OPAL SMITH EL

Set in CRANDALL, Texas, OPAL SMITH EL is a medium-sized primary school, overseen by CRANDALL ISD. It enrolls 682 students across grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 31% larger than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

Across the 8 schools in CRANDALL ISD (6,922 students total), OPAL SMITH EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, OPAL SMITH EL logs that the largest single group is Black at 51%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest consists of 32% Hispanic, 10% White, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 19% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, OPAL SMITH EL records 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.9:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 63% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, OPAL SMITH EL falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 47.0%; this one comes in at 28.0%, -18.9 points off the demographic line.

Across the wider county, Kaufman County reports that median household income runs about $89,485, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Kaufman County's 65 public schools (combined enrollment of about 41,319 students), OPAL SMITH EL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: CRANDALL MIDDLE, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, OPAL SMITH EL comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 38.5%.

OPAL SMITH EL operates from a town-based location.

On this page, members of the OPAL SMITH EL community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.