📍 4949 State Route 151, Hookstown, Beaver County, 15050
South Side MS is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Hookstown, Beaver County. The school has 203 pupils enrolled. It is part of the South Side Area SD school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 20.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 9.9:1. 55% of students are proficient in reading. 21% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
South Side MS enrolls 203 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 20.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 9.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 97% White, 2.5% Two or more races and <1% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 197 | 97% |
| Two or more races | 5 | 2.5% |
| Black or African American | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
47 of the school's 203 students (23%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 46 qualify for free lunch and 1 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
South Side MS is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Distant). For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district PA At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 47, state house district 14.
South Side MS is one of 3 schools in South Side Area SD, based in Hookstown, Pennsylvania. The district serves 863 students district-wide and employs 78 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 203 students, South Side MS is smaller than the district average of about 288 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Distant