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Alumni: what's one memory from SOUTHERN HILLS EL that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
521
Elementary
DISTRICT 406 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WICHITA FALLS ISD·NCES 484578011922
Southern Hills Elementary School
3920 ARMORY RD, WICHITA FALLS, TX 76302 · (940) 235-1188 · Wichita County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL521 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 7% of Texas public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
16.8:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
431 students
DISTRICT 69% · 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 | 35 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 82 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 79 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 80 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 74 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 77 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 94 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (82) is 13% smaller than its 5th grade class (94).
Student demographics
51%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
36.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +17.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
34.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +17.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 34 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 17 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 17 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 15.0% | 21.0% | 30.0% | 34.0% |
| Mathematics | 14.0% | 20.0% | 28.0% | 38.0% |
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 | 36.0% | 34.0% |
| 2024-25 | 28.0% | 28.0% |
| 2023-24 | 22.0% | 30.0% |
| 2022-23 | 22.0% | 29.0% |
| 2021-22 | 12.0% | 20.0% |
| 2020-21 | 19.0% | 17.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
23.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.4%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 38% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Southern Hills Elementary School
Southern Hills Elementary School's state test result (23.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southern Hills Elementary School this school | 521 | 82.7% | 23.4% |
| Blanton Elementary School ODESSA | 510 | 80.2% | 39.2% |
| Roberts Elementary School LUBBOCK | 526 | 79.8% | 66.2% |
| Runyan Elementary School CONROE | 593 | 80.8% | 48.8% |
| James Elementary School PRINCETON | 477 | 81.1% | 31.3% |
| Jake Silbernagel Elementary School DICKINSON | 509 | 80.6% | 46.3% |
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 Southern Hills Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Wichita County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.4% | #4,134 of 4,401 | #17 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #3,603 of 4,466 ▲ 327 | #14 of 19 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #4,026 of 4,466 ▲ 240 | #14 of 19 ▲ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +9.5pp | #1,555 of 3,998 | #5 of 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 521 | #2,331 of 4,938 | #4 of 23 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.8:1 | #3,807 of 4,622 | #20 of 22 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.7% | #2,350 of 4,628 | #18 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.7% | #1,750 of 4,789 | #7 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +9.0% | #801 of 1,307 | #6 of 6 |
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
521
+88 (+20%) vs 2020
-9% since 2010-11, when it was 573
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
was 11.1:1
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 | 521 | 30.9 | 16.8:1 | 83% (431) |
| 2023-24 | 552 | 36.7 | 15.1:1 | 88% (486) |
| 2022-23 | 431 | 36.5 | 11.8:1 | 83% (357) |
| 2020-21 | 433 | 39 | 11.1:1 | 75% (325) |
| 2017-18 | 478 | 35.2 | 13.6:1 | 80% (383) |
| 2015-16 | 505 | 36 | 14.0:1 | 75% (378) |
| 2010-11 | 573 | 40 | 14.3:1 | 69% (395) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Southern Hills Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 9% (478 to 521); teachers down 12% (35.2 to 30.9).
About Southern Hills Elementary School
Southern Hills Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school for students in WICHITA FALLS, Texas. It offers pre-K through 5 and has 521 students enrolled.
Within WICHITA FALLS ISD, Southern Hills Elementary School is one of 25 schools. The district enrolls 16,226 students.
Hispanic students are 67% of those enrolled at Southern Hills Elementary School. The next largest groups are 18% White, 9% Black, and 4% multiracial. In Wichita County overall, about 21% of residents are Hispanic. A diversity index of 51% means there is a 51% chance two randomly chosen students at Southern Hills Elementary School are from different groups.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 16.8:1. The school has 30.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school's 16.8:1 compares with an average of 15.1:1 for elementary schools in Texas. Federal data show 83% of students (431) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 62% average for public schools in Wichita County is 21 points.
Among Texas public elementary schools, Southern Hills Elementary School outscored 7%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Southern Hills Elementary School ranks in the bottom 10% of Texas schools. It scores 23.4%; the prediction is 38.4%.
Wichita County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $63,524 a year, roughly 25% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Wichita County number 53, with about 23,047 students.
Southern Hills Elementary School is about 0.2 miles from Paint Rock Frontier Academy, its nearest public school. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 7 nearby schools with scores, Southern Hills Elementary School ranks 6th on average proficiency.
Southern Hills Elementary School is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, a location NCES labels City: Mid-size.
Enrollment increased by 20% across 4 years, from 433 in 2020-21 to 521 in 2024-25. The ratio was 11.1:1 in 2020-21 and 16.8:1 in 2024-25.
The discussion board for Southern Hills Elementary School is open to topics like athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Wichita County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
129,996
Census ACS
Median income
$63,524
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
53
23,047 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in WICHITA FALLS ISD
- Legacy High SchoolHigh · 1,857 students
- Memorial High SchoolHigh · 1,650 students
- Rider High SchoolHigh · 1,569 students
- Wichita Falls High SchoolHigh · 1,243 students
- Barwise Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,164 students
- McNiel Middle SchoolMiddle · 996 students
Other schools in WICHITA FALLS
- Legacy High SchoolHigh · 1,857 students
- Memorial High SchoolHigh · 1,650 students
- Rider High SchoolHigh · 1,569 students
- Wichita Falls High SchoolHigh · 1,243 students
- Barwise Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,164 students
- McNiel Middle SchoolMiddle · 996 students
Other Southern Hills Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Southern Hills Elementary. Southern Hills Elementary School is the largest of the 3.
- Southern Hills Elementary SchoolShreveport, LA · 504 students
- Southern Hills Elementary SchoolOklahoma City, OK · 472 students
Nearby schools
- Paint Rock Frontier Academy0.2 mi · 11
- Legacy High School1.0 mi · 1,857
- Fain Elementary School1.2 mi · 430
- Brook Village Early Childhood1.7 mi · 196
- Franklin Elementary School1.9 mi · 442
- Wichita Falls High School2.2 mi · 1,243
Frequently asked questions
About Southern Hills Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Southern Hills Elementary School?
Southern Hills Elementary School enrolls approximately 521 students in grades PK-05.
Is Southern Hills Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Southern Hills Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Southern Hills Elementary School have?
Southern Hills Elementary School employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.8:1.
How diverse is Southern Hills Elementary School?
Southern Hills Elementary School reports a student body of 18% White, 67% Hispanic, 9% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Southern Hills Elementary School in?
Southern Hills Elementary School is part of WICHITA FALLS ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.