Enrollment
272
High
DISTRICT 286 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTH SIDE AREA SD·NCES 422223000714
South Side High School
4949 State Route 151, Hookstown, PA 15050 · (724) 573-9581 · Beaver County
GRADES 09–12HIGH42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL272 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 74% of Pennsylvania public high schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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 Pennsylvania public high schools
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.5:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
76 students
DISTRICT 30% · STATE 75%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 72 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 66 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 64 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 70 | 26% |
Student demographics
6%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 7% · STATE 59% · 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 South Side Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
77.0%
PA avg 51.1% . -3.6pp since 2023
Math
58.1%
PA avg 43.0% . +1.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 77 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 77.0% | 58.1% |
| 2023-24 | 80.6% | 56.5% |
% Proficient or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: PSSA + Keystone. 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
65.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.6%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% typical for Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania'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 High School
South Side High School's state test result (65.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Side High School this school | 272 | 27.9% | 65.2% |
| Greenwood High School Millerstown | 235 | 29.8% | 64.8% |
| Fairfield Area High School Fairfield | 277 | 24.9% | 43.9% |
| Southern Columbia High School Catawissa | 348 | 27.6% | 54.3% |
| Laurel High School New Castle | 313 | 33.5% | 65.0% |
| Carbon Career & Technical Institute Jim Thorpe | 375 | 28.3% | 48.7% |
Matched among Pennsylvania high 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 High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Beaver County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.2% | #105 of 576 | #3 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.1% | #129 of 626 ▼ 9 | #4 of 15 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 77.0% | #95 of 626 ▼ 20 | #3 of 15 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 272 | #569 of 713 | #13 of 16 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.4:1 | #88 of 601 | #2 of 14 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 5.8% | #585 of 604 | #14 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 27.9% | #548 of 619 | #11 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.4% | #44 of 373 | #1 of 9 |
Ranked against other public high 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
272
-48 (-15%) vs 2020
-39% since 1990-91, when it was 447
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
was 13.3:1
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 | 272 | 23.8 | 11.4:1 | 28% (76) |
| 2023-24 | 279 | 23.3 | 12.0:1 | 27% (76) |
| 2022-23 | 299 | 23.3 | 12.8:1 | 20% (61) |
| 2020-21 | 320 | 24 | 13.3:1 | 26% (82) |
| 2017-18 | 346 | 29.9 | 11.6:1 | 25% (86) |
| 2015-16 | 383 | 31 | 12.3:1 | 34% (129) |
| 2010-11 | 408 | 33 | 12.4:1 | 29% (119) |
| 2000-01 | 401 | 30 | 13.4:1 | 46% (184) |
| 1990-91 | 447 | 31 | 14.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for South Side High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (346 to 272); teachers down 21% (29.9 to 23.8).
About South Side High School
South Side High School is a small high school in Hookstown, Pennsylvania, (ZIP code 15050). The school counts 272 students across grades 9 through 12. The school's enrollment is 63% smaller than the 738 average for high schools in Pennsylvania.
Federal data list 3 schools in South Side Area SD, with 858 students enrolled.
White students are the large majority at South Side High School, with 97% of enrollment. Other groups make up 2% multiracial. County-wide, 87% of Beaver County residents are White. By the diversity index, South Side High School comes in at 6%.
South Side High School operates with 23.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 11.4:1. That ratio is under the 12.8:1 average for high schools in Pennsylvania. South Side High School reports 28% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is 27 points below the 55% average for public schools in Beaver County.
allk12 grades South Side High School a B+. The grade compares the school only with Pennsylvania public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
Compared with Pennsylvania schools that have similar shares of low-income students, South Side High School's results are within a point of predicted: 65.2% against 65.6%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Beaver County show that median household income is about $71,089, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 29%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. South Side High School is one of 52 public schools in Beaver County, which together enroll about 31,222 students.
The next-closest public school is South Side Middle School, less than a tenth of a mile away. In all, 5 other public schools sit within five miles of South Side High School. Of 6 schools in the immediate area with test results, South Side High School ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Distant.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count dropped from 320 to 272. Students per teacher fell from 13.3 in 2020-21 to 11.4 in 2024-25.
Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Beaver County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
166,324
Census ACS
Median income
$71,089
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
52
31,222 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in South Side Area SD
- South Side Elementary SchoolElementary · 390 students
- South Side Middle SchoolMiddle · 196 students
Other schools in Hookstown
- South Side Elementary SchoolElementary · 390 students
- South Side Middle SchoolMiddle · 196 students
Other South Side High schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named South Side High. South Side High School is the 4th largest of the 5.
- South Side High SchoolFort Wayne, IN · 1,405 students
- SOUTH SIDE HIGH SCHOOLROCKVILLE CENTRE, NY · 959 students
- South Side High SchoolJackson, TN · 756 students
- SOUTH SIDE HIGH SCHOOLBEE BRANCH, AR · 249 students
Nearby schools
- South Side Middle School0.0 mi · 196
- South Side Elementary School0.1 mi · 390
- Midland Innovation & Technology CS4.2 mi · 126
- Lincoln Park Performing Arts CS4.7 mi · 674
- Pennsylvania Cyber CS4.9 mi · 10,178
- Midland El/MS5.1 mi · 226
Frequently asked questions
About South Side High SchoolHow many students attend South Side High School?
South Side High School enrolls approximately 272 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does South Side High School serve?
South Side High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many teachers does South Side High School have?
South Side High School employs 24 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.4:1.
What is the student diversity at South Side High School?
Student demographics at South Side High School are roughly 97% White, 0% Hispanic, 0% Black, 2% Two or more.
What district is South Side High School in?
South Side High School is part of South Side Area SD.
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