South Side Elementary School

South Side Elementary School operates as a low-enrollment elementary-level community in WEST POINT, Mississippi, part of West Point Consolidated School District. Current enrollment sits at 337 students spanning grades 3 through 4. Compared to the state average of about 446 students per school, that is 24% leaner than typical.

Within West Point Consolidated School District, which oversees 6 schools and 2,528 students, South Side Elementary School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, South Side Elementary School logs that 86% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. Other groups include 11% White. By comparison, Clay County as a whole is about 60% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.9:1 average. An estimated 88% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Clay County indicate median household income runs about $43,125, roughly 17% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 19% of residents live below the federal poverty line. South Side Elementary School is one of 8 public schools in Clay County (combined enrollment of about 2,528 students).

The closest other public school is Church Hill Elementary School, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools.

South Side Elementary School operates from a small-town location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 28%: 466 students in 2018 compared to 337 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 25% to 11%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 12.1:1 today.

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