📍 1641 7th St, Huntsville, Walker County, 77320
Samuel Houston el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Huntsville, Walker County. The school has 437 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Eric Burns. It is part of the Huntsville Isd school district. It serves grades K–4 in a small-town setting. The school employs 24.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.6:1. 17% of students are proficient in reading. 17% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Samuel Houston el enrolls 437 students across grades K–4. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 24.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 40% Black or African American, 34% White and 20% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 174 | 40% |
| White | 149 | 34% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 88 | 20% |
| Two or more races | 13 | 3% |
| Asian | 12 | 2.7% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
347 of the school's 437 students (79%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 315 qualify for free lunch and 32 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Samuel Houston el is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Distant). 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 At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 5, state house district 18.
Samuel Houston el is one of 11 schools in HUNTSVILLE ISD, based in HUNTSVILLE, Texas. The district serves 10,960 students district-wide and employs 403 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 437 students, Samuel Houston el is smaller than the district average of about 996 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Distant