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NORTHSIDE EL
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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 operates as a high-enrollment elementary school in CLEVELAND, Texas, part of CLEVELAND ISD. Current enrollment sits at 1,073 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 107% larger than the state mean of about 519.
CLEVELAND ISD comprises 11 schools with combined enrollment of 12,513 students; NORTHSIDE EL is among them.
For racial and ethnic makeup, NORTHSIDE EL lists that Hispanic students make up the majority at 66%. Other groups include 21% White, 8% Black, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 40% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.
On the income-and-resources front, On paper, NORTHSIDE EL has 78 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Around 89% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Liberty County (around 80%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, NORTHSIDE EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 35.1%, the actual is 22.2%, a residual of -12.9 points.
Zooming out to the county, Liberty County reports that median household earnings sit near $68,703, about 12% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. NORTHSIDE EL is one of 41 public schools in Liberty County (combined enrollment of about 27,599 students).
DISCIPLINARY ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION PROGRAM is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), NORTHSIDE EL ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 29.3%.
Geographically, the school is in a rural area.
Trend over the last 7 years. NORTHSIDE EL's enrollment has rose 20% since 2018, when it stood at 892 (now 1,073). Over the same period, the Hispanic share declined from 72% to 66%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 today.
On the community side, the feed for NORTHSIDE EL typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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