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Enrollment
480
Elementary
DISTRICT 471 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAXAHACHIE ISD·NCES 484473005092
Northside Elementary School
801 BROWN ST, WAXAHACHIE, TX 75165 · (972) 923-4610 · Ellis County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL480 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 23% of Texas public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
313 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 36 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 80 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 59 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 76 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 81 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 73 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 75 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (80) is 7% larger than its 5th grade class (75).
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
43.0%
TX avg 54.5% . -7.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
31.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -19.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 31 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are down about 7 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 19 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 15.0% | 28.0% | 30.0% | 27.0% |
| Mathematics | 12.0% | 19.0% | 32.0% | 37.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 43.0% | 31.0% |
| 2024-25 | 43.0% | 36.0% |
| 2023-24 | 39.0% | 38.0% |
| 2022-23 | 29.0% | 29.0% |
| 2021-22 | 25.0% | 25.0% |
| 2020-21 | 50.0% | 50.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
35.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Northside Elementary School
Northside Elementary School's state test result (35.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northside Elementary School this school | 480 | 65.2% | 35.8% |
| Turner Elementary School WILLIS | 463 | 66.5% | 46.6% |
| Stonegate Elementary School BEDFORD | 472 | 64.2% | 63.2% |
| Sam Houston Elementary School MARSHALL | 536 | 66.6% | 66.5% |
| Fain Elementary School WICHITA FALLS | 430 | 67.0% | 30.4% |
| Clarke Elementary School FORT CAVAZOS | 481 | 68.6% | 65.8% |
Matched among Texas elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Northside Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Ellis County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.8% | #3,093 of 4,401 | #32 of 36 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.0% | #3,876 of 4,466 ▼ 663 | #34 of 36 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #3,408 of 4,466 ▼ 157 | #31 of 36 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.0pp | #1,763 of 3,998 | #15 of 32 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 480 | #2,726 of 4,938 | #23 of 42 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #1,611 of 4,622 | #13 of 42 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.8% | #733 of 4,628 | #6 of 42 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 65.2% | #2,817 of 4,789 | #17 of 42 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.0% | #997 of 1,307 | #16 of 20 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
480
+74 (+18%) vs 2020
-20% since 1990-91, when it was 600
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 13.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 480 | 34.1 | 14.1:1 | 65% (313) |
| 2023-24 | 497 | 35 | 14.2:1 | 66% (330) |
| 2022-23 | 523 | 37 | 14.1:1 | 65% (341) |
| 2020-21 | 406 | 31 | 13.1:1 | 57% (231) |
| 2017-18 | 457 | 33.4 | 13.7:1 | 49% (223) |
| 2015-16 | 488 | 32 | 15.3:1 | 51% (251) |
| 2010-11 | 508 | 31 | 16.4:1 | 61% (309) |
| 2000-01 | 537 | 36 | 14.9:1 | 45% (239) |
| 1990-91 | 600 | 31 | 19.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Northside Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (457 to 480); teachers up 2% (33.4 to 34.1).
About Northside Elementary School
Northside Elementary School is an elementary school located in WAXAHACHIE, Texas, in Ellis County. Its grade span covers pre-K through 5, with 480 students on the rolls.
WAXAHACHIE ISD, which runs Northside Elementary School, has 18 schools and 11,196 students.
The student body at Northside Elementary School has no majority group. Hispanic students lead at 39%. Other groups include 36% White, 20% Black, and 4% multiracial. The county population is about 28% Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 68%.
There are 34.1 full-time-equivalent teachers at Northside Elementary School, giving a ratio of 14.1:1. Elementary schools in Texas have an average ratio of 15.1:1. By family income, 65% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Ellis County report 51%.
Northside Elementary School holds a C- allk12 Grade, placing it above 23% of Texas public elementary schools.
Northside Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 35.8%, compared with a predicted 45.8%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Texas schools on BeatsExpectations.
In the surrounding county, Ellis County, the median household earns about $99,595 a year, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Ellis County has 83 public schools with about 46,344 students, including Northside Elementary School.
Measured in a straight line, Waxahachie Global High School is about 0.6 miles from Northside Elementary School. The five-mile area around Northside Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Northside Elementary School comes in 6th of 7 nearby schools on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
From 406 students in 2020-21, enrollment increased to 480 by 2024-25.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on special education services, counseling, and support programs here. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Ellis County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
213,160
Census ACS
Median income
$99,595
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
83
46,344 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in WAXAHACHIE ISD
- Waxahachie High SchoolHigh · 3,056 students
- Howard Junior High SchoolMiddle · 918 students
- Finley Junior High SchoolMiddle · 839 students
- Coleman Junior High SchoolMiddle · 775 students
- Wedgeworth Elementary SchoolElementary · 594 students
- Simpson Elementary SchoolElementary · 592 students
Other schools in WAXAHACHIE
- Waxahachie High SchoolHigh · 3,056 students
- Life H S WaxahachieHigh · 1,114 students
- Howard Junior High SchoolMiddle · 918 students
- Finley Junior High SchoolMiddle · 839 students
- Coleman Junior High SchoolMiddle · 775 students
- Wedgeworth Elementary SchoolElementary · 594 students
Other Northside Elementary schools
42 other US public schools in 19 states are named Northside Elementary. Northside Elementary School is the 11th largest of the 43.
- Northside Elementary SchoolCLEVELAND, TX · 1,073 students
- Northside Elementary SchoolANGLETON, TX · 479 students
- Northside Elementary SchoolEL CAMPO, TX · 471 students
- Northside Elementary SchoolHENDERSON, TX · 430 students
- Northside Elementary SchoolClinton, MS · 683 students
Nearby schools
- Waxahachie Global High School0.6 mi · 369
- Marvin Biomedical Academy0.7 mi · 535
- Waxahachie H S of Choice0.8 mi · 56
- Coleman Junior High School0.8 mi · 775
- Wedgeworth Elementary School1.2 mi · 594
- Howard Junior High School1.4 mi · 918
Frequently asked questions
About Northside Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Northside Elementary School?
Northside Elementary School enrolls approximately 480 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Northside Elementary School serve?
Northside Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Northside Elementary School?
Approximately 14.1:1 students per teacher at Northside Elementary School.
How diverse is Northside Elementary School?
Northside Elementary School reports a student body of 36% White, 39% Hispanic, 20% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Northside Elementary School?
Northside Elementary School is overseen by WAXAHACHIE ISD in Ellis County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.