📍 4415 Concord, Beaumont, Jefferson County, 77703
Smith Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Beaumont, Jefferson County. The school has 475 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Ronitha Pickens. It is part of the Beaumont Isd school district. It serves grades 6–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 28.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.8:1. It operates as a public charter school. 8% of students are proficient in reading. 4% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Smith Middle enrolls 475 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 28.2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 71% Black or African American, 26% Hispanic or Latino and 1.9% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 338 | 71% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 123 | 26% |
| Two or more races | 9 | 1.9% |
| White | 5 | 1.1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
426 of the school's 475 students (90%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 420 qualify for free lunch and 6 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Smith Middle is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Midsize). It operates as a public charter school. The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district TX At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 4, state house district 22.
Smith Middle is one of 29 schools in BEAUMONT ISD, based in BEAUMONT, Texas. The district serves 16,336 students district-wide and employs 963 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 475 students, Smith Middle is smaller than the district average of about 563 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Midsize