Southside Primary School

Located at 3104 Old Montgomery Hwy, in Selma, Alabama, Southside Primary School is an one-room-style elementary campus that enrolls 147 students (grades K through 2), one of the schools within Dallas County. Enrollment runs roughly 69% below the state mean of about 480.

Dallas County runs 11 schools in total, collectively educating 2,283 students. Southside Primary School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Southside Primary School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (93%). Beyond that, the school shows 4% multiracial. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 70%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.4:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.0:1 average. An estimated 88% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Dallas County indicate median household income runs about $35,627, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 26%. Across Dallas County's 23 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,584 students), Southside Primary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Bruce K Craig Elementary School, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Southside Primary School.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Southside Primary School has edged down 37%, going from 233 students in 2018 to 147 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 13.7:1 in 2018 to 18.4:1 today.

On allk12, the feed for Southside Primary School typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.