MAE SMYTHE EL

MAE SMYTHE EL is a mid-tier elementary-level community in PASADENA, Texas, run under PASADENA ISD. The school serves 710 students in grades pre-K through 4. Enrollment runs roughly 37% above the state mean of about 519.

MAE SMYTHE EL is one of 67 schools operated by PASADENA ISD, a district that works with 46,491 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, MAE SMYTHE EL lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (89%); the rest looks like 5% White, 5% Black. By comparison, Harris County as a whole is about 44% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting MAE SMYTHE EL tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 89% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Harris County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, MAE SMYTHE EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 35.1%, the actual is 35.8%, a residual of +0.8 points.

Around the school, census data for Harris County shows median household earnings sit near $74,983, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. MAE SMYTHE EL is one of 1205 public schools in Harris County (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students).

Nearest neighbor: SAM RAYBURN H S, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts MAE SMYTHE EL at 8th of 9; the average score across the group is 42.4%.

MAE SMYTHE EL operates from a high-density location.

Trend over the last 7 years. MAE SMYTHE EL's enrollment has grew 3% since 2018, when it stood at 690 (now 710). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 today.

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