SOUTHERN HILLS EL

SOUTHERN HILLS EL is a middle-of-the-pack elementary-level community in WICHITA FALLS, Texas, one of the schools within WICHITA FALLS ISD. The school hosts 521 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Within WICHITA FALLS ISD, which oversees 25 schools and 16,226 students, SOUTHERN HILLS EL is one campus in the system.

Demographically, SOUTHERN HILLS EL lists that 67% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder consists of 18% White, 9% Black, 4% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 21%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.8:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 83% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Wichita County's rate of about 62%.

After controlling for student poverty, SOUTHERN HILLS EL is in the bottom 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 37.8%; SOUTHERN HILLS EL posts 22.7%, -15.1 points below that line.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Wichita County indicate median household income runs about $63,524, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Wichita County's 53 public schools (combined enrollment of about 23,047 students), SOUTHERN HILLS EL is one campus in the mix.

PAINT ROCK FRONTIER ACADEMY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around SOUTHERN HILLS EL. On composite proficiency, SOUTHERN HILLS EL comes 5th of 6 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 34.7%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Over the past 7-year window. SOUTHERN HILLS EL's enrollment has rose 9% since 2018, when it stood at 478 (now 521). Hispanic enrollment moved from 47% to 67% across the same window. Class-load math has widened: from 13.6:1 in 2018 to 16.8:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for SOUTHERN HILLS EL typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.