South Side Elementary

South Side Elementary is a modestly sized K-5 school in Reagan, Tennessee, overseen by Henderson County. The school instructs 293 students in grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, Tennessee's public schools average about 470 students each, so South Side Elementary sits 38% leaner than that benchmark.

Henderson County runs 10 schools in total, collectively educating 3,900 students. South Side Elementary is one of those campuses.

On demographics, South Side Elementary records that nearly all students (94%) are White. Beyond that, the school records 3% Hispanic.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Henderson County indicate median household earnings sit near $55,136, roughly 16% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. Across Henderson County's 12 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,793 students), South Side Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Scotts Hill High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around South Side Elementary.

South Side Elementary operates from an outlying location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 7%: 314 students in 2018 compared to 293 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, members of the South Side Elementary community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.