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Nixon-Smiley HS

Gonzales County · Region 13: Austin · 281 students

Current score
80/1002025-26
Change
+4 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
−0.4 ptsvs 80.4 average · 1,961 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
1,043 of 1,961tied with 82 others
B80

At a glance

Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving up; under the rules in force back then it scored 83 in 2021-22. The current score is level with the 80.4 average for 1,961 rated schools serving a similar economic context.

Evidence worth noticing

Strengths and momentum

Recent domain gain

Student Achievement rose 3 points

80 to 83 2024-25 to 2025-26

  • 83 is 4.4 points above the 78.6 average among 1,871 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
See the full measure

STAAR result

Science above similar-context averages at Meets and Masters

Meets
63%vs 47.2% avg · +15.8 pts
Masters
36%vs 21.2% avg · +14.8 pts

Among 1,713 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.

See the full 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 HS is rated B by TEA, scoring 80 out of 100 for 2025-26 — level with the 80.4 average for 1,961 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is up 4 points since 2021-22.

Ranks 1,043rd of 1,961 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 82 others).

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  1. Overview
  2. 5 years of ratings
  3. Where the score comes from
  4. Student outcomes
  5. After high school: the following fall
  6. Who this school serves
  7. Student counts behind the percentages
  8. Enrollment over time
  9. Discipline and removal from class
  10. Spending per student
  11. Teachers and actual class size
  12. Where this school ranks best
  13. Where this comes from

5 years of ratings

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Compare against
90807060 Similar economic-disadvantage rateTexas averageNixon-Smiley HS 7684827980 2021-222022-232023-242024-252025-26

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
Rating history with comparisons
YearRatingScoreSelected comparisonSimilar economic-disadvantage rateStateTexas average
2025-26B8080.4 1,961 reporting81.3 7,646 reporting
2024-25C7980.2 1,936 reporting81.2 7,554 reporting
2023-24B8278.2 1,916 reporting78.9 7,466 reporting
2022-23B8478.7 1,884 reporting79.1 7,377 reporting
2021-22C7682.4 1,859 reporting83.7 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.

  • Student Achievement83 B+4.4 vs similar economic context · 1,871 reporting
  • School Progress80 B−1.2 vs similar economic context · 1,864 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps72 C−5.7 vs similar economic context · 1,846 reporting
  • Academic Growth56 F−18.2 vs similar economic context · 1,808 reporting
  • Relative Performance80 B+0.5 vs similar economic context · 1,864 reporting
  • Nixon-Smiley HS
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (1,961 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement83B7
School Progress80B10
Closing the Gaps72C8
Academic Growth56F4
Relative Performance80B10

Closest to moving up: Student Achievement, 7 points below A 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 Student Achievement (83), so School Progress (80) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 83.

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

All Subjects

  • Approaches grade level73%−2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,871 reporting
  • Meets grade level43%−6 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,871 reporting
  • Masters grade level15%−5 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,871 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level66%−11 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,868 reporting
  • Meets grade level47%−7 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,868 reporting
  • Masters grade level11%−11 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,868 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level61%−11 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,860 reporting
  • Meets grade level17%−26 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,860 reporting
  • Masters grade level3%−14 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,860 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level91%+16 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,713 reporting
  • Meets grade level63%+16 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,713 reporting
  • Masters grade level36%+15 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,713 reporting
Social Studies3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level84%+9 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 944 reporting
  • Meets grade level43%−4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 944 reporting
  • Masters grade level21%−0 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 944 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (1,961 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.

Graduation

Four-Year
100.0%+5.9 pts vs similar economic context average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 475 rated schools reporting
Five-Year
98.3%+4.8 pts vs similar economic context average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 471 rated schools reporting
Six-Year
97.2%+4.3 pts vs similar economic context average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 472 rated schools reporting
Dropout Rate
0.0%−0.5 pts vs similar economic context average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 478 rated schools reporting

These measures use TEA's standard-accountability population. Each comparison average includes only schools in that population that report that specific measure; its reporting count is shown beside the average. It is an unweighted average of those reported school rates, not a pooled rate across every student in the group.

College, career and military readiness

Total credit for CCMR criteria
83.0%−5.0 pts vs similar economic context
CCMR criteria
CriterionThis school% of graduatesAveragesimilar economic contextDifferencepercentage pointsReportingselected comparison
Total credit for CCMR criteria83.0%88.0%−5.0 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 511 rated schools reporting
Scored at or above the college ready standard on SAT, ACT, TSIA, or earned credit for a college prep course50.8%60.2%−9.4 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 515 rated schools reporting
Scored at or above the college ready standard on SAT, ACT, TSIA30.8%28.1%+2.7 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 515 rated schools reporting
Met criterion score on AP/IB exam(s)0.0%10.7%−10.7 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 515 rated schools reporting
Earned college credit for a dual credit course24.6%33.4%−8.8 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 515 rated schools reporting
Earned an industry-based certification58.5%37.7%+20.8 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 515 rated schools reporting
Earned a level I or level II certificate0.0%1.6%−1.6 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 515 rated schools reporting
Earned an associate degree0.0%6.6%−6.6 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 515 rated schools reporting
Completed an OnRamps course and qualified for college credit0.0%3.5%−3.5 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 515 rated schools reporting
Graduated with completed individualized education program (IEP) and workforce readiness10.8%3.2%+7.6 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 515 rated schools reporting
Graduated under an advanced diploma plan and identified as a current special education student12.3%7.9%+4.4 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 515 rated schools reporting
Enlisted in the U.S. Armed Forces9.2%3.4%+5.8 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 515 rated schools reporting

Every row is a share of this school's graduates, and every row is a way of meeting CCMR — so on every row, a bigger share is better. Difference is this school minus the average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate, counted in percentage points: +5.0 would mean five more graduates in every hundred met that criterion here. The selected comparison is an unweighted average of the reported school percentages, not a pooled rate across all graduates in the group. Graduates may meet several criteria, so the rows do not add up to the total.

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.

After high school: the following fall

Where school graduates appeared in Texas public higher-education records the fall after graduation. This is a limited next-step measure, not an eventual college-going or completion rate.

Graduates in the report
59

Class of 2023–24

Enrolled in Texas public higher education
22

37.3% of graduates

Not found in Texas public higher-ed records
35

59.3% of graduates

Not trackable
2

Fall 2024

Graduates in the report

This school
59
Selected comparison
231.8

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 409 rated schools reporting

Enrolled in Texas public higher education

This school
22
Selected comparison
103

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 409 rated schools reporting

Texas-public enrollment rate

This school
37.3%
Selected comparison
44.3%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 409 rated schools reporting

−7.0 pts vs similar economic context

Not-found rate

This school
59.3%
Selected comparison
50.7%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 409 rated schools reporting

+8.6 pts vs similar economic context

Not-trackable rate

This school
3.4%
Selected comparison
5.0%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 409 rated schools reporting

−1.6 pts vs similar economic context

Most common named Texas public destinations

  1. VICTORIA COLLEGE (003662)5

Selected comparison counts are neutral cohort scale context. The percentages put differently sized graduating classes on the same basis, but still cover only the limited Texas-public system observed by this report.

Source: Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, high-school graduates enrolled in higher education, fetched 24 August 2026. The report covers graduates who enrolled in a Texas public college or university the following fall and includes only districts or campuses with more than 25 graduates.

“Not found” does not mean a graduate did not continue their education. It can include private or out-of-state college, work, military service, enrollment after the fall term, or another path the Texas public system does not observe.

“Not trackable” is not an outcome. THECB uses it for graduates with a non-standard identifier that could not be matched to higher-education records.

Who this school serves

Placed after the results deliberately: this is context for reading them, not an explanation of them.

Students
281
Economically disadvantaged
61.9%−0.4 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
21.4%+4.8 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
23.1%+4.2 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
94.5%+0.3 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
18.8%+2.5 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

Nixon-Smiley HS

African American: 1.8%Hispanic: 76.5%White: 19.9%American Indian: 0.4%Two or More Races: 1.4%
  • African American 1.8%
  • Hispanic 76.5%
  • White 19.9%
  • American Indian 0.4%
  • Two or More Races 1.4%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,961 reporting for every category shown · 1,961 in full cohort

African American: 10.7%Hispanic: 49.5%White: 33.3%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 2.3%Pacific Islander: 0.2%Two or More Races: 3.8%
  • African American 10.7%
  • Hispanic 49.5%
  • White 33.3%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Asian 2.3%
  • Pacific Islander 0.2%
  • Two or More Races 3.8%

Student counts behind the percentages

Context only. These counts are not rankings, comparisons, or judgments about school quality.

Students in this TEA accountability summary
281
Economically disadvantaged students
174
Emergent bilingual students
60
Special education students
65

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
34
Students in TEA mobility denominator
307
TEA-published mobility rate
11.1%

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 281 students in 2025–26, a decrease of 14 (4.7%) from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
281

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
−14

Decrease · −4.7%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
281
Selected comparison
626.3

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,925 rated schools reporting

Student enrollment by school year for Nixon-Smiley HS
School yearStudents enrolledNixon-Smiley HSChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 277 First available year 638.9
2022–23 Not reported Not available —
2023–24 Not reported Not available —
2024–25 295 No adjacent prior year 637.1
2025–26 281 Decrease of 14 (4.7%) 626.3

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
35

11.4% of cumulative year-end enrollment

Disciplinary actions
66

21.57 per 100 students

Cumulative year-end enrollment
306

2024–25

Share of students · 2024–25

This school
11.4%
Selected comparison
12.8%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,493 rated schools reporting

−1.4 pts vs similar economic context

Actions per 100 students · 2024–25

This school
21.57
Selected comparison
29.4

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,618 rated schools reporting

−7.8 vs similar economic context
TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for Nixon-Smiley HS
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21 298 35 11.7% 59 19.80 9.8% 19.3
2021–22 297 61 20.5% 121 40.74 12.7% 29.2
2022–23 299 38 12.7% 73 24.41 13.2% 31.3
2023–24 301 40 13.3% 79 26.25 13.1% 31.1
2024–25 306 35 11.4% 66 21.57 12.8% 29.4
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for Nixon-Smiley HS in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline 35 11.4% 66 21.57 12.8% 29.4
In-school suspensions 35 11.4% 49 16.01 11.5% 22.7
Out-of-school suspensions Not reported — Not reported — — —
DAEP placements 16 5.2% 17 5.56 4.9% 5.9
Mandatory DAEP placements Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
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.

$7k$27k$47k20182020202220242025
  • Nixon-Smiley HS
  • Parent district: Nixon-Smiley CISD
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$12,665
Selected comparison
$12,505

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,932 rated schools reporting

+$160 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $12,665 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
Spending per student by year
YearNixon-Smiley HSParent district: Nixon-Smiley CISDTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2018$10,340$14,779$13,054$7,926 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,789 rated schools reporting
2019$10,221$15,018$13,108$8,074 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,805 rated schools reporting
2020$11,697$15,584$14,058$8,681 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,827 rated schools reporting
2021$12,326$16,957$14,797$9,109 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,840 rated schools reporting
2022$13,255$16,978$15,708$10,474 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,860 rated schools reporting
2023$12,933$18,332$16,792$11,140 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,884 rated schools reporting
2024$13,244$28,694$18,125$11,965 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,912 rated schools reporting
2025$12,665$45,037$18,972$12,505 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,932 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
$66,097−$239 vs similar economic context
Teachers
26−15.9 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
10.6−8.5 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

Nixon-Smiley HS

Beginning: 3.8%1 to 5 years: 17.8%6 to 10 years: 22.3%11 to 20 years: 30.3%21 to 30 years: 22%Over 30 years: 3.8%
  • Beginning 3.8%
  • 1 to 5 years 17.8%
  • 6 to 10 years 22.3%
  • 11 to 20 years 30.3%
  • 21 to 30 years 22%
  • Over 30 years 3.8%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,961 reporting for every category shown · 1,961 in full cohort

Beginning: 6.2%1 to 5 years: 25.8%6 to 10 years: 19.1%11 to 20 years: 28.3%21 to 30 years: 16%Over 30 years: 4.2%
  • Beginning 6.2%
  • 1 to 5 years 25.8%
  • 6 to 10 years 19.1%
  • 11 to 20 years 28.3%
  • 21 to 30 years 16%
  • Over 30 years 4.2%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for Nixon-Smiley HS in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classNixon-Smiley HS · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Secondary English10.815
Secondary languages other than English14.117.3
Secondary math8.515.8
Secondary science11.617.2
Secondary social studies8.517.2

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 school ranks best

Out of 160 rankings computed across every published metric and every available comparison group, these are all the measures that meet this site’s distinctive-placement threshold. The list does not change when you change Compare against. Each measure appears once, using its strongest placement. Press Copy for a citable sentence.

#2–3 rankings

Second- and third-place results

1 measure

  • 2of 95

    Enlisted in the U.S. Armed Forces

    Region 13: Austin · of the 95 that report this measure

#4–10 rankings

Fourth- through tenth-place results

3 measures

  • 4of 95

    Graduated with completed individualized education program (IEP) and workforce readiness

    Region 13: Austin · of the 95 that report this measure

  • 7of 95

    Earned an industry-based certification

    Region 13: Austin · of the 95 that report this measure

  • 10of 95

    Graduated under an advanced diploma plan and identified as a current special education student

    Region 13: Austin · of the 95 that report this measure

These are selected high placements, not a summary. Every figure above this section is the full picture, including where this school ranks poorly. Each measure appears once here, using its strongest qualifying placement across all available comparison groups. Very large ties are left out because they do not distinguish this school; any tie that does appear is labeled. Every ranking this site publishes, including the ones no school would put in a press release.

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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