📍 403 e James, Baytown, Harris County, 77520
Ashbel Smith el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Baytown, Harris County. The school has 582 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Lacee Gordon. It is part of the Goose Creek Cisd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 43.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.3:1. 28% of students are proficient in reading. 28% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Ashbel Smith el enrolls 582 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 43.7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 86% Hispanic or Latino, 7% White and 5.5% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 500 | 86% |
| White | 41 | 7% |
| Black or African American | 32 | 5.5% |
| Two or more races | 7 | 1.2% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
521 of the school's 582 students (90%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 483 qualify for free lunch and 38 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Ashbel Smith el is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Small). 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 6, state house district 144.
Ashbel Smith el is one of 34 schools in GOOSE CREEK CISD, based in BAYTOWN, Texas. The district serves 24,032 students district-wide and employs 1,681 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 582 students, Ashbel Smith el is smaller than the district average of about 707 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Small