📍 500 N Beddoes, La Feria, Cameron County, 78559
Sam Houston el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in La Feria, Cameron County. The school has 440 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Aleida Chapa. It is part of the La Feria Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–4 in a rural setting. The school employs 27.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.0:1. 32% of students are proficient in reading. 27% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Sam Houston el enrolls 440 students across grades Pre-K–4. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 27.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 97% Hispanic or Latino, 2.5% White and <1% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 426 | 97% |
| White | 11 | 2.5% |
| Two or more races | 2 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
381 of the school's 440 students (87%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 381 qualify for free lunch and 0 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 el is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). 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 27, state house district 35.
Sam Houston el is one of 7 schools in LA FERIA ISD, based in LA FERIA, Texas. The district serves 2,842 students district-wide and employs 208 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 440 students, Sam Houston el is close to the district average of about 406 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe