📍 500 Anglin St, Smiley, Gonzales County, 78159
Nixon Smiley el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Smiley, Gonzales County. The school has 458 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Tamatha Pecina. It is part of the Nixon-Smiley Cisd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–4 in a rural setting. The school employs 32.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.2:1. 32% of students are proficient in reading. 42% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Nixon Smiley el enrolls 458 students across grades Pre-K–4. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 32.2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 72% Hispanic or Latino, 24% White and 2% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 330 | 72% |
| White | 110 | 24% |
| Two or more races | 9 | 2% |
| Black or African American | 6 | 1.3% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
396 of the school's 458 students (86%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 383 qualify for free lunch and 13 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Nixon Smiley el is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Remote). 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 18, state house district 17.
Nixon Smiley el is one of 5 schools in NIXON-SMILEY CISD, based in NIXON, Texas. The district serves 1,016 students district-wide and employs 89 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 458 students, Nixon Smiley el is larger than the district average of about 203 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Remote