NIXON SMILEY EL

NIXON SMILEY EL, a close-knit elementary school in SMILEY, Texas, operated by NIXON-SMILEY CISD, instructs 438 students, covering grades pre-K through 4.

NIXON-SMILEY CISD comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 1,016 students; NIXON SMILEY EL is among them.

In terms of who attends, NIXON SMILEY EL shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 71% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school reports 24% White, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Gonzales County as a whole is about 51% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Around 80% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, NIXON SMILEY EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 38.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 43.8%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Gonzales County put the typical household earns roughly $58,672 per year, about 12% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. NIXON SMILEY EL is one of 15 public schools in Gonzales County (combined enrollment of about 3,908 students).

Nearest neighbor: NIXON-SMILEY PACE, around 0.4 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), NIXON SMILEY EL ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 49.6%.

NIXON SMILEY EL operates from a rural location.

Trend over the last 7 years. NIXON SMILEY EL's enrollment has shrank 3% since 2018, when it stood at 452 (now 438). Over the same period, the Hispanic share shrank from 78% to 71%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 16.7:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 in 2025.

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