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Sampson Elem

Harris County · Region 04: Houston · 933 students

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Current score
94/1002025-26
Change
±0 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
+3.8 ptsvs 90.2 average · 709 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
86 of 709tied with 66 others
A94

At a glance

Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is flat; under the rules in force back then it scored 96 in 2021-22. The current score is above the 90.2 average for 709 rated schools serving a similar economic context.

Evidence worth noticing

Strengths and momentum

Recent domain gain

Relative Performance rose 2 points

87 to 89 2024-25 to 2025-26

  • 89 is 10 points above the 79 average among 695 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
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STAAR result

All Subjects above similar-context averages at Meets and Masters

Meets
82%vs 71.9% avg · +10.1 pts
Masters
56%vs 41.5% avg · +14.5 pts

Among 697 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.

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STAAR result

Math above similar-context averages at Meets and Masters

Meets
79%vs 67.8% avg · +11.2 pts
Masters
49%vs 36.5% avg · +12.5 pts

Among 695 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.

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Selected positive signals, not a summary of performance. The same rules choose them on every page: only the latest one-year gain, results meaningfully better than the currently selected comparison with broad reporting, and distinctive top-three placements. Demographics, staffing and spending cannot become academic “wins.” The overall rating and the full results below remain the complete picture for this school.

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Sampson Elem is rated A by TEA, scoring 94 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 90.2 average for 709 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is unchanged since 2021-22.

Ranks 86th of 709 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 66 others).

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  1. Overview
  2. 5 years of ratings
  3. Where the score comes from
  4. Student outcomes
  5. Who this school serves
  6. Student counts behind the percentages
  7. Enrollment over time
  8. Discipline and removal from class
  9. Spending per student
  10. Teachers and actual class size
  11. Where this school ranks best
  12. Where this comes from

5 years of ratings

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Compare against
908070 Similar economic-disadvantage rateTexas averageSampson Elem 9493939494 2021-222022-232023-242024-252025-26

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 96 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.

View the yearly scores and comparisons
Rating history with comparisons
YearRatingScoreSelected comparisonSimilar economic-disadvantage rateStateTexas average
2025-26A9490.2 709 reporting81.3 7,646 reporting
2024-25A9490.4 703 reporting81.2 7,554 reporting
2023-24A9389.4 687 reporting78.9 7,466 reporting
2022-23A9389.8 672 reporting79.1 7,377 reporting
2021-22A9490.6 657 reporting83.7 7,283 reporting

Where the score comes from

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 Achievement94 A+2.8 vs similar economic context · 697 reporting
  • School Progress92 A+5.5 vs similar economic context · 695 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps94 A+6.3 vs similar economic context · 693 reporting
  • Academic Growth92 A+7.6 vs similar economic context · 691 reporting
  • Relative Performance89 B+10.0 vs similar economic context · 695 reporting
  • Sampson Elem
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (709 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement94A—
School Progress92A—
Closing the Gaps94A—
Academic Growth92A—
Relative Performance89B1

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%. For this school that better measure is Student Achievement (94), so School Progress (92) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 94.

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

All Subjects

  • Approaches grade level93%+4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 697 reporting
  • Meets grade level82%+10 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 697 reporting
  • Masters grade level56%+15 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 697 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level94%+4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 697 reporting
  • Meets grade level86%+10 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 697 reporting
  • Masters grade level61%+17 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 697 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level93%+6 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 695 reporting
  • Meets grade level79%+11 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 695 reporting
  • Masters grade level49%+13 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 695 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level94%+6 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 655 reporting
  • Meets grade level78%+11 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 655 reporting
  • Masters grade level60%+19 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 655 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (709 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
933
Economically disadvantaged
17.1%−0.7 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
7.6%−3.3 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
19.9%+3.5 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
96.4%+0.6 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
3.6%−4.0 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

Sampson Elem

African American: 5.5%Hispanic: 24.8%White: 52.5%American Indian: 0.2%Asian: 10.7%Two or More Races: 6.4%
  • African American 5.5%
  • Hispanic 24.8%
  • White 52.5%
  • American Indian 0.2%
  • Asian 10.7%
  • Two or More Races 6.4%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 709 reporting for every category shown · 709 in full cohort

African American: 7%Hispanic: 22.3%White: 48.5%American Indian: 0.4%Asian: 16.3%Pacific Islander: 0.1%Two or More Races: 5.5%
  • African American 7%
  • Hispanic 22.3%
  • White 48.5%
  • American Indian 0.4%
  • Asian 16.3%
  • Pacific Islander 0.1%
  • Two or More Races 5.5%

Student counts behind the percentages

Context only. These counts are not rankings, comparisons, or judgments about school quality.

Students in this TEA accountability summary
929
Economically disadvantaged students
159
Emergent bilingual students
71
Special education students
185

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
51
Students in TEA mobility denominator
800
TEA-published mobility rate
6.4%

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 933 students in 2025–26, an increase of 33 (3.7%) from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
933

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
+33

Increase · +3.7%

Change since 2021–22
+59

Increase · +6.8%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
933
Selected comparison
863.8

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 705 rated schools reporting

Student enrollment by school year for Sampson Elem
School yearStudents enrolledSampson ElemChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 874 First available year 881.3
2022–23 848 Decrease of 26 (3.0%) 894.1
2023–24 907 Increase of 59 (7.0%) 881.6
2024–25 900 Decrease of 7 (0.8%) 872.6
2025–26 933 Increase of 33 (3.7%) 863.8

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.

Source: TEA PEIMS Student Program and Special Populations Reports, fetched 24 August 2026. TEA reports these counts from its fall student snapshot; changes compare adjacent reported school years.

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
15

1.6% of cumulative year-end enrollment

Disciplinary actions
26

2.84 per 100 students

Cumulative year-end enrollment
915

2024–25

Share of students · 2024–25

This school
1.6%
Selected comparison
6.1%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 467 rated schools reporting

−4.5 pts vs similar economic context

Actions per 100 students · 2024–25

This school
2.84
Selected comparison
11.1

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 538 rated schools reporting

−8.3 vs similar economic context
TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for Sampson Elem
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21 897 15 1.7% 21 2.34 4.7% 7.6
2021–22 894 14 1.6% 38 4.25 6.4% 11.7
2022–23 868 13 1.5% 34 3.92 6.5% 11.9
2023–24 922 22 2.4% 44 4.77 6.2% 11.7
2024–25 915 15 1.6% 26 2.84 6.1% 11.1
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for Sampson Elem in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline 15 1.6% 26 2.84 6.1% 11.1
In-school suspensions 15 1.6% 25 2.73 5.6% 8.9
Out-of-school suspensions Not reported — Not reported — — —
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.

$5k$12k$20k20182020202220242025
  • Sampson Elem
  • Parent district: Cypress-Fairbanks ISD
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$7,267
Selected comparison
$11,005

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 703 rated schools reporting

−$3,738 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $7,267 per student for this campus, $16,633 per student for its parent district, Cypress-Fairbanks 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
YearSampson ElemParent district: Cypress-Fairbanks ISDTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2018$5,484$12,265$13,054$7,334 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 615 rated schools reporting
2019$5,341$12,730$13,108$7,421 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 631 rated schools reporting
2020$5,498$12,750$14,058$7,728 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 642 rated schools reporting
2021$6,290$14,470$14,797$8,280 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 648 rated schools reporting
2022$6,649$15,507$15,708$9,510 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 658 rated schools reporting
2023$7,191$15,990$16,792$9,942 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 673 rated schools reporting
2024$7,053$16,047$18,125$10,921 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 688 rated schools reporting
2025$7,267$16,633$18,972$11,005 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 703 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
$74,559+$5,420 vs similar economic context
Teachers
54−0.8 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
17.1+2.1 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

Sampson Elem

Beginning: 3.7%1 to 5 years: 16.5%6 to 10 years: 22.1%11 to 20 years: 34.9%21 to 30 years: 19.1%Over 30 years: 3.7%
  • Beginning 3.7%
  • 1 to 5 years 16.5%
  • 6 to 10 years 22.1%
  • 11 to 20 years 34.9%
  • 21 to 30 years 19.1%
  • Over 30 years 3.7%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 709 reporting for every category shown · 709 in full cohort

Beginning: 4.4%1 to 5 years: 23%6 to 10 years: 20%11 to 20 years: 32.6%21 to 30 years: 17.1%Over 30 years: 2.7%
  • Beginning 4.4%
  • 1 to 5 years 23%
  • 6 to 10 years 20%
  • 11 to 20 years 32.6%
  • 21 to 30 years 17.1%
  • Over 30 years 2.7%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for Sampson Elem in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classSampson Elem · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Kindergarten20.518.8
Grade 121.819.1
Grade 221.419.7
Grade 321.621.4
Grade 420.920.4
Grade 525.222.1

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.

Source: TEA Texas Academic Performance Reports, fetched 24 August 2026.

Where this school ranks best

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.

Other top-5% rankings

High placements in larger reporting groups

13 measures

  • 38of 874

    Reading — Masters

    Harris County · of the 874 that report this measure · tied with 3

  • 39of 874

    All Subjects — Masters

    Harris County · of the 874 that report this measure · tied with 4

  • 40of 870

    Chronically absent (lowest is best)

    Harris County · of the 870 that report this measure · tied with 2

  • 46of 874

    Reading — Meets

    Harris County · of the 874 that report this measure · tied with 8

  • 64of 1,242

    All Subjects — Meets

    Region 04: Houston · of the 1,242 that report this measure · tied with 11

  • 66of 1,239

    Math — Masters

    Region 04: Houston · of the 1,239 that report this measure · tied with 6

  • 68of 1,239

    Math — Meets

    Region 04: Houston · of the 1,239 that report this measure · tied with 9

  • 94of 2,759

    Science — Masters

    Similar size · of the 2,759 that report this measure · tied with 10

  • 103of 2,937

    Math — Approaches

    Similar size · of the 2,937 that report this measure · tied with 46

  • 128of 2,937

    All Subjects — Approaches

    Similar size · of the 2,937 that report this measure · tied with 45

  • 151of 2,937

    Reading — Approaches

    Similar size · of the 2,937 that report this measure · tied with 57

  • 220of 7,090

    Academic Growth

    Texas average · of the 7,090 that report this measure · tied with 125

  • 339of 7,185

    Closing the Gaps

    Texas average · of the 7,185 that report this measure · tied with 136 · full ranking

These are selected high placements, not a summary. Every figure above this section is the full picture, including where this school ranks poorly. Each measure appears 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 tie that does appear is labeled. Every ranking this site publishes, including the ones no school would put in a press release.

Where this comes from

The Texas Education Agency publishes the underlying accountability reports and data downloads. Ratings, outcomes, demographics, staffing and finance on this page come from TEA data available through txschools.gov, fetched 15 August 2026. TEA’s Reports and Data Portal 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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