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Smith Elem

Lubbock County · Region 17: Lubbock · 479 students

Current score
87/1002025-26
Change
−5 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
+4.6 ptsvs 82.4 average · 1,622 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
502 of 1,622tied with 86 others
B87

At a glance

Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving down; under the rules in force back then it scored 94 in 2021-22. The current score is above the 82.4 average for 1,622 rated schools serving a similar economic context.

Evidence worth noticing

Strengths and momentum

STAAR result

All Subjects above similar-context averages at Meets and Masters

Meets
71%vs 54.2% avg · +16.8 pts
Masters
39%vs 23.8% avg · +15.2 pts

Among 1,571 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.

See the full measure

STAAR result

Math above similar-context averages at Meets and Masters

Meets
63%vs 47.8% avg · +15.2 pts
Masters
29%vs 19.5% avg · +9.5 pts

Among 1,564 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.

See the full measure

STAAR result

Reading above similar-context averages at Meets and Masters

Meets
79%vs 59.1% avg · +19.9 pts
Masters
48%vs 25.5% avg · +22.5 pts

Among 1,570 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

Smith Elem is rated B by TEA, scoring 87 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 82.4 average for 1,622 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is down 5 points since 2021-22.

Ranks 502nd of 1,622 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 86 others).

Put the numbers in context

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

5 years of ratings

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Compare against
908070 Similar economic-disadvantage rateTexas averageSmith Elem 9291918987 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 A with 94 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
2025-26B8782.4 1,622 reporting81.3 7,646 reporting
2024-25B8982.8 1,595 reporting81.2 7,554 reporting
2023-24A9180.7 1,568 reporting78.9 7,466 reporting
2022-23A9181.2 1,550 reporting79.1 7,377 reporting
2021-22A9283.7 1,529 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 Achievement92 A+9.7 vs similar economic context · 1,571 reporting
  • School Progress90 A+8.3 vs similar economic context · 1,566 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps76 C−3.7 vs similar economic context · 1,556 reporting
  • Academic Growth76 C±0.0 vs similar economic context · 1,538 reporting
  • Relative Performance90 A+10.8 vs similar economic context · 1,566 reporting
  • Smith Elem
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (1,622 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement92A—
School Progress90A—
Closing the Gaps76C4
Academic Growth76C4
Relative Performance90A—

Closest to moving up: Closing the Gaps, 4 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 Student Achievement (92), so School Progress (90) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 92.

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

All Subjects

  • Approaches grade level89%+11 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,571 reporting
  • Meets grade level71%+17 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,571 reporting
  • Masters grade level39%+15 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,571 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level91%+11 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,570 reporting
  • Meets grade level79%+20 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,570 reporting
  • Masters grade level48%+23 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,570 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level86%+10 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,564 reporting
  • Meets grade level63%+15 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,564 reporting
  • Masters grade level29%+10 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,564 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level89%+10 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,452 reporting
  • Meets grade level75%+22 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,452 reporting
  • Masters grade level44%+18 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,452 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (1,622 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
479
Economically disadvantaged
47.8%−0.6 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
4.0%−8.6 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
21.3%+2.8 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
95.2%+0.6 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
10.7%−3.2 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

Smith Elem

African American: 6.3%Hispanic: 44.1%White: 43.8%American Indian: 0.2%Asian: 1.9%Pacific Islander: 0.6%Two or More Races: 3.1%
  • African American 6.3%
  • Hispanic 44.1%
  • White 43.8%
  • American Indian 0.2%
  • Asian 1.9%
  • Pacific Islander 0.6%
  • Two or More Races 3.1%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,622 reporting for every category shown · 1,622 in full cohort

African American: 9.3%Hispanic: 39.6%White: 43.2%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 3.3%Pacific Islander: 0.2%Two or More Races: 4.2%
  • African American 9.3%
  • Hispanic 39.6%
  • White 43.2%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Asian 3.3%
  • Pacific Islander 0.2%
  • Two or More Races 4.2%

Student counts behind the percentages

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

Students in this TEA accountability summary
479
Economically disadvantaged students
229
Emergent bilingual students
19
Special education students
102

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
42
Students in TEA mobility denominator
376
TEA-published mobility rate
11.2%

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 479 students in 2025–26, a decrease of 12 (2.4%) from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
479

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
−12

Decrease · −2.4%

Change since 2021–22
−101

Decrease · −17.4%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
479
Selected comparison
660.2

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,585 rated schools reporting

Student enrollment by school year for Smith Elem
School yearStudents enrolledSmith ElemChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 580 First available year 658.4
2022–23 561 Decrease of 19 (3.3%) 664.3
2023–24 533 Decrease of 28 (5.0%) 663.9
2024–25 491 Decrease of 42 (7.9%) 660.3
2025–26 479 Decrease of 12 (2.4%) 660.2

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
17

3.2% of cumulative year-end enrollment

Disciplinary actions
42

7.97 per 100 students

Cumulative year-end enrollment
527

2024–25

Share of students · 2024–25

This school
3.2%
Selected comparison
11.8%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,265 rated schools reporting

−8.6 pts vs similar economic context

Actions per 100 students · 2024–25

This school
7.97
Selected comparison
26.2

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,358 rated schools reporting

−18.2 vs similar economic context
TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for Smith Elem
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21 615 19 3.1% 31 5.04 9.5% 18.1
2021–22 608 17 2.8% 24 3.95 11.8% 25.7
2022–23 573 30 5.2% 58 10.12 12.2% 27.3
2023–24 559 29 5.2% 46 8.23 12.2% 27.8
2024–25 527 17 3.2% 42 7.97 11.8% 26.2
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for Smith Elem in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline 17 3.2% 42 7.97 11.8% 26.2
In-school suspensions 16 3.0% 38 7.21 10.6% 20.1
Out-of-school suspensions Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
DAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Mandatory DAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Discretionary DAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
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.

$5k$13k$20k20182020202220242025
  • Smith Elem
  • Parent district: Lubbock ISD
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$7,520
Selected comparison
$12,035

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,593 rated schools reporting

−$4,515 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $7,520 per student for this campus, $14,938 per student for its parent district, Lubbock ISD, $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
YearSmith ElemParent district: Lubbock ISDTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2018$6,489$11,154$13,054$7,817 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,470 rated schools reporting
2019$6,038$11,025$13,108$8,003 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,489 rated schools reporting
2020$6,834$12,439$14,058$8,494 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,501 rated schools reporting
2021$7,267$14,076$14,797$8,905 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,520 rated schools reporting
2022$8,128$14,384$15,708$10,199 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,531 rated schools reporting
2023$8,584$16,314$16,792$10,635 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,549 rated schools reporting
2024$8,982$15,605$18,125$11,605 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,567 rated schools reporting
2025$7,520$14,938$18,972$12,035 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,593 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
$59,049−$7,950 vs similar economic context
Teachers
34−9.1 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
14.1−6.1 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

Smith Elem

Beginning: 5.9%1 to 5 years: 35.3%6 to 10 years: 23.5%11 to 20 years: 20.6%21 to 30 years: 11.8%Over 30 years: 2.9%
  • Beginning 5.9%
  • 1 to 5 years 35.3%
  • 6 to 10 years 23.5%
  • 11 to 20 years 20.6%
  • 21 to 30 years 11.8%
  • Over 30 years 2.9%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,622 reporting for every category shown · 1,622 in full cohort

Beginning: 5.5%1 to 5 years: 24.1%6 to 10 years: 19.4%11 to 20 years: 29.8%21 to 30 years: 16.8%Over 30 years: 4.2%
  • Beginning 5.5%
  • 1 to 5 years 24.1%
  • 6 to 10 years 19.4%
  • 11 to 20 years 29.8%
  • 21 to 30 years 16.8%
  • Over 30 years 4.2%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for Smith Elem in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classSmith Elem · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Kindergarten18.518
Grade 119.318.4
Grade 218.318.6
Grade 32119.1
Grade 42119.1
Grade 523.320

These are TEA's actual class-size averages for the grade or subject shown, not the student-to-teacher ratio. TEA reported 6 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 105 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.

#4–10 rankings

Fourth- through tenth-place results

6 measures

  • 4of 82

    Reading — Masters

    Lubbock County · of the 82 that report this measure · tied with 1

  • 5of 82

    Reading — Meets

    Lubbock County · of the 82 that report this measure · tied with 1

  • 5of 78

    Science — Meets

    Lubbock County · of the 78 that report this measure · tied with 1

  • 6of 82

    All Subjects — Masters

    Lubbock County · of the 82 that report this measure · tied with 1

  • 7of 82

    All Subjects — Meets

    Lubbock County · of the 82 that report this measure

  • 8of 78

    Science — Masters

    Lubbock County · of the 78 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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Single-file records are pre-built for district-level records only, so there is no per-campus CSV to link here. Producing both formats for every entity would consume most of the 20,000-asset deployment limit before pages and shared data are counted. This campus is a row in the bulk files on the download page, keyed by its TEA id 152901179.