📍 21 Tuttle Rd., Bristol, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, 06010
South Side School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Bristol, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region. The school has 480 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Bristol School District school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 33.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.2:1.
South Side School enrolls 480 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 33.9 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 47% White, 41% Hispanic or Latino and 6.3% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 224 | 47% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 198 | 41% |
| Black or African American | 30 | 6.3% |
| Two or more races | 18 | 3.8% |
| Asian | 8 | 1.7% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
252 of the school's 480 students (53%) 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.
South Side School is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). Virtual instruction: Supplemental Virtual. The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
South Side School is one of 14 schools in Bristol School District, based in Bristol, Connecticut. The district serves 7,713 students district-wide and employs 632 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 480 students, South Side School is close to the district average of about 551 students per school.