Sam Houston High School (San Antonio, Texas)

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]

Sam Houston High School
Location
4635 East Houston Street San Antonio , Texas 78220 United States
Coordinates	29.425233°N 98.399182°W / 29.425233; -98.399182
Information
Type	Public high school
School district	San Antonio Independent School District
NCES School ID	483873004363[1]
Faculty	67.58 (on an FTE basis)[1]
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	856[1] (2022–2023)
Student to teacher ratio	12.67[1]
Color(s)
Team name	Hurricanes
Website	schools.saisd.net/page/006.homepage

Athletics

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

• Baseball
• Basketball
• Cross Country
• Football
• Golf
• Soccer
• Softball
• Swimming and Ding
• Tennis
• Track and Field
• Volleyball

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]