📍 700 Nth 1st St, Raymondville, Willacy County, 78580
Smith el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Raymondville, Willacy County. The school has 450 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Camille Cavazos. It is part of the Raymondville Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a small-town setting. The school employs 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.7:1. 37% of students are proficient in reading. 27% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Smith el enrolls 450 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 27 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 96% Hispanic or Latino, 2.2% White and <1% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 433 | 96% |
| White | 10 | 2.2% |
| Two or more races | 3 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 3 | <1% |
| Black or African American | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
445 of the school's 450 students (99%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 445 qualify for free lunch and 0 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 el is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Distant). 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 27, state house district 31.
Smith el is one of 5 schools in RAYMONDVILLE ISD, based in RAYMONDVILLE, Texas. The district serves 1,963 students district-wide and employs 147 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 450 students, Smith el is close to the district average of about 393 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Distant