EASTSIDE EL

EASTSIDE EL is one of the well-populated elementary campuss in CLEVELAND, Texas, one of the schools within CLEVELAND ISD, with 867 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 67% larger than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

Within CLEVELAND ISD, which oversees 11 schools and 12,513 students, EASTSIDE EL is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, EASTSIDE EL shows that 83% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Other groups include 11% White, 4% Black. The wider county runs roughly 40% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, EASTSIDE EL reports 64 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Roughly 92% of students at EASTSIDE EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Liberty County's rate of about 80%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), EASTSIDE EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 33.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 21.6%.

In the broader community, census data for Liberty County shows median household income runs about $68,703, roughly 12% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 16%. Across Liberty County's 41 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,599 students), EASTSIDE EL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: FREDERICK A DOUGLASS LEARNING ACADEMY, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools. On composite proficiency, EASTSIDE EL comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 29.4%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 19%: 1,073 students in 2018 compared to 867 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment increased from 72% to 83% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 19.4:1 in 2018 to 13.6:1 today.

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