Southside Elementary School

As a middle-of-the-pack elementary school in Cynthiana, Kentucky, Southside Elementary School teaches 409 students from grades pre-K through 5, run under Harrison County.

Within Harrison County, which oversees 7 schools and 2,982 students, Southside Elementary School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Southside Elementary School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (86%). The remainder comes out to 7% multiracial, 5% Hispanic.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 56% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, Southside Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 44.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 40.7%.

Around the school, census data for Harrison County shows the typical household earns roughly $66,442 per year, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Southside Elementary School is one of 8 public schools in Harrison County (combined enrollment of about 2,982 students).

Harrison County Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Southside Elementary School comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 33.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Southside Elementary School has rose 17%, going from 351 students in 2018 to 409 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 18.4:1 today.

On allk12, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.