Frank L Smart Middle School

Frank L Smart Middle School, a mid-sized middle-grades school in Davenport, Iowa, operated by Davenport Comm School District, caters to 430 students, covering grades 6 through 8.

Davenport Comm School District runs 27 schools in total, collectively educating 12,812 students. Frank L Smart Middle School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Frank L Smart Middle School shows that 39% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest breaks down as 31% Black, 20% Hispanic, 9% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 79%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.7:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.2:1 average. An estimated 69% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Scott County's rate of about 38%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Frank L Smart Middle School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 57.5%; this one comes in at 30.9%, -26.6 points off the demographic line.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Scott County) shows that median household earnings sit near $78,277, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Scott County runs 53 public schools (combined enrollment of about 26,100 students), of which Frank L Smart Middle School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Children's Village West, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Frank L Smart Middle School comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 43.0%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Frank L Smart Middle School has decreased 32%, going from 628 students in 2018 to 430 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 47% to 39% over that span.

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