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Enrollment
491
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LUBBOCK ISD·NCES 482850010930
Smith Elementary School
8707 DOVER, LUBBOCK, TX 79424 · (806) 219-6800 · Lubbock County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL491 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
227 students
DISTRICT 78% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 71 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 74 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 77 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 73 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 63 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 63 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 70 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (74) is 6% larger than its 5th grade class (70).
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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
79.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +2.0pp since 2023
Mathematics
63.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -8.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 63 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 8 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 48.0% | 31.0% | 12.0% | 9.0% |
| Mathematics | 29.0% | 34.0% | 23.0% | 14.0% |
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 | 79.0% | 63.0% |
| 2024-25 | 84.0% | 69.0% |
| 2023-24 | 77.0% | 71.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
71.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 54% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 17 points, placing it in Texas's top 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 (71.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smith Elementary School this school | 491 | 46.2% | 71.3% |
| Dixie Hansel Elementary School KRUM | 501 | 46.7% | 44.3% |
| James H Ross Elementary School LEAGUE CITY | 510 | 48.2% | 53.0% |
| Honey Elementary School LUBBOCK | 442 | 49.1% | 58.8% |
| O'Bryant Primary School BELLVILLE | 563 | 49.4% | 42.5% |
| Shackelford Elementary School WAXAHACHIE | 452 | 42.7% | 40.9% |
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 Lubbock County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 71.3% | #281 of 4,401 | #2 of 50 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #782 of 4,466 ▼ 333 | #9 of 52 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 79.0% | #303 of 4,466 ▼ 134 | #4 of 52 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 491 | #2,622 of 4,938 | #24 of 54 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.9:1 | #2,340 of 4,622 | #33 of 52 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.8% | #1,252 of 4,628 | #5 of 52 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.2% | #3,731 of 4,789 | #38 of 53 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.2% | #755 of 2,838 | #7 of 33 |
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
491
-93 (-16%) vs 2020
-28% since 2010-11, when it was 682
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
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 | 491 | 33 | 14.9:1 | 46% (227) |
| 2023-24 | 533 | 36 | 14.8:1 | 49% (260) |
| 2022-23 | 561 | 37.6 | 14.9:1 | 48% (271) |
| 2020-21 | 584 | 40 | 14.6:1 | 44% (259) |
| 2017-18 | 656 | 42.2 | 15.6:1 | 35% (230) |
| 2015-16 | 591 | 38 | 15.6:1 | 38% (223) |
| 2010-11 | 682 | 41 | 16.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Smith Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (656 to 491); teachers down 22% (42.2 to 33).
About Smith Elementary School
Smith Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in LUBBOCK, Texas, under LUBBOCK ISD. Students in pre-K through 5 attend, and enrollment is 491 students.
The district for Smith Elementary School is LUBBOCK ISD, with 49 schools and 24,237 students.
Enrollment at Smith Elementary School is mixed, with White students the largest group at 45%. The rest of enrollment is 41% Hispanic, 7% Black, and 3% multiracial. Census estimates put the White share of Lubbock County's population at about 63%. Smith Elementary School has a diversity index of 62%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Teacher staffing is 33 full-time equivalents, or about 14.9 students per teacher. Across elementary schools in Texas, the average ratio is about 15.1:1. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 46%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Lubbock County is 57%.
BeatsExpectations places Smith Elementary School in the top 10% of Texas schools. The measure fits a line through proficiency and free or reduced-price lunch share for each state, and this school sits 17.3 points above it (71.3% actual, 54.0% predicted).
Across Lubbock County, median household income is about $64,155, about 33% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 11%. Smith Elementary School is among the 110 public schools in Lubbock County.
Irons Middle School is the closest public school, about 0.8 miles away in a straight line. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Smith Elementary School is 2nd on average proficiency.
The federal government classifies Smith Elementary School's location as City: Large.
Federal counts put enrollment at 584 in 2020-21 and 491 in 2024-25, a 16% decrease.
Discussions about Smith Elementary School may include school safety, transportation, and start times. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Lubbock County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
318,884
Census ACS
Median income
$64,155
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
110
52,301 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LUBBOCK ISD
- Monterey High SchoolHigh · 2,117 students
- Lubbock High SchoolHigh · 1,927 students
- Coronado High SchoolHigh · 1,878 students
- Hutchinson Middle SchoolMiddle · 845 students
- Estacado High SchoolHigh · 787 students
- Evans Middle SchoolMiddle · 773 students
Other schools in LUBBOCK
- Monterey High SchoolHigh · 2,117 students
- Lubbock High SchoolHigh · 1,927 students
- Coronado High SchoolHigh · 1,878 students
- Lubbock-Cooper High SchoolHigh · 1,856 students
- Lubbock-Cooper Middle SchoolMiddle · 901 students
- Lubbock-Cooper East Elementary SchoolElementary · 857 students
Other Smith Elementary schools
20 other US public schools in 9 states are named Smith Elementary. Smith Elementary School is the 11th largest of the 21.
- Smith Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 730 students
- Smith Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 650 students
- Smith Elementary SchoolFRISCO, TX · 642 students
- Smith Elementary SchoolSPRING, TX · 624 students
- Smith Elementary SchoolPRINCETON, TX · 623 students
Nearby schools
- Irons Middle School0.8 mi · 636
- Whiteside Elementary School0.9 mi · 434
- Crestview Elementary School0.9 mi · 609
- Lubbock-Cooper West Elementary School0.9 mi · 624
- Heritage Middle School1.4 mi · 821
- Oak Ridge Elementary School2.0 mi · 678
Frequently asked questions
About Smith Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Smith Elementary School?
Smith Elementary School enrolls approximately 491 students in grades PK-05.
Is Smith Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Smith Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Smith Elementary School?
Approximately 14.9:1 students per teacher at Smith Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Smith Elementary School?
Student demographics at Smith Elementary School are roughly 45% White, 41% Hispanic, 7% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Smith Elementary School in?
Smith Elementary School is part of LUBBOCK ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.