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Which teacher or staff member at Southside Elementary School deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
409
Elementary
DISTRICT 365 · STATE 421
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HARRISON COUNTY·NCES 210258000554
Southside Elementary School
106 Education Dr, Cynthiana, KY 41031 · (859) 234-7120 · Harrison County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL409 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 34% of Kentucky 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.
- CBeats 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 Kentucky public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
18.4:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.0:1 · STATE 15.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
227 students
DISTRICT 59% · STATE 63%
Community
4
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 | 36 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 68 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 59 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 67 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 55 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 66 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 58 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (68) is 17% larger than its 5th grade class (58).
Student demographics
25%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 21% · STATE 47% · 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
KSA (K-PREP) 2024-25 . % Proficient/DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
43.3%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
45.3%
KY avg 42.8%
What this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Kentucky schools, those numbers are about 48 and 43.
Source: KSA (K-PREP). 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
40.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.4%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% typical for Kentucky 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 Kentucky'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 (40.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southside Elementary School this school | 409 | 55.5% | 40.7% |
| Waco Elementary School Waco | 422 | 54.3% | 40.4% |
| Chandlers Elementary School Russellville | 454 | 55.5% | 33.7% |
| CORBIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Corbin | 384 | 56.0% | 70.3% |
| Ekron Elementary School Ekron | 365 | 54.2% | 55.9% |
| Westside Elementary School Cynthiana | 360 | 56.1% | 43.9% |
Matched among Kentucky 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 Kentucky |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.7% | #403 of 669 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.3% | #314 of 668 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.3% | #457 of 674 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 409 | #414 of 744 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.4:1 | #649 of 674 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 25.2% | #387 of 674 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 55.5% | #540 of 721 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +16.5% | #58 of 233 |
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
409
+127 (+45%) vs 2020
+6% since 1990-91, when it was 386
Student : Teacher
18.4:1
was 14.1:1
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 | 409 | 22.2 | 18.4:1 | 56% (227) |
| 2023-24 | 391 | 21.1 | 18.5:1 | 56% (220) |
| 2022-23 | 347 | 21.1 | 16.4:1 | 51% (176) |
| 2020-21 | 282 | 20 | 14.1:1 | 52% (147) |
| 2017-18 | 351 | 22.3 | 15.8:1 | 64% (224) |
| 2015-16 | 353 | 22 | 16.1:1 | 69% (245) |
| 2010-11 | 348 | 23 | 15.1:1 | 54% (189) |
| 2000-01 | 348 | 19 | 18.3:1 | 72% (249) |
| 1990-91 | 386 | 25 | 15.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Southside Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 17% (351 to 409); teachers unchanged (22.3 to 22.2).
About Southside Elementary School
Among the schools in Cynthiana, Kentucky, is Southside Elementary School, a medium-sized elementary school. Classes run from pre-K through 5, and the school has 409 students.
Harrison County, which runs Southside Elementary School, has 7 schools and 2,982 students.
The student body at Southside Elementary School is 86% White. The rest of enrollment is 7% multiracial and 5% Hispanic. The school's diversity index is 25%, meaning two students picked at random have a 25% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Federal staffing data show 22.2 full-time-equivalent teachers at Southside Elementary School and a ratio of 18.4:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 15.4:1 average for elementary schools in Kentucky. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 56% of enrollment. For comparison, public schools in Harrison County average 54%.
The allk12 Grade for Southside Elementary School is C. Compared with Kentucky public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 34% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Southside Elementary School is 3.7 points below the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 40.7% actual, 44.4% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Kentucky.
County data help place the school in context: in Harrison County, the median household income is $66,442, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 23% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 13%. Harrison County is home to 8 public schools and about 2,982 public school students.
The nearest other public school, Harrison County Middle School, is about 0.1 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 6 other public schools. On average proficiency, Southside Elementary School is 2nd of 8 nearby schools with test data.
Southside Elementary School has an NCES locale of Town: Distant.
Enrollment was 282 in 2020-21 and 409 in 2024-25. Large swings like this can come from changes to the grades a school serves. By 2024-25, the school had 18.4 students per teacher, compared with 14.1 in 2020-21.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Southside Elementary School covering things like sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Harrison County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
19,140
Census ACS
Median income
$66,442
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
8
2,982 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Harrison County
- Harrison County High SchoolHigh · 881 students
- Harrison County Middle SchoolMiddle · 617 students
- Eastside Elementary SchoolElementary · 399 students
- Westside Elementary SchoolElementary · 360 students
- Northside Elementary SchoolElementary · 292 students
- Harrison County Learning CenterHigh · 24 students
Other schools in Cynthiana
- Harrison County High SchoolHigh · 881 students
- Harrison County Middle SchoolMiddle · 617 students
- Eastside Elementary SchoolElementary · 399 students
- Westside Elementary SchoolElementary · 360 students
- Northside Elementary SchoolElementary · 292 students
- Harrison County Learning CenterHigh · 24 students
Other Southside Elementary schools
32 other US public schools in 20 states are named Southside Elementary. Southside Elementary School is the 23rd largest of the 33.
- Southside Elementary SchoolVersailles, KY · 607 students
- Southside Elementary SchoolNortonville, KY · 549 students
- Southside ElementaryShelbyville, KY · 412 students
- Southside Elementary SchoolCLEVELAND, TX · 1,016 students
- Southside Elementary SchoolColumbus, IN · 891 students
Nearby schools
- Harrison County Middle School0.1 mi · 617
- Harrison County Learning Center0.2 mi · 24
- Harrison County High School0.2 mi · 881
- Eastside Elementary School1.5 mi · 399
- Westside Elementary School2.1 mi · 360
- Northside Elementary School2.8 mi · 292
Frequently asked questions
About Southside Elementary SchoolHow large is Southside Elementary School?
Southside Elementary School enrolls approximately 409 students in grades PK-05.
Is Southside Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Southside Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Southside Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Southside Elementary School is approximately 18.4:1 (22 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Southside Elementary School?
At Southside Elementary School, the student body is approximately 86% White, 5% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Southside Elementary School public or private?
Southside Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Harrison County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.