Smith Middle School

Smith Middle School is a low-enrollment middle school in BEAUMONT, Texas, that operates as a charter school. Its grade span covers grades 6 through 8, with 532 students on the rolls.

Smith Middle School is run by BEAUMONT ISD, whose 26 schools enroll 16,336 students.

More than half of the students at Smith Middle School are Black (71%). The next largest groups are 24% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. In Jefferson County overall, about 33% of residents are Black. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 44%.

Federal data show 87% of students (463) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Jefferson County, the average is 71%.

BeatsExpectations places Smith Middle School in the bottom 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 18.8 points below it (17.7% actual, 36.5% predicted).

The school is in Jefferson County, where median household income comes to about $60,026, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 16% of people live in poverty. Jefferson County's 92 public schools enroll about 42,825 students and include Smith Middle School.

Measured in a straight line, Dr Mae E Jones-Clark Elementary School is about 0.9 miles from Smith Middle School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Smith Middle School comes in 7th of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.

NCES lists the school's locale as City: Mid-size. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000. Smith Middle School is a publicly funded charter school.

From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell from 581 to 532, an 8% decline.

This page is set up for the Smith Middle School community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Members of the school community can share what they know.