Sam Houston High School (San Antonio, Texas)

Sam Houston High School
Sam Houston High School
Location
	4635 East Houston Street; San Antonio, Texas 78220; United States
Coordinates	29°25′31″N 98°23′57″W / 29.425233°N 98.399182°W
Information
Type	Public high school
School district	San Antonio Independent School District
Faculty	67.58 (on an FTE basis)
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	856 (2022–2023)
Student to teacher ratio	12.67
Color(s)
Team name	Hurricanes
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]

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]