📍 70 Scott Drive, Batesville, Independence County, 72501
Southside Junior High School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Batesville, Independence County. The school has 481 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Southside School District school district. It serves grades 7–9 in a rural setting. The school employs 39.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.2:1. It operates as a public charter school.
Southside Junior High School enrolls 481 students across grades 7–9. The student body is 47% male and 53% female. A teaching staff of 39.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 89% White, 6.4% Hispanic or Latino and 1.9% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 430 | 89% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 31 | 6.4% |
| Black or African American | 9 | 1.9% |
| Two or more races | 9 | 1.9% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
252 of the school's 481 students (52%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Southside Junior High School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Distant). It operates as a public charter school. The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district VT-10.
Southside Junior High School is one of 4 schools in SOUTHSIDE SCHOOL DISTRICT (Independence), based in BATESVILLE, Arkansas. The district serves 2,193 students district-wide and employs 178 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 481 students, Southside Junior High School is close to the district average of about 548 students per school.
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