SMITH EL

SMITH EL is one of the mid-tier elementary schools in MESQUITE, Texas, overseen by MESQUITE ISD, with 533 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

MESQUITE ISD comprises 51 schools with combined enrollment of 37,930 students; SMITH EL is among them.

In terms of who attends, SMITH EL shows that 53% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder comes out to 36% Black, 6% White, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Dallas County as a whole is about 41% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting SMITH EL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 72% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), SMITH EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 42.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 37.7%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Dallas County) reports that median household earnings sit near $76,547, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. SMITH EL is one of 771 public schools in Dallas County (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students).

BERRY MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts SMITH EL at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 36.5%.

SMITH EL operates from a bedroom-community location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SMITH EL has rose 8%, going from 494 students in 2018 to 533 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 31% to 53% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 in 2025.

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