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Enrollment
553
Elementary
DISTRICT 569 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALDINE ISD·NCES 480771000073
SMITH EL
5815 W LITTLE YORK RD, HOUSTON, TX 77091 · (713) 613-7650 · Harris County
GRADES 01–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL553 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.0:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
438 students
DISTRICT 87% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
18.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +10.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
22.0%
TX avg 42.0% . +13.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 18 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 22 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 10 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 13 points.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
17.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.3%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-21.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 39% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
553
-21 (-4%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
17.0:1
was 13.4:1
% White
1%
was 2%
% Hispanic
82%
was 71%
% Black
16%
was 25%
% Asian
0%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About SMITH EL
SMITH EL is an elementary school of medium-sized scale in HOUSTON, Texas, run under ALDINE ISD, hosting 553 students in grades 1 through 5.
ALDINE ISD comprises 76 schools with combined enrollment of 56,419 students; SMITH EL is among them.
Looking at the student body, SMITH EL reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (82%). The remainder breaks down as 16% Black. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 44%.
Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.0:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting SMITH EL higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 79% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Harris County (around 70%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, SMITH EL is in the bottom 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 39.3%; SMITH EL posts 17.9%, -21.4 points below that line.
In the area at large, community-level numbers for Harris County indicate median household earnings sit near $74,983, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. SMITH EL is one of 1205 public schools in Harris County (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students).
Nearest neighbor: HOFFMAN MIDDLE, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around SMITH EL. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SMITH EL ranks 8th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 36.8%.
The campus sits in an urban setting.
Trend over the last 7 years. SMITH EL's enrollment has edged down 4% since 2018, when it stood at 574 (now 553). Hispanic enrollment moved from 71% to 82% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 13.4:1 in 2018 to 17.0:1 today.
On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Harris County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
4,838,303
Census ACS
Median income
$74,983
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
1,205
886,911 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ALDINE ISD
- MACARTHUR H SHigh · 3,501 students
- DAVIS H S ALDINEHigh · 3,184 students
- NIMITZ H SHigh · 2,651 students
- ALDINE H SHigh · 2,481 students
- EISENHOWER H SHigh · 2,262 students
- BLANSON CTE H SHigh · 1,258 students
Other schools in HOUSTON
- TEXAS CONNECTIONS ACADEMY AT HOUSTONCombined · 8,641 students
- NORTH SHORE SENIOR HIGHHigh · 4,284 students
- ELSIK H SHigh · 4,057 students
- SUMMER CREEK H SHigh · 3,972 students
- HASTINGS H SHigh · 3,786 students
- C E KING H SHigh · 3,716 students
Nearby schools
- HOFFMAN MIDDLE0.2 mi · 643
- HARMONY SCHOOL OF ENDEAVOR-HOUSTON0.2 mi · 561
- VICTORY EARLY COLLEGE H S0.7 mi · 442
- YES PREP - WHITE OAK0.8 mi · 942
- VINES EC/PK/K1.3 mi · 572
- HARRIS EL1.3 mi · 448
Frequently asked questions
About SMITH ELHow large is SMITH EL?
SMITH EL enrolls approximately 553 students in grades 01-05.
What grades does SMITH EL serve?
SMITH EL serves grades 01-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at SMITH EL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at SMITH EL is approximately 17.0:1 (32 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at SMITH EL?
At SMITH EL, the student body is approximately 1% White, 82% Hispanic, 16% Black, 1% Two or more.
What district is SMITH EL in?
SMITH EL is part of ALDINE ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.