📍 2101 Forest Meadow Dr, Princeton, Collin County, 75407
Smith el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Princeton, Collin County. The school has 683 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Cindy Gee. It is part of the Princeton Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a small-town setting. The school employs 39.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.4:1. 48% of students are proficient in reading. 53% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Smith el enrolls 683 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 39.2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 36% White, 28% Hispanic or Latino and 24% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 245 | 36% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 189 | 28% |
| Black or African American | 166 | 24% |
| Two or more races | 54 | 7.9% |
| Asian | 24 | 3.5% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 5 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
372 of the school's 683 students (54%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 317 qualify for free lunch and 55 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.
Smith el is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Fringe). 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-30, state senate district 30, state house district 70.
Smith el is one of 14 schools in PRINCETON ISD, based in PRINCETON, Texas. The district serves 9,956 students district-wide and employs 488 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 683 students, Smith el is close to the district average of about 711 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Fringe