Enrollment
304
Elementary
DISTRICT 540 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ANGLETON ISD·NCES 480831000204
Southside Elementary School
1200 PARK LN, ANGLETON, TX 77515 · (979) 864-8008 · Brazoria County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL304 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
256 students
DISTRICT 68% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 46 | 15% |
| Kindergarten | 29 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 52 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 36 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 53 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 47 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 41 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (29) is 29% smaller than its 5th grade class (41).
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within ANGLETON ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
52.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +19.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
51.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -16.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 51 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 19 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 16 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 21.0% | 31.0% | 26.0% | 22.0% |
| Mathematics | 23.0% | 28.0% | 28.0% | 21.0% |
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 | 52.0% | 51.0% |
| 2024-25 | 53.0% | 54.0% |
| 2023-24 | 53.0% | 57.0% |
| 2022-23 | 44.0% | 78.0% |
| 2021-22 | 60.0% | 50.0% |
| 2020-21 | 33.0% | 67.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
52.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.7%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 38% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 15 points, placing it in Texas's top 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 Southside Elementary School
Southside Elementary School's state test result (52.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southside Elementary School this school | 304 | 84.2% | 52.4% |
| Roark Early Education Center WILLIS | 348 | 84.2% | N/A |
| South Lawn Elementary School AMARILLO | 325 | 85.8% | 44.0% |
| Crockett Elementary School GREENVILLE | 293 | 88.1% | 22.2% |
| Lamar Elementary School AMARILLO | 281 | 87.5% | 36.4% |
| Schulenburg Elementary School SCHULENBURG | 273 | 77.7% | 32.1% |
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 Southside Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Brazoria County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.4% | #1,243 of 4,401 | #27 of 52 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #1,631 of 4,466 ▼ 374 | #34 of 52 ▼ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #2,228 of 4,466 ▼ 134 | #46 of 52 ▼ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -9.5pp | #363 of 3,998 | #5 of 49 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 304 | #4,170 of 4,938 | #50 of 55 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.7:1 | #260 of 4,622 | #2 of 53 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.1% | #1,396 of 4,628 | #31 of 53 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.2% | #1,622 of 4,789 | #1 of 55 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.6% | #1,052 of 2,838 | #6 of 34 |
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
304
-48 (-14%) vs 2020
-30% since 1990-91, when it was 437
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
was 14.1:1
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 | 304 | 26 | 11.7:1 | 84% (256) |
| 2023-24 | 296 | 25.4 | 11.7:1 | 89% (264) |
| 2022-23 | 315 | 26.8 | 11.7:1 | 82% (259) |
| 2020-21 | 352 | 25 | 14.1:1 | 88% (309) |
| 2017-18 | 388 | 25.1 | 15.5:1 | 76% (293) |
| 2015-16 | 406 | 25 | 16.2:1 | 69% (281) |
| 2010-11 | 439 | 21 | 20.9:1 | 63% (276) |
| 2000-01 | 430 | 28 | 15.4:1 | 51% (219) |
| 1990-91 | 437 | 33 | 13.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Southside Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (388 to 304); teachers up 4% (25.1 to 26).
About Southside Elementary School
Located in ANGLETON, Texas, Southside Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school. The school's 304 students are in pre-K through 5. Statewide, elementary schools in Texas average about 519 students each.
ANGLETON ISD is the district for Southside Elementary School. It has 10 schools and 7,105 students.
Hispanic students account for 52% of enrollment at Southside Elementary School. Other students are 35% White, 11% Black, and 3% multiracial. That is higher than the 32% Hispanic share among all Brazoria County residents. Southside Elementary School has a diversity index of 60%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school has about 11.7 students per teacher and 26 full-time-equivalent teachers. That ratio is under the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 84%. Public schools in Brazoria County average 50%.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Southside Elementary School is in the top 10% of Texas schools: 52.4% actual against 37.7% predicted.
Brazoria County has about 391,255 residents, and median household income is about $97,993, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Brazoria County number 115 and enroll about 75,767.
The closest public school to Southside Elementary School is Central Elementary School, about 1.2 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 52.3% proficiency; Southside Elementary School posts 52.4%.
Locale: Town: Fringe. In NCES terms, the school is in a town close to an urbanized area.
Southside Elementary School saw enrollment fall 14% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. By 2024-25, the school had 11.7 students per teacher, compared with 14.1 in 2020-21.
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Brazoria County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
391,255
Census ACS
Median income
$97,993
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
115
75,767 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ANGLETON ISD
- Angleton High SchoolHigh · 2,225 students
- Angleton J H SchoolMiddle · 1,567 students
- Westside Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,029 students
- Central Elementary SchoolElementary · 533 students
- Northside Elementary SchoolElementary · 479 students
- Rancho Isabella Elementary SchoolElementary · 464 students
Other schools in ANGLETON
- Angleton High SchoolHigh · 2,225 students
- Angleton J H SchoolMiddle · 1,567 students
- Westside Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,029 students
- Central Elementary SchoolElementary · 533 students
- Northside Elementary SchoolElementary · 479 students
- Rancho Isabella Elementary SchoolElementary · 464 students
Other Southside Elementary schools
32 other US public schools in 20 states are named Southside Elementary. Southside Elementary School is the 29th largest of the 33.
- Southside Elementary SchoolCLEVELAND, TX · 1,016 students
- Southside Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 675 students
- Southside Elementary SchoolMABANK, TX · 459 students
- Southside Elementary SchoolPALESTINE, TX · 442 students
- Southside Elementary SchoolColumbus, IN · 891 students
Nearby schools
- Central Elementary School1.2 mi · 533
- Student Alternative Center1.3 mi · 41
- Westside Elementary School1.7 mi · 1,029
- Northside Elementary School1.8 mi · 479
- Brazoria Co J J Alternative Education Program2.0 mi · 2
- Brazoria Co Juvenile Detention2.0 mi · 33
Frequently asked questions
About Southside Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Southside Elementary School?
Southside Elementary School enrolls approximately 304 students in grades PK-05.
Is Southside Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Southside Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Southside Elementary School have?
Southside Elementary School employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Southside Elementary School?
Student demographics at Southside Elementary School are roughly 35% White, 52% Hispanic, 11% Black, 3% Two or more.
What district is Southside Elementary School in?
Southside Elementary School is part of ANGLETON ISD.
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