SMITH MIDDLE

As an intimate intermediate school in BEAUMONT, Texas, SMITH MIDDLE teaches 532 students from grades 6 through 8, part of BEAUMONT ISD.

SMITH MIDDLE is one of 26 schools operated by BEAUMONT ISD, a district that teaches 16,336 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, SMITH MIDDLE records that Black students make up the majority at 71%. Beyond that, the school records 24% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 33% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, An estimated 87% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Jefferson County (around 71%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, On a poverty-adjusted basis, SMITH MIDDLE sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 35.9%; actual is 19.0%, a gap of -16.9 points.

In the broader community, census data for Jefferson County shows median household income runs about $60,026, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 16%. In all, Jefferson County runs 92 public schools (combined enrollment of about 42,825 students), of which SMITH MIDDLE is one.

Nearest neighbor: DR MAE E JONES-CLARK EL, around 0.9 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around SMITH MIDDLE. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SMITH MIDDLE ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 40.5%.

The school occupies an inner-city site. As a public charter, SMITH MIDDLE runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SMITH MIDDLE has stayed largely flat, going from 534 students in 2018 to 532 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 79% to 71% across the same window.

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