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What's something SMITHVILLE J H does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
416
Middle
DISTRICT 370 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SMITHVILLE ISD·NCES 484055004591
Smithville Junior High School
287 HWY 95 S, SMITHVILLE, TX 78957 · (512) 237-2407 · Bastrop County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL416 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 23% of Texas public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public middle schools
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
185 students
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 139 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 143 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 134 | 32% |
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Smithville Junior High School→Smithville High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within SMITHVILLE ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
48.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +10.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
35.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -1.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 35 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 10 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 1 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 22.0% | 26.0% | 23.0% | 29.0% |
| Mathematics | 12.0% | 23.0% | 31.0% | 34.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 48.0% | 35.0% |
| 2024-25 | 49.0% | 28.0% |
| 2023-24 | 49.0% | 27.0% |
| 2022-23 | 30.0% | 14.0% |
| 2021-22 | 35.0% | 16.0% |
| 2020-21 | 38.0% | 36.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
36.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.7%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-18.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 55% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Smithville Junior High School
Smithville Junior High School's state test result (36.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smithville Junior High School this school | 416 | 44.5% | 36.7% |
| Sanger Middle School SANGER | 426 | 42.7% | 49.0% |
| Robinson Junior High School ROBINSON | 383 | 42.6% | 51.3% |
| Ponder Junior High School PONDER | 389 | 43.7% | 45.7% |
| Frenship Middle School WOLFFORTH | 529 | 42.2% | 49.8% |
| Pinnacle Intermediate School AMARILLO | 590 | 42.4% | 48.8% |
Matched among Texas middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Smithville Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Bastrop County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.7% | #1,101 of 1,635 | #2 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #1,164 of 1,670 ▲ 214 | #2 of 7 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #1,155 of 1,670 ▼ 144 | #2 of 7 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +19.5pp | #306 of 1,570 | #2 of 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 416 | #1,234 of 1,749 | #6 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #997 of 1,542 | #2 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.5% | #525 of 1,543 | #1 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.5% | #1,245 of 1,648 | #7 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.5% | #407 of 437 | N/A |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
416
+9 (+2%) vs 2020
+44% since 1990-91, when it was 289
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 11.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 416 | 26.7 | 15.6:1 | 44% (185) |
| 2023-24 | 398 | 28.4 | 14.0:1 | 53% (212) |
| 2022-23 | 412 | 29.3 | 14.1:1 | 51% (209) |
| 2020-21 | 407 | 35 | 11.6:1 | 57% (232) |
| 2017-18 | 410 | 33.7 | 12.2:1 | 63% (260) |
| 2015-16 | 376 | 32 | 11.8:1 | 65% (245) |
| 2010-11 | 383 | 29 | 13.2:1 | 51% (195) |
| 2000-01 | 301 | 22 | 13.7:1 | 36% (109) |
| 1990-91 | 289 | 17 | 17.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Smithville Junior High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (410 to 416); teachers down 21% (33.7 to 26.7).
About Smithville Junior High School
A low-enrollment middle-grades school in SMITHVILLE, Texas, Smithville Junior High School is part of SMITHVILLE ISD. It is open to students in grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 416 students. That is 35% below the average of about 643 students for middle schools in Texas.
Smithville Junior High School is part of SMITHVILLE ISD, where 5 schools serve 1,849 students.
White students account for 50% of enrollment at Smithville Junior High School, more than any other group. Other groups make up 39% Hispanic, 6% Black, and 4% multiracial. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 60%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 15.6:1. The school has 26.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 14.4:1 average for middle schools in Texas is 1.2 students per teacher. In all, 44% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 23 points below the 67% average for public schools in Bastrop County.
Smithville Junior High School holds a C- allk12 Grade, placing it above 23% of Texas public middle schools.
Smithville Junior High School is in the bottom 10% of Texas schools on the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure. Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 54.7%. The school's actual rate is 36.7%, 18.0 points lower.
Census data for Bastrop County show median household income comes to about $86,226, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 25%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. There are 34 public schools in the county, enrolling about 19,931, Smithville Junior High School among them.
Smithville Junior High School's nearest public school is Smithville High School (about 0.1 miles). There are 3 more public schools inside five miles. By average proficiency, Smithville Junior High School is 4th among 6 schools close by.
Smithville Junior High School falls in the Rural: Distant locale category, used for schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 407 in 2020-21 and 416 in 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio increased to 15.6:1, from 11.6:1.
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Bastrop County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
106,582
Census ACS
Median income
$86,226
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
34
19,931 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SMITHVILLE ISD
- Smithville Elementary SchoolElementary · 694 students
- Smithville High SchoolHigh · 543 students
- Brown Primary SchoolElementary · 194 students
- Bastrop County Juvenile Boot CampHigh · 2 students
Other schools in SMITHVILLE
- Smithville Elementary SchoolElementary · 694 students
- Smithville High SchoolHigh · 543 students
- Brown Primary SchoolElementary · 194 students
Nearby schools
- Smithville High School0.1 mi · 543
- Brown Primary School0.5 mi · 194
- Smithville Elementary School1.3 mi · 694
- Emile Elementary School11.5 mi · 606
- Mina Elementary School12.0 mi · 801
- Bastrop County Juvenile Boot Camp12.1 mi · 2
Frequently asked questions
About Smithville Junior High SchoolHow large is Smithville Junior High School?
Smithville Junior High School enrolls approximately 416 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Smithville Junior High School serve?
Smithville Junior High School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Smithville Junior High School have?
Smithville Junior High School employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.6:1.
How diverse is Smithville Junior High School?
Smithville Junior High School reports a student body of 50% White, 39% Hispanic, 6% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Smithville Junior High School?
Smithville Junior High School is overseen by SMITHVILLE ISD in Bastrop County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.