South Side High School

Set in Jackson, Tennessee, South Side High School is a moderately sized four-year high school, overseen by Madison County. It teaches 756 students across grades 9 through 12.

Madison County runs 25 schools in total, collectively educating 13,017 students. South Side High School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, South Side High School reports that the most-represented group is White (43%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder is composed of 40% Black, 10% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 54%.

Across the wider county, Madison County reports that median household earnings sit near $60,042, about 27% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. In all, Madison County runs 27 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,050 students), of which South Side High School is one.

West-Bemis Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Five-year trend. South Side High School's enrollment has contracted 14% since 2018, when it stood at 878 (now 756). Over the same period, the Black share ticked down from 47% to 40%.

On this page, members of the South Side High School community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.