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If you had an hour of school board time for SAMUEL CLEMENS H S, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
2,589
High
DISTRICT 1,823 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SCHERTZ-CIBOLO-U CITY ISD·NCES 483948004488
Samuel Clemens High School
1001 ELBEL RD, SCHERTZ, TX 78154 · (210) 945-6501 · Guadalupe County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL2,589 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 62% of Texas public high schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-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 high schools
Student : Teacher
18.5:1
140 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
729 students
DISTRICT 36% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 708 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 661 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 658 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 562 | 22% |
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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
60.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +27.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
36.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +29.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 36 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 27 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 29 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 10.0% | 50.0% | 17.0% | 23.0% |
| Mathematics | 7.0% | 29.0% | 40.0% | 24.0% |
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 | 60.0% | 36.0% |
| 2024-25 | 59.0% | 34.0% |
| 2023-24 | 64.0% | 40.0% |
| 2022-23 | 35.0% | 24.0% |
| 2021-22 | 35.0% | 21.0% |
| 2020-21 | 33.0% | 7.0% |
% 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
64.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.7%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 Samuel Clemens High School
Samuel Clemens High School's state test result (64.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Samuel Clemens High School this school | 2,589 | 28.2% | 64.7% |
| Harlan High School SAN ANTONIO | 2,778 | 28.6% | 67.4% |
| Canyon High School NEW BRAUNFELS | 2,414 | 32.4% | 59.7% |
| Pearce High School RICHARDSON | 2,317 | 32.6% | 62.3% |
| Tomball High School TOMBALL | 3,227 | 31.4% | 75.7% |
| Moe and Gene Johnson High School BUDA | 2,870 | 33.4% | 66.0% |
Matched among Texas high 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 Samuel Clemens High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Guadalupe County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.7% | #369 of 1,385 | #1 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #946 of 1,425 ▼ 61 | #5 of 6 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #639 of 1,425 ▼ 25 | #2 of 6 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +18.5pp | #462 of 1,184 | #2 of 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,589 | #149 of 2,107 | #2 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.5:1 | #1,224 of 1,344 | #5 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.2% | #255 of 1,346 | #2 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 28.2% | #1,381 of 1,522 | #5 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.6% | #484 of 557 | N/A |
Ranked against other public high 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
2,589
-1 (0%) vs 2020
+120% since 1990-91, when it was 1,177
Student : Teacher
18.5:1
was 17.3:1
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 | 2,589 | 139.7 | 18.5:1 | 28% (729) |
| 2023-24 | 2,563 | 141.3 | 18.1:1 | 32% (830) |
| 2022-23 | 2,544 | 144.9 | 17.6:1 | 30% (758) |
| 2020-21 | 2,590 | 150 | 17.3:1 | 25% (643) |
| 2017-18 | 2,657 | 152.4 | 17.4:1 | 23% (618) |
| 2015-16 | 2,576 | 143 | 18.0:1 | 23% (591) |
| 2010-11 | 1,641 | 100 | 16.4:1 | 26% (431) |
| 2000-01 | 2,042 | 133 | 15.3:1 | 14% (290) |
| 1990-91 | 1,177 | 78 | 15.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Samuel Clemens High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (2,657 to 2,589); teachers down 8% (152.4 to 139.7).
About Samuel Clemens High School
Samuel Clemens High School is a large high school located in SCHERTZ, Texas. It enrolled 2,589 students in grades 9 through 12 for the 2024-25 school year. Statewide, high schools in Texas average about 796 students each.
Samuel Clemens High School is one school in SCHERTZ-CIBOLO-U CITY ISD, a system of 16 schools with 14,947 students.
Enrollment at Samuel Clemens High School is mixed, with Hispanic students the largest group at 49%. The school is also 32% White, 11% Black, and 6% multiracial. That is higher than the 39% Hispanic share among all Guadalupe County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at Samuel Clemens High School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 64%.
With 139.7 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Samuel Clemens High School was 18.5:1. The 15.1:1 average for high schools in Texas is lower than this school's figure. The school counts 729 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 28%. The 45% average for public schools in Guadalupe County is 17 points higher.
Samuel Clemens High School is graded B by allk12, scoring above 62% of Texas public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 61.7% at Samuel Clemens High School; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 64.7%.
Guadalupe County has these Census figures: median household income is about $92,375, roughly 31% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. The public schools of Guadalupe County number 49 and enroll about 30,977.
The next-closest public school is Schertz Elementary School, about 0.5 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Samuel Clemens High School ranks 1st of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 64.7% against a local average of 44.1%.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
The student count changed little between 2020-21 (2,590) and 2024-25 (2,589). The ratio of students to teachers went from 17.3:1 to 18.5:1 over the same years.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss science fairs, picture day, and bus routes at Samuel Clemens High School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Guadalupe County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
183,642
Census ACS
Median income
$92,375
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
49
30,977 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SCHERTZ-CIBOLO-U CITY ISD
- Byron P Steele II High SchoolHigh · 2,793 students
- Dobie Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,231 students
- Ray D Corbett Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,113 students
- Rose Garden Elementary SchoolElementary · 861 students
- Barbara Jordan Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 811 students
- Elaine S Schlather Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 724 students
Other schools in SCHERTZ
- Ray D Corbett Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,113 students
- Sst SchertzElementary · 895 students
- Rose Garden Elementary SchoolElementary · 861 students
- Founders Classical Academy of SchertzCombined · 774 students
- Laura Ingalls Wilder Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 702 students
- Schertz Elementary SchoolElementary · 663 students
Nearby schools
- Schertz Elementary School0.5 mi · 663
- Allison L Steele E L C0.9 mi · 87
- Dobie Junior High School0.9 mi · 1,231
- Watts Elementary School1.0 mi · 500
- Barbara Jordan Intermediate School1.2 mi · 811
- Norma J Paschal Elementary School1.5 mi · 574
Frequently asked questions
About Samuel Clemens High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Samuel Clemens High School?
Samuel Clemens High School enrolls approximately 2,589 students in grades 09-12.
Is Samuel Clemens High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Samuel Clemens High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Samuel Clemens High School have?
Samuel Clemens High School employs 140 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Samuel Clemens High School?
Student demographics at Samuel Clemens High School are roughly 32% White, 49% Hispanic, 11% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Samuel Clemens High School in?
Samuel Clemens High School is part of SCHERTZ-CIBOLO-U CITY ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.