SMITH EL

SMITH EL operates as a reasonably sized primary school in LUBBOCK, Texas, part of LUBBOCK ISD. Current enrollment sits at 491 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

LUBBOCK ISD comprises 49 schools with combined enrollment of 24,237 students; SMITH EL is among them.

Looking at the student body, SMITH EL logs that 45% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 41% Hispanic, 7% Black, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Lubbock County as a whole is about 63% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, SMITH EL records 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 46% of students at SMITH EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Lubbock County (around 57%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

With demographic context factored in, SMITH EL ranks in the top 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 53.7%; SMITH EL posts 69.2%, +15.5 points above that line.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Lubbock County put median household income runs about $64,155, roughly 33% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Lubbock County runs 110 public schools (combined enrollment of about 52,301 students), of which SMITH EL is one.

IRONS MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 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 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 53.7%.

SMITH EL operates from a downtown location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 25%: 656 students in 2018 compared to 491 in 2025.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.