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Enrollment
642
Elementary
DISTRICT 599 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FRISCO ISD·NCES 482001007554
Smith Elementary School
9800 SEAN DR, FRISCO, TX 75035 · (469) 633-2200 · Collin County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL642 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
13%
85 students
DISTRICT 15% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 88 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 112 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 112 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 111 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 97 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 122 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (88) is 28% smaller than its 5th grade class (122).
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
65.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +35.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
57.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +17.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 57 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 35 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 17 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 42.0% | 23.0% | 20.0% | 15.0% |
| Mathematics | 29.0% | 28.0% | 22.0% | 21.0% |
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 | 65.0% | 57.0% |
| 2024-25 | 75.0% | 64.0% |
| 2023-24 | 75.0% | 69.0% |
| 2022-23 | 58.0% | 65.0% |
| 2021-22 | 59.0% | 48.0% |
| 2020-21 | 30.0% | 40.0% |
% 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
65.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% 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 Smith Elementary School
Smith Elementary School's state test result (65.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smith Elementary School this school | 642 | 13.2% | 65.7% |
| Beverly Cheatham Elementary School ALLEN | 669 | 13.8% | 86.4% |
| Allen Elementary School FRISCO | 677 | 9.9% | 71.2% |
| Kerr Elementary School ALLEN | 654 | 16.1% | 72.6% |
| Comstock Elementary School MCKINNEY | 680 | 8.4% | 75.0% |
| Jack and June Furr Elementary School MCKINNEY | 790 | 13.5% | 58.1% |
Matched among Texas elementary 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 Smith Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Collin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.7% | #485 of 4,401 | #70 of 164 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #1,139 of 4,466 ▼ 488 | #91 of 165 ▼ 17 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #1,023 of 4,466 ▼ 537 | #93 of 165 ▼ 30 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.5pp | #1,127 of 3,998 | #52 of 154 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 642 | #1,301 of 4,938 | #57 of 181 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #2,986 of 4,622 | #125 of 177 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.8% | #633 of 4,628 | #92 of 177 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 13.2% | #4,580 of 4,789 | #131 of 177 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.9% | #1,189 of 1,307 | #50 of 54 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
642
+27 (+4%) vs 2020
-2% since 2000-01, when it was 655
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 14.6:1
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 | 642 | 41.2 | 15.6:1 | 13% (85) |
| 2023-24 | 676 | 43.6 | 15.5:1 | 13% (89) |
| 2022-23 | 613 | 39.3 | 15.6:1 | 15% (95) |
| 2020-21 | 615 | 42 | 14.6:1 | 13% (81) |
| 2017-18 | 630 | 39.9 | 15.8:1 | 10% (62) |
| 2015-16 | 599 | 37 | 16.2:1 | 10% (57) |
| 2010-11 | 778 | 45 | 17.3:1 | 4% (33) |
| 2000-01 | 655 | 43 | 15.2:1 | 3% (17) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Smith Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (630 to 642); teachers up 3% (39.9 to 41.2).
About Smith Elementary School
Smith Elementary School, a medium-sized elementary school, is located in FRISCO, Texas. The school enrolls 642 students, from kindergarten through 5. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Texas is about 519, so this school runs 24% above that.
Smith Elementary School is among 76 schools run by FRISCO ISD, which serves 65,289 students.
Asian students are the largest group at Smith Elementary School, with 46% of enrollment. Other reported shares: 28% White, 12% Hispanic, 10% Black, and 4% multiracial. Collin County's residents are about 19% Asian, 27 points below the school's share. The chance that two students picked at random at Smith Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 69%.
Staffing totals 41.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 15.6:1. Elementary schools in Texas average about 15.1:1, a similar figure. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 13%. The 30% average for public schools in Collin County is 17 points higher.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Smith Elementary School would score about 68.0%. It scores 65.7%, 2.4 points below that figure.
Collin County census figures show that median household income is about $121,600, roughly 56% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Smith Elementary School is among the 338 public schools in Collin County.
Clark Middle School is the closest public school, about 0.1 miles away in a straight line. Smith Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Smith Elementary School comes in 7th of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put Smith Elementary School in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
Smith Elementary School had 615 students in 2020-21 and 642 in 2024-25, a 4% gain.
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Collin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,163,337
Census ACS
Median income
$121,600
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
56%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
338
227,575 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in FRISCO ISD
- Wakeland High SchoolHigh · 2,230 students
- Reedy High SchoolHigh · 2,201 students
- Lebanon Trail High SchoolHigh · 2,173 students
- Centennial High SchoolHigh · 2,018 students
- Lone Star High SchoolHigh · 2,004 students
- Heritage High SchoolHigh · 1,996 students
Other schools in FRISCO
- Rock Hill High SchoolHigh · 2,442 students
- Wakeland High SchoolHigh · 2,230 students
- Reedy High SchoolHigh · 2,201 students
- Lebanon Trail High SchoolHigh · 2,173 students
- Centennial High SchoolHigh · 2,018 students
- Lone Star High SchoolHigh · 2,004 students
Other Smith Elementary schools
20 other US public schools in 9 states are named Smith Elementary. Smith Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 21.
- Smith Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 730 students
- Smith Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 650 students
- Smith Elementary SchoolSPRING, TX · 624 students
- Smith Elementary SchoolPRINCETON, TX · 623 students
- Smith Elementary SchoolAUSTIN, TX · 566 students
Nearby schools
- Clark Middle School0.1 mi · 824
- Lebanon Trail High School0.6 mi · 2,173
- Hunt Middle School0.8 mi · 852
- Spears Elementary School1.4 mi · 670
- Borchardt Elementary School1.4 mi · 666
- Shawnee Trail Elementary School1.4 mi · 494
Frequently asked questions
About Smith Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Smith Elementary School?
Smith Elementary School enrolls approximately 642 students in grades KG-05.
Is Smith Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Smith Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Smith Elementary School?
Approximately 15.6:1 students per teacher at Smith Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Smith Elementary School?
At Smith Elementary School, the student body is approximately 28% White, 12% Hispanic, 10% Black, 46% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Smith Elementary School public or private?
Smith Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by FRISCO ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.