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Enrollment
710
Elementary
DISTRICT 495 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PASADENA ISD·NCES 483432003833
Mae Smythe Elementary School
2424 BURKE RD, PASADENA, TX 77502 · (713) 740-0728 · Harris County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL710 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
53 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
631 students
DISTRICT 85% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 84 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 106 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 131 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 132 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 128 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 129 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (106) is 18% smaller than its 4th grade class (129).
Student demographics
21%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 30% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
38.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +19.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
27.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +8.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 27 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 19 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 8 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 15.0% | 23.0% | 29.0% | 33.0% |
| Mathematics | 9.0% | 18.0% | 28.0% | 45.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 38.0% | 27.0% |
| 2024-25 | 39.0% | 31.0% |
| 2023-24 | 35.0% | 36.0% |
| 2022-23 | 26.0% | 32.0% |
| 2021-22 | 27.0% | 30.0% |
| 2020-21 | 19.0% | 19.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
35.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.7%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Mae Smythe Elementary School
Mae Smythe Elementary School's state test result (35.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mae Smythe Elementary School this school | 710 | 88.9% | 35.3% |
| IDEA Montopolis Academy AUSTIN | 694 | 88.8% | 36.4% |
| Berry Elementary School ARLINGTON | 727 | 89.7% | 25.8% |
| De Zavala Elementary School MIDLAND | 669 | 88.5% | 24.4% |
| Bobby Joe Hill PK-8 EL PASO | 656 | 89.9% | 30.3% |
| Dowling Elementary School ODESSA | 712 | 87.9% | 28.5% |
Matched among Texas elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Mae Smythe Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.3% | #3,131 of 4,401 | #441 of 624 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.0% | #4,117 of 4,466 ▼ 425 | #601 of 625 ▼ 56 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #3,868 of 4,466 ▼ 252 | #558 of 625 ▼ 37 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.5pp | #2,361 of 3,998 | #370 of 603 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 710 | #853 of 4,938 | #220 of 682 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #1,094 of 4,622 | #159 of 657 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 21.0% | #3,730 of 4,628 | #548 of 657 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.9% | #1,192 of 4,789 | #289 of 671 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.9% | #1,126 of 1,307 | #127 of 148 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
710
-31 (-4%) vs 2020
+47% since 1990-91, when it was 483
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 13.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 710 | 52.9 | 13.4:1 | 89% (631) |
| 2023-24 | 742 | 51.9 | 14.3:1 | 86% (640) |
| 2022-23 | 700 | 52.7 | 13.3:1 | 92% (645) |
| 2020-21 | 741 | 54 | 13.7:1 | 91% (673) |
| 2017-18 | 690 | 46 | 15.0:1 | 87% (598) |
| 2015-16 | 716 | 46 | 15.6:1 | 81% (578) |
| 2010-11 | 706 | 43 | 16.4:1 | 22% (152) |
| 2000-01 | 673 | 41 | 16.4:1 | 55% (373) |
| 1990-91 | 483 | 25 | 19.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mae Smythe Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (690 to 710); teachers up 15% (46 to 52.9).
About Mae Smythe Elementary School
Mae Smythe Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school with its address in PASADENA, Texas. It teaches 710 students in pre-K through 4. By comparison, elementary schools in Texas enroll about 519 students on average.
PASADENA ISD has 67 schools; together they serve 46,491 students.
A large majority of enrollment at Mae Smythe Elementary School is Hispanic, at 89%. Beyond that, enrollment is 5% White and 5% Black. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 44%. The diversity index for Mae Smythe Elementary School is 21%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
On staff are 52.9 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 13.4:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Texas average 15.1:1. Mae Smythe Elementary School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 89%. It compares with 70% for public schools in Harris County.
The model predicts 35.7% for a school in Texas with Mae Smythe Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Mae Smythe Elementary School posts 35.3%.
In the wider Harris County area, median household income comes to about $74,983, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Harris County's 1,205 public schools enroll about 886,911 students and include Mae Smythe Elementary School.
About 0.3 miles separate Mae Smythe Elementary School from the closest public school, Sam Rayburn High School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Mae Smythe Elementary School is 8th of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Mid-size, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell 4%.
People who know Mae Smythe Elementary School can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Harris County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
4,838,303
Census ACS
Median income
$74,983
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
1,205
886,911 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in PASADENA ISD
- Dobie High SchoolHigh · 3,692 students
- Pasadena Memorial High SchoolHigh · 3,177 students
- Sam Rayburn High SchoolHigh · 2,627 students
- Pasadena High SchoolHigh · 2,217 students
- South Houston High SchoolHigh · 2,185 students
- Dr Kirk Lewis Career and Technical High SchoolCombined · 1,486 students
Other schools in PASADENA
- Pasadena Memorial High SchoolHigh · 3,177 students
- Sam Rayburn High SchoolHigh · 2,627 students
- Pasadena High SchoolHigh · 2,217 students
- Bondy Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 933 students
- Miller Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 780 students
- Fairmont Elementary SchoolElementary · 776 students
Nearby schools
- Sam Rayburn High School0.3 mi · 2,627
- Southmore Intermediate School0.5 mi · 673
- Park View Intermediate School0.7 mi · 532
- Bailey Elementary School0.7 mi · 602
- Fisher Elementary School0.7 mi · 566
- Marshall Kendrick Middle School1.0 mi · 652
Frequently asked questions
About Mae Smythe Elementary SchoolHow large is Mae Smythe Elementary School?
Mae Smythe Elementary School enrolls approximately 710 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does Mae Smythe Elementary School serve?
Mae Smythe Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
How many students per teacher at Mae Smythe Elementary School?
Approximately 13.4:1 students per teacher at Mae Smythe Elementary School.
How diverse is Mae Smythe Elementary School?
Mae Smythe Elementary School reports a student body of 5% White, 89% Hispanic, 5% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Mae Smythe Elementary School?
Mae Smythe Elementary School is overseen by PASADENA ISD in Harris County.
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