Sam Houston High School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

880 South H Jones Parkway

Lake Charles LA, 70611, Calcasieu County

Phone: 337-217-4480

Ranking:

(22 out of 276, top 8%)*

Type: Regular High School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12

School District: Calcasieu Parish School District

Title I Eligible School: No

Magnet: NA

Charter: NA

Shared-Time School: NA

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014		2012-2013		2011-2012		2010-2011		2009-2010		2008-2009		2007-2008
	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%
Total Teachers:	69		64		67		66		68		67		63
Total Students:	1,195		1,190		1,187		1,161		1,132		1,035		1,011
Grade 9:	335	28.0%	336	28.2%	337	28.4%	303	26.1%	357	31.5%	317	30.6%	286	28.3%
Grade 10:	306	25.6%	315	26.5%	282	23.8%	314	27.0%	294	26.0%	278	26.9%	245	24.2%
Grade 11:	303	25.4%	251	21.1%	298	25.1%	292	25.2%	265	23.4%	218	21.1%	244	24.1%
Grade 12:	251	21.0%	288	24.2%	270	22.7%	252	21.7%	216	19.1%	222	21.4%	236	23.3%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	584	48.9%	578	48.6%	597	50.3%	592	51.0%	588	51.9%	538	52.0%	531	52.5%
Female:	611	51.1%	612	51.4%	590	49.7%	569	49.0%	536	47.3%	489	47.2%	476	47.1%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	3	0.3%	2	0.2%	6	0.5%	6	0.5%	6	0.5%	5	0.5%	2	0.2%
Asian:	3	0.3%	5	0.4%	5	0.4%	5	0.4%	5	0.4%	6	0.6%	6	0.6%
Hispanic:	23	1.9%	19	1.6%	19	1.6%	12	1.0%	11	1.0%	10	1.0%	10	1.0%
Black:	125	10.5%	134	11.3%	115	9.7%	90	7.8%	89	7.9%	69	6.7%	58	5.7%
White:	1,034	86.5%	1,026	86.2%	1,042	87.8%	1,048	90.3%	1,021	90.2%	945	91.3%	935	92.5%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	6	0.5%	4	0.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	267	22.3%	248	20.8%	251	21.1%	264	22.7%	197	17.4%	184	17.8%	137	13.6%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	60	5.0%	55	4.6%	61	5.1%	70	6.0%	70	6.2%	65	6.3%	55	5.4%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	17.30		18.62		17.75		17.52		16.62		15.50		16.10

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
GEE
2007	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	74%	61%	N/A
2008	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	71%	67%	N/A
2010	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	76%	69%	N/A
2011	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	77%	64%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	78%	69%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	81%	71%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	86%	75%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	82%	63%	N/A
2007	Science	10th Grade	% met std	82%	65%	N/A
2008	Science	10th Grade	% met std	67%	62%	N/A
2010	Science	10th Grade	% met std	78%	66%	N/A
2011	Science	10th Grade	% met std	78%	69%	N/A
2007	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	73%	67%	N/A
2008	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	69%	67%	N/A
2010	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	81%	71%	N/A
2011	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	77%	69%	N/A
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	83%	70%	N/A
2012	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	80%	71%	N/A
iLEAP
2007	English Language Arts	9th Grade	% met std	75%	64%	N/A
2008	English Language Arts	9th Grade	% met std	77%	69%	N/A
2009	English Language Arts	9th Grade	% met std	78%	69%	N/A
2010	English Language Arts	9th Grade	% met std	74%	68%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	80%	62%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	79%	66%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	82%	71%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	76%	65%	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	68.4%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	31.6%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	15.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	14.0%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	86.0%

Mean Base Salary:	$43,752.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$38,145.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$44,667.0

* Sam Houston High School was rated 5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.