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What tradition at Southside Elementary School should never be changed?
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Enrollment
511
Elementary
DISTRICT 229 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ELKO·NCES 320012000140
Southside Elementary School
501 South 9th Street, Elko, NV 89801 · (775) 738-3731 · Elko County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL511 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 67% of Nevada public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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 Nevada public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
21.3:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 18.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
511 students
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 85%
Community
1
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 | 32 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 100 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 83 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 107 | 21% |
| Grade 3 | 104 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 85 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (100) is 18% larger than its 4th grade class (85).
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · STATE 70% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Southside Elementary School→Flagview Intermediate School
Based on grade levels within Elko. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Nevada SBAC 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
43.1%
NV avg 45.8% . +7.9pp since 2023
Math
46.0%
NV avg 35.6% . +12.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the Nevada SBAC, Nevada's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Nevada schools, those numbers are about 46 and 36. Reading and writing scores are up about 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 13 points.
Nevada SBAC results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.1% | 46.0% |
| 2023-24 | 35.2% | 33.3% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Nevada SBAC. 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
39.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.5%
based on NV schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% typical for Nevada 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 Nevada'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 (39.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southside Elementary School this school | 511 | 100.0% | 39.4% |
| Esther Bennett Elementary SPARKS | 529 | 99.8% | 24.9% |
| Empire Elementary Carson City | 445 | 100.0% | 22.7% |
| Virginia Palmer Elementary SPARKS | 419 | 100.0% | 33.6% |
| Lois Allen Elementary SPARKS | 478 | 100.0% | 17.1% |
| Mark Twain Elementary Carson City | 497 | 100.0% | 26.6% |
Matched among Nevada 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 Nevada | In Elko County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.4% | #128 of 367 | #3 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #133 of 388 ▲ 60 | #2 of 11 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.1% | #196 of 390 ▲ 38 | #2 of 11 ▲ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 511 | #198 of 442 | #2 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.3:1 | #325 of 379 | #8 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.5% | #316 of 381 | #5 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #249 of 386 | #4 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.5% | #132 of 304 | #4 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
511
-62 (-11%) vs 2020
-16% since 1990-91, when it was 607
Student : Teacher
21.3:1
was 15.9:1
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 | 511 | 24 | 21.3:1 | 100% (511) |
| 2023-24 | 553 | 25 | 22.1:1 | 100% (552) |
| 2022-23 | 608 | 30 | 20.3:1 | 100% (608) |
| 2020-21 | 573 | 36 | 15.9:1 | 100% (573) |
| 2017-18 | 668 | 40 | 16.7:1 | 63% (418) |
| 2015-16 | 734 | 38 | 19.3:1 | 58% (427) |
| 2010-11 | 494 | 32 | 15.4:1 | 69% (339) |
| 2000-01 | 660 | 40 | 16.5:1 | 60% (394) |
| 1990-91 | 607 | 37 | 16.4:1 | 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 an elementary school in Elko, Nevada, according to federal school records. Students in pre-K through 4 attend, and enrollment is 511 students.
Elko oversees Southside Elementary School and 34 other schools, with 9,546 students in total.
Hispanic students make up a majority at Southside Elementary School, at 71%. Other students are 23% White and 3% multiracial. That is higher than the 26% Hispanic share among all Elko County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 43% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Dividing enrollment by its 24 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 21.3:1. That is 3.2 students per teacher above the 18.1:1 average for elementary schools in Nevada. Southside Elementary School reports 100% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. For comparison, public schools in Elko County average 48%.
Measured against Nevada public elementary schools, Southside Elementary School receives a B+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Southside Elementary School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Nevada schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 39.4% and a predicted 32.5%.
Across Elko County, the median household income is $86,487, roughly 18% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Elko County is home to 38 public schools and about 9,984 public school students.
The next-closest public school is Elko High School, about 0.8 miles away. Southside Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Southside Elementary School at 2nd of 5.
NCES assigns Southside Elementary School the locale Town: Remote, meaning in a town far from an urbanized area.
The school enrolled 511 students in 2024-25, 62 fewer than the 573 it had in 2020-21. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 15.9:1 to 21.3:1.
Conversations here can range across enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Elko County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
54,047
Census ACS
Median income
$86,487
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
38
9,984 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Elko
- Elko High SchoolHigh · 1,407 students
- Spring Creek High SchoolHigh · 880 students
- Spring Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 708 students
- Flagview Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 674 students
- Adobe Middle SchoolMiddle · 668 students
- Liberty Peak Elementary SchoolElementary · 579 students
Other schools in Elko
- Elko High SchoolHigh · 1,407 students
- Flagview Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 674 students
- Adobe Middle SchoolMiddle · 668 students
- Mountain View Elementary SchoolElementary · 507 students
- Elko Institute for Academic AchievementElementary · 398 students
- Grammar School 2Elementary · 341 students
Other Southside Elementary schools
32 other US public schools in 20 states are named Southside Elementary. Southside Elementary School is the 16th largest of the 33.
- Southside Elementary SchoolCLEVELAND, TX · 1,016 students
- Southside Elementary SchoolColumbus, IN · 891 students
- SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLSOUTHSIDE, AR · 852 students
- Southside ElementaryLebanon, TN · 806 students
- SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLBUFFALO, NY · 772 students
Nearby schools
- Elko High School0.8 mi · 1,407
- Grammar School 20.9 mi · 341
- Early Childhood1.0 mi · 7
- Early Childhood GBC1.0 mi · 20
- Northeastern Nevada Virtual Academy1.0 mi · 47
- Flagview Intermediate School1.1 mi · 674
Frequently asked questions
About Southside Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Southside Elementary School?
Southside Elementary School enrolls approximately 511 students in grades PK-04.
Is Southside Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Southside Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-04.
How many students per teacher at Southside Elementary School?
Approximately 21.3:1 students per teacher at Southside Elementary School.
How diverse is Southside Elementary School?
Southside Elementary School reports a student body of 23% White, 71% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Southside Elementary School public or private?
Southside Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Elko.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.