+6.0 ptsvs 89 average · 842 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
59 of 842tied with 26 others
Score vs region
+11.7 ptsvs 83.3 average · 1,303 rated schools in Region 04: Houston
Region 04: Houston placement
58 of 1,303tied with 27 others
Score vs county
+11.6 ptsvs 83.4 average · 911 rated schools in Harris County
Harris County placement
45 of 911tied with 18 others
Score vs similar-size group
+11.3 ptsvs 83.7 average · 1,452 similarly sized rated schools
Similar size placement
40 of 1,452tied with 30 others
Score vs state
+13.7 ptsvs 81.3 average · 7,646 rated Texas schools
Texas placement
247 of 7,646tied with 131 others
A95
At a glance
Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving down; under the rules in force back then it scored 97 in 2021-22. The current score is above the 89 average for 842 rated schools serving a similar economic context.The current score is above the 83.3 average for 1,303 rated schools in Region 04: Houston.The current score is above the 83.4 average for 911 rated schools in Harris County.The current score is above the 83.7 average for 1,452 similarly sized rated schools.The current score is above the 81.3 average for 7,646 rated Texas schools.
Evidence worth noticing
Strengths and momentum
STAAR result
All Subjects above similar-context averages at Meets and Masters
Meets
83%vs 68.4% avg · +14.6 pts
Masters
59%vs 36.9% avg · +22.1 pts
Among 828 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
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Smith MS is rated A by TEA, scoring 95 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 89 average for 842 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is down 1 point since 2021-22.
Ranks 59th of 842 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 26 others).
Smith MS is rated A by TEA, scoring 95 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 83.3 average for 1,303 rated schools in Region 04: Houston. It is down 1 point since 2021-22.
Ranks 58th of 1,303 rated schools in Region 04: Houston (tied with 27 others).
Smith MS is rated A by TEA, scoring 95 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 83.4 average for 911 rated schools in Harris County. It is down 1 point since 2021-22.
Ranks 45th of 911 rated schools in Harris County (tied with 18 others).
Smith MS is rated A by TEA, scoring 95 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 83.7 average for 1,452 similarly sized rated schools. It is down 1 point since 2021-22.
Ranks 40th of 1,452 similarly sized rated schools (tied with 30 others).
Smith MS is rated A by TEA, scoring 95 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 81.3 average for 7,646 rated Texas schools. It is down 1 point since 2021-22.
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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 A with 97 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.
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 Achievement95 A+5.1 vs similar economic context · 828 reporting
School Progress93 A+7.7 vs similar economic context · 826 reporting
Closing the Gaps95 A+8.5 vs similar economic context · 822 reporting
Academic Growth93 A+10.5 vs similar economic context · 815 reporting
Relative Performance92 A+12.2 vs similar economic context · 826 reporting
Smith MS
Similar economic-disadvantage rate (842 in cohort)
Domain scores
Domain
Score
Grade
Points to next grade
Student Achievement
95
A
—
School Progress
93
A
—
Closing the Gaps
95
A
—
Academic Growth
93
A
—
Relative Performance
92
A
—
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 (95), so
School Progress (93) is published above but does not enter the overall
score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 95.
Student outcomes
STAAR performance
All Subjects
Approaches grade level94%+7 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 828 reporting
Meets grade level83%+15 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 828 reporting
Masters grade level59%+22 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 828 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
Approaches grade level96%+8 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 828 reporting
Meets grade level88%+15 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 828 reporting
Masters grade level68%+29 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 828 reporting
Math3 performance levels
Approaches grade level93%+8 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 826 reporting
Meets grade level82%+19 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 826 reporting
Masters grade level53%+21 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 826 reporting
Science3 performance levels
Approaches grade level95%+8 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 759 reporting
Meets grade level88%+22 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 759 reporting
Masters grade level71%+32 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 759 reporting
Social Studies3 performance levels
Approaches grade level88%+2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 396 reporting
Meets grade level63%−2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 396 reporting
Masters grade level41%+3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 396 reporting
Approaches grade level
Meets grade level
Masters grade level
Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (842 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
1,268
Economically disadvantaged
23.4%−0.9 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
9.7%−0.2 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
11.4%−5.5 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
96.6%+1.1 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
4.5%−4.8 pts vs similar economic context
Student demographics
Smith MS
African American 15.5%
Hispanic 19.7%
White 23.1%
American Indian 0.3%
Asian 36.1%
Two or More Races 5.2%
Selected comparison averageFor schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 842 reporting for every category shown · 842 in full cohort
African American 8.2%
Hispanic 26.4%
White 48.6%
American Indian 0.3%
Asian 11.1%
Pacific Islander 0.1%
Two or More Races 5.2%
Selected comparison averageFor Region 04: Houston · 1,303 reporting for every category shown · 1,303 in full cohort
African American 19.1%
Hispanic 53.8%
White 16.9%
American Indian 0.3%
Asian 6.7%
Pacific Islander 0.1%
Two or More Races 3.1%
Selected comparison averageFor Harris County · 911 reporting for every category shown · 911 in full cohort
African American 19.3%
Hispanic 59.1%
White 13.1%
American Indian 0.3%
Asian 5.4%
Pacific Islander 0.1%
Two or More Races 2.7%
Selected comparison averageFor similarly sized schools · 1,452 reporting for every category shown · 1,452 in full cohort
African American 12.7%
Hispanic 50.7%
White 24.8%
American Indian 0.3%
Asian 7.6%
Pacific Islander 0.2%
Two or More Races 3.7%
Statewide average7,646 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
1,267
Economically disadvantaged students
296
Emergent bilingual students
123
Special education students
144
Campus mobility · 2024–25
Mobile students
107
Students in TEA mobility denominator
1,162
TEA-published mobility rate
9.2%
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 1,268 students in 2025–26, an increase of 177 (16.2%) from 2024–25.
Latest enrollment
1,268
2025–26
Change from 2024–25
+177
Increase · +16.2%
Change since 2021–22
−552
Decrease · −30.3%
Enrollment in 2025–26
This school
1,268
Selected comparison
861.6
average forschools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 837 rated schools reporting
Student enrollment by school year for Smith MS
School year
Students enrolledSmith MS
Change from previous school year
Average enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22
1,820
First available year
873.1
2022–23
2,057
Increase of 237 (13.0%)
878.8
2023–24
909
Decrease of 1,148 (55.8%)
875.4
2024–25
1,091
Increase of 182 (20.0%)
870.3
2025–26
1,268
Increase of 177 (16.2%)
861.6
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.
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
141
12.2% of cumulative year-end enrollment
Disciplinary actions
295
25.61 per 100 students
Cumulative year-end enrollment
1,152
2024–25
Share of students · 2024–25
This school
12.2%
Selected comparison
7.6%
average forschools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 607 rated schools reporting
+4.6 pts vs similar economic context
Actions per 100 students · 2024–25
This school
25.61
Selected comparison
14.8
average forschools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 690 rated schools reporting
+10.8 vs similar economic context
TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for Smith MS
School year
Cumulative enrollment
Studentsall discipline
Students% of enrollment
Actionsall discipline
Actionsper 100 students
Studentsselected comparison average %
Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21
1,797
71
4.0%
112
6.23
5.7%
9.8
2021–22
1,877
159
8.5%
348
18.54
7.9%
15.6
2022–23
2,150
224
10.4%
407
18.93
8.2%
16.1
2023–24
962
109
11.3%
228
23.70
7.7%
15.5
2024–25
1,152
141
12.2%
295
25.61
7.6%
14.8
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for Smith MS in 2024–25
Category
Students
Students% of enrollment
Actions
Actionsper 100 students
Studentsselected comparison average %
Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline
141
12.2%
295
25.61
7.6%
14.8
In-school suspensions
126
10.9%
225
19.53
6.9%
11.8
Out-of-school suspensions
40
3.5%
61
5.30
3.6%
4.9
DAEP placements
Suppressed
—
Suppressed
—
—
—
Mandatory DAEP placements
Suppressed
—
Suppressed
—
—
—
Discretionary DAEP placements
Not reported
—
Not reported
—
—
—
JJAEP placements
Suppressed
—
Suppressed
—
—
—
Mandatory JJAEP placements
Suppressed
—
Suppressed
—
—
—
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.
Smith MS
Parent district: Cypress-Fairbanks ISD
Texas average
Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate
Spending per student · 2025
This school
$6,848
Selected comparison
$11,243
average forschools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 834 rated schools reporting
−$4,395 vs similar economic context
For 2025, TEA reported $6,848 per student for this campus, $16,633 per student for its parent district, Cypress-Fairbanks 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
Year
Smith MS
Parent district: Cypress-Fairbanks ISD
Texas average
Selected comparison average
Reportingselected comparison
2018
$4,927
$12,265
$13,054
$7,546
average forschools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 741 rated schools reporting
2019
$5,125
$12,730
$13,108
$7,600
average forschools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 755 rated schools reporting
2020
$5,227
$12,750
$14,058
$7,926
average forschools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 766 rated schools reporting
2021
$5,199
$14,470
$14,797
$8,489
average forschools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 772 rated schools reporting
2022
$5,478
$15,507
$15,708
$9,551
average forschools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 789 rated schools reporting
2023
$5,455
$15,990
$16,792
$10,096
average forschools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 806 rated schools reporting
2024
$8,249
$16,047
$18,125
$11,114
average forschools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 821 rated schools reporting
2025
$6,848
$16,633
$18,972
$11,243
average forschools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 834 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
$73,005+$4,377 vs similar economic context
Teachers
67+11.7 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
19+4.2 vs similar economic context
Teaching experience
Smith MS
Beginning 10.3%
1 to 5 years 21.3%
6 to 10 years 24.3%
11 to 20 years 27.2%
21 to 30 years 16.9%
Selected comparison averageFor schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 842 reporting for every category shown · 842 in full cohort
Beginning 4.8%
1 to 5 years 22.6%
6 to 10 years 19.8%
11 to 20 years 32.4%
21 to 30 years 17.1%
Over 30 years 3.1%
Selected comparison averageFor Region 04: Houston · 1,303 reporting for every category shown · 1,303 in full cohort
Beginning 7.7%
1 to 5 years 27.3%
6 to 10 years 20.6%
11 to 20 years 27.2%
21 to 30 years 13.5%
Over 30 years 2.6%
Selected comparison averageFor Harris County · 911 reporting for every category shown · 911 in full cohort
Beginning 8.9%
1 to 5 years 28.4%
6 to 10 years 20.3%
11 to 20 years 26.2%
21 to 30 years 13%
Over 30 years 2.5%
Selected comparison averageFor similarly sized schools · 1,452 reporting for every category shown · 1,452 in full cohort
Beginning 6.4%
1 to 5 years 26.8%
6 to 10 years 20.6%
11 to 20 years 28.9%
21 to 30 years 14.3%
Over 30 years 2.8%
Statewide average7,646 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
TEA average class size by grade or subject for Smith MS in 2024–25
Grade or subject
Average students per classSmith MS · 2024–25
Average students per classselected comparison
Grade 6
24.7
19.3
Secondary English
22.4
17.6
Secondary languages other than English
23.9
19.7
Secondary math
25
18.2
Secondary science
24.6
19.9
Secondary social studies
26.9
20
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.
Out of 120 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.
Other top-5% rankings
High placements in larger reporting groups
16 measures
15of 874
Reading — Masters
Harris County · of the 874 that report this measure · tied with 6
23of 802
Science — Masters
Harris County · of the 802 that report this measure · tied with 2
29of 874
Reading — Approaches
Harris County · of the 874 that report this measure · tied with 13
30of 874
All Subjects — Masters
Harris County · of the 874 that report this measure · tied with 2
34of 873
Math — Masters
Harris County · of the 873 that report this measure · tied with 3
36of 1,435
Academic Growth
Similar size · of the 1,435 that report this measure · tied with 22
36of 874
Reading — Meets
Harris County · of the 874 that report this measure · tied with 7
38of 1,439
Closing the Gaps
Similar size · of the 1,439 that report this measure · tied with 28
43of 873
Math — Meets
Harris County · of the 873 that report this measure · tied with 3
43of 802
Science — Meets
Harris County · of the 802 that report this measure · tied with 4
45of 911
Overall score
Harris County · of the 911 that report this measure · tied with 18
48of 874
All Subjects — Meets
Harris County · of the 874 that report this measure · tied with 4
54of 1,242
Student Achievement
Region 04: Houston · of the 1,242 that report this measure · tied with 24
61of 1,242
All Subjects — Approaches
Region 04: Houston · of the 1,242 that report this measure · tied with 23
68of 1,432
Attendance
Similar size · of the 1,432 that report this measure · tied with 11
356of 7,227
Math — Approaches
Texas average · of the 7,227 that report this measure · tied with 95
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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
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outcomes, demographics, staffing and finance on this page come from TEA data available through
txschools.gov,
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links the official bulk files. Enrollment history comes from TEA's
PEIMS Student Program and Special Populations reports, fetched 24 August 2026.
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in the bulk files on the download page, keyed by its TEA id 101907056.