NORTHSIDE SCHOOL

NORTHSIDE SCHOOL operates as a tight-knit multi-level school in VERNON, Texas, operated by NORTHSIDE ISD. Current enrollment sits at 227 students spanning grades K through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 53% below the state mean of about 485.

NORTHSIDE ISD runs 128 schools in total, collectively educating 100,435 students. NORTHSIDE SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, NORTHSIDE SCHOOL reports that White students make up the majority at 65%. Other groups include 26% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. Compared to Wilbarger County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 11.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 37% of students at NORTHSIDE SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Wilbarger County (around 70%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, NORTHSIDE SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 57.9%; this one delivers 57.6%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Wilbarger County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $54,102 per year, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 16%. In all, Wilbarger County runs 8 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,099 students), of which NORTHSIDE SCHOOL is one.

NORTH TEXAS STATE HOSPITAL - AFP - VERNON is the nearest neighboring public school, about 10.5 miles from this campus. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), NORTHSIDE SCHOOL ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 36.1%.

NORTHSIDE SCHOOL operates from an outlying location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 6%: 214 students in 2018 compared to 227 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 6% to 0% across the same window. Class-load math has widened: from 11.7:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 in 2025.

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