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What tradition at Southside Elementary School should never be changed?
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Enrollment
534
Elementary
DISTRICT 519 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LIVINGSTON PARISH·NCES 220102000771
Southside Elementary School
12565 Brown Rd, Denham Springs, LA 70726 · (225) 665-5500 · Livingston Parish
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL534 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 70% of Louisiana public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Louisiana public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
475 students
DISTRICT 74% · STATE 70%
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 | 43 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 83 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 95 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 82 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 89 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 70 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 72 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (83) is 15% larger than its 5th grade class (72).
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 65% · 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
LEAP 2025 2025-26 . % Mastery+English Language Arts
39.0%
LA avg 41.8% . -3.0pp since 2022
Math
24.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +4.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Louisiana schools, those numbers are about 42 and 34. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 4 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 39.0% | 24.0% |
| 2024-25 | 41.0% | 35.0% |
| 2023-24 | 47.0% | 30.0% |
| 2022-23 | 42.0% | 20.0% |
% Mastery+, all students and all tested grades.
Source: LEAP 2025. 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
34.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
20.3%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 20% typical for Louisiana 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 Louisiana'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 (34.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southside Elementary School this school | 534 | 89.0% | 34.2% |
| Forest Hill Junior High School Forest Hill | 496 | 86.9% | 40.3% |
| Village East Elementary School Houma | 400 | 88.8% | 34.2% |
| Northside Elementary School Denham Springs | 466 | 78.5% | 37.0% |
| John James Audubon School Kenner | 572 | 74.3% | 26.2% |
| Emmett C.Gilbert School of Excellence at Ford Avondale | 769 | 79.3% | 15.7% |
Matched among Louisiana 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 Louisiana | In Livingston Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.2% | #280 of 583 | #21 of 22 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.0% | #395 of 582 ▼ 124 | #21 of 22 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #300 of 587 ▼ 13 | #21 of 22 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.5pp | #272 of 540 | #16 of 22 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 534 | #218 of 714 | #10 of 23 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #407 of 655 | #15 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.1% | #158 of 655 | #8 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.0% | #142 of 705 | #1 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +31.5% | #45 of 197 | #3 of 17 |
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
534
+58 (+12%) vs 2020
-18% since 1990-91, when it was 654
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 18.3:1
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 | 534 | 38 | 14.0:1 | 89% (475) |
| 2023-24 | 563 | 33.7 | 16.7:1 | 83% (469) |
| 2022-23 | 531 | 26.4 | 20.1:1 | 87% (464) |
| 2020-21 | 476 | 26 | 18.3:1 | 63% (299) |
| 2017-18 | 406 | 23 | 17.6:1 | 34% (139) |
| 2015-16 | 504 | 38 | 13.3:1 | 73% (366) |
| 2010-11 | 496 | 33 | 15.0:1 | 73% (360) |
| 2000-01 | 464 | 29 | 16.0:1 | 46% (213) |
| 1990-91 | 654 | 32 | 20.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Southside Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 32% (406 to 534); teachers up 65% (23 to 38).
About Southside Elementary School
Southside Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in Denham Springs, Louisiana. A total of 534 students attend the school, which covers pre-K through 5.
Southside Elementary School is one school in a 43-school district, Livingston Parish, which enrolls 27,209 students.
Southside Elementary School's enrollment is 55% Hispanic. Other groups include 27% White, 13% Black, and 4% multiracial. By comparison, Livingston Parish residents are about 7% Hispanic. By the diversity index, Southside Elementary School comes in at 60%.
A ratio of 14.0:1 comes from the school's 38 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in Louisiana average about 14.0:1, a similar figure. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 89% in 2024-25. Across public schools in Livingston Parish, the average is 73%.
Southside Elementary School is graded B+ by allk12, scoring above 70% of Louisiana public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Southside Elementary School falls in the middle 80% of Louisiana schools: 34.2% actual against 20.3% predicted.
In the county around the school, Livingston Parish, median household income is about $80,122, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Southside Elementary School is among the 44 public schools in Livingston Parish.
The school nearest to Southside Elementary School is Southside Junior High School, at a distance of less than a tenth of a mile. Within five miles of Southside Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Southside Elementary School ranks 6th of 7 on average proficiency.
Southside Elementary School is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
Federal counts put enrollment at 476 in 2020-21 and 534 in 2024-25, a 12% increase. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 18.3:1 to 14.0:1.
Community posts for Southside Elementary School can cover science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Livingston Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
148,115
Census ACS
Median income
$80,122
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
44
27,209 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Livingston Parish
- Denham Springs High SchoolHigh · 2,385 students
- Walker High SchoolHigh · 2,006 students
- Live Oak High SchoolHigh · 1,392 students
- Denham Springs Junior High SchoolMiddle · 811 students
- Denham Springs Freshman High SchoolCombined · 710 students
- Levi Milton Elementary SchoolElementary · 702 students
Other schools in Denham Springs
- Denham Springs High SchoolHigh · 2,385 students
- Denham Springs Junior High SchoolMiddle · 811 students
- Denham Springs Freshman High SchoolCombined · 710 students
- South Fork Elementary SchoolElementary · 685 students
- Denham Springs Elementary SchoolElementary · 678 students
- North Live Oak Elementary SchoolElementary · 615 students
Other Southside Elementary schools
32 other US public schools in 20 states are named Southside Elementary. Southside Elementary School is the 15th largest of the 33.
- Southside Elementary SchoolLake Providence, LA · 359 students
- Southside Elementary SchoolCLEVELAND, TX · 1,016 students
- Southside Elementary SchoolColumbus, IN · 891 students
- SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLSOUTHSIDE, AR · 852 students
- Southside ElementaryLebanon, TN · 806 students
Nearby schools
- Southside Junior High School0.0 mi · 536
- Lewis Vincent Elementary School1.0 mi · 487
- Seventh Ward Elementary School2.5 mi · 382
- Denham Springs Junior High School2.5 mi · 811
- Denham Springs Elementary School2.6 mi · 678
- Denham Springs Freshman High School3.0 mi · 710
Frequently asked questions
About Southside Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Southside Elementary School?
Southside Elementary School enrolls approximately 534 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Southside Elementary School serve?
Southside Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Southside Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Southside Elementary School is approximately 14.0:1 (38 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Southside Elementary School?
Student demographics at Southside Elementary School are roughly 27% White, 55% Hispanic, 13% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Southside Elementary School in?
Southside Elementary School is part of Livingston Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.