SMITH EL

SMITH EL is one of the middle-of-the-pack elementary campuss in FRISCO, Texas, run under FRISCO ISD, with 642 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. That puts it 24% above the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

FRISCO ISD runs 76 schools in total, collectively educating 65,289 students. SMITH EL is one of those campuses.

On demographics, SMITH EL records that the largest single group is Asian at 46%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 28% White, 12% Hispanic, 10% Black, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 19% Asian, putting the school's mix noticeably more Asian than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, SMITH EL has 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 13% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Collin County (around 30%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), SMITH EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 68.1%; this one delivers 67.3%.

Zooming out to the county, Collin County reports that median household earnings sit near $121,600, about 56% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. SMITH EL is one of 338 public schools in Collin County (combined enrollment of about 227,575 students).

CLARK MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SMITH EL ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 68.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Five-year trend. SMITH EL's enrollment has remained close to its prior level since 2018, when it stood at 630 (now 642). Over the same period, the White share fell from 52% to 28%.

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