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Enrollment
450
Middle
DISTRICT 439 · STATE 464
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTHSIDE SCHOOL DISTRICT (INDEPENDENCE)·NCES 051254000100
SOUTHSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL
55 QUAIL LANE, SOUTHSIDE, AR 72501 · (870) 251-2332 · Independence County
GRADES 04–06MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL450 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 60% of Arkansas public middle 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.
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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
20.1:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
250 students
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 70%
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 4 | 145 | 32% |
| Grade 5 | 147 | 33% |
| Grade 6 | 158 | 35% |
Student demographics
16%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 18% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within SOUTHSIDE SCHOOL DISTRICT (Independence). Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
33.4%
AR avg 34.9% . -3.4pp since 2023
Math
50.7%
AR avg 38.9% . -0.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arkansas schools, those numbers are about 35 and 39. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 33.4% | 50.7% |
| 2023-24 | 36.8% | 51.6% |
% 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
42.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.2%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 MIDDLE SCHOOL
SOUTHSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (42.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOUTHSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 450 | 55.6% | 42.5% |
| SOUTHSIDE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL SOUTHSIDE | 427 | 55.0% | 34.8% |
| BEEBE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL BEEBE | 491 | 52.7% | 54.9% |
| WESTSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL JONESBORO | 414 | 59.7% | 37.2% |
| FOUNTAIN LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL HOT SPRINGS | 389 | 54.8% | 36.8% |
| BEEBE MIDDLE SCHOOL BEEBE | 509 | 56.6% | 35.3% |
Matched among Arkansas 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 Arkansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.5% | #75 of 207 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.7% | #47 of 208 ▼ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.4% | #102 of 208 ▼ 25 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 450 | #103 of 217 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.1:1 | #186 of 188 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 16.3% | #170 of 188 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 55.6% | #138 of 210 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.9% | #47 of 61 |
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
450
-14 (-3%) vs 2020
+4% since 2000-01, when it was 434
Student : Teacher
20.1:1
was 17.9:1
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 | 450 | 22.4 | 20.1:1 | 56% (250) |
| 2023-24 | 463 | 24.8 | 18.6:1 | 53% (247) |
| 2022-23 | 453 | 29 | 15.6:1 | 57% (260) |
| 2020-21 | 464 | 26 | 17.9:1 | 68% (316) |
| 2017-18 | 433 | 30.4 | 14.2:1 | 37% (161) |
| 2015-16 | 405 | 31 | 13.1:1 | 68% (275) |
| 2010-11 | 480 | 32 | 15.0:1 | 61% (292) |
| 2000-01 | 434 | 27 | 16.1:1 | 52% (224) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SOUTHSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About SOUTHSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL
SOUTHSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school with a street address in SOUTHSIDE, Arkansas. Enrollment stands at 450 students, covering grades 4 through 6.
The 4 schools of SOUTHSIDE SCHOOL DISTRICT (Independence), including SOUTHSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL, enroll 2,193 students.
Roughly 91% of students at SOUTHSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL are White. Other groups include 5% Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 16%.
Its staff includes 22.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 20.1 students per teacher. Across middle schools in Arkansas, the average ratio is 13.9:1. SOUTHSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 56%. That is 10 points below the 66% average for public schools in Independence County.
Among Arkansas public middle schools, SOUTHSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL outscored 60%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, SOUTHSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL would score about 39.2%. It scores 42.5%, 3.4 points above that figure.
In Independence County, the median household earns about $56,609 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 18%, and roughly 14% of residents are in poverty. Across Independence County, 14 public schools serve about 6,855 students.
Of the public schools around it, SOUTHSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL is closest to SOUTHSIDE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, about 0.2 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is 6. Compared with its nearest neighbors, SOUTHSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 2nd of 9 on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as Rural: Distant. That means it sits in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 450, compared with 464 in 2020-21. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (20.1:1) than in 2020-21 (17.9:1).
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Independence County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
38,175
Census ACS
Median income
$56,609
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
14
6,855 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SOUTHSIDE SCHOOL DISTRICT (Independence)
- SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 852 students
- SOUTHSIDE CHARTER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 464 students
- SOUTHSIDE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 427 students
Other schools in SOUTHSIDE
- SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 852 students
- SOUTHSIDE CHARTER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 464 students
- SOUTHSIDE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 427 students
Other Southside Middle schools
5 other US public schools in 6 states are named Southside Middle. SOUTHSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL is the 5th 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 SchoolTallassee, AL · 424 students
Nearby schools
- SOUTHSIDE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 427
- SOUTHSIDE CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL0.3 mi · 464
- SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 852
- BATESVILLE HIGH SCHOOL CHARTER3.7 mi · 986
- BATESVILLE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL CHARTER3.7 mi · 690
- EAGLE MOUNTAIN MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.1 mi · 905
Frequently asked questions
About SOUTHSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at SOUTHSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
SOUTHSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 450 students in grades 04-06.
What age range does SOUTHSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
SOUTHSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students from grade 04 through grade 06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at SOUTHSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at SOUTHSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL is approximately 20.1:1 (22 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at SOUTHSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
At SOUTHSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 91% White, 5% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is SOUTHSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL public or private?
SOUTHSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by SOUTHSIDE SCHOOL DISTRICT (Independence).
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.