SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

As a high-enrollment elementary school in SOUTHSIDE, Arkansas, SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL educates 852 students from grades pre-K through 3, operated by SOUTHSIDE SCHOOL DISTRICT (Independence). Compared to the state average of about 418 students per school, that is 104% larger than typical.

SOUTHSIDE SCHOOL DISTRICT (Independence) comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 2,193 students; SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (91%). Other groups include 4% Hispanic, 2% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.0:1, putting SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 52% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Independence County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 39.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 41.0%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Independence County put median household earnings sit near $56,609, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 14 public schools in Independence County (combined enrollment of about 6,855 students).

Nearest neighbor: SOUTHSIDE CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL, around 1.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 34.1%.

SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a low-density location.

Looking at the recent track record. SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has ticked up 8% since 2018, when it stood at 789 (now 852).

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