Summary:
In zip code 78957, there is one high school, Smithville High School, serving grades 9 through 12 with 543 students in the Smithville Independent School District (Isd).
Smithville High School is a school of contrasts, showing clear strengths in some subjects and significant challenges in others. The school excels in Biology, where 71.22% of students are proficient (slightly above the state average of 70.51%), and in English I Reading, with 57.52% proficiency (above the state average of 55.43%). However, it struggles notably in Algebra I, where only 30.53% of students are proficient compared to the state average of 54.03%, and in U.S. History, with 61.72% proficiency versus the state average of 70.17%. Despite these mixed results, the school's state ranking has steadily improved over three years, moving from the 41st percentile to the 47th percentile. The school also boasts a strong graduation rate of 91.2% and a favorable student-teacher ratio of 12.7:1, suggesting smaller class sizes and a supportive environment.
A key takeaway is the remarkable recovery in Algebra I, where proficiency jumped from just 20.22% in 2024-2025 to 30.53% in 2025-2026—a 50% relative increase in one year, indicating that targeted interventions may be working. The school's performance in several subjects is identical to the district's, confirming that Smithville High School is the only high school in the district. With a low dropout rate of 0.8% and a high graduation rate, the school appears effective at keeping students on track for a diploma, even as it works to improve test scores in math and history.
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