Mary E Smithey Pace High School

Size

Mary E Smithey Pace High School is the smallest of Duncanville ISD's 2 high schools; its 76 students are 0.7% of district enrollment. The 8 nearest high schools are a median 3.4 miles away and have a median of 642 students, so Mary E Smithey Pace High School is smaller than most of them.

NCES lists it as an alternative school: one that serves students whose needs a regular school may not meet, or that offers a non-traditional program alongside regular schools.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 enrollment and school type. Share of district students = this school's students ÷ the district's students. Nearest schools by straight-line distance between NCES EDGE locations.

Grades

Its largest grade is grade 12 with 31 students, and its smallest is grade 9 with 4, against an average of 19 per grade. This year grade 12 has 675% more students than grade 9 (31 against 4). Each grade is a different group of students, so the gap is not a dropout or growth rate.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.

Students

Hispanic students are the largest group, at 59.2% of enrollment, a higher share than across Duncanville ISD (55.1%). Black students are next, at 35.5%. Students from 5 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

57.9% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 78.1% across Duncanville ISD and a median of 63.8% for Texas high schools. Families apply for free or reduced-price meals, and eligibility depends on household income.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District shares weight each school by its enrollment.

Teachers

Mary E Smithey Pace High School has 11.11 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 6.8 students per teacher. At the median Texas high school ratio of 14, a school with 76 students would have about 5.4 teachers, so Mary E Smithey Pace High School has 5.7 more.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas high schools (14).

Location

NCES classifies its location as suburb, large, which means it is in an urbanized area of 250,000 people or more, outside its principal city. The nearest other high school is Duncanville High School, 1.8 miles away in the same district. There are 11 high schools within 5 miles and 52 within 10 miles.

Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.