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South Side Middle School

Serves grades 6 - 8

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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 2018 – 2019 school year [note on school closures TBD].
  • Expenditures: 2018
  • Educational Environment: 2018 (latest available). Updated annually.

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School Overview

Address
67 Hillside Ave
Rockville Centre, NY 11570
Phone
(516) 255-8976
District
ROCKVILLE CENTRE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
County
NASSAU COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
835
Classroom Teachers
85

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to New York

9

(10 is best)

Better than 87.1% of NY schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S. info

9

(10 is best)

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

Grade 6

80 60 40 20 0
65%
48%
67%
48%
62%
48%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 7

80 60 40 20 0
70%
43%
67%
41%
72%
45%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 8

80 60 40 20 0
75%
48%
72%
48%
77%
48%
    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
10
11
12
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 6 275 32.9%
Grade 7 285 34.1%
Grade 8 254 30.4%
Total 835 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 74.3% 75.2% 42.8%
Black 7.9% 6.7% 17.0%
Hispanic 15.5% 15.3% 29.1%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 2.1% 2.8% 10.1%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.1% 0.0% 1.0%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED 14.4% 11.9% 53.5%
FREE LUNCH ELIGIBLE 13.9% 11.5% 50.5%
REDUCED LUNCH ELIGIBLE 0.5% 0.3% 3.0%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 22,380 19,835,913
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 7,929.6 418
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 4.8% 5.8%
5-19 YEARS OLD 21.4% 17.6%
20-44 YEARS OLD 25.5% 33.8%
45-64 YEARS OLD 28.5% 26.3%
65 OR OLDER 19.8% 16.5%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 9,020 7,283,084
Single Parent Households With Children 7.6% 10.2%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 96.2% 87.2%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 61.7% 37.5%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 38.7% 19.9%
$100,000 - $149,999 15.7% 16.0%
$75,000 - $99,999 12.6% 12.0%
$50,000 - $74,999 8.9% 15.1%
$30,000 - $49,999 8.7% 14.2%
$15,000 - $29,999 9.2% 11.8%
$15,000 or less 6.2% 11.0%

Education Expenditures

For This District Per Student Total % Of Total
Instructional Expenditures $21,470 $76,776,720 65.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,692 $6,050,592 5.2%
Staff $1,252 $4,477,152 3.8%
General Administration $580 $2,074,080 1.8%
School Administration $1,273 $4,552,248 3.9%
Operation $1,975 $7,062,600 6.0%
Transportation $1,153 $4,123,128 3.5%
Other $769 $2,749,944 2.4%
Total Support $8,694 $31,089,744 26.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,556 $9,140,256 7.8%
Total Expenditures $32,721 $117,010,296 100.0%
For The State Per Student Total % Of Total
Instructional Expenditures $9,347 $24,365,992,250 56.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $679 $1,770,945,376 4.1%
Staff $579 $1,510,417,603 3.5%
General Administration $341 $890,089,851 2.1%
School Administration $647 $1,685,729,510 3.9%
Operation $1,130 $2,945,672,595 6.8%
Transportation $900 $2,345,074,801 5.5%
Other $412 $1,072,684,047 2.5%
Total Support $4,688 $12,220,505,901 28.4%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,471 $6,440,958,870 15.0%
Total Expenditures $16,506 $43,027,539,715 100.0%
For The Nation Per Student Total % Of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,549 $372,153,103,143 49.7%
Support Expenditures
Student $792 $39,020,154,935 5.2%
Staff $618 $30,487,652,661 4.1%
General Administration $258 $12,720,931,842 1.7%
School Administration $730 $35,978,592,512 4.8%
Operation $1,169 $57,607,988,317 7.7%
Transportation $527 $26,002,463,553 3.5%
Other $459 $22,633,739,814 3.0%
Total Support $4,553 $224,451,138,461 30.0%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,074 $151,519,765,183 20.3%
Total Expenditures $15,176 $748,124,887,521 100.0%