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Enrollment
610
Elementary
DISTRICT 568 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GRADY COUNTY·NCES 130246001080
Southside Elementary School
322 4th Avenue SE, Cairo, GA 39828 · (229) 377-3723 · Grady County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL610 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 38% of Georgia public elementary schools
- C+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.
- C-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Georgia public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
610 students
DISTRICT 92% · STATE 74%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 64 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 86 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 73 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 98 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 100 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 94 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 95 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (86) is 9% smaller than its 5th grade class (95).
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · STATE 71% · 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
Based on grade levels within Grady County. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
23.4%
GA avg 40.1% . -4.8pp since 2021
Math
32.0%
GA avg 44.6% . -0.5pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 23 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2021, while math scores have held steady.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 23.4% | 32.0% |
| 2023-24 | 26.5% | 37.5% |
| 2022-23 | 25.6% | 36.9% |
| 2021-22 | 28.2% | 32.6% |
% Proficient or Distinguished, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Georgia Milestones. 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
30.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% typical for Georgia 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 Georgia'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 (30.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southside Elementary School this school | 610 | 100.0% | 30.8% |
| Westside Elementary School Douglas | 625 | 100.0% | 34.5% |
| Oglethorpe Avenue Elementary School Athens | 563 | 100.0% | 28.0% |
| Dunwoody Springs Elementary School Atlanta | 548 | 100.0% | 38.7% |
| Compton Elementary School Powder Springs | 593 | 100.0% | 24.6% |
| Glyndale Elementary School Brunswick | 585 | 100.0% | 31.7% |
Matched among Georgia 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 Georgia |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.8% | #779 of 1,208 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #813 of 1,215 ▼ 148 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 23.4% | #921 of 1,215 ▼ 41 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.7pp | #250 of 1,183 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 610 | #573 of 1,324 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.4:1 | #390 of 1,301 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.1% | #255 of 1,301 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #259 of 1,312 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.4% | #695 of 854 |
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
610
+56 (+10%) vs 2020
+12% since 1990-91, when it was 544
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
was 12.6:1
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 | 610 | 49 | 12.4:1 | 100% (610) |
| 2023-24 | 512 | 42.8 | 12.0:1 | 96% (489) |
| 2022-23 | 564 | 42.7 | 13.2:1 | 100% (564) |
| 2020-21 | 554 | 44 | 12.6:1 | 100% (554) |
| 2017-18 | 645 | 46.1 | 14.0:1 | 90% (581) |
| 2015-16 | 644 | 45 | 14.3:1 | 89% (572) |
| 2010-11 | 584 | 41 | 14.2:1 | 76% (445) |
| 2000-01 | 738 | 41 | 18.0:1 | 62% (455) |
| 1990-91 | 544 | 41 | 13.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Southside Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (645 to 610); teachers up 6% (46.1 to 49).
About Southside Elementary School
This page covers Southside Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary school in Cairo, Georgia. It reports enrollment of 610 students in pre-K through 5.
Southside Elementary School is in Grady County, a district with 4,790 students across 7 schools.
No group is above 50% at Southside Elementary School; the largest is Black, at 44%. Beyond that, enrollment is 32% Hispanic, 20% White, and 3% multiracial. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 29%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Southside Elementary School scores 66%.
Southside Elementary School has 49 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.4:1. The gap from the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia is 0.9 students per teacher. At Southside Elementary School, 100% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25.
Among Georgia public elementary schools, Southside Elementary School outscored 38%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
Southside Elementary School's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (30.8%) and its predicted rate (25.7%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Georgia schools.
Looking at the county, Grady County, the median household earns about $58,980 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 16%, and roughly 14% of residents are in poverty. Grady County has 7 public schools with about 4,790 students, including Southside Elementary School.
Cairo High School, about 0.3 miles away, is the closest public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes 4 other public schools. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, Southside Elementary School ranks 5th on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as Town: Distant. That means it sits in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
By 2024-25, enrollment had risen to 610, from 554 in 2020-21.
On allk12, people connected to Southside Elementary School can post about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Grady County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
26,108
Census ACS
Median income
$58,980
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
16%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
7
4,790 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Grady County
- Cairo High SchoolHigh · 1,317 students
- Eastside Elementary SchoolElementary · 735 students
- Washington Middle SchoolMiddle · 631 students
- Shiver Elementary SchoolElementary · 579 students
- Whigham Elementary SchoolElementary · 543 students
- Northside Elementary SchoolElementary · 375 students
Other schools in Cairo
- Cairo High SchoolHigh · 1,317 students
- Eastside Elementary SchoolElementary · 735 students
- Washington Middle SchoolMiddle · 631 students
- Northside Elementary SchoolElementary · 375 students
Other Southside Elementary schools
32 other US public schools in 20 states are named Southside Elementary. Southside Elementary School is the 9th largest of the 33.
- Southside Elementary SchoolCLEVELAND, TX · 1,016 students
- Southside Elementary SchoolColumbus, IN · 891 students
- SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLSOUTHSIDE, AR · 852 students
- Southside ElementaryLebanon, TN · 806 students
- SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLBUFFALO, NY · 772 students
Nearby schools
- Cairo High School0.3 mi · 1,317
- Northside Elementary School1.1 mi · 375
- Washington Middle School1.2 mi · 631
- Eastside Elementary School1.5 mi · 735
- Whigham Elementary School7.4 mi · 543
- Shiver Elementary School9.1 mi · 579
Frequently asked questions
About Southside Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Southside Elementary School?
Southside Elementary School enrolls approximately 610 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Southside Elementary School serve?
Southside Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Southside Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Southside Elementary School is approximately 12.4:1 (49 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Southside Elementary School?
At Southside Elementary School, the student body is approximately 20% White, 32% Hispanic, 44% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Southside Elementary School?
Southside Elementary School is overseen by Grady County in Grady County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.