Southside Academy

Set in Youngstown, Ohio, Southside Academy is a compact elementary-level community, one of the schools within Southside Academy. It hosts 177 students across grades K through 8. By comparison, Ohio's public schools average about 404 students each, so Southside Academy sits 56% smaller than that benchmark.

Southside Academy sits inside Southside Academy, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

In terms of who attends, Southside Academy shows that 74% of the student body identifies as Black. Other groups include 10% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 5% White, 3% Native American. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 14%.

On the resource side, On paper, Southside Academy has 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.7:1. The state averages about 17.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers.

In the area at large, census data for Mahoning County shows median household earnings sit near $56,942, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. Across Mahoning County's 77 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,927 students), Southside Academy is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Youngstown Community School, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Southside Academy.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area. Southside Academy operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Southside Academy has increased 20%, going from 147 students in 2018 to 177 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment fell from 86% to 74% over that span. Class-load math has loosened: from 13.4:1 in 2018 to 17.7:1 in 2025.

On allk12, members of the Southside Academy community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.