SMITHVILLE J H

SMITHVILLE J H is one of the modestly sized junior highs in SMITHVILLE, Texas, part of SMITHVILLE ISD, with 416 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 643 students per school, that is 35% below typical.

SMITHVILLE ISD comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 1,849 students; SMITHVILLE J H is among them.

On demographics, SMITHVILLE J H records that the largest single group is White at 50%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder breaks down as 39% Hispanic, 6% Black, 4% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, SMITHVILLE J H has 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.4:1 average. An estimated 44% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Bastrop County (around 67%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

With demographic context factored in, SMITHVILLE J H falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 54.5%; this one comes in at 35.7%, -18.8 points off the demographic line.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Bastrop County indicate median household earnings sit near $86,226, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. SMITHVILLE J H is one of 34 public schools in Bastrop County (combined enrollment of about 19,931 students).

Nearest neighbor: SMITHVILLE H S, around 0.1 miles off. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, SMITHVILLE J H comes 5th of 6 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 41.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Looking at the recent track record. SMITHVILLE J H's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 410 (now 416). The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 30% to 39% over that span. Class-load math has rose: from 12.2:1 in 2018 to 15.6:1 in 2025.

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