Smith Middle

Public middle school, grades 6 to 8 · Beaumont, Texas

Smith Middle in Beaumont, Texas enrolled 532 students in 2024-25. It ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22; every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision (2024-25). On the state tests, 12-16% of its students tested were proficient in reading in 2021-22 and 11% proficient in math in 2022-23 (Texas: 52% and 43.7%).

NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22 · Title I status CCD 2021-22 · method

Enrollment rose 12% from 2022-23 to 2024-25

475 students in 2022-23, 407 students in 2023-24, 532 students in 2024-25.

Students enrolled at Smith Middle by school year2022-23: 475, 2023-24: 407, 2024-25: 53202004006002022-234752023-244072024-25532
Students enrolled at Smith Middle by school year2022-23: 475, 2023-24: 407, 2024-25: 53202004006002022-234752023-244072024-25532
Students enrolled at Smith Middle by school year2022-23: 475, 2023-24: 407, 2024-25: 53202004006002022-234752023-244072024-25532
Students enrolled at Smith Middle by school year2022-23: 475, 2023-24: 407, 2024-25: 53202004006002022-234752023-244072024-25532
The numbers as a table
School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Per teacher
2022-2347528.216.8
2023-24407not reportednot reported
2024-25532not reportednot reported

Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25.

One counselor per 268 students in 2021-22

In the 2021-22 civil rights collection Smith Middle enrolled 536 students and had 2.0 counselors (full-time equivalent); it reported 237 out-of-school suspensions that year.

  • Advanced Placement coursesNone
  • Gifted and talented programYes
  • Counselors (FTE)2.0, one per 268 of the 536 students enrolled in 2021-22
  • Out-of-school suspensions237
  • Chronically absent61.1% (2022-23)

Who attends

70.9% of students were Black, 24.4% Hispanic, 3.6% of two or more races in 2024-25.

  1. Black70.9%
  2. Hispanic24.4%
  3. Two or more races3.6%
  4. White0.9%
  5. American Indian0.2%

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22; chronic absenteeism from EDFacts 2022-23; every count and the counselor ratio are for that school year. Who attends: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25, membership by race and ethnicity.

State test results, 2021-22 and 2022-23

The students tested at Smith Middle scored proficient or above: 12-16% in reading in 2021-22 and 11% in math in 2022-23, against 52% in reading in 2021-22 and 43.7% in math in 2022-23 across Texas. Each state writes its own test and sets its own proficiency bar, so compare these within Texas, not across states. ED Data Express holds no district results after 2021-22, so the district column gives its 2021-22 figure. Where a state published results by grade only, the grades tested are combined, weighted by the students tested in each.

Students proficient or above, 2021-22 and 2022-23
Subject and yearThis schoolIts districtTexas
Reading and language arts, 2021-2212‑16%33%52%
Math, 2022-2311%19% (2021-22)43.7%

Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results 2021-22 and 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express (2021-22 through the Data Rescue Project archive); for 2022-23 ED published math by school and reading only by state: ED shows school and district results as ranges (for example 20-24%) to protect small groups.

Middle schools in Beaumont

6 public middle schools in Beaumont report 2024-25 enrollment; Smith Middle is number 4 by size.

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunch
Odom Middle83716.968.3%
Marshall Middle69415.879.7%
Vincent Middle63714.681.5%
Smith Middle53216.886.3%
M L King Middle480not reported89.6%
Hamshire-Fannett Middle46914.335.0%

All public schools in Beaumont →

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25.

What to look at next about Smith Middle

  1. Marshall MiddleThe nearest public middle school, 2.8 miles away: 694 students, 15.8 per teacher (2024-25).2.8 mi
  2. M L King MiddleThe next nearest public middle school, 4.0 miles away: 480 students (2024-25).4.0 mi
  3. Compare Smith Middle with Marshall MiddleStudents, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
  4. How much Beaumont ISD spends per student$12,958 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (U.S. $16,260), with its revenue sources and teacher pay.$12,958
  5. The largest public schools in TexasSmith Middle is the number 1,017 by size of 1,691 Texas middle schools open in 2024-25.#1,017 of 1,691
  6. Find the school district for an addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (locations, enrollment, teachers); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23. Distances are straight lines between the schools' NCES coordinates, not travel routes.

Questions about Smith Middle

  1. How many students attend Smith Middle?
    532 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 475 in 2022-23. It is a middle school in Beaumont, TX.
  2. What is the student-teacher ratio at Smith Middle?
    16.8 students per full-time teacher (2022-23). A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.
  3. Is Smith Middle a Title I school?
    Smith Middle ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, the last year NCES published school Title I status.
  4. How do students at Smith Middle do on state tests?
    The students tested at Smith Middle scored proficient or above: 12-16% in reading in 2021-22 and 11% in math in 2022-23, against 52% in reading in 2021-22 and 43.7% in math in 2022-23 across Texas. Texas's own test sets what proficient means, so results compare within the state, not across states. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22 and 2022-23; ED publishes school results as ranges to protect small groups.
  5. What district is Smith Middle in?
    Beaumont ISD, NCES district ID 4809670. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 480967004639 are the district's.

Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.

Sources

Every federal file behind this record
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
  • Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
  • EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
  • EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22 and 2022-23: reading and math proficiency for the school, its district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
  • NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

Source: Civil Rights Data Collection School-level files (AP, gifted, counselors, discipline) · 2021-22

District spending on the district page is from the NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23.

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