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What's something Southside Elementary School does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
891
Elementary
DISTRICT 512 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BARTHOLOMEW CON SCHOOL CORP·NCES 180036000080
Southside Elementary School
1320 W 200 S, Columbus, IN 47201 · (812) 376-4423 · Bartholomew County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL891 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 68% of Indiana public elementary schools
- A-Test 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 Indiana public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
18.0:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.9:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
21%
187 students
DISTRICT 45% · STATE 50%
Community
5
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 | 38 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 106 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 135 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 108 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 120 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 141 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 128 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 115 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (106) is 8% smaller than its 6th grade class (115).
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 57% · 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
Test scores
ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
57.2%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
66.3%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Indiana schools, those numbers are about 39 and 41.
Source: ILEARN. 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
60.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.7%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% typical for Indiana 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 Indiana'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 (60.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southside Elementary School this school | 891 | 21.0% | 60.3% |
| West Lafayette Elementary School West Lafayette | 691 | 25.6% | 77.2% |
| Prairie Trace Elementary School Carmel | 715 | 11.0% | 79.9% |
| Southeastern Elementary School Fishers | 773 | 12.8% | 70.2% |
| Maple Grove Elementary School Bargersville | 755 | 22.4% | 62.0% |
| College Wood Elementary School Carmel | 616 | 5.5% | 82.8% |
Matched among Indiana 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 Indiana | In Bartholomew County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.3% | #159 of 983 | #2 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.3% | #167 of 986 | #2 of 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.2% | #152 of 986 | #2 of 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 891 | #12 of 1,079 | #1 of 13 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.0:1 | #882 of 991 | #8 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.1% | #197 of 996 | #2 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 21.0% | #989 of 1,058 | #12 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.1% | #545 of 597 | #7 of 7 |
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
891
-14 (-2%) vs 2020
+7% since 1990-91, when it was 836
Student : Teacher
18.0:1
was 21.1:1
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 | 891 | 49.5 | 18.0:1 | 21% (187) |
| 2023-24 | 893 | 48 | 18.6:1 | 19% (173) |
| 2022-23 | 905 | 48.8 | 18.5:1 | 20% (178) |
| 2020-21 | 905 | 43 | 21.1:1 | 19% (172) |
| 2017-18 | 910 | 45.8 | 19.9:1 | 24% (216) |
| 2015-16 | 953 | 44 | 21.7:1 | 21% (199) |
| 2010-11 | 1,009 | 39 | 25.9:1 | 26% (259) |
| 2000-01 | 773 | 40 | 19.3:1 | 17% (128) |
| 1990-91 | 836 | 46 | 18.2:1 | 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 is a large elementary school that serves part of Columbus, Indiana. It offers pre-K through 6 and has 891 students enrolled. That is 104% bigger than the average of about 436 students for elementary schools in Indiana.
The district, Bartholomew Con School Corp, has 11,657 students enrolled across 16 schools.
White students make up 49% of enrollment at Southside Elementary School, the largest share of any group. The remaining shares are 32% Asian, 12% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 3% Black. Census estimates put the White share of Bartholomew County's population at about 79%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Southside Elementary School scores 64%.
Southside Elementary School has 49.5 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.0:1. The school's 18.0:1 compares with an average of 15.5:1 for elementary schools in Indiana. The school has 21% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 23 points below the 44% average for public schools in Bartholomew County.
Among Indiana public elementary schools, Southside Elementary School outscored 68%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
Southside Elementary School scores 60.3% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 60.7%.
The school's county is Bartholomew County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $79,901 a year, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Bartholomew County number 20, with about 12,688 students.
CSA Lincoln Campus sits about 2.5 miles from Southside Elementary School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 5 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Southside Elementary School is 2nd on average proficiency.
Southside Elementary School falls in the Rural: Fringe locale category, used for schools in rural territory close to an urban area.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment held near 891, starting from 905. The ratio of students to teachers went from 21.1:1 to 18.0:1 over the same years.
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Bartholomew County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
83,536
Census ACS
Median income
$79,901
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
20
12,688 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Bartholomew Con School Corp
- Columbus North High SchoolHigh · 2,360 students
- Columbus East High SchoolHigh · 1,452 students
- Northside Middle SchoolMiddle · 908 students
- Central Middle SchoolMiddle · 790 students
- Parkside Elementary SchoolElementary · 733 students
- Clifty Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 705 students
Other schools in Columbus
- Columbus North High SchoolHigh · 2,360 students
- Columbus East High SchoolHigh · 1,452 students
- Northside Middle SchoolMiddle · 908 students
- Central Middle SchoolMiddle · 790 students
- Parkside Elementary SchoolElementary · 733 students
- Clifty Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 705 students
Other Southside Elementary schools
32 other US public schools in 20 states are named Southside Elementary. Southside Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 33.
- Southside Elementary SchoolCLEVELAND, TX · 1,016 students
- SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLSOUTHSIDE, AR · 852 students
- Southside ElementaryLebanon, TN · 806 students
- SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLBUFFALO, NY · 772 students
- SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLSILOAM SPRINGS, AR · 699 students
Nearby schools
- CSA Lincoln Campus2.5 mi · 357
- Central Middle School2.6 mi · 790
- Excel Center - Bartholomew County2.8 mi · 49
- CSA Fodrea Campus2.9 mi · 351
- Richard L Johnson Early Educ Cntr2.9 mi · 80
- Columbus East High School3.2 mi · 1,452
Frequently asked questions
About Southside Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Southside Elementary School?
Southside Elementary School enrolls approximately 891 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does Southside Elementary School serve?
Southside Elementary School serves grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Southside Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Southside Elementary School is approximately 18.0:1 (50 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Southside Elementary School?
At Southside Elementary School, the student body is approximately 49% White, 12% Hispanic, 3% Black, 32% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Southside Elementary School in?
Southside Elementary School is part of Bartholomew Con School Corp.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.