📍 491 3rd St SE, Cairo, Grady County, 39828
Southside Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Cairo, Grady County. The school has 564 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Grady County school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a small-town setting. The school employs 42.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.2:1. 24% of students are proficient in reading. 41% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Southside Elementary School enrolls 564 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 42.7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 41% Black or African American, 32% Hispanic or Latino and 24% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 232 | 41% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 180 | 32% |
| White | 133 | 24% |
| Two or more races | 15 | 2.7% |
| Asian | 4 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
564 of the school's 564 students (100%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 564 qualify for free lunch and 0 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Southside Elementary School is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Distant). 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 GA-20, state senate district 11, state house district 173.
Southside Elementary School is one of 7 schools in Grady County, based in Cairo, Georgia. The district serves 4,415 students district-wide and employs 326 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 564 students, Southside Elementary School is close to the district average of about 631 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Distant
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