Southside Elementary School

Set in Cairo, Georgia, Southside Elementary School is a reasonably sized primary school, part of Grady County. It serves 610 students across grades pre-K through 5.

Grady County comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 4,790 students; Southside Elementary School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Southside Elementary School logs that 44% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest consists of 32% Hispanic, 20% White, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 29% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.3:1, putting Southside Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 100% of students at Southside Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Southside Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 25.7%, the actual is 30.8%, a residual of +5.1 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Grady County shows the typical household earns roughly $58,980 per year, about 16% 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 7 public schools in Grady County (combined enrollment of about 4,790 students).

The closest other public school is Cairo High School, roughly 0.3 miles away. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Southside Elementary School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 33.7%.

Southside Elementary School operates from a town-center location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Southside Elementary School has contracted 5%, going from 645 students in 2018 to 610 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment grew from 25% to 32% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 14.0:1 in 2018 to 12.4:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.