Sam Houston High School (San Antonio, Texas)

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Sam Houston High School
2012-01-05 Sam Houston Hurricanes sign in front of Sam Houston High School in San Antonio.jpg
Location
Sam Houston High School (San Antonio, Texas)
4635 East Houston Street

,
78220

United States
Coordinates 29°25′31″N98°23′57″W / 29.425233°N 98.399182°W / 29.425233; -98.399182
Information
Type Public high school
School district San Antonio Independent School District
Faculty67.58 (on an FTE basis) [1]
Grades9–12
Enrollment856 [1]  (2022–2023)
Student to teacher ratio12.67 [1]
Color(s)   
Team nameHurricanes
Website schools.saisd.net/page/006.homepage

Sam Houston High School, also known as Houston High School, is a public high school located in eastern San Antonio, Texas, United States, and classified as a 4A school by the UIL. This school is one of twelve high schools in the San Antonio Independent School District. For the 2021-2022 school year, the school was given a "B" by the Texas Education Agency. [2]

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Athletics

The Sam Houston Hurricanes compete in the following sports: [3]

Shooting

On September 11, 1990, three high school students were shot and wounded in what was believed to be a gang-related confrontation on the school grounds. Three other students were arrested shortly afterwards. Witnesses told police a group of students had gathered on the patio when shots were fired into the group. 17-year-old John Campbell was wounded in the right foot, 18-year-old Larry Johnson was wounded in the right thigh and calf, and a 16-year-old boy received a chest wound. [4] The wounded students were all listed in stable conditions at various San Antonio hospitals. Police said they recovered a large-caliber pistol from the crime scene. Eighteen-year-old Kenneth Wolford, plus two other male students, were arrested and charged for the shooting. No serious incidents of violence at the school had occurred previously, although a cache of weapons had been found inside a school locker the week prior to the shooting and security was increased at the school as a result. [5]

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References

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  2. "TEA". Texas Education Agency . Retrieved 20 February 2024.
  3. The Athletics Department
  4. "3 San Antonio teens wounded". The Victoria Advocate, Volume 145, Number 128 (Victoria, Texas). September 12, 1990. p. 3C.
  5. "Three shot, wounded in confrontation on school grounds". United Press International . September 11, 1990.