Sam Houston High School earned a State accountability rating of D (60-69) based on three domains: student achievement, school progress and closing the gaps. Scores are scaled from 0 to 100 to align with letter grades. The school scored 69 in student achievement, 75 in school progress and 55 in closing performance gaps. It scored 69 overall in post-secondary readiness, a broad term that refers to student preparedness to undertake multiple pathways after graduation, or specifically, their preparedness for college education.

On the other hand, Central Junior High School performed excellent to earn a State accountability rating of A. The school posted 93 in student achievement, 94 in school progress, 94 in closing performance gaps and 94 overall in post-secondary readiness.

A distinction designation acknowledges districts and campuses for outstanding achievement based on the outcomes of several performance indicators. Distinction designations are awarded for achievement in several areas and are based on performance relative to a group of campuses of similar type, size, grade span, and student demographics.

Central Junior High School's seven out of seven distinctions are in Reading/English Language Arts (ELA), Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, post-secondary, with 25% student progress and 25% closing performance gaps. Sam Houston High School has no distinction.

Based on Racial/Ethnic Groups, the dominant group in Sam Houston High School is Hispanics who make up nearly 75.06% of student population, followed by African Americans (17.33%), Whites or Caucasians (3.21%), Asians (2.84%), Two or More Races (1.00%) and Native Americans (0.37%).

The student population at Central Junior High School is also predominantly by Hispanics at 27.99%, followed by Whites or Caucasians (25.73%), African Americans (21.30%), Asians (11.97%), Two or More Races (7.73%) and Native Americans (0.47%).

Based on household incomes, Sam Houston High School’s economically disadvantaged students is significantly higher at 89.90% compared to 60.32% at Central Junior High School.

In terms of Limited English Proficiency (LEP), a term used in the United States that refers to a person who is not fluent in the English Language, mainly because it is not their native language, Sam Houston High School has a significantly higher number of English Language Learners comprising 53.62% of its student population compared to 14.89% at Central Junior High School.

In addition, Sam Houston High School has 53.24% bilingual students, 9.82% are in the gifted and talented program, while 10.35% are in the special education program. This stacks up against Central Junior High School with 14.23% bilingual students, 17.15% gifted and talented students and 11.03% students in the special education program.

Sam Houston High School's 198 teachers have been working at the campus for an average of 6.7 years with individual teaching experience averaging nearly 9.6 years. Central Junior High School's 71 teachers have been working at the campus for an average of 6.3 years with individual teaching experience averaging close to 10.9 years.

Of its teaching staff, Sam Houston High School has four teachers serving the school for over 30 years, has 23 teachers serving the school for 20-30 years, 49 teachers have worked for 11-20 years, 29 teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while 70 teachers have been serving the school for over 1-5 years, including 23 beginning teachers. Central Junior High School has one teacher only serving the school for over 30 years, has nine teachers serving the school for 20-30 years, 22 teachers have worked for 11-20 years, 15 teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while 22 teachers have been serving the school for over 1-5 years, including two beginning teachers.

Sam Houston High School has 17 special education teachers assisted by 21 teacher aides or paraprofessionals. Central Junior High School has three special education teachers and 8 teacher aides or paraprofessionals.