📍 711 Ft Worth St, Jacksonville, Cherokee County, 75766
East Side el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Jacksonville, Cherokee County. The school has 615 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Shelley Cook. It is part of the Jacksonville Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–4 in a small-town setting. The school employs 39.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.4:1. 42% of students are proficient in reading. 42% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
East Side el enrolls 615 students across grades Pre-K–4. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 39.9 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 41% Hispanic or Latino, 36% White and 15% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 253 | 41% |
| White | 222 | 36% |
| Black or African American | 93 | 15% |
| Two or more races | 37 | 6% |
| Asian | 5 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 4 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
473 of the school's 615 students (77%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 454 qualify for free lunch and 19 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
East Side el is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Distant). 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-60, state senate district 3, state house district 11.
East Side el is one of 8 schools in JACKSONVILLE ISD, based in JACKSONVILLE, Texas. The district serves 4,700 students district-wide and employs 353 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 615 students, East Side el is close to the district average of about 588 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Distant