Enrollment
347
Elementary
DISTRICT 365 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HUNTINGDON AREA SD·NCES 421209000354
Southside Elementary School
10906 Station Road, Huntingdon, PA 16652 · (814) 627-1100 · Huntingdon County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL347 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 26% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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 Pennsylvania public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.6:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
167 students
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 75%
Community
0
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 | 37 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 53 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 37 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 53 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 57 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 49 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 61 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (53) is 13% smaller than its 5th grade class (61).
Student demographics
9%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 15% · 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
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Huntingdon Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
37.6%
PA avg 51.1% . -12.4pp since 2023
Math
46.1%
PA avg 43.0% . +4.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 38 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 Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are down about 12 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 37.6% | 46.1% |
| 2023-24 | 50.0% | 41.9% |
% 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
47.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.0%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 Southside Elementary School
Southside Elementary School's state test result (47.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southside Elementary School this school | 347 | 48.1% | 47.2% |
| Penns Valley Area El and Intrmd School Spring Mills | 348 | 45.4% | 64.0% |
| East Union Intrmd School Cheswick | 335 | 46.3% | 54.8% |
| Jefferson-Morgan Elementary School Jefferson | 391 | 47.6% | 46.5% |
| Conemaugh Twp Area Elementary School Johnstown | 381 | 50.4% | 80.2% |
| Oak Flat Elementary School Newville | 348 | 51.7% | 68.4% |
Matched among Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania | In Huntingdon County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.2% | #935 of 1,396 | #3 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.1% | #878 of 1,511 ▲ 47 | #2 of 6 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.6% | #1,063 of 1,511 ▼ 146 | #4 of 6 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 347 | #1,074 of 1,638 | #2 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.9:1 | #403 of 1,528 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 8.9% | #1,448 of 1,531 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.1% | #1,028 of 1,600 | #6 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.9% | #648 of 1,045 | N/A |
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
347
+30 (+9%) vs 2020
-12% since 2000-01, when it was 394
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
was 11.3:1
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 | 347 | 29.2 | 11.9:1 | 48% (167) |
| 2023-24 | 340 | 28.2 | 12.1:1 | 49% (167) |
| 2022-23 | 328 | 30.3 | 10.8:1 | 46% (150) |
| 2020-21 | 317 | 28 | 11.3:1 | 44% (138) |
| 2017-18 | 385 | 29 | 13.3:1 | 48% (183) |
| 2015-16 | 386 | 29 | 13.3:1 | 47% (183) |
| 2010-11 | 325 | 24 | 13.5:1 | 44% (144) |
| 2000-01 | 394 | 21 | 18.8:1 | 32% (125) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Southside Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (385 to 347); teachers up 1% (29 to 29.2).
About Southside Elementary School
Southside Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, one of the schools in Huntingdon Area SD. It had 347 students in 2024-25, spanning pre-K through 5. Elementary schools in Pennsylvania have about 443 students on average; enrollment here is 22% lower.
Huntingdon Area SD has 1,694 students in 4 schools, and Southside Elementary School is one of those schools.
Of every 100 students at Southside Elementary School, about 95 are White. It is also 3% multiracial. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 9%.
Classroom staffing at Southside Elementary School totals 29.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 11.9:1. The average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania, 13.1:1, is higher. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Southside Elementary School is about 48%. The average for public schools in Huntingdon County is 63%.
Southside Elementary School holds a C allk12 Grade, placing it above 26% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Southside Elementary School is 9.8 points below its prediction. Actual: 47.2%. Predicted: 57.0%.
The school's county is Huntingdon County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $65,557 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 19% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. Public schools in Huntingdon County number 17, with about 4,454 students.
Southside Elementary School's closest public school neighbor is New Day CS, about 2.6 miles away. Within five miles of Southside Elementary School, there are 4 other public schools. On proficiency, Southside Elementary School is ahead of the 40.8% nearby average, ranking 3rd of 8.
By NCES locale, the school is Town: Distant, or in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Enrollment figures show a rise of 30 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
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Huntingdon County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
43,653
Census ACS
Median income
$65,557
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
17
4,454 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Huntingdon Area SD
- Huntingdon Area SHSHigh · 546 students
- Huntingdon Area Middle SchoolMiddle · 419 students
- Standing Stone Elementary SchoolElementary · 382 students
Other schools in Huntingdon
- Huntingdon Area SHSHigh · 546 students
- Huntingdon Area Middle SchoolMiddle · 419 students
- Standing Stone Elementary SchoolElementary · 382 students
- New Day CSHigh · 139 students
- Stone Valley Community CSElementary · 87 students
Other Southside Elementary schools
32 other US public schools in 20 states are named Southside Elementary. Southside Elementary School is the 27th 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
- New Day CS2.6 mi · 139
- Huntingdon Area SHS3.8 mi · 546
- Huntingdon Area Middle School3.9 mi · 419
- Standing Stone Elementary School4.0 mi · 382
- Juniata Valley Elementary School6.8 mi · 285
- Juniata Valley JSHS6.9 mi · 374
Frequently asked questions
About Southside Elementary SchoolHow large is Southside Elementary School?
Southside Elementary School enrolls approximately 347 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Southside Elementary School serve?
Southside Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Southside Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Southside Elementary School is approximately 11.9:1 (29 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Southside Elementary School?
Student demographics at Southside Elementary School are roughly 95% White, 1% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Southside Elementary School in?
Southside Elementary School is part of Huntingdon Area SD.
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