NANCY SMITH EL

NANCY SMITH EL is an elementary school of low-enrollment scale in ALBANY, Texas, one of the schools within ALBANY ISD, caters to 258 students in grades pre-K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 50% below typical.

ALBANY ISD comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 474 students; NANCY SMITH EL is among them.

On the student-mix side, NANCY SMITH EL reports that White students make up the majority at 73%; the rest breaks down as 23% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Shackelford County as a whole is about 84% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.3:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 44% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, NANCY SMITH EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 54.6%, the actual is 55.9%, a residual of +1.3 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Shackelford County put median household earnings sit near $73,047, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Shackelford County runs 3 public schools (combined enrollment of about 589 students), of which NANCY SMITH EL is one.

Nearest neighbor: ALBANY JR-SR H S, around 0.6 miles off. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), NANCY SMITH EL ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 41.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Looking at the recent track record. NANCY SMITH EL's enrollment has ticked down 9% since 2018, when it stood at 284 (now 258). Hispanic enrollment moved from 17% to 23% across the same window.

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