DAVID E SMITH EL

Set in HALTOM CITY, Texas, DAVID E SMITH EL is a moderately sized primary school, part of BIRDVILLE ISD. It caters to 640 students across grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 23% larger than the state mean of about 519.

Across the 30 schools in BIRDVILLE ISD (22,267 students total), DAVID E SMITH EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, DAVID E SMITH EL reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 80%; the rest comes out to 13% White, 4% Asian, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 30% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting DAVID E SMITH EL higher than the state norm the norm. Around 83% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above Tarrant County's rate of about 63%.

After controlling for student poverty, DAVID E SMITH EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 38.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 36.1%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Tarrant County put median household earnings sit near $84,207, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Tarrant County's 639 public schools (combined enrollment of about 385,835 students), DAVID E SMITH EL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: HALTOM MIDDLE, around 0.8 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around DAVID E SMITH EL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts DAVID E SMITH EL at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 32.1%.

DAVID E SMITH EL operates from a suburban location.

Trend over the last 7 years. DAVID E SMITH EL's enrollment has rose 39% since 2018, when it stood at 459 (now 640). Over the same period, the White share shrank from 23% to 13%.

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