SAMPSON-HOWARD EL

SAMPSON-HOWARD EL operates as a mid-tier elementary campus in TEMPLE, Texas, run under TEMPLE ISD. Current enrollment sits at 611 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 17 schools in TEMPLE ISD (9,073 students total), SAMPSON-HOWARD EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, SAMPSON-HOWARD EL shows that the most-represented group is Hispanic (37%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 31% Black, 18% White, 11% multiracial, 2% Asian. By comparison, Bell County as a whole is about 26% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, SAMPSON-HOWARD EL has 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.8:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 81% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Bell County runs at roughly 57%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, SAMPSON-HOWARD EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 39.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 39.0%.

In the broader community, census data for Bell County shows median household earnings sit near $68,865, about 27% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Bell County runs 130 public schools (combined enrollment of about 71,041 students), of which SAMPSON-HOWARD EL is one.

Nearest neighbor: RAYE-ALLEN EL, around 1.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around SAMPSON-HOWARD EL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts SAMPSON-HOWARD EL at 2nd of 5; the average score across the group is 37.7%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

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