NORTHSIDE PRI

NORTHSIDE PRI operates as a low-enrollment elementary school in PALESTINE, Texas, part of PALESTINE ISD. Current enrollment sits at 400 students spanning grades K through 1. That puts it 23% below the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

PALESTINE ISD comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 3,186 students; NORTHSIDE PRI is among them.

On the student-mix side, NORTHSIDE PRI logs that the largest single group is Hispanic at 43%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder comes out to 25% White, 24% Black, 7% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 20%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.5:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. About 84% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Anderson County's rate of about 68%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Anderson County indicate median household earnings sit near $62,068, about 15% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. Across Anderson County's 26 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,071 students), NORTHSIDE PRI is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: STORY INT, around 1.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around NORTHSIDE PRI.

NORTHSIDE PRI operates from a town-center location.

Five-year trend. NORTHSIDE PRI's enrollment has decreased 21% since 2018, when it stood at 504 (now 400). Hispanic enrollment moved from 34% to 43% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 15.5:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.