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South Side Elementary School

Serves grades PK - 6

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
334 Southside Rd
Bee Branch, AR 72013
Phone
(501) 654-2200
District
SOUTH SIDE SCHOOL DISTRICT(VANBUREN)
County
VAN BUREN COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
291
Classroom Teachers
22

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Arkansas

6

(10 is best)

Better than 54.9% of all AR schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

5

(10 is best)

South Side Elementary School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 3

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
33%
41%
22%
31%
43%
51%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 4

50 40 30 20 10 0
30%
43%
23%
41%
36%
44%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 5

50 40 30 20 10 0
36%
35%
38%
35%
34%
35%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 6

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
57%
41%
51%
39%
62%
43%
57%
41%
51%
39%
62%
43%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
13
8
13
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade pk 25 8.6%
Kindergarten 36 12.4%
Grade 1 31 10.7%
Grade 2 36 12.4%
Grade 3 27 9.3%
Grade 4 42 14.4%
Grade 5 53 18.2%
Grade 6 41 14.1%
Total 291 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 97.8% 96.4% 61.8%
Black 0.4% 0.6% 20.3%
Hispanic 1.8% 2.4% 14.5%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.0% 0.4% 1.8%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.0% 0.2% 1.6%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 99.0% 98.9% 65.1%
Free lunch eligible 93.8% 92.6% 57.6%
Reduced lunch eligible 5.2% 6.3% 7.5%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 3,847 3,045,637
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 34.4 58
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 4.4% 6.0%
5-19 YEARS OLD 22.8% 19.9%
20-44 YEARS OLD 27.2% 32.2%
45-64 YEARS OLD 30.9% 24.7%
65 OR OLDER 14.8% 17.2%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 1,460 1,171,694
Single Parent Households With Children 4.2% 9.1%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 87.8% 88.2%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 18.2% 24.7%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 10.0% 11.2%
$100,000 - $149,999 11.6% 13.7%
$75,000 - $99,999 14.5% 12.4%
$50,000 - $74,999 13.9% 17.6%
$30,000 - $49,999 19.9% 18.4%
$15,000 - $29,999 21.2% 15.3%
$15,000 or less 8.9% 11.4%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,621 $4,084,856 54.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $590 $316,240 4.2%
Staff $927 $496,872 6.6%
General Administration $418 $224,048 3.0%
School Administration $776 $415,936 5.5%
Operation $1,407 $754,152 10.1%
Transportation $437 $234,232 3.1%
Other $218 $116,848 1.6%
Total Support $4,772 $2,557,792 34.1%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,595 $854,920 11.4%
Total Expenditures $13,989 $7,498,104 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $5,727 $2,804,752,896 47.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $549 $268,820,846 4.6%
Staff $746 $365,434,036 6.2%
General Administration $243 $119,218,647 2.0%
School Administration $544 $266,301,512 4.5%
Operation $1,088 $532,680,088 9.0%
Transportation $374 $183,122,164 3.1%
Other $319 $156,438,260 2.7%
Total Support $3,863 $1,891,966,093 32.1%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,444 $1,197,134,852 20.3%
Total Expenditures $12,034 $5,893,783,948 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%

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