📍 5515 S Loop e Ste B, Houston, Harris County, 77033
Southside el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Houston, Harris County. The school has 466 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Andrea Citchen. It is part of the Yes Prep Public Schools Inc school district. It serves grades Pre-K–3 in an urban setting. The school employs 30.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.4:1. It operates as a public charter school. Technology infrastructure includes campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Southside el enrolls 466 students across grades Pre-K–3. The student body is 56% male and 44% female. A teaching staff of 30.2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 58% Black or African American, 37% Hispanic or Latino and 3% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 268 | 58% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 173 | 37% |
| Two or more races | 14 | 3% |
| White | 11 | 2.4% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
420 of the school's 466 students (90%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 403 qualify for free lunch and 17 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Southside el is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). It operates as a public charter school. The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district TX At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 13, state house district 147.
Southside el is one of 21 schools in YES PREP PUBLIC SCHOOLS INC, based in HOUSTON, Texas. The district serves 19,573 students district-wide and employs 988 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 466 students, Southside el is smaller than the district average of about 932 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large