SMITHFIELD EL

SMITHFIELD EL is an elementary campus of medium-sized scale in NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, Texas, part of BIRDVILLE ISD, caters to 658 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 27% above the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

BIRDVILLE ISD runs 30 schools in total, collectively educating 22,267 students. SMITHFIELD EL is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, SMITHFIELD EL shows that the most-represented group is White (54%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest is composed of 27% Hispanic, 7% Black, 7% multiracial, 4% Asian.

Looking at school resources, On paper, SMITHFIELD EL has 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting SMITHFIELD EL higher than the state norm the norm. Around 43% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Tarrant County runs at roughly 63%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), SMITHFIELD EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 55.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 64.6%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Tarrant County put median household income runs about $84,207, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Tarrant County's 639 public schools (combined enrollment of about 385,835 students), SMITHFIELD EL is one campus in the mix.

SMITHFIELD MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, SMITHFIELD EL comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 60.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 47%: 449 students in 2018 compared to 658 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 61% to 54% over that span.

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