SOUTHWOOD VALLEY EL

SOUTHWOOD VALLEY EL operates as a moderately sized primary school in COLLEGE STATION, Texas, operated by COLLEGE STATION ISD. Current enrollment sits at 656 students spanning grades pre-K through 4. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so SOUTHWOOD VALLEY EL sits 26% bigger than that benchmark.

Across the 21 schools in COLLEGE STATION ISD (14,314 students total), SOUTHWOOD VALLEY EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, SOUTHWOOD VALLEY EL reports that the largest single group is White at 37%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 36% Hispanic, 20% Black, 5% multiracial, 2% Asian. By comparison, Brazos County as a whole is about 63% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Roughly 62% of students at SOUTHWOOD VALLEY EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, SOUTHWOOD VALLEY EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 46.9%; this one delivers 37.2%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Brazos County indicate median household income runs about $58,553, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. SOUTHWOOD VALLEY EL is one of 53 public schools in Brazos County (combined enrollment of about 32,430 students).

Nearest neighbor: A & M CONS H S, around 0.9 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around SOUTHWOOD VALLEY EL. On composite proficiency, SOUTHWOOD VALLEY EL comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 50.7%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SOUTHWOOD VALLEY EL has ticked up 3%, going from 638 students in 2018 to 656 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 42% to 37% over that span. Class-load math has grew: from 12.7:1 in 2018 to 14.2:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the SOUTHWOOD VALLEY EL community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.