Enrollment
200
Elementary
DISTRICT 232 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MORRISON CUSD 6·NCES 172671002855
Southside School
100 Academic Dr, Morrison, IL 61270 · (815) 772-2183 · Whiteside County
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL200 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 49% of Illinois public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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 Illinois public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
75 students
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 56%
Community
0
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 | 62 | 31% |
| Grade 4 | 66 | 33% |
| Grade 5 | 72 | 36% |
Student demographics
21%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 22% · STATE 69% · 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 Morrison CUSD 6. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
48.1%
IL avg 51.0% . +11.5pp since 2023
Math
51.9%
IL avg 37.9% . +13.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Illinois schools, those numbers are about 51 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 12 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 13 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.1% | 51.9% |
| 2023-24 | 36.6% | 38.7% |
% Proficient (Levels 4-5), all students and all tested grades.
Source: IAR + ISA. 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
47.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.9%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% typical for Illinois 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 Illinois'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 School
Southside School's state test result (47.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southside School this school | 200 | 37.5% | 47.8% |
| Trenton Elementary School Trenton | 207 | 36.7% | 62.2% |
| Flanagan Elementary School Flanagan | 197 | 38.6% | 35.6% |
| Delavan Elementary School Delavan | 191 | 38.2% | 32.9% |
| Mazon-Verona-Kinsman Elementary School Mazon | 172 | 38.4% | 51.8% |
| Grand Ridge School Grand Ridge | 212 | 34.4% | 57.8% |
Matched among Illinois 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 School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Whiteside County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.8% | #652 of 1,925 | #4 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.9% | #616 of 2,077 ▼ 52 | #3 of 10 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.1% | #1,068 of 2,077 ▼ 159 | #5 of 10 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 200 | #2,042 of 2,419 | #13 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #1,455 of 2,035 | #10 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 21.1% | #1,586 of 2,042 | #10 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.5% | #1,610 of 2,132 | #13 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.5% | #686 of 1,461 | #6 of 9 |
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
200
+8 (+4%) vs 2020
-30% since 1990-91, when it was 286
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 | 200 | 13.7 | 14.6:1 | 38% (75) |
| 2023-24 | 218 | 13.1 | 16.6:1 | 39% (86) |
| 2022-23 | 212 | 15.7 | 13.5:1 | 41% (86) |
| 2020-21 | 192 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 234 | 16.7 | 14.0:1 | 37% (87) |
| 2015-16 | 237 | 15 | 15.8:1 | 31% (73) |
| 2010-11 | 227 | 14 | 16.2:1 | 37% (85) |
| 2000-01 | 295 | 21 | 14.1:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 286 | 13 | 22.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Southside School.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (234 to 200); teachers down 18% (16.7 to 13.7).
About Southside School
Southside School is a small elementary school in Morrison, Illinois, (ZIP code 61270). The school covers grades 3 through 5 and reported 200 students in 2024-25. That puts enrollment 48% below the 381-student average for elementary schools in Illinois.
Morrison CUSD 6 has a total of 4 schools and 973 students, Southside School among them.
Southside School is 89% White by enrollment. Other reported shares: 7% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. That is in line with Whiteside County, where about 85% of residents are White. The diversity index for Southside School is 21%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school's 13.7 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.6:1. Elementary schools in Illinois average 13.9:1, 0.7 fewer students per teacher than here. Income data for the school show 38% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is below the 55% average among public schools in Whiteside County.
Among Illinois public elementary schools, Southside School outscored 49%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
Southside School's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (47.8%) and its predicted rate (49.9%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Illinois schools.
In Whiteside County, home to about 54,947 people, the median household earns about $67,500 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 21% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. Public schools in Whiteside County number 50, with about 8,445 students.
Morrison Jr High School, about 0.1 miles away, is the closest public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes 3 other public schools. Of the 7 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Southside School is 2nd on average proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, Southside School is Rural: Distant.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 4% rise, from 192 to 200.
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Whiteside County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
54,947
Census ACS
Median income
$67,500
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
50
8,445 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Morrison CUSD 6
- Morrison High SchoolHigh · 294 students
- Northside SchoolElementary · 264 students
- Morrison Jr High SchoolMiddle · 215 students
Other schools in Morrison
- Morrison High SchoolHigh · 294 students
- Northside SchoolElementary · 264 students
- Morrison Jr High SchoolMiddle · 215 students
- Morrison Alt Learning ProgramHigh
- Bi-County Sp Ed-3-5 Life Skills-MElementary
- Bi-County Sp Ed-K-2 Life Skills-MElementary
Other Southside schools
One other US public school is named Southside. Southside School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Southside SchoolWolf Point, MT · 214 students
Nearby schools
- Morrison Jr High School0.1 mi · 215
- Morrison High School0.1 mi · 294
- Northside School0.9 mi · 264
- Prophetstown High School8.7 mi · 205
- PLT Middle School8.7 mi · 148
- Prophetstown Elementary School9.0 mi · 229
Frequently asked questions
About Southside SchoolHow many students attend Southside School?
Southside School enrolls approximately 200 students in grades 03-05.
What grades does Southside School serve?
Southside School serves grades 03-05.
How many teachers does Southside School have?
Southside School employs 14 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Southside School?
Student demographics at Southside School are roughly 89% White, 7% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Southside School?
Southside School is overseen by Morrison CUSD 6 in Whiteside County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.