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NORTHSIDE EL
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveBeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodology7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About NORTHSIDE EL
NORTHSIDE EL is a middle-of-the-pack elementary school in ANGLETON, Texas, overseen by ANGLETON ISD. The school educates 479 students in grades pre-K through 5.
Across the 10 schools in ANGLETON ISD (7,105 students total), NORTHSIDE EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
On demographics, NORTHSIDE EL lists that the most-represented group is Hispanic (45%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest looks like 36% White, 13% Black, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 32% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.
Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Around 61% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Brazoria County's rate of about 50%.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), NORTHSIDE EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 47.2%; this one delivers 45.3%.
In the surrounding community, census data for Brazoria County shows median household earnings sit near $97,993, about 33% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Brazoria County's 115 public schools (combined enrollment of about 75,767 students), NORTHSIDE EL is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is CENTRAL EL, roughly 0.8 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts NORTHSIDE EL at 4th of 4; the average score across the group is 49.2%.
The campus sits in a town-center setting.
Trend over the last 7 years. NORTHSIDE EL's enrollment has expanded 8% since 2018, when it stood at 444 (now 479). Over the same period, the White share edged down from 52% to 36%.
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