Current strength
Chronically absent lower than the similar-context average
9% −10.2 pts vs 19.2%
- 9% is 10.2 percentage points lower than the 19.2% average among 2,014 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
Traditional public school campus
Nixon Smiley Elem
Gonzales County · Region 13: Austin · 428 students
Official school websiteSchool information and family resources
- Current score
- 72/1002025-26
- Change
- −15 ptssince 2021-22
- Score vs similar economic context
- −6.2 ptsvs 78.2 average · 2,092 rated schools serving a similar economic context
- Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
- 1,537 of 2,092tied with 36 others
- Score vs region
- −7.9 ptsvs 79.9 average · 519 rated schools in Region 13: Austin
- Region 13: Austin placement
- 394 of 519tied with 8 others
- Score vs county
- −3.6 ptsvs 75.6 average · 9 rated schools in Gonzales County
- Score vs similar-size group
- −8.1 ptsvs 80.1 average · 4,271 similarly sized rated schools
- Similar size placement
- 3,308 of 4,271tied with 88 others
- Score vs state
- −9.3 ptsvs 81.3 average · 7,646 rated Texas schools
- Texas placement
- 6,213 of 7,646tied with 140 others
C72
At a glance
Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving down; under the rules in force back then it scored 83 in 2021-22. The current score is below the 78.2 average for 2,092 rated schools serving a similar economic context.The current score is below the 79.9 average for 519 rated schools in Region 13: Austin.The current score is below the 75.6 average for 9 rated schools in Gonzales County.The current score is below the 80.1 average for 4,271 similarly sized rated schools.The current score is below the 81.3 average for 7,646 rated Texas schools.
Evidence worth noticing
Strengths and momentum
Current strength
Attendance above the similar-context average
95.2% +1.6 pts vs 93.6%
- 95.2% is 1.6 percentage points above the 93.6% average among 2,016 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
Current strength
Relative Performance above the Region 13: Austin average
75 +3.1 pts vs 71.9
- 75 is 3.1 points above the 71.9 average among 504 schools in Region 13: Austin reporting this measure.
Current strength
Chronically absent lower than the Region 13: Austin average
9% −9.2 pts vs 18.2%
- 9% is 9.2 percentage points lower than the 18.2% average among 502 schools in Region 13: Austin reporting this measure.
Current strength
Attendance above the Region 13: Austin average
95.2% +1.6 pts vs 93.6%
- 95.2% is 1.6 percentage points above the 93.6% average among 502 schools in Region 13: Austin reporting this measure.
No academic result met this site’s published threshold for a selected positive signal against Gonzales County.
Current strength
Chronically absent lower than the similar-size average
9% −6.6 pts vs 15.6%
- 9% is 6.6 percentage points lower than the 15.6% average among 4,129 similarly sized schools reporting this measure.
Current strength
Chronically absent lower than the Texas average
9% −7.7 pts vs 16.7%
- 9% is 7.7 percentage points lower than the 16.7% average among 7,358 Texas schools reporting this measure.
Current strength
Attendance above the Texas average
95.2% +1.1 pts vs 94.1%
- 95.2% is 1.1 percentage points above the 94.1% average among 7,366 Texas schools reporting this measure.
Selected positive signals, not a summary of performance. The same rules choose them on every page: only the latest one-year gain, results meaningfully better than the currently selected comparison with broad reporting, and distinctive top-three placements. Demographics, staffing and spending cannot become academic “wins.” The overall rating and the full results below remain the complete picture for this school.
Read the full rating context and placement
Nixon Smiley Elem is rated C by TEA, scoring 72 out of 100 for 2025-26 — below the 78.2 average for 2,092 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is down 15 points since 2021-22.
Ranks 1,537th of 2,092 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 36 others).
Nixon Smiley Elem is rated C by TEA, scoring 72 out of 100 for 2025-26 — below the 79.9 average for 519 rated schools in Region 13: Austin. It is down 15 points since 2021-22.
Ranks 394th of 519 rated schools in Region 13: Austin (tied with 8 others).
Nixon Smiley Elem is rated C by TEA, scoring 72 out of 100 for 2025-26 — below the 75.6 average for 9 rated schools in Gonzales County. It is down 15 points since 2021-22.
Nixon Smiley Elem is rated C by TEA, scoring 72 out of 100 for 2025-26 — below the 80.1 average for 4,271 similarly sized rated schools. It is down 15 points since 2021-22.
Ranks 3,308th of 4,271 similarly sized rated schools (tied with 88 others).
Nixon Smiley Elem is rated C by TEA, scoring 72 out of 100 for 2025-26 — below the 81.3 average for 7,646 rated Texas schools. It is down 15 points since 2021-22.
Ranks 6,213th of 7,646 rated Texas schools (tied with 140 others).
Put the numbers in context
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Compare against
2021-22 is shown under the refreshed methodology TEA adopted in 2023, so it is comparable with later years. Under the original scoring it was rated B with 83 that year.
Comparison lines follow the current rated cohort backward through time. The table gives the number in that fixed cohort that reported a score each year; it can be smaller than cohort membership.
View the yearly scores and comparisons
| Year | Rating | Score | Selected comparisonSimilar economic-disadvantage rate | StateTexas average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | C | 72 | 78.2 2,092 reporting | 81.3 7,646 reporting |
| 2024-25 | C | 79 | 77.8 2,078 reporting | 81.2 7,554 reporting |
| 2023-24 | C | 79 | 75.4 2,066 reporting | 78.9 7,466 reporting |
| 2022-23 | B | 82 | 76.0 2,043 reporting | 79.1 7,377 reporting |
| 2021-22 | B | 87 | 81.7 2,026 reporting | 83.7 7,283 reporting |
Where the score comes from
Texas builds the overall rating from the better of Student Achievement and School Progress, weighted 70%, plus Closing the Gaps at 30%. School Progress is itself the better of Academic Growth and Relative Performance. The 60, 70, 80 and 90 rules mark the letter-grade thresholds.
- Nixon Smiley Elem
- Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,092 in cohort)
| Domain | Score | Grade | Points to next grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Student Achievement | 71 | C | 9 |
| School Progress | 75 | C | 5 |
| Closing the Gaps | 65 | D | 5 |
| Academic Growth | 54 | F | 6 |
| Relative Performance | 75 | C | 5 |
Closest to moving up: School Progress, 5 points below B in that domain — the nearest of the measures that count toward the overall rating.
TEA does not add the domains up. The overall score is the better of Student Achievement and School Progress at 70%, plus Closing the Gaps at 30%. For this school that better measure is School Progress (75), so Student Achievement (71) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 75.
Student outcomes
STAAR performance
- Approaches grade level
- Meets grade level
- Masters grade level
- Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,092 in cohort)
Percentage of tests at or above each level. Masters is a subset of Meets, which is a subset of Approaches. The selected-comparison tick on each bar marks the average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate — a comparison TEA does not publish.
Counts in the comparison controls describe full cohort membership, not the denominator of every average. Each average uses only schools for which TEA reported that measure; metric-specific reporting counts are shown on the STAAR, graduation and CCMR rows and may vary.
Who this school serves
Placed after the results deliberately: this is context for reading them, not an explanation of them.
- Students
- 428
- Economically disadvantaged
- 75.9%−0.2 pts vs similar economic context
- English learners
- 22.2%−2.8 pts vs similar economic context
- Special education
- 19.0%+0.2 pts vs similar economic context
- Attendance
- 95.2%+1.6 pts vs similar economic context
- Chronically absent
- 9.0%−10.2 pts vs similar economic context
Student demographics
Nixon Smiley Elem
- African American 1.4%
- Hispanic 70%
- White 24.4%
- Asian 0.2%
- Two or More Races 4%
Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,092 reporting for every category shown · 2,092 in full cohort
- African American 13.3%
- Hispanic 63.1%
- White 18.3%
- American Indian 0.3%
- Asian 1.8%
- Pacific Islander 0.2%
- Two or More Races 3%
Selected comparison average For Region 13: Austin · 519 reporting for every category shown · 519 in full cohort
- African American 6.8%
- Hispanic 49.9%
- White 31.9%
- American Indian 0.2%
- Asian 6.7%
- Pacific Islander 0.1%
- Two or More Races 4.4%
Selected comparison average For Gonzales County · 9 reporting for every category shown · 9 in full cohort
- African American 5.1%
- Hispanic 71.9%
- White 20.7%
- American Indian 0.2%
- Asian 0.3%
- Two or More Races 1.9%
Selected comparison average For similarly sized schools · 4,271 reporting for every category shown · 4,271 in full cohort
- African American 11.8%
- Hispanic 54.9%
- White 26%
- American Indian 0.3%
- Asian 3.5%
- Pacific Islander 0.1%
- Two or More Races 3.4%
Statewide average 7,646 reporting for every category shown · 7,646 Texas schools in full cohort
- African American 11.5%
- Hispanic 52.6%
- White 27.8%
- American Indian 0.3%
- Asian 4.2%
- Pacific Islander 0.1%
- Two or More Races 3.4%
Student counts behind the percentages
Context only. These counts are not rankings, comparisons, or judgments about school quality.
- Students in this TEA accountability summary
- 427
- Economically disadvantaged students
- 324
- Emergent bilingual students
- 95
- Special education students
- 81
Campus mobility · 2024–25
- Mobile students
- 29
- Students in TEA mobility denominator
- 301
- TEA-published mobility rate
- 9.6%
The mobility count and rate use TEA’s separate 2024–25 campus denominator shown above, not current enrollment. This site does not recalculate a missing rate.
The first figure is TEA’s student count for this accountability summary. It is a separate publication from the fall PEIMS enrollment shown above and can differ; this site does not substitute one for the other. Counts come from TEA’s 2025-26 accountability summary, fetched 29 August 2026. A reported zero is shown as 0. Small-number and complementary masks, unavailable values, and blank not-reported fields stay separate and are never estimated. TEA masking definitions.
Enrollment over time
TEA-reported student enrollment for each available school year. Enrollment growth or decline is not a measure of school quality.
TEA reported 428 students in 2025–26, a decrease of 10 (2.3%) from 2024–25.
- Latest enrollment
- 428
2025–26
- Change from 2024–25
- −10
Decrease · −2.3%
- Change since 2021–22
- −47
Decrease · −9.9%
Enrollment in 2025–26
- This school
- 428
- Selected comparison
- 634.7
| School year | Students enrolledNixon Smiley Elem | Change from previous school year | Average enrollmentselected comparison |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021–22 | 475 | First available year | 652.1 |
| 2022–23 | 458 | Decrease of 17 (3.6%) | 655.6 |
| 2023–24 | 434 | Decrease of 24 (5.2%) | 653.1 |
| 2024–25 | 438 | Increase of 4 (0.9%) | 651 |
| 2025–26 | 428 | Decrease of 10 (2.3%) | 634.7 |
The selected comparison column is the average enrollment among reporting schools in that group. It changes with the comparison control; this school's own counts do not.
Source: TEA PEIMS Student Program and Special Populations Reports, fetched 24 August 2026. TEA reports these counts from its fall student snapshot; changes compare adjacent reported school years.
These counts show how enrollment changed, not why. Attendance-zone changes, school openings or closures, grade reconfigurations, transfers and population shifts can affect the total.
Discipline and removal from class
TEA’s annual student and action counts, kept separate and divided only by the matching full-year enrollment. These figures describe removals from instruction, not a simple safe-or-unsafe score.
- Students in TEA’s all-discipline count
- 18
3.9% of cumulative year-end enrollment
- Disciplinary actions
- 31
6.67 per 100 students
- Cumulative year-end enrollment
- 465
2024–25
Share of students · 2024–25
- This school
- 3.9%
- Selected comparison
- 13.2%
Actions per 100 students · 2024–25
- This school
- 6.67
- Selected comparison
- 31.7
| School year | Cumulative enrollment | Studentsall discipline | Students% of enrollment | Actionsall discipline | Actionsper 100 students | Studentsselected comparison average % | Actionsselected comparison average per 100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–21 | 479 | Suppressed | — | 10 | 2.09 | — | 17.8 |
| 2021–22 | 519 | 13 | 2.5% | 20 | 3.85 | 12.9% | 30.7 |
| 2022–23 | 508 | 28 | 5.5% | 59 | 11.61 | 13.5% | 33.3 |
| 2023–24 | 478 | 19 | 4.0% | 31 | 6.49 | 13.4% | 33.1 |
| 2024–25 | 465 | 18 | 3.9% | 31 | 6.67 | 13.2% | 31.7 |
See 2024–25 discipline categories
| Category | Students | Students% of enrollment | Actions | Actionsper 100 students | Studentsselected comparison average % | Actionsselected comparison average per 100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All discipline | 18 | 3.9% | 31 | 6.67 | 13.2% | 31.7 |
| In-school suspensions | 18 | 3.9% | 30 | 6.45 | 11.6% | 23.2 |
| Out-of-school suspensions | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| DAEP placements | Suppressed | — | Suppressed | — | — | — |
| Mandatory DAEP placements | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| Discretionary DAEP placements | Suppressed | — | Suppressed | — | — | — |
| JJAEP placements | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| Mandatory JJAEP placements | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| Discretionary JJAEP placements | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| Expulsions | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| Mandatory expulsions | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| Discretionary expulsions | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
Selected comparisons use rates, not raw counts, so differently sized schools can be read on the same basis. Each average uses only group members for which TEA reported that rate; this school's own counts and rates remain fixed.
Students, actions and incidents are different units. One student can receive multiple actions. The categories overlap, so they must not be added together. Rates use TEA's matching cumulative year-end enrollment, not the October enrollment shown elsewhere on this page.
Source: TEA Discipline Reports, fetched 24 August 2026. Suppressed values stay unavailable rather than being estimated. Use 2020–21 cautiously because remote instruction during the pandemic changed students' exposure to in-person discipline. TEA consolidated its separate action-group reports into this product in 2024–25; this trend uses only the stable “All discipline” heading.
Spending per student
The campus and its parent district stay fixed while the selected same-sector txschools.net comparison changes with the page-wide control. TEA's own peer group and statewide reference remain visible as separately published, fixed TEA references.
- Nixon Smiley Elem
- Parent district: Nixon-Smiley CISD
- Texas average
- Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate
Spending per student · 2025
- This school
- $10,383
- Selected comparison
- $13,049
For 2025, TEA reported $10,383 per student for this campus, $45,037 per student for its parent district, Nixon-Smiley CISD, $18,972 per student for the Texas average.
Not reported in this TEA campus finance record: TEA peer group.
View yearly spending figures
| Year | Nixon Smiley Elem | Parent district: Nixon-Smiley CISD | Texas average | Selected comparison average | Reportingselected comparison |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | $6,961 | $14,779 | $13,054 | $8,034 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,959 rated schools reporting |
| 2019 | $7,450 | $15,018 | $13,108 | $8,191 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,978 rated schools reporting |
| 2020 | $8,861 | $15,584 | $14,058 | $8,734 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,997 rated schools reporting |
| 2021 | $9,383 | $16,957 | $14,797 | $9,302 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,009 rated schools reporting |
| 2022 | $8,812 | $16,978 | $15,708 | $10,604 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,026 rated schools reporting |
| 2023 | $9,721 | $18,332 | $16,792 | $11,285 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,043 rated schools reporting |
| 2024 | $10,615 | $28,694 | $18,125 | $12,290 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,064 rated schools reporting |
| 2025 | $10,383 | $45,037 | $18,972 | $13,049 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,076 rated schools reporting |
The selected-comparison reporting count is year-specific and can vary across the table. Dollar amounts are shown as TEA published them and are not adjusted for inflation.
Teachers and actual class size
- Average salary
- $61,601−$5,102 vs similar economic context
- Teachers
- 34−9.1 vs similar economic context
- Students per staff member
- 12.6−1.5 vs similar economic context
Teaching experience
Nixon Smiley Elem
- Beginning 5.9%
- 1 to 5 years 20.6%
- 6 to 10 years 23.5%
- 11 to 20 years 32.4%
- 21 to 30 years 17.6%
Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,092 reporting for every category shown · 2,092 in full cohort
- Beginning 6.7%
- 1 to 5 years 27.6%
- 6 to 10 years 19%
- 11 to 20 years 27.2%
- 21 to 30 years 15.1%
- Over 30 years 3.7%
Selected comparison average For Region 13: Austin · 519 reporting for every category shown · 519 in full cohort
- Beginning 5.9%
- 1 to 5 years 28%
- 6 to 10 years 19.4%
- 11 to 20 years 28.3%
- 21 to 30 years 14.4%
- Over 30 years 3.2%
Selected comparison average For Gonzales County · 9 reporting for every category shown · 9 in full cohort
- Beginning 6.6%
- 1 to 5 years 26.6%
- 6 to 10 years 20.3%
- 11 to 20 years 26.8%
- 21 to 30 years 17%
- Over 30 years 2.7%
Selected comparison average For similarly sized schools · 4,271 reporting for every category shown · 4,271 in full cohort
- Beginning 6.1%
- 1 to 5 years 25.8%
- 6 to 10 years 19.2%
- 11 to 20 years 29%
- 21 to 30 years 16.3%
- Over 30 years 3.5%
Statewide average 7,646 reporting for every category shown · 7,646 Texas schools in full cohort
- Beginning 6.2%
- 1 to 5 years 25.6%
- 6 to 10 years 19.2%
- 11 to 20 years 28.7%
- 21 to 30 years 15.9%
- Over 30 years 3.7%
Average students in a class
| Grade or subject | Average students per classNixon Smiley Elem · 2024–25 | Average students per classselected comparison |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 21 | 17.9 |
| Grade 1 | 17.2 | 18.3 |
| Grade 2 | 16.1 | 18.3 |
| Grade 3 | 20.8 | 18.7 |
| Grade 4 | 18.2 | 19 |
These are TEA's actual class-size averages for the grade or subject shown, not the student-to-teacher ratio. TEA reported 5 of 12 categories for this campus; the categories are not combined into a made-up campus-wide average. Each selected comparison average uses only schools reporting that same grade or subject.
Source: TEA Texas Academic Performance Reports, fetched 24 August 2026.
Where this comes from
The Texas Education Agency publishes the underlying accountability reports and data downloads. Ratings, outcomes, demographics, staffing and finance on this page come from TEA data available through txschools.gov, fetched 15 August 2026. TEA’s Reports and Data Portal links the official bulk files. Enrollment history comes from TEA's PEIMS Student Program and Special Populations reports, fetched 24 August 2026. The student-count context comes from TEA’s bulk accountability summary, fetched 29 August 2026; TEA’s masking definitions explain withheld values. The dated notice, staffing, discipline, transfer, community and postsecondary sections cite their separate TEA, Census or THECB publication in place. Every archived source carries checksums so each number stays traceable to the bytes the public agency served.
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