Creek High SchoolHigh · 3,222 students
- Cy-Fair High SchoolHigh · 3,216 students
Other schools in CYPRESS
- Bridgeland High SchoolHigh · 3,707 students
- Cypress Woods High SchoolHigh · 3,469 students
- Cypress Ranch High SchoolHigh · 3,463 students
- Cy-Fair High SchoolHigh · 3,216 students
- Cypress Park High SchoolHigh · 3,117 students
- Cypress Springs High SchoolHigh · 2,800 students
Nearby schools
- Farney Elementary School1.2 mi · 911
- Cypress Woods High School1.2 mi · 3,469
- Spillane Middle School1.5 mi · 1,436
- Robison Elementary School1.5 mi · 1,135
- Goodson Middle School1.9 mi · 1,360
- Lamkin Elementary School2.0 mi · 834
Frequently asked questions
About Sampson Elementary SchoolHow large is Sampson Elementary School?
Sampson Elementary School enrolls approximately 900 students in grades PK-05.
Is Sampson Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Sampson Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Sampson Elementary School?
Approximately 18.0:1 students per teacher at Sampson Elementary School.
How diverse is Sampson Elementary School?
Sampson Elementary School reports a student body of 53% White, 24% Hispanic, 6% Black, 11% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Sampson Elementary School?
Sampson Elementary School is overseen by CYPRESS-FAIRBANKS ISD in Harris County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.