NIXON-SMILEY PACE

NIXON-SMILEY PACE is a rural-scale high school in SMILEY, Texas, part of NIXON-SMILEY CISD. The school educates 1 students in grade 10. That puts it 100% leaner than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 796 students.

Within NIXON-SMILEY CISD, which oversees 5 schools and 1,016 students, NIXON-SMILEY PACE is one campus in the system.

On demographics, NIXON-SMILEY PACE lists that 100% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. By comparison, Gonzales County as a whole is about 51% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 0 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 5.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Gonzales County) reports that median household earnings sit near $58,672, about 12% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. In all, Gonzales County runs 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,908 students), of which NIXON-SMILEY PACE is one.

Nearest neighbor: NIXON-SMILEY CISD DAEP, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around NIXON-SMILEY PACE.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Five-year trend. NIXON-SMILEY PACE's enrollment has remained close to its prior level since 2018, when it stood at 1 (now 1). Class-load math has tightened: from 20.0:1 in 2018 to 5.6:1 in 2025.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.