TexasSchoolsOPAL SMITH EL

OPAL SMITH EL

PublicRegular
CRANDALL, Texas · CRANDALL ISD
Teachers38.0FTE
Ratio15.6:1students per teacher
Students592enrolled
SCHOOL SNAPSHOT
Students592
Grade Span
Student:Teacher15.6:1
Free/Reduced Lunch65%
Title INo
SectorPublic
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
9.6%vs prior yrUS avg 15.4:1
Teacher FTE
40
5.3%vs prior yr
Enrollment
682
15%vs prior yr
Years of Data
2
2023–2024
Counselors
ASCA max 1:250
Nurses
NASN max 1:750
Psychologists
NASP max 1:500
Social Workers
SSWAA max 1:250
Trends & 5-year history below

Pupil : Teacher Ratio — 5-Year Trend

15.3:115.7:116.1:116.4:116.8:117.2:12023202415.6:117.1:1OPAL SMITH ELUS public-school avg

Enrollment & Teacher FTE

585606627647668689383839394040202320245926823840EnrollmentTeacher FTE

Year-by-year workforce

Metric20232024Nat Avg
Enrollment592682
Teacher FTE3840
Pupil : Teacher ratio15.6:117.1:115.4:1

What These Numbers Mean

Teacher FTE

Full-Time Equivalent counts part-time teachers proportionally. One full-time teacher = 1.0 FTE; two half-time teachers also = 1.0 FTE. This is the standard federal reporting unit.

Pupil : Teacher ratio

NCES-reported ratio divides total enrollment by teacher FTE. It is NOT the same as average class size — schools with specialists, coaches, and resource teachers will show lower ratios than typical class sizes.

How to read the trend

A falling pupil:teacher ratio (line going down) means more staffing per student — generally a positive signal. A rising line can indicate budget pressure or fast enrollment growth outpacing hiring. Always compare to the US average (dashed grey).

Historical data spans 20232024 from NCES CCD.

Student Support & Wellbeing

Counselor, nurse, psychologist and social-worker staffing data will appear here once the latest CRDC (Civil Rights Data Collection) ingestion completes for this school.

Source: US Dept of Education — CRDC.