NIXON-SMILEY H S

Set in NIXON, Texas, NIXON-SMILEY H S is a very small four-year high school, operated by NIXON-SMILEY CISD. It works with 295 students across grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 796 students each, so NIXON-SMILEY H S sits 63% smaller than that benchmark.

Across the 5 schools in NIXON-SMILEY CISD (1,016 students total), NIXON-SMILEY H S accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, NIXON-SMILEY H S reports that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 79% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school lists 19% White. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 51%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, NIXON-SMILEY H S has 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Around 74% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), NIXON-SMILEY H S tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 41.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 49.9%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Gonzales County shows median household earnings sit near $58,672, about 12% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. NIXON-SMILEY H S is one of 15 public schools in Gonzales County (combined enrollment of about 3,908 students).

Nearest neighbor: NIXON-SMILEY MIDDLE, around 0.1 miles off. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, NIXON-SMILEY H S comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 51.9%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Five-year trend. NIXON-SMILEY H S's enrollment has held roughly steady since 2018, when it stood at 300 (now 295).

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