SAM HOUSTON H S

Located at 2000 SAM HOUSTON DR, in ARLINGTON, Texas, SAM HOUSTON H S is a heavily attended senior high that educates 3,208 students (grades 9 through 12), run under ARLINGTON ISD. That puts it 303% larger than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 796 students.

Across the 75 schools in ARLINGTON ISD (53,394 students total), SAM HOUSTON H S accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, SAM HOUSTON H S shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 75% of enrollment; the rest is composed of 17% Black, 3% White, 3% Asian. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 30%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 198 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Roughly 90% of students at SAM HOUSTON H S qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Tarrant County (around 63%), the school's rate is north of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, SAM HOUSTON H S tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 34.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 31.3%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Tarrant County) reports that median household earnings sit near $84,207, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Tarrant County runs 639 public schools (combined enrollment of about 385,835 students), of which SAM HOUSTON H S is one.

Nearest neighbor: ADAMS EL, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around SAM HOUSTON H S. On composite proficiency, SAM HOUSTON H S comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 30.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Five-year trend. SAM HOUSTON H S's enrollment has declined 12% since 2018, when it stood at 3,627 (now 3,208). The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 16.2:1 today.

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