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Northside Elementary

Public Grades PK, KG-5

4193^rd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 4,627 Texas Elementary Schools

Better than 9% of Texas elementary schools

Summary

Northside Elementary in Cleveland, TX, is a large PK-5 school serving 1,073 students in the Cleveland Independent School District (Isd), where nearly 89% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch, reflecting significant economic challenges in the community.

Northside Elementary has faced persistent academic struggles, ranking in the bottom 10-20% of Texas elementary schools over the past decade, with a recent steep decline to the 3rd percentile in 2024-2025 before a slight recovery to the 9th percentile in 2025-2026. This makes it the lowest-performing school in its immediate vicinity, notably below Eastside Elementary (26th percentile) and Southside Elementary (8th percentile) within the same district, and far behind Piney Woods Elementary (43rd percentile) in the Splendora Independent School District (Isd). A bright spot is 5th-grade Reading, where 51.49% of students are proficient, outperforming the district average and approaching the state average—a unique success not seen in other grades or subjects. However, the school's performance with its Gifted and Talented students ranks in the 1st percentile, suggesting a need for stronger enrichment programs.

Despite having the highest per-student spending among its Cleveland ISD peers ($13,232 in 2020-2021), Northside's outcomes are the lowest, raising questions about resource allocation. The school's English Language Learners showed a promising jump from the 3rd to the 23rd percentile in 2025-2026, indicating recent interventions may be working. While poverty is a major factor, the success of Eastside Elementary—with a similar 91.81% poverty rate—shows that improvement is possible, highlighting internal school-level factors that need attention.

1,073

Students ?

13.7

Student/teacher ratio ?

$10,272

Per pupil spending ?

88.8%

Free/discounted lunch ?

1020 Northside Blvd
Cleveland, TX 77327-4709

(281) 592-4628

District: Cleveland Independent School District (Isd)

Students who attend Northside Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Cleveland Middle
High:	Cleveland High School

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

66.1%

White:

21.1%

African American:

8.0%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 40th percentile in 2016 → 9th in 2026

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Texas average (29% vs 50% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (9th percentile)

!Ranking has slipped — down 31 percentile points since 2016

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school29%

District avg30%

Texas avg50%

4,193^rd of 4,627

Texas public elementary schools ?

Bottom 9%▼ down 30 pts since 2016

From bottom 40% (2016) to bottom 9% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

3^rd of 6Elementary Schools in the Cleveland Independent School District (Isd)

914^th of 951Cleveland Independent School District (Isd) among Texas districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2026	16.9	4193 of 4627	9.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	9.7	4495 of 4651	3.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	17.2	4211 of 4710	10.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	18.6	4096 of 4647	11.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	25.3	3643 of 4581	20.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	42.1	2439 of 4578	46.7%	★★☆☆☆
2019	31.5	3244 of 4479	27.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	41.4	2458 of 4359	43.6%	★★☆☆☆
2017	47.6	2092 of 4329	51.7%	★★★☆☆
2016	44.3	2579 of 4286	39.8%	★★☆☆☆
2015	33.3	3193 of 4320	26.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	45.6	2607 of 4260	38.8%	★★☆☆☆
2013	25.2	3600 of 4221	14.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	36.4	3072 of 4206	27.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	41.6	2438 of 3476	29.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2005	39.8	2492 of 3475	28.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2004	32.3	2786 of 3465	19.6%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2026	25.8	2014 of 2406	16.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	10.8	1873 of 1905	1.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	24.7	2072 of 2443	15.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	24.1	2089 of 2443	14.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	27.9	1958 of 2421	19.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	34.5	1650 of 2444	32.5%	★★☆☆☆
2019	30.1	1960 of 2515	22.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	37.1	1621 of 2483	34.7%	★★☆☆☆

At Risk

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2022	43.7	2535 of 4461	43.2%	★★☆☆☆
2021	59.2	1256 of 4331	71.0%	★★★★☆
2019	43.3	2452 of 4295	42.9%	★★☆☆☆
2018	62.1	1190 of 4240	71.9%	★★★★☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2026	31.0	1262 of 1643	23.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	11.8	2825 of 2918	3.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	18.4	3359 of 3668	8.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	33.0	2630 of 3556	26.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	33.3	2585 of 3487	25.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	58.7	1047 of 3446	69.6%	★★★☆☆
2019	40.5	2088 of 3333	37.4%	★★☆☆☆
2018	52.4	1359 of 3226	57.9%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2026	15.3	4279 of 4575	6.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	7.4	3690 of 3744	1.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	12.4	4442 of 4658	4.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	15.0	4263 of 4588	7.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	33.9	3167 of 4561	30.6%	★★☆☆☆
2021	45.6	2260 of 4499	49.8%	★★☆☆☆
2019	31.0	3273 of 4348	24.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	41.7	2523 of 4306	41.4%	★★☆☆☆

Gifted and Talented

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2026	2.2	3059 of 3075	0.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	5.2	2586 of 2619	1.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	14.6	2813 of 2980	5.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	31.2	2458 of 2958	16.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	63.8	1243 of 3006	58.6%	★★★☆☆
2019	28.8	2728 of 3184	14.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	37.2	2417 of 3106	22.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2026	25.0	3745 of 4413	15.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	10.7	3544 of 3644	2.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	17.8	4096 of 4465	8.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	26.3	3586 of 4401	18.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	28.7	3493 of 4376	20.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	58.6	1424 of 4329	67.1%	★★★☆☆
2019	41.4	2534 of 4188	39.5%	★★☆☆☆
2018	45.9	2214 of 4168	46.9%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2026	25.3	3871 of 4520	14.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	10.0	3627 of 3705	2.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	18.0	4244 of 4594	7.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	23.0	3930 of 4521	13.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	28.8	3590 of 4477	19.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	52.0	1881 of 4451	57.7%	★★★☆☆
2019	39.1	2845 of 4309	34.0%	★★☆☆☆
2018	54.0	1761 of 4264	58.7%	★★★☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2026	20.6	4016 of 4582	12.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	9.3	3632 of 3739	2.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	18.1	4153 of 4647	10.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	24.5	3745 of 4585	18.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	21.9	3881 of 4563	14.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	39.6	2574 of 4498	42.8%	★★☆☆☆
2019	33.3	3123 of 4357	28.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	42.2	2441 of 4319	43.5%	★★☆☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2026	12.0	1064 of 1106	3.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	17.9	855 of 961	11.0%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2026	26.4	3624 of 4301	15.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	16.5	3348 of 3549	5.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	18.7	3928 of 4292	8.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	36.6	2579 of 4086	36.9%	★★☆☆☆
2022	40.0	2273 of 3952	42.5%	★★☆☆☆
2021	42.6	1843 of 3799	51.5%	★★★☆☆
2019	33.7	2514 of 3684	31.8%	★★☆☆☆
2018	41.8	1909 of 3558	46.3%	★★☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2026	9.5	2921 of 3006	2.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	4.0	2589 of 2612	0.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	8.3	3036 of 3108	2.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	6.9	3036 of 3106	2.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	15.1	2877 of 3082	6.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	17.9	2778 of 3082	9.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	20.0	2794 of 3142	11.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	34.3	2208 of 3127	29.4%	★☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

At Risk (2022)43rd percentile+23 vs school

English Language Learner (2026)23rd percentile+14 vs school

African American (2026)16th percentile+7 vs school

Special Education (2026)16th percentile+6 vs school

Hispanic (2026)15th percentile+6 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)14th percentile+5 vs school

Male (2026)12th percentile+3 vs school

Female (2026)6th percentile-3 vs school

Multi-racial (2026)4th percentile-6 vs school

White (2026)3rd percentile-7 vs school

Gifted and Talented (2026)1st percentile-9 vs school

By subject vs Texas (2025-2026) ?

Reading37%-18 vs state

Mathematics26%-21 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				STAAR Spanish Reading (2026)			STAAR Spanish Mathematics (2026)			STAAR Reading (2026)			STAAR Mathematics (2026)			Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	STAAR Spanish Reading 3rd Grade	STAAR Spanish Reading 4th Grade	STAAR Spanish Reading 5th Grade	STAAR Spanish Mathematics 3rd Grade	STAAR Spanish Mathematics 4th Grade	STAAR Spanish Mathematics 5th Grade	STAAR Reading 3rd Grade	STAAR Reading 4th Grade	STAAR Reading 5th Grade	STAAR Mathematics 3rd Grade	STAAR Mathematics 4th Grade	STAAR Mathematics 5th Grade	Total
Northside Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1020 Northside Blvd	Cleveland	77327	Liberty County	Cleveland Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(281) 592-4628	1,073	78	13.7	88.8%	226 (21.1%)	86 (8.0%)	709 (66.1%)	3 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.2%)	47 (4.4%)	16.9	4193^rd of 4627 public elementary schools	9.4%		9.7	4495^th of 4651 public elementary schools	3.4%	302	14.0	22.9	21.4			0.0	32.7	25.0	51.5	22.2	28.5	26.1	$10,272
Southside Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	303 Fort Worth	Cleveland	77327	Liberty County	Cleveland Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(281) 592-0594	1,016	68	14.8	94.1%	87 (8.6%)	28 (2.8%)	887 (87.3%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (1.3%)	16	4237^th of 4627 public elementary schools	8.4%		11.9	4418^th of 4651 public elementary schools	5.0%	181	48.8	23.3	38.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	32.3	33.7	44.8	23.9	29.1	25.2	$9,984
Eastside Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1602 Shell St	Cleveland	77327	Liberty County	Cleveland Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(281) 592-0125	867	64	13.6	91.8%	96 (11.1%)	38 (4.4%)	716 (82.6%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (1.8%)	30.1	3422^nd of 4627 public elementary schools	26.0%		17.7	4152^nd of 4651 public elementary schools	10.7%	730	20.6	25.0	17.5				57.3	27.7	48.4	40.6	23.8	29.9	$11,714
Tarkington Elementary	Public	1-5	2770 Fm 163	Cleveland	77327	Liberty County	Tarkington Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(281) 592-6134	738	50	14.6	56.9%	573 (77.6%)	6 (0.8%)	129 (17.5%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.3%)	25 (3.4%)	19.2	4092^nd of 4627 public elementary schools	11.6%		31	3370^th of 4651 public elementary schools	27.5%	722							30.2	42.9	37.5	24.0	37.4	22.8	$7,697
Tarkington Early Childhood School	Public	PK-K	2770 Fm 163	Cleveland	77327	Liberty County	Tarkington Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(281) 592-7736	214	12	18.6	70.6%	147 (68.7%)	3 (1.4%)	59 (27.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	4 (1.9%)								(n/a)													$11,598
Greenleaf Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	26275 Fm 2090	Splendora	77372	Montgomery County	Splendora Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(281) 689-8020	689	47	14.5	54.6%	311 (45.1%)	24 (3.5%)	332 (48.2%)	2 (0.3%)	3 (0.4%)	4 (0.6%)	13 (1.9%)	31.1	3361^st of 4627 public elementary schools	27.4%		28.8	3510^th of 4651 public elementary schools	24.5%	149	0.0			40.0			35.5	35.4	40.0	27.1	55.6	43.6	$8,983
Peach Creek Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	14455 Cox St	Splendora	77372	Montgomery County	Splendora Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(281) 689-3114	692	47	14.8	52.7%	307 (44.4%)	4 (0.6%)	363 (52.5%)	4 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (2.0%)	18.1	4148^th of 4627 public elementary schools	10.4%		19.6	4048^th of 4651 public elementary schools	13.0%	100							29.6	28.9	48.8	26.4	25.6	33.9	$9,103
Piney Woods Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	23395 Fm 2090	Splendora	77372	Montgomery County	Splendora Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(281) 689-3073	832	48	17.3	47.2%	379 (45.6%)	48 (5.8%)	388 (46.6%)	6 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	10 (1.2%)	41	2659^th of 4627 public elementary schools	42.5%		24.5	3760^th of 4651 public elementary schools	19.2%	1101							38.7	40.0	52.8	38.7	58.2	41.0	$8,870
Shepherd Intermediate	Public	3-5	420 Railroad Ave	Shepherd	77371	San Jacinto County	Shepherd Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(936) 628-6764	400	23	17.2	80.8%	193 (48.3%)	10 (2.5%)	166 (41.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (7.3%)	26.7	3643^rd of 4627 public elementary schools	21.3%		22	3914^th of 4651 public elementary schools	15.8%	271							35.6	32.6	33.8	37.9	44.5	38.3	$7,331
Shepherd Pri	Public	PK, KG-2	10300 Hwy 150	Shepherd	77371	San Jacinto County	Shepherd Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(936) 628-3302	504	24	20.6	78.4%	252 (50.0%)	13 (2.6%)	200 (39.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (7.3%)								(n/a)													$6,988

Frequently Asked Questions about Northside Elementary

How many students attend Northside Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 1,073 students attended Northside Elementary.

What schools do graduates of Northside Elementary attend?

Students who attend Northside Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Cleveland Middle
High : Cleveland High School

What district is Northside Elementary in?

Cleveland Independent School District (Isd)

What is the racial makeup of Northside Elementary?

Students at Northside Elementary are 66% Hispanic, 21% White, 8% African American, 4% Two or more races.

Is Northside Elementary a good school?

Northside Elementary ranks in the bottom 9.4% of Texas elementary schools.

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2025–26 STAAR, STAAR EOC & STAAR Spanish test scoresJun 12, 2026

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2023–24 dropout rates & graduation ratesSep 17, 2025

2024–25 STAAR EOC & STAAR Spanish test scoresJun 23, 2025

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