📍 2232 Sussex Dr, Garland, Dallas County, 75041
Sam Houston Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Garland, Dallas County. The school has 898 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Don Hernandez. It is part of the Garland Isd school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a suburban setting. The school employs 64.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.9:1. 20% of students are proficient in reading. 12% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Sam Houston Middle enrolls 898 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 47% male and 53% female. A teaching staff of 64.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 74% Hispanic or Latino, 9.4% American Indian or Alaska Native and 6.5% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 669 | 74% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 84 | 9.4% |
| White | 58 | 6.5% |
| Black or African American | 57 | 6.3% |
| Asian | 15 | 1.7% |
| Two or more races | 14 | 1.6% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
814 of the school's 898 students (91%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 775 qualify for free lunch and 39 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Sam Houston Middle is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district TX-50, state senate district 16, state house district 107.
Sam Houston Middle is one of 78 schools in GARLAND ISD, based in GARLAND, Texas. The district serves 51,021 students district-wide and employs 3,476 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 898 students, Sam Houston Middle is larger than the district average of about 654 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large