1
What tradition at SOUTH SIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL should never be changed?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
806
Middle
DISTRICT 468 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROCKVILLE CENTRE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362478003430
SOUTH SIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL
67 HILLSIDE AVE, ROCKVILLE CENTRE, NY 11570 · (516) 255-8976 · Nassau County
GRADES 06–09MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL806 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 70% of New York public middle schools
- A-Test 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 New York public middle schools
Student : Teacher
9.4:1
86 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.0:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
17%
134 students
DISTRICT 15% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 253 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 271 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 267 | 33% |
| Grade 9 | 1 | 0% |
| Ungraded | 14 | 2% |
Student demographics
48%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 72% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within ROCKVILLE CENTRE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
64.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +10.0pp since 2023
Math
96.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +9.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 96 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 64.0% | 96.0% |
| 2023-24 | 54.0% | 86.9% |
% Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: NYS Assessments. 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
68.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.9%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% typical for New York 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 New York'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 SOUTH SIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL
SOUTH SIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (68.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOUTH SIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 806 | 16.6% | 68.0% |
| MILDRED E STRANG MIDDLE SCHOOL YORKTOWN HEIGHTS | 793 | 15.0% | 77.6% |
| OLDFIELD MIDDLE SCHOOL GREENLAWN | 627 | 18.2% | 69.6% |
| PELHAM MIDDLE SCHOOL PELHAM | 705 | 12.1% | 82.4% |
| EAST NORTHPORT MIDDLE SCHOOL EAST NORTHPORT | 633 | 15.2% | 69.0% |
| WARWICK VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL WARWICK | 1,069 | 20.9% | 63.2% |
Matched among New York middle 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 SOUTH SIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Nassau County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.0% | #165 of 766 | #28 of 52 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 96.0% | #77 of 768 ▲ 53 | #11 of 52 ▲ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #160 of 768 ▲ 77 | #22 of 52 ▲ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 806 | #155 of 796 | #19 of 52 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.4:1 | #186 of 683 | #17 of 52 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.8% | #381 of 688 | #34 of 52 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 16.6% | #719 of 773 | #37 of 52 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.5% | #394 of 524 | #18 of 30 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
806
-29 (-3%) vs 2020
+7% since 1990-91, when it was 751
Student : Teacher
9.4:1
was 9.8:1
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 | 806 | 85.5 | 9.4:1 | 17% (134) |
| 2023-24 | 829 | 88.5 | 9.4:1 | 15% (126) |
| 2022-23 | 837 | 88.2 | 9.5:1 | 14% (117) |
| 2020-21 | 835 | 85 | 9.8:1 | 14% (120) |
| 2017-18 | 862 | 82 | 10.5:1 | 13% (113) |
| 2015-16 | 864 | 79 | 10.9:1 | 13% (108) |
| 2010-11 | 844 | 83 | 10.2:1 | 13% (113) |
| 2000-01 | 897 | 73 | 12.3:1 | 10% (86) |
| 1990-91 | 751 | 62 | 12.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SOUTH SIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About SOUTH SIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL
SOUTH SIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students in ROCKVILLE CENTRE, New York, as a large middle school. The school counted 806 students in 2024-25, covering grades 6 through 9. That puts enrollment 52% above the 531-student average for middle schools in New York.
ROCKVILLE CENTRE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT operates 7 schools. Combined enrollment is 3,276 students.
At SOUTH SIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL, 70% of students are White. Other students are 17% Hispanic, 6% Black, 4% multiracial, and 3% Asian. That is higher than the 57% White share among all Nassau County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 48%.
There are about 9.4 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at SOUTH SIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL, which has 85.5. By comparison, the average for middle schools in New York is 10.3:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at SOUTH SIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL is about 17%. That rate is below the 31% average among public schools in Nassau County.
Among New York public middle schools, SOUTH SIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL outscored 70%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
SOUTH SIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL scores 68.0% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 68.9%.
In Nassau County, the median household earns about $146,202 a year, about 50% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 4%. Across Nassau County, 315 public schools serve about 200,775 students.
Measured in a straight line, WATSON SCHOOL is about 0.4 miles from SOUTH SIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, SOUTH SIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 7th on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 3%, from 835 to 806.
SOUTH SIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL has a community page on allk12 for topics such as special education services, counseling, and support programs. You can also rate the school on this page.
Nassau County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,389,591
Census ACS
Median income
$146,202
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
50%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
315
200,775 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ROCKVILLE CENTRE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- SOUTH SIDE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 959 students
- HEWITT SCHOOLElementary · 465 students
- WILSON SCHOOLElementary · 387 students
- WILLIAM S COVERT SCHOOLElementary · 286 students
- WATSON SCHOOLElementary · 224 students
- RIVERSIDE SCHOOLElementary · 149 students
Other schools in ROCKVILLE CENTRE
- SOUTH SIDE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 959 students
- HEWITT SCHOOLElementary · 465 students
- WILSON SCHOOLElementary · 387 students
- WATSON SCHOOLElementary · 224 students
- RIVERSIDE SCHOOLElementary · 149 students
Other South Side Middle schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named South Side Middle. SOUTH SIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL is the largest of the 3.
- South Side Middle SchoolColumbiana, OH · 289 students
- South Side Middle SchoolHookstown, PA · 196 students
Nearby schools
- WATSON SCHOOL0.4 mi · 224
- RIVERSIDE SCHOOL0.9 mi · 149
- SCHOOL 50.9 mi · 452
- HEWITT SCHOOL0.9 mi · 465
- MALVERNE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL1.0 mi · 628
- HOWARD T HERBER MIDDLE SCHOOL1.1 mi · 428
Frequently asked questions
About SOUTH SIDE MIDDLE SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at SOUTH SIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
SOUTH SIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 806 students in grades 06-09.
What grades does SOUTH SIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
SOUTH SIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL serves grades 06-09.
How many teachers does SOUTH SIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL have?
SOUTH SIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL employs 86 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.4:1.
How diverse is SOUTH SIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
SOUTH SIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL reports a student body of 70% White, 17% Hispanic, 6% Black, 3% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees SOUTH SIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
SOUTH SIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL is overseen by ROCKVILLE CENTRE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT in Nassau County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.