SAM HOUSTON H S
ARLINGTON · TX · ARLINGTON ISD · Public
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WINFREE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL - GRAND PRAIRIE → BASEPOINT ACADEMY - ARLINGTON → ARLINGTON H S → BOWIE H S → Dr. R. W. Goines Stem Academy → JOHN A DUBISKI CAREER H S → ADVANTAGE ACADEMY → JEAN MASSIEU ACADEMY →📋 At a glance
- 📚 21 AP courses offered — Elite
- ✅ Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- ✅ Gifted & talented program
- 🔢 4 calculus classes · 19 physics · 46 chemistry
- 🎓 AP rigor: 82th percentile nationally
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: 88th percentile by test-taker volume
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How SAM HOUSTON H S compares for families
Stronger-than-average college-prep profile.
- ▸ StatewideAP rigor in the top 18% nationally with 21 AP courses.
- ▸ LocallyTX students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+4 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: WINFREE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL - GRAND PRAIRIE, BASEPOINT ACADEMY - ARLINGTON, ARLINGTON H S and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🎓 Academic rigor
AP + advanced-course offerings
Elite — exceptional AP + advanced course breadth
82th percentile nationally
✅ Gifted/talented program
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). CRDC reports what's offered + enrolled — it doesn't collect AP exam pass rates (College Board owns that data and doesn't release it school-level).
SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-2188th percentile by test-taker volume
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
👩🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
🏛️ Federal Title I context
High-poverty school
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥75% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. These schools qualify for the highest tier of federal Title I funding and typically receive extra wraparound services. Academic outcomes vary widely — check the state assessment + grad-rate tiles.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of -3.2%/year, projecting from 2024's 3,208 students:
≈ 484 fewer students by 2029 — a real revenue/relevance risk worth getting ahead of.
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue at risk
At $12,932 per student in district revenue, the 484 students projected to be lost by 2029 represent ≈ $6,259,088/year in funding at risk.
District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.
Nearby high schools — the local competition
The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WINFREE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL - GRAND PRAIRIE GRAND PRAIRIE |
Public · charter | 1.2 | 198 | -8.3% |
| BASEPOINT ACADEMY - ARLINGTON ARLINGTON |
Public · charter | 2.5 | 8 | — |
| ARLINGTON H S ARLINGTON |
Public | 2.6 | 2,580 | -0.7% |
| BOWIE H S ARLINGTON |
Public | 2.8 | 2,140 | -11.3% |
| Dr. R. W. Goines Stem Academy Arlington |
Private | 2.9 | 55 | — |
| JOHN A DUBISKI CAREER H S GRAND PRAIRIE |
Public | 3.1 | 1,574 | +3.5% |
| ADVANTAGE ACADEMY GRAND PRAIRIE |
Public · charter | 3.4 | 167 | +3.7% |
| JEAN MASSIEU ACADEMY ARLINGTON |
Public · charter | 3.5 | 36 | — |