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What's the most underrated thing about Southside Middle School that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
424
Middle
DISTRICT 502 · STATE 508
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TALLASSEE CITY·NCES 010324001236
Southside Middle School
901 E B Payne Sr Dr, Tallassee, AL 36078 · (334) 283-2151 · Elmore County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL424 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 56% of Alabama public middle schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Alabama public middle schools
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
246 students
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 58%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 104 | 25% |
| Grade 6 | 102 | 24% |
| Grade 7 | 105 | 25% |
| Grade 8 | 113 | 27% |
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Southside Middle School→Tallassee High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Tallassee City. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ACAP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
57.9%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
30.7%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Alabama schools, those numbers are about 53 and 32.
Source: ACAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
42.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.8%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% typical for Alabama schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Alabama's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Southside Middle School
Southside Middle School's state test result (42.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southside Middle School this school | 424 | 58.0% | 42.1% |
| Centreville Middle School Centreville | 440 | 60.9% | 28.1% |
| Charles R Drew Middle School Lincoln | 448 | 58.3% | 52.9% |
| Rehobeth Middle School Rehobeth | 408 | 54.9% | 47.9% |
| Fayette Middle School Fayette | 318 | 59.7% | 38.1% |
| Bay Minette Middle School Bay Minette | 432 | 61.8% | 34.2% |
Matched among Alabama middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Southside Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Elmore County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.1% | #127 of 260 | #6 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.7% | #98 of 260 | #3 of 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.9% | #117 of 260 | #4 of 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 424 | #149 of 265 | #6 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.7:1 | #44 of 244 | #1 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.8% | #90 of 246 | #3 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.0% | #137 of 264 | #2 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.0% | #31 of 151 | N/A |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
424
-95 (-18%) vs 2020
-1% since 1990-91, when it was 427
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
was 19.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 424 | 27 | 15.7:1 | 58% (246) |
| 2023-24 | 431 | 28 | 15.4:1 | 71% (306) |
| 2022-23 | 426 | 28 | 15.2:1 | 71% (303) |
| 2020-21 | 519 | 27 | 19.2:1 | 55% (286) |
| 2017-18 | 565 | 30 | 18.8:1 | 35% (199) |
| 2015-16 | 551 | 27 | 20.4:1 | 58% (317) |
| 2010-11 | 599 | 33 | 18.1:1 | 49% (296) |
| 2000-01 | 636 | 32 | 19.9:1 | 45% (289) |
| 1990-91 | 427 | 17 | 25.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Southside Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (565 to 424); teachers down 10% (30 to 27).
About Southside Middle School
Among the schools in Tallassee, Alabama, is Southside Middle School, a low-enrollment middle-grades school. Federal data show 424 students enrolled in grades 5 through 8 in 2024-25.
Southside Middle School reports to Tallassee City, which has 3 schools and 1,507 students.
Federal enrollment data show Southside Middle School is 61% White. Other groups include 26% Black, 8% Hispanic, and 4% multiracial. Census estimates put the White share of Elmore County's population at about 73%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Southside Middle School scores 55%.
Southside Middle School has 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 15.7:1. By comparison, the average for middle schools in Alabama is 17.9:1. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 58% at Southside Middle School. That is 11 points above the 47% average for public schools in Elmore County.
Southside Middle School holds a B allk12 Grade, placing it above 56% of Alabama public middle schools.
Southside Middle School scores 42.1% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 41.8%.
Census data for Elmore County show median household income comes to about $78,243, about 25% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. There are 26 public schools in the county, enrolling about 13,867, Southside Middle School among them.
Of the public schools around it, Southside Middle School is closest to Tallassee High School, about 0.7 miles away. There are 2 other public schools within five miles. Southside Middle School ranks 6th of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 42.1% against a local average of 44.3%.
NCES describes the area around Southside Middle School as Rural: Distant, meaning in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 424, down from 519 in 2020-21. Students per teacher dropped from 19.2 in 2020-21 to 15.7 in 2024-25.
The discussion board for Southside Middle School is open to topics like athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Elmore County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
89,526
Census ACS
Median income
$78,243
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
26
13,867 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Tallassee City
- Tallassee Elementary SchoolElementary · 609 students
- Tallassee High SchoolHigh · 474 students
Other schools in Tallassee
- Tallassee Elementary SchoolElementary · 609 students
- Tallassee High SchoolHigh · 474 students
Other Southside Middle schools
5 other US public schools in 6 states are named Southside Middle. Southside Middle School is the 6th largest of the 6.
- Southside MiddleFlorence, SC · 1,138 students
- SOUTHSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOLJACKSONVILLE, FL · 805 students
- Southside Middle SchoolManchester, NH · 768 students
- Southside Middle SchoolMuncie, IN · 469 students
- SOUTHSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOLSOUTHSIDE, AR · 450 students
Nearby schools
- Tallassee High School0.7 mi · 474
- Tallassee Elementary School1.3 mi · 609
- Reeltown High School7.5 mi · 495
- Reeltown Elementary School7.5 mi · 446
- DC Wolfe School8.6 mi · 111
- Eclectic Elementary School10.6 mi · 689
Frequently asked questions
About Southside Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Southside Middle School?
Southside Middle School enrolls approximately 424 students in grades 05-08.
What age range does Southside Middle School serve?
Southside Middle School serves students from grade 05 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Southside Middle School have?
Southside Middle School employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Southside Middle School?
Student demographics at Southside Middle School are roughly 61% White, 8% Hispanic, 26% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Southside Middle School public or private?
Southside Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Tallassee City.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.