NESMITH EL

NESMITH EL is one of the mid-sized primary schools in LAVON, Texas, part of COMMUNITY ISD, with 511 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 8 schools in COMMUNITY ISD (5,271 students total), NESMITH EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, NESMITH EL lists that the most-represented group is White (38%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 37% Black, 14% Hispanic, 5% Asian, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Collin County as a whole is about 54% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, NESMITH EL lists 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.4:1. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 50% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Collin County runs at roughly 30%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, NESMITH EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 52.1%; this one delivers 39.3%.

In the area at large, Collin County reports that median household income runs about $121,600, roughly 56% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Collin County's 338 public schools (combined enrollment of about 227,575 students), NESMITH EL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: COMMUNITY TRAILS MIDDLE, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around NESMITH EL. On composite proficiency, NESMITH EL comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 70.3%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 4%: 532 students in 2018 compared to 511 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment grew from 11% to 37% over that span.

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