Districts, charter school systems & campuses · Source: Texas Education Agency
Sam Houston ElemB89vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate
Traditional public school campus
Sam Houston Elem
Harrison County · Region 07: Kilgore · 485 students
Current score
89/1002025-26
Change
−2 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
+9.1 ptsvs 79.9 average · 1,993 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
348 of 1,993tied with 65 others
Score vs region
+9.0 ptsvs 80 average · 352 rated schools in Region 07: Kilgore
Region 07: Kilgore placement
70 of 352tied with 15 others
Score vs county
+10.9 ptsvs 78.1 average · 25 rated schools in Harrison County
Harrison County placement
3 of 25tied with 2 others
Score vs similar-size group
+8.9 ptsvs 80.1 average · 4,653 similarly sized rated schools
Similar size placement
985 of 4,653tied with 159 others
Score vs state
+7.7 ptsvs 81.3 average · 7,646 rated Texas schools
Texas placement
1,913 of 7,646tied with 285 others
B89
At a glance
Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving down; under the rules in force back then it scored 90 in 2021-22. The current score is above the 79.9 average for 1,993 rated schools serving a similar economic context.The current score is above the 80 average for 352 rated schools in Region 07: Kilgore.The current score is above the 78.1 average for 25 rated schools in Harrison County.The current score is above the 80.1 average for 4,653 similarly sized rated schools.The current score is above the 81.3 average for 7,646 rated Texas schools.
Evidence worth noticing
Strengths and momentum
STAAR result
All Subjects above similar-context averages at Meets and Masters
Meets
73%vs 48.1% avg · +24.9 pts
Masters
38%vs 19.6% avg · +18.4 pts
Among 1,889 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
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Sam Houston Elem is rated B by TEA, scoring 89 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 79.9 average for 1,993 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is down 2 points since 2021-22.
Ranks 348th of 1,993 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 65 others).
Sam Houston Elem is rated B by TEA, scoring 89 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 80 average for 352 rated schools in Region 07: Kilgore. It is down 2 points since 2021-22.
Ranks 70th of 352 rated schools in Region 07: Kilgore (tied with 15 others).
Sam Houston Elem is rated B by TEA, scoring 89 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 78.1 average for 25 rated schools in Harrison County. It is down 2 points since 2021-22.
Ranks 3rd of 25 rated schools in Harrison County (tied with 2 others).
Sam Houston Elem is rated B by TEA, scoring 89 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 80.1 average for 4,653 similarly sized rated schools. It is down 2 points since 2021-22.
Ranks 985th of 4,653 similarly sized rated schools (tied with 159 others).
Sam Houston Elem is rated B by TEA, scoring 89 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 81.3 average for 7,646 rated Texas schools. It is down 2 points since 2021-22.
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Compare against
2021-22 is shown under the refreshed methodology TEA adopted in 2023, so it is comparable with later years. Under the original scoring it was rated A with 90 that year.
Comparison lines follow the current rated cohort backward through time. The table gives the number in that fixed cohort that reported a score each year; it can be smaller than cohort membership.
Texas builds the overall rating from the better of Student Achievement and School Progress, weighted 70%, plus Closing the Gaps at 30%. School Progress is itself the better of Academic Growth and Relative Performance. The 60, 70, 80 and 90 rules mark the letter-grade thresholds.
Student Achievement92 A+14.1 vs similar economic context · 1,889 reporting
School Progress92 A+11.2 vs similar economic context · 1,881 reporting
Closing the Gaps83 B+5.9 vs similar economic context · 1,862 reporting
Academic Growth83 B+9.1 vs similar economic context · 1,823 reporting
Relative Performance92 A+12.9 vs similar economic context · 1,881 reporting
Sam Houston Elem
Similar economic-disadvantage rate (1,993 in cohort)
Domain scores
Domain
Score
Grade
Points to next grade
Student Achievement
92
A
—
School Progress
92
A
—
Closing the Gaps
83
B
7
Academic Growth
83
B
7
Relative Performance
92
A
—
Closest to moving up: Closing the Gaps, 7 points below A in that domain — the nearest of the measures that count toward the overall rating.
TEA does not add the domains up. The overall score is the better of Student
Achievement and School Progress at 70%, plus Closing the Gaps at 30%.
Student outcomes
STAAR performance
All Subjects
Approaches grade level93%+19 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,889 reporting
Meets grade level73%+25 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,889 reporting
Masters grade level38%+18 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,889 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
Approaches grade level96%+20 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,885 reporting
Meets grade level78%+25 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,885 reporting
Masters grade level40%+19 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,885 reporting
Math3 performance levels
Approaches grade level91%+20 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,876 reporting
Meets grade level71%+29 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,876 reporting
Masters grade level38%+22 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,876 reporting
Science3 performance levels
Approaches grade level90%+16 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,728 reporting
Meets grade level66%+20 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,728 reporting
Masters grade level32%+12 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,728 reporting
Approaches grade level
Meets grade level
Masters grade level
Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (1,993 in cohort)
Percentage of tests at or above each level. Masters is a subset of Meets, which is a subset of Approaches. The selected-comparison tick on each bar marks the average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate — a comparison TEA does not publish.
Counts in the comparison controls describe full cohort membership, not the denominator of every average. Each average uses only schools for which TEA reported that measure; metric-specific reporting counts are shown on the STAAR, graduation and CCMR rows and may vary.
Who this school serves
Placed after the results deliberately: this is context for reading them, not an explanation of them.
Students
485
Economically disadvantaged
64.3%−0.1 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
16.9%−0.7 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
5.6%−13.3 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
95.9%+1.8 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
4.6%−12.0 pts vs similar economic context
Student demographics
Sam Houston Elem
African American 22.9%
Hispanic 41.4%
White 33.2%
Asian 0.4%
Two or More Races 2.1%
Selected comparison averageFor schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,993 reporting for every category shown · 1,993 in full cohort
African American 11.1%
Hispanic 51.4%
White 31.2%
American Indian 0.3%
Asian 2.2%
Pacific Islander 0.2%
Two or More Races 3.7%
Selected comparison averageFor Region 07: Kilgore · 352 reporting for every category shown · 352 in full cohort
African American 13.6%
Hispanic 28.4%
White 52.2%
American Indian 0.3%
Asian 0.8%
Pacific Islander 0.1%
Two or More Races 4.7%
Selected comparison averageFor Harrison County · 25 reporting for every category shown · 25 in full cohort
African American 19.1%
Hispanic 24.6%
White 50.4%
American Indian 0.2%
Asian 0.4%
Pacific Islander 0.1%
Two or More Races 5.1%
Selected comparison averageFor similarly sized schools · 4,653 reporting for every category shown · 4,653 in full cohort
African American 12.1%
Hispanic 55.1%
White 25%
American Indian 0.3%
Asian 3.9%
Pacific Islander 0.1%
Two or More Races 3.4%
Statewide average7,646 reporting for every category shown · 7,646 Texas schools in full cohort
African American 11.5%
Hispanic 52.6%
White 27.8%
American Indian 0.3%
Asian 4.2%
Pacific Islander 0.1%
Two or More Races 3.4%
Student counts behind the percentages
Context only. These counts are not rankings, comparisons, or judgments about school quality.
Students in this TEA accountability summary
485
Economically disadvantaged students
312
Emergent bilingual students
82
Special education students
27
Campus mobility · 2024–25
Mobile students
5
Students in TEA mobility denominator
456
TEA-published mobility rate
1.1%
The mobility count and rate use TEA’s separate 2024–25 campus denominator shown above, not current enrollment. This site does not recalculate a missing rate.
The first figure is TEA’s student count for this accountability summary. It is a separate publication from the fall PEIMS enrollment shown above and can differ; this site does not substitute one for the other. Counts come from TEA’s 2025-26 accountability summary, fetched 29 August 2026. A reported zero is shown as 0. Small-number and complementary masks, unavailable values, and blank not-reported fields stay separate and are never estimated. TEA masking definitions.
Enrollment over time
TEA-reported student enrollment for each available school year. Enrollment growth or decline is not a measure of school quality.
TEA reported 485 students in 2025–26, a decrease of 51 (9.5%) from 2024–25.
Latest enrollment
485
2025–26
Change from 2024–25
−51
Decrease · −9.5%
Change since 2021–22
−40
Decrease · −7.6%
Enrollment in 2025–26
This school
485
Selected comparison
620.2
average forschools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,957 rated schools reporting
Student enrollment by school year for Sam Houston Elem
School year
Students enrolledSam Houston Elem
Change from previous school year
Average enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22
525
First available year
635.3
2022–23
534
Increase of 9 (1.7%)
641.9
2023–24
538
Increase of 4 (0.7%)
638.4
2024–25
536
Decrease of 2 (0.4%)
633.5
2025–26
485
Decrease of 51 (9.5%)
620.2
The selected comparison column is the average enrollment among reporting schools in that group. It changes with the comparison control; this school's own counts do not.
These counts show how enrollment changed, not why. Attendance-zone changes, school openings or closures, grade reconfigurations, transfers and population shifts can affect the total.
Discipline and removal from class
TEA’s annual student and action counts, kept separate and divided only by the matching full-year enrollment. These figures describe removals from instruction, not a simple safe-or-unsafe score.
Students in TEA’s all-discipline count
34
6.3% of cumulative year-end enrollment
Disciplinary actions
85
15.86 per 100 students
Cumulative year-end enrollment
536
2024–25
Share of students · 2024–25
This school
6.3%
Selected comparison
12.9%
average forschools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,532 rated schools reporting
−6.6 pts vs similar economic context
Actions per 100 students · 2024–25
This school
15.86
Selected comparison
30.3
average forschools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,649 rated schools reporting
−14.4 vs similar economic context
TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for Sam Houston Elem
School year
Cumulative enrollment
Studentsall discipline
Students% of enrollment
Actionsall discipline
Actionsper 100 students
Studentsselected comparison average %
Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21
526
Suppressed
—
Suppressed
—
—
—
2021–22
526
Suppressed
—
15
2.85
—
30
2022–23
537
23
4.3%
39
7.26
13.4%
32.1
2023–24
539
44
8.2%
61
11.32
13.2%
31.8
2024–25
536
34
6.3%
85
15.86
12.9%
30.3
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for Sam Houston Elem in 2024–25
Category
Students
Students% of enrollment
Actions
Actionsper 100 students
Studentsselected comparison average %
Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline
34
6.3%
85
15.86
12.9%
30.3
In-school suspensions
28
5.2%
77
14.37
11.6%
23.2
Out-of-school suspensions
Suppressed
—
Suppressed
—
—
—
DAEP placements
Suppressed
—
Suppressed
—
—
—
Mandatory DAEP placements
Not reported
—
Not reported
—
—
—
Discretionary DAEP placements
Suppressed
—
Suppressed
—
—
—
JJAEP placements
Not reported
—
Not reported
—
—
—
Mandatory JJAEP placements
Not reported
—
Not reported
—
—
—
Discretionary JJAEP placements
Not reported
—
Not reported
—
—
—
Expulsions
Not reported
—
Not reported
—
—
—
Mandatory expulsions
Not reported
—
Not reported
—
—
—
Discretionary expulsions
Not reported
—
Not reported
—
—
—
Selected comparisons use rates, not raw counts, so differently sized schools can be read on the same basis. Each average uses only group members for which TEA reported that rate; this school's own counts and rates remain fixed.
Students, actions and incidents are different units. One student can receive multiple actions. The categories overlap, so they must not be added together. Rates use TEA's matching cumulative year-end enrollment, not the October enrollment shown elsewhere on this page.
Source: TEA Discipline Reports, fetched 24 August 2026. Suppressed values stay unavailable rather than being estimated. Use 2020–21 cautiously because remote instruction during the pandemic changed students' exposure to in-person discipline. TEA consolidated its separate action-group reports into this product in 2024–25; this trend uses only the stable “All discipline” heading.
Spending per student
The campus and its parent district stay fixed while the selected same-sector txschools.net comparison changes with the page-wide control. TEA's own peer group and statewide reference remain visible as separately published, fixed TEA references.
Sam Houston Elem
Parent district: Marshall ISD
Texas average
Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate
Spending per student · 2025
This school
$6,730
Selected comparison
$12,659
average forschools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,966 rated schools reporting
−$5,929 vs similar economic context
For 2025, TEA reported $6,730 per student for this campus, $18,705 per student for its parent district, Marshall ISD, $18,972 per student for the Texas average.
Not reported in this TEA campus finance record: TEA peer group.
View yearly spending figures
Spending per student by year
Year
Sam Houston Elem
Parent district: Marshall ISD
Texas average
Selected comparison average
Reportingselected comparison
2018
$6,144
$11,838
$13,054
$7,915
average forschools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,823 rated schools reporting
2019
$5,906
$10,751
$13,108
$8,073
average forschools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,839 rated schools reporting
2020
$6,331
$11,866
$14,058
$8,659
average forschools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,861 rated schools reporting
2021
$6,583
$12,611
$14,797
$9,092
average forschools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,873 rated schools reporting
2022
$6,679
$12,526
$15,708
$10,422
average forschools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,894 rated schools reporting
2023
$6,652
$13,831
$16,792
$11,148
average forschools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,917 rated schools reporting
2024
$6,249
$16,170
$18,125
$12,062
average forschools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,946 rated schools reporting
2025
$6,730
$18,705
$18,972
$12,659
average forschools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,966 rated schools reporting
The selected-comparison reporting count is year-specific and can vary across the table. Dollar amounts are shown as TEA published them and are not adjusted for inflation.
Teachers and actual class size
Average salary
$64,897−$1,444 vs similar economic context
Teachers
28−14.5 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
17.5+3.6 vs similar economic context
Teaching experience
Sam Houston Elem
1 to 5 years 23.5%
6 to 10 years 23.5%
11 to 20 years 24.9%
21 to 30 years 21.3%
Over 30 years 7.2%
Selected comparison averageFor schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,993 reporting for every category shown · 1,993 in full cohort
Beginning 6.2%
1 to 5 years 26.3%
6 to 10 years 19.1%
11 to 20 years 27.9%
21 to 30 years 15.8%
Over 30 years 4.2%
Selected comparison averageFor Region 07: Kilgore · 352 reporting for every category shown · 352 in full cohort
Beginning 6.2%
1 to 5 years 24.6%
6 to 10 years 17.7%
11 to 20 years 28%
21 to 30 years 17.3%
Over 30 years 6%
Selected comparison averageFor Harrison County · 25 reporting for every category shown · 25 in full cohort
Beginning 3.8%
1 to 5 years 24.9%
6 to 10 years 17.1%
11 to 20 years 24.4%
21 to 30 years 20.4%
Over 30 years 5.4%
Selected comparison averageFor similarly sized schools · 4,653 reporting for every category shown · 4,653 in full cohort
Beginning 6.1%
1 to 5 years 26.2%
6 to 10 years 19.4%
11 to 20 years 28.9%
21 to 30 years 15.9%
Over 30 years 3.3%
Statewide average7,646 reporting for every category shown · 7,646 Texas schools in full cohort
Beginning 6.2%
1 to 5 years 25.6%
6 to 10 years 19.2%
11 to 20 years 28.7%
21 to 30 years 15.9%
Over 30 years 3.7%
Average students in a class
TEA average class size by grade or subject for Sam Houston Elem in 2024–25
Grade or subject
Average students per classSam Houston Elem · 2024–25
Average students per classselected comparison
Kindergarten
22
18
Grade 1
21
18.3
Grade 2
21.7
18.5
Grade 3
20.3
18.6
Grade 4
21
19
Grade 5
21.3
19.8
These are TEA's actual class-size averages for the grade or subject shown, not the student-to-teacher ratio. TEA reported 6 of 12 categories for this campus; the categories are not combined into a made-up campus-wide average. Each selected comparison average uses only schools reporting that same grade or subject.
Out of 105 rankings computed across every published metric and every available comparison group, these are all the measures that meet this site’s distinctive-placement threshold. The list does not change when you change Compare against. Each measure appears once, using its strongest placement. Press Copy for a citable sentence.
#1 rankings
First-place results
7 measures
1of 24
All Subjects — Approaches
Harrison County · of the 24 that report this measure · tied with 1
1of 24
All Subjects — Masters
Harrison County · of the 24 that report this measure
1of 24
Reading — Approaches
Harrison County · of the 24 that report this measure
1of 24
Reading — Meets
Harrison County · of the 24 that report this measure
1of 24
Math — Approaches
Harrison County · of the 24 that report this measure · tied with 1
1of 24
Math — Meets
Harrison County · of the 24 that report this measure
1of 24
Math — Masters
Harrison County · of the 24 that report this measure
#2–3 rankings
Second- and third-place results
9 measures
2of 24
School Progress
Harrison County · of the 24 that report this measure · tied with 1
2of 24
Academic Growth
Harrison County · of the 24 that report this measure · tied with 1
2of 24
Relative Performance
Harrison County · of the 24 that report this measure · tied with 1
2of 24
All Subjects — Meets
Harrison County · of the 24 that report this measure
2of 24
Reading — Masters
Harrison County · of the 24 that report this measure
2of 24
Attendance
Harrison County · of the 24 that report this measure
2of 24
Chronically absent (lowest is best)
Harrison County · of the 24 that report this measure
3of 25
Overall score
Harrison County · of the 25 that report this measure · tied with 2
3of 24
Student Achievement
Harrison County · of the 24 that report this measure
#4–10 rankings
Fourth- through tenth-place results
4 measures
4of 21
Science — Approaches
Harrison County · of the 21 that report this measure · tied with 1
4of 21
Science — Masters
Harrison County · of the 21 that report this measure
5of 24
Closing the Gaps
Harrison County · of the 24 that report this measure · tied with 1
5of 21
Science — Meets
Harrison County · of the 21 that report this measure · tied with 1
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once here, using its strongest qualifying placement across all available comparison groups. Very large ties are left out because they do not distinguish this school; any
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Where this comes from
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outcomes, demographics, staffing and finance on this page come from TEA data available through
txschools.gov,
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links the official bulk files. Enrollment history comes from TEA's
PEIMS Student Program and Special Populations reports, fetched 24 August 2026.
The student-count context comes from TEA’s bulk accountability summary, fetched 29 August 2026; TEA’s masking definitions explain withheld values. The dated notice, staffing, discipline, transfer, community and postsecondary sections cite their separate TEA, Census or THECB publication in place. Every archived source carries checksums so each number stays traceable to the bytes the public agency served.
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