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What advice would you give to incoming students at SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
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Enrollment
699
Elementary
DISTRICT 600 · STATE 418
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SILOAM SPRINGS SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 051245001005
SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
200 W. TULSA, SILOAM SPRINGS, AR 72761 · (479) 524-3183 · Benton County
GRADES 03–04ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL699 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 56% of Arkansas public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats 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 Arkansas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
20.3:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.0:1 · STATE 16.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
62%
430 students
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 70%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 364 | 52% |
| Grade 4 | 335 | 48% |
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 61% · 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 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→SILOAM SPRINGS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL→SILOAM SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL→SILOAM SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL CONVERSION CHARTER
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within SILOAM SPRINGS SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
42.3%
AR avg 34.9% . +7.7pp since 2023
Math
47.3%
AR avg 38.9% . +8.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arkansas schools, those numbers are about 35 and 39. Reading and writing scores are up about 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.3% | 47.3% |
| 2023-24 | 34.6% | 38.9% |
% Proficient (Level 3+4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: ATLAS. 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
39.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.0%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% typical for Arkansas 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 Arkansas'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 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (39.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 699 | 61.5% | 39.9% |
| DELBERT PETE & PAT ALLEN ELEMENTARY SILOAM SPRINGS | 671 | 62.7% | N/A |
| EAGLE MOUNTAIN MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BATESVILLE | 905 | 58.8% | 36.9% |
| HUNT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SPRINGDALE | 890 | 57.3% | 47.7% |
| PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ALEXANDER | 568 | 58.8% | 40.3% |
| WALKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SPRINGDALE | 605 | 71.6% | 34.7% |
Matched among Arkansas elementary 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 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas | In Benton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.9% | #183 of 461 | #33 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.3% | #150 of 465 ▲ 54 | #28 of 39 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.3% | #146 of 465 ▲ 85 | #27 of 39 ▲ 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 699 | #36 of 531 | #5 of 47 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.3:1 | #467 of 480 | #42 of 44 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.0% | #48 of 480 | #5 of 44 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.5% | #353 of 513 | #11 of 44 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.6% | #104 of 138 | #11 of 13 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
699
+49 (+8%) vs 2020
+74% since 1990-91, when it was 402
Student : Teacher
20.3:1
was 21.0:1
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 | 699 | 34.5 | 20.3:1 | 62% (430) |
| 2023-24 | 667 | 32.6 | 20.5:1 | 63% (417) |
| 2022-23 | 658 | 30.9 | 21.3:1 | 63% (414) |
| 2020-21 | 650 | 31 | 21.0:1 | 44% (287) |
| 2017-18 | 668 | 41.1 | 16.2:1 | 40% (270) |
| 2015-16 | 626 | 37 | 16.9:1 | 66% (413) |
| 2010-11 | 933 | 51 | 18.3:1 | 58% (545) |
| 2000-01 | 451 | 26 | 17.4:1 | 52% (236) |
| 1990-91 | 402 | 19 | 21.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, located in SILOAM SPRINGS, Arkansas, is a high-enrollment elementary school. Its 699 students are spread across grades 3 through 4. The typical figure for elementary schools in Arkansas is about 418 students.
SILOAM SPRINGS SCHOOL DISTRICT is responsible for 6 schools, SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL included, with 4,702 students in all.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. The largest is White students, at 41%. Smaller groups are 40% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 3% Asian, and 3% Native American. For comparison, the population of Benton County is roughly 60% White. SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's diversity index is 66%, against a US figure of 70%.
The ratio of students to teachers is 20.3:1, with 34.5 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. That is 4.3 students per teacher above the 16.0:1 average for elementary schools in Arkansas. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 62%. That is 25 points above the 37% average for public schools in Benton County.
allk12 grades SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL a B. The grade compares the school only with Arkansas public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 2.9 points above its prediction. Actual: 39.9%. Predicted: 37.0%.
In the county around the school, Benton County, the median household income is $93,506, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 38% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Benton County is home to 88 public schools and about 57,071 public school students.
The school nearest to SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is SILOAM SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL, at a distance of about 0.7 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL places 1st out of 6 schools in its immediate area.
Locale data from NCES put SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in a town some distance from an urbanized area (Town: Distant).
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 49 more students in 2024-25.
Threads on this page can be about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Benton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
303,632
Census ACS
Median income
$93,506
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
88
57,071 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SILOAM SPRINGS SCHOOL DISTRICT
- SILOAM SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL CONVERSION CHARTERHigh · 1,475 students
- SILOAM SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 743 students
- SILOAM SPRINGS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLMiddle · 684 students
- DELBERT PETE & PAT ALLEN ELEMENTARYElementary · 671 students
- NORTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 430 students
Other schools in SILOAM SPRINGS
- SILOAM SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL CONVERSION CHARTERHigh · 1,475 students
- SILOAM SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 743 students
- SILOAM SPRINGS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLMiddle · 684 students
- DELBERT PETE & PAT ALLEN ELEMENTARYElementary · 671 students
- NORTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 430 students
Other Southside Elementary schools
32 other US public schools in 20 states are named Southside Elementary. SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 6th largest of the 33.
- SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLSOUTHSIDE, AR · 852 students
- SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLCABOT, AR · 551 students
- Southside Elementary SchoolCLEVELAND, TX · 1,016 students
- Southside Elementary SchoolColumbus, IN · 891 students
- Southside ElementaryLebanon, TN · 806 students
Nearby schools
- SILOAM SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL0.7 mi · 743
- NORTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 430
- SILOAM SPRINGS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL1.4 mi · 684
- DELBERT PETE & PAT ALLEN ELEMENTARY1.5 mi · 671
- SILOAM SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL CONVERSION CHARTER1.9 mi · 1,475
- Moseley Public School4.9 mi · 183
Frequently asked questions
About SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 699 students in grades 03-04.
What grades does SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades 03-04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 20.3:1 (34 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 41% White, 40% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Asian, 12% Two or more.
What district is SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of SILOAM SPRINGS SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.