Northside serves 355 square miles (920 km2) of urban landscape, suburban growth and rural territory in the San Antonio suburbs and the Hill Country.

Northside is roughly 50 percent built out with the center of the district's boundaries near Helotes, just north of the Bandera Road and Loop 1604 intersection.

Under current district policy,[6] eighth graders who will be part of a new high school's first graduating class are encouraged to research prior justices and submit nominations.

The students needed the tag "to use the library or cafeteria, vote in school elections, and in some cases for toilet breaks".

Her objections were for reasons of religion, privacy, and freedom of expression; the school had also forbidden her from handing out leaflets criticizing the program.

An individual claiming responsibility for the website disruption described the school district as "pervs" for their policy of RFID tracking children.

[11] On November 12, 2010, Northside ISD police officer Daniel Alvarado shot and killed 14 year old student Derek Lopez.

Alvarado witnessed Lopez punch another student at a bus stop and pursued him, then radioed his supervisor who instructed him to stay with the victim.