📍 303 Fort Worth, Cleveland, Liberty County, 77327
Southside el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Cleveland, Liberty County. The school has 905 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Erica Lewis. It is part of the Cleveland Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a small-town setting. The school employs 72.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.5:1. 20% of students are proficient in reading. 17% are proficient in maths.
Southside el enrolls 905 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 72.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 88% Hispanic or Latino, 9.2% White and 1.8% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 800 | 88% |
| White | 83 | 9.2% |
| Black or African American | 16 | 1.8% |
| Two or more races | 5 | <1% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
859 of the school's 905 students (95%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 838 qualify for free lunch and 21 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 a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Fringe). 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 3, state house district 18.
Southside el is one of 11 schools in CLEVELAND ISD, based in CLEVELAND, Texas. The district serves 12,513 students district-wide and employs 786 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 905 students, Southside el is smaller than the district average of about 1,138 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Fringe