SMITH MIDDLE

SMITH MIDDLE, an expansive 6-8 campus in CYPRESS, Texas, one of the schools within CYPRESS-FAIRBANKS ISD, caters to 1,091 students, covering grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 643 students each, so SMITH MIDDLE sits 70% above that benchmark.

Within CYPRESS-FAIRBANKS ISD, which oversees 92 schools and 117,927 students, SMITH MIDDLE is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, SMITH MIDDLE reports that the largest single group is Asian at 32%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest comes out to 28% White, 20% Hispanic, 14% Black, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 7% Asian, putting the school's mix visibly more Asian than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school reports having 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.2:1. The state averages around 14.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 21% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is south of Harris County's rate of about 70%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, SMITH MIDDLE sits in the top 10% of Texas schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 64.7%; actual is 81.8%, +17.2 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Harris County indicate median household earnings sit near $74,983, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. In all, Harris County runs 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), of which SMITH MIDDLE is one.

The closest other public school is WARNER EL, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, SMITH MIDDLE comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 72.4%.

SMITH MIDDLE operates from a residential location.

Looking at the recent track record. SMITH MIDDLE's enrollment has fell 25% since 2018, when it stood at 1,447 (now 1,091). Over the same period, the Asian share grew from 17% to 32%. Class-load math has tightened: from 20.8:1 in 2018 to 19.2:1 in 2025.

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