E. O. Smith Education Center

Edward O. Smith Education Center is a combined primary and secondary school located at 1701 Bringhurst in Houston, Texas, United States.

Smith serves grades 1 through 8 and is a part of the Houston Independent School District.

E. O. Smith is located in the Fifth Ward area.

tudent body

During the 2006–2007 school year Smith's elementary division had 203 students while its middle school division had 412 students. [" [http://dept.houstonisd.org/profiles/Smith_EO_ES.pdf Edward Smith Elementary School] " Profile. "Houston Independent School District".] [" [http://dept.houstonisd.org/profiles/SmithEO_MS.pdf Edward Smith Education Center] " Profile. "Houston Independent School District".]

Of the elementary school students:
*70% were African-American
*28% were Hispanic
*1% was White American
*Less than 1% was Asian AmericanNo Native American students were enrolled. All of the students qualified for free or reduced lunch.

Of the middle school students:
*64% were African-American
*35% were Hispanic
*1% was Asian-American
*Less than 1% was White AmericanNo Native American students were enrolled. 99% of the students qualified for free or reduced lunch.

Neighborhoods served by Smith

Smith serves much of the Fifth Ward area," [http://dept.houstonisd.org/ab/schoolboundarymaps/EOSmithES.pdf E. O. Smith Elementary Attendance Zone] ." "Houston Independent School District".] " [http://dept.houstonisd.org/ab/schoolboundarymaps/EOSmithMS.pdf E. O. Smith Middle Attendance Zone] ." "Houston Independent School District".] including portions of Frenchtown, for both elementary and middle school. The school serves the Fifth Ward area, most of Downtown Houston, and a section of East Downtown for middle school.

Two Houston public housing complexes, Clayton Homes and Kelly Village, are zoned to Smith for middle school.

A Houston mixed-income housing complex, Kennedy Place, is zoned to Smith for middle school.

chool uniforms

Smith students are required to wear school uniforms. [" [http://ms.houstonisd.org/smithms/Information/uniforms.htm Dress Code] ." "E. O. Smith Education Center".]

Shirts must be green, blue, or white collared shirts.

Bottoms must be khaki or navy blue.

The Texas Education Agency specified that the parents and/or guardians of students zoned to a school with uniforms may apply for a waiver to opt out of the uniform policy so their children do not have to wear the uniform; [" [http://www.tea.state.tx.us/field/uniforms.html Uniforms] ." "Texas Education Agency".] parents must specify "bona fide" reasons, such as religious reasons or philosophical objections.

Feeder patterns

All students zoned to Smith's Elementary School are zoned to Smith's Middle School. Most students zoned to Smith's Elementary School are zoned to Wheatley High School;" [http://dept.houstonisd.org/ab/schoolboundarymaps/WheatleyHS.pdf Wheatley High School Attendance Zone] ." "Houston Independent School District".] some are zoned to Davis High School." [http://dept.houstonisd.org/ab/schoolboundarymaps/DavisHS.pdf Wheatley High School Attendance Zone] ." "Houston Independent School District".]

Elementary schools that feed into E.O. Smith's middle school include:
*Bruce [" [http://dept.houstonisd.org/ab/schoolboundarymaps/BruceES.pdf Bruce Elementary Attendance Zone] ." "Houston Independent School District".]
*Crawford [" [http://dept.houstonisd.org/ab/schoolboundarymaps/CrawfordES.pdf Crawford Elementary Attendance Zone] ." "Houston Independent School District".]
*E.O. Smith's elementary school(partial)
*Atherton [" [http://dept.houstonisd.org/ab/schoolboundarymaps/AthertonES.pdf Atherton Elementary Attendance Zone] ." "Houston Independent School District".]
*Crockett [" [http://dept.houstonisd.org/ab/schoolboundarymaps/CrockettES.pdf Crockett Elementary Attendance Zone] ." "Houston Independent School District".]
*Dodson [" [http://dept.houstonisd.org/ab/schoolboundarymaps/DodsonES.pdf Dodson Elementary Attendance Zone] ." "Houston Independent School District".]
*Dogan [" [http://dept.houstonisd.org/ab/schoolboundarymaps/DoganES.pdf Dogan Elementary Attendance Zone] ." "Houston Independent School District".]
*Gregory-Lincoln Education Center [" [http://dept.houstonisd.org/ab/schoolboundarymaps/GregoryLincolnES.pdf Gregory-Lincoln Elementary Attendance Zone] ." "Houston Independent School District".] (Gregory-Lincoln is K-8 but a portion of its elementary boundary feeds into Smith instead of its middle school boundary)
*J. Will Jones [" [http://dept.houstonisd.org/ab/schoolboundarymaps/JWJonesES.pdf J. Will Jones Elementary Attendance Zone] ." "Houston Independent School District".] (as of 2006 a Holiday Inn Express is the only area zoned to Jones and Smith that has capacity to be residential)
*Rusk [" [http://dept.houstonisd.org/ab/schoolboundarymaps/RuskES.pdf Rusk Elementary Attendance Zone] ." "Houston Independent School District".]
*Scott [" [http://dept.houstonisd.org/ab/schoolboundarymaps/ScottES.pdf Scott Elementary Attendance Zone] ." "Houston Independent School District".]

High schools with portions of attendance zones coinciding with the E. O. Smith Middle School zone include:
*Davis
*Reagan [" [http://dept.houstonisd.org/ab/schoolboundarymaps/ReaganHS.pdf Reagan High School Attendance Zone] ." "Houston Independent School District".]
*Wheatley

Notable alumni

* Dwight Elmo Jones" [http://www.houstonisd.org/HISDConnectDS/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=c3783acb02efc010VgnVCM10000052147fa6RCRD Distinguished HISD Alumni] ," "Houston Independent School District"]

ee also

References

External links

* [http://ms.houstonisd.org/smithms/ E.O. Smith Education Center]