Enrollment
295
High
DISTRICT 148 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NIXON-SMILEY CISD·NCES 483274003618
Nixon-Smiley High School
800 RANCHO RD, NIXON, TX 78140 · (830) 582-1536 · Gonzales County
GRADES 09–12HIGH43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL295 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 26% of Texas public high schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- FThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public high schools
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 8.4:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
74%
218 students
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 71 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 87 | 29% |
| Grade 11 | 71 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 66 | 22% |
Student demographics
34%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 42% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within NIXON-SMILEY CISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
47.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +4.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
17.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -66.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 17 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 4 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 66 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 11.0% | 36.0% | 19.0% | 34.0% |
| Mathematics | 3.0% | 14.0% | 44.0% | 39.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 47.0% | 17.0% |
| 2024-25 | 44.0% | 24.0% |
| 2023-24 | 55.0% | 31.0% |
| 2022-23 | 46.0% | 37.0% |
| 2021-22 | 27.0% | 63.0% |
| 2020-21 | 43.0% | 83.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
45.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Nixon-Smiley High School
Nixon-Smiley High School's state test result (45.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nixon-Smiley High School this school | 295 | 73.9% | 45.9% |
| Natalia High School NATALIA | 352 | 73.0% | 40.7% |
| Friona High School FRIONA | 291 | 69.1% | 52.0% |
| Bryan Collegiate High School BRYAN | 465 | 74.0% | 74.3% |
| Bloomington High School BLOOMINGTON | 227 | 78.0% | 36.1% |
| Crane High School CRANE | 347 | 67.7% | 48.8% |
Matched among Texas high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Nixon-Smiley High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Texas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.9% | #964 of 1,385 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 17.0% | #1,364 of 1,425 ▼ 206 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #1,060 of 1,425 ▼ 11 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -9.5pp | #34 of 1,184 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 295 | #1,175 of 2,107 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.3:1 | #214 of 1,344 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 33.6% | #970 of 1,346 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.9% | #500 of 1,522 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.7% | #505 of 557 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
295
+10 (+4%) vs 2020
+18% since 1990-91, when it was 251
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
was 11.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 295 | 26.2 | 11.3:1 | 74% (218) |
| 2023-24 | 285 | 26.3 | 10.8:1 | 75% (215) |
| 2022-23 | 283 | 26.3 | 10.8:1 | 81% (230) |
| 2020-21 | 285 | 25 | 11.4:1 | 78% (221) |
| 2017-18 | 300 | 27.1 | 11.1:1 | 77% (232) |
| 2015-16 | 284 | 27 | 10.5:1 | 71% (202) |
| 2010-11 | 266 | 27 | 9.8:1 | 74% (198) |
| 2000-01 | 292 | 24 | 12.2:1 | 61% (179) |
| 1990-91 | 251 | 17 | 14.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Nixon-Smiley High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (300 to 295); teachers down 3% (27.1 to 26.2).
About Nixon-Smiley High School
Nixon-Smiley High School is a very small high school in Texas, located in NIXON. The school has 295 students in 2024-25 across grades 9 through 12. By comparison, high schools in Texas enroll about 796 students on average.
NIXON-SMILEY CISD includes 5 schools. Together they enroll 1,016 students.
Of every 100 students at Nixon-Smiley High School, about 79 are Hispanic. Other reported shares: 19% White. Gonzales County's residents are about 51% Hispanic, 28 points below the school's share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Nixon-Smiley High School scores 34%.
For every teacher at Nixon-Smiley High School, there are about 11.3 students; the school has 26.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 15.1:1 average for high schools in Texas, this school's ratio is lower. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 74%. The figure for public schools in Gonzales County is close, at 76%.
Nixon-Smiley High School earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 26% of Texas public high schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Nixon-Smiley High School is +3.8 points: 45.9% actual, 42.1% predicted.
For the population of Gonzales County, median household income comes to about $58,672, roughly 12% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Gonzales County's 15 public schools enroll about 3,908 students and include Nixon-Smiley High School.
A public school less than a tenth of a mile away, Nixon-Smiley Middle School, is the closest to Nixon-Smiley High School. The count of other public schools within ten miles is 4. On proficiency, Nixon-Smiley High School is behind the 52.4% nearby average, ranking 4th of 7.
The school's locale code, Rural: Remote, means it is in rural territory far from an urban area.
By 2024-25, enrollment had risen to 295, from 285 in 2020-21.
The discussion board for Nixon-Smiley High School is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Gonzales County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
19,851
Census ACS
Median income
$58,672
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
12%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
3,908 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in NIXON-SMILEY CISD
- Nixon Smiley Elementary SchoolElementary · 438 students
- Nixon-Smiley Middle SchoolMiddle · 280 students
- Nixon-Smiley Cisd DAEPCombined · 2 students
- Nixon-Smiley PaceHigh · 1 students
Nearby schools
- Nixon-Smiley Middle School0.1 mi · 280
- Nixon-Smiley Cisd DAEP7.7 mi · 2
- Nixon-Smiley Pace7.7 mi · 1
- Nixon Smiley Elementary School7.8 mi · 438
- Stockdale Elementary School12.2 mi · 425
- Stockdale Junior High School12.3 mi · 182
Frequently asked questions
About Nixon-Smiley High SchoolHow many students attend Nixon-Smiley High School?
Nixon-Smiley High School enrolls approximately 295 students in grades 09-12.
Is Nixon-Smiley High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Nixon-Smiley High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Nixon-Smiley High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Nixon-Smiley High School is approximately 11.3:1 (26 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Nixon-Smiley High School?
Student demographics at Nixon-Smiley High School are roughly 19% White, 79% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is Nixon-Smiley High School public or private?
Nixon-Smiley High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by NIXON-SMILEY CISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.