Southside Elementary School
491 3rd St Se
Cairo GA, 39828, Grady County
Phone: 229-377-3723
Ranking:
(972 out of 1,747, bottom 44%)*

Type: Regular Primary School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5
School District: Grady County School District
Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA
Magnet: NA
Charter: NA
Shared-Time School: NA
Students and Teachers
2013-2014 | 2012-2013 | 2011-2012 | 2010-2011 | 2009-2010 | 2008-2009 | |||||||
Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | |
Total Teachers: | 43 | 43 | 42 | 42 | 43 | 43 | ||||||
Total Students: | 664 | 607 | 571 | 584 | 564 | 541 | ||||||
Prekindergarten: | 48 | 7.2% | 50 | 8.2% | 46 | 8.1% | 41 | 7.0% | 41 | 7.3% | 40 | 7.4% |
Kindergarten: | 112 | 16.9% | 120 | 19.8% | 97 | 17.0% | 104 | 17.8% | 97 | 17.2% | 83 | 15.3% |
Grade 1: | 117 | 17.6% | 92 | 15.2% | 96 | 16.8% | 97 | 16.6% | 93 | 16.5% | 89 | 16.5% |
Grade 2: | 94 | 14.2% | 102 | 16.8% | 89 | 15.6% | 87 | 14.9% | 80 | 14.2% | 92 | 17.0% |
Grade 3: | 111 | 16.7% | 83 | 13.7% | 83 | 14.5% | 81 | 13.9% | 94 | 16.7% | 92 | 17.0% |
Grade 4: | 93 | 14.0% | 88 | 14.5% | 78 | 13.7% | 90 | 15.4% | 90 | 16.0% | 78 | 14.4% |
Grade 5: | 89 | 13.4% | 72 | 11.9% | 82 | 14.4% | 84 | 14.4% | 69 | 12.2% | 67 | 12.4% |
Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||
Male: | 340 | 51.2% | 316 | 52.1% | 295 | 51.7% | 301 | 51.5% | 279 | 49.5% | 258 | 47.7% |
Female: | 324 | 48.8% | 291 | 47.9% | 276 | 48.3% | 283 | 48.5% | 285 | 50.5% | 267 | 49.4% |
Student By Races: | ||||||||||||
American Indian/Alaska Native: | 4 | 0.6% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.2% |
Asian: | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.2% | 2 | 0.4% | 1 | 0.2% | 2 | 0.4% | 2 | 0.4% |
Hispanic: | 104 | 15.7% | 89 | 14.7% | 78 | 13.7% | 77 | 13.2% | 62 | 11.0% | 45 | 8.3% |
Black: | 342 | 51.5% | 314 | 51.7% | 296 | 51.8% | 306 | 52.4% | 308 | 54.6% | 291 | 53.8% |
White: | 203 | 30.6% | 197 | 32.5% | 189 | 33.1% | 193 | 33.0% | 182 | 32.3% | 194 | 35.9% |
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA |
Two or More Races: | 11 | 1.7% | 6 | 1.0% | 6 | 1.1% | 6 | 1.0% | 10 | 1.8% | NA | NA |
Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||
Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 568 | 85.5% | 439 | 72.3% | 389 | 68.1% | 407 | 69.7% | 354 | 62.8% | 326 | 60.3% |
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 0 | 0.0% | 40 | 6.6% | 50 | 8.8% | 38 | 6.5% | 48 | 8.5% | 49 | 9.1% |
Student-Teacher Ratio: | 15.55 | 14.08 | 13.69 | 14.04 | 13.12 | 12.60 |
Test Performance
Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
CRCT | ||||||
2006 | English Language Arts | 1st Grade | % met std | 77.1% | 76% | 80% |
2007 | English Language Arts | 1st Grade | % met std | 76.5% | 83.1% | 82.4% |
2008 | English Language Arts | 1st Grade | % met std | 79.6% | 80.3% | 84.4% |
2009 | English Language Arts | 1st Grade | % met std | 85.2% | 82.8% | 84% |
2010 | English Language Arts | 1st Grade | % met std | 91% | 89.4% | 87% |
2006 | Math | 1st Grade | % met std | 91.6% | 90.6% | 90% |
2007 | Math | 1st Grade | % met std | 77.6% | 83.6% | 82.3% |
2008 | Math | 1st Grade | % met std | 82.4% | 87.6% | 86.4% |
2009 | Math | 1st Grade | % met std | 88.9% | 88.7% | 87% |
2010 | Math | 1st Grade | % met std | 86.4% | 86.2% | 85% |
2006 | Reading | 1st Grade | % met std | 85.5% | 86.6% | 87% |
2007 | Reading | 1st Grade | % met std | 84.7% | 90.3% | 90.1% |
2008 | Reading | 1st Grade | % met std | 83.3% | 87.1% | 90.3% |
2009 | Reading | 1st Grade | % met std | 92.6% | 88.2% | 90.9% |
2010 | Reading | 1st Grade | % met std | 93.2% | 91.8% | 93% |
2006 | English Language Arts | 2nd Grade | % met std | 88.6% | 89.6% | 83% |
2007 | English Language Arts | 2nd Grade | % met std | 91.8% | 87% | 83.7% |
2008 | English Language Arts | 2nd Grade | % met std | 87% | 86.8% | 84.1% |
2009 | English Language Arts | 2nd Grade | % met std | 84.6% | 88.6% | 86.8% |
2010 | English Language Arts | 2nd Grade | % met std | 76.6% | 83.8% | 85% |
2006 | Math | 2nd Grade | % met std | 89.9% | 90.3% | 87% |
2007 | Math | 2nd Grade | % met std | 90.6% | 89.6% | 81.4% |
2008 | Math | 2nd Grade | % met std | 83.7% | 88.5% | 85.5% |
2009 | Math | 2nd Grade | % met std | 91.7% | 92% | 87.3% |
2010 | Math | 2nd Grade | % met std | 85.9% | 86.6% | 86% |
2006 | Reading | 2nd Grade | % met std | 91.2% | 92.9% | 89% |
2007 | Reading | 2nd Grade | % met std | 96.5% | 94.6% | 91.3% |
2008 | Reading | 2nd Grade | % met std | 93.5% | 95.9% | 92% |
2009 | Reading | 2nd Grade | % met std | 90.8% | 93.2% | 91.9% |
2010 | Reading | 2nd Grade | % met std | 89.7% | 91.1% | 91% |
2006 | English Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 77.5% | 83.1% | 82% |
2007 | English Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 88.4% | 88.2% | 85.6% |
2008 | English Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 89.8% | 88.7% | 87.1% |
2009 | English Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 85.2% | 86.4% | 86.6% |
2010 | English Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 90% | 85.6% | 88% |
2011 | English Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 93.8% | 88.4% | 89.2% |
2012 | English Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 88.2% | 91.7% | 91% |
2013 | English Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 86.5% | 87.9% | 88.1% |
2006 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 88.7% | 94.1% | 91% |
2007 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 88.4% | 92.3% | 90.4% |
2008 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 65.9% | 72% | 70.9% |
2009 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 75% | 82.8% | 77.9% |
2010 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 82.2% | 81.3% | 79% |
2011 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 70% | 78.7% | 81.2% |
2012 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 82.1% | 84.4% | 81% |
2013 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 87.6% | 82.1% | 78.5% |
2006 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 78.6% | 84% | 82% |
2007 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 86.2% | 87.3% | 85.1% |
2008 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 84.1% | 85.6% | 87.5% |
2009 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 87.5% | 86.7% | 88% |
2010 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 95.5% | 91.7% | 90% |
2011 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 88.8% | 88.9% | 90.9% |
2012 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 90.6% | 91.9% | 90% |
2013 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 89.9% | 91.8% | 92.1% |
2006 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 84.2% | 89.2% | 85% |
2007 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 66.3% | 77.2% | 70.1% |
2008 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 76.1% | 76.9% | 74.5% |
2009 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 76.2% | 79.3% | 79.7% |
2010 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 85.4% | 81.2% | 80% |
2011 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 81.3% | 81.5% | 80.5% |
2012 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 74.2% | 81.1% | 78% |
2013 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 74.4% | 81.0% | 78.4% |
2006 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 88.8% | 92.9% | 88% |
2007 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 87.2% | 91.7% | 88.6% |
2008 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 94.2% | 92.1% | 89% |
2009 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 71.6% | 75.2% | 76.1% |
2010 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 79.7% | 83.6% | 79% |
2011 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 86.3% | 84.5% | 81% |
2012 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 79.5% | 87.6% | 81% |
2013 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 80.0% | 87.8% | 83.4% |
2006 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 76.2% | 76.8% | 79% |
2007 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 81.6% | 81.8% | 84.3% |
2008 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 93.5% | 89.5% | 86.2% |
2009 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 91.3% | 87.5% | 86.9% |
2010 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 94.4% | 93.1% | 87% |
2011 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 93.4% | 89% | 88% |
2012 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 91.9% | 88.8% | 90% |
2013 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 90.4% | 89.6% | 90.2% |
2006 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 80.9% | 80.2% | 79% |
2007 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 73.5% | 76.5% | 78.4% |
2008 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 73.3% | 75.7% | 70% |
2009 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 76.3% | 80.1% | 74.3% |
2010 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 80.9% | 82.8% | 77% |
2011 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 71.4% | 75.8% | 81.1% |
2012 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 86.5% | 81.1% | 81% |
2013 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 86.7% | 85.1% | 84.3% |
2006 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 80% | 79.7% | 81% |
2007 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 79.3% | 80.6% | 84.7% |
2008 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 88.1% | 88% | 87.5% |
2009 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 90% | 87.8% | 87.3% |
2010 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 93.2% | 90.9% | 89% |
2011 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 90.1% | 88.1% | 87.9% |
2012 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 94.6% | 89.4% | 90% |
2013 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 97.6% | 95.4% | 92.5% |
2006 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 90.3% | 90.2% | 88% |
2007 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 69% | 68.1% | 71.9% |
2008 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 76% | 79.7% | 73.8% |
2009 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 71.3% | 79.2% | 77.7% |
2010 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 68.6% | 78.4% | 80% |
2011 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 73.6% | 81.5% | 79% |
2012 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 80.8% | 82.6% | 81% |
2013 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 81.4% | 85.5% | 82.7% |
2006 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 92.3% | 91.1% | 90% |
2007 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 87.4% | 89.3% | 88.5% |
2008 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 92% | 93.2% | 90.2% |
2009 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 71.3% | 73.7% | 71.4% |
2010 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 57.3% | 64.7% | 74% |
2011 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 75.8% | 80.8% | 77.4% |
2012 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 85.9% | 82.6% | 79% |
2013 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 83.7% | 84.6% | 81.3% |
2006 | English Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 86% | 82% | 85% |
2007 | English Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 87.5% | 87.2% | 87.6% |
2008 | English Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 79.5% | 87.2% | 89.9% |
2009 | English Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 94.3% | 91.7% | 91.3% |
2010 | English Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 95.8% | 89.9% | 92% |
2011 | English Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 90.2% | 90.7% | 93% |
2012 | English Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 95% | 91.8% | 95% |
2013 | English Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 95.9% | 94.0% | 94.2% |
2006 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 89% | 87.6% | 88% |
2007 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 78.6% | 81.9% | 88.1% |
2008 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 58% | 65.1% | 71.7% |
2009 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 78.6% | 80.9% | 79.2% |
2010 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 82.2% | 76.7% | 82% |
2011 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 83% | 81.5% | 86.6% |
2012 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 78.5% | 80.7% | 84% |
2013 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 93.2% | 86.9% | 89.5% |
2006 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 72% | 75.5% | 81% |
2007 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 82.2% | 82.1% | 85.5% |
2008 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 77.3% | 83.8% | 87.2% |
2009 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 90% | 87.3% | 87.8% |
2010 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 94.5% | 87.4% | 90% |
2011 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 86.6% | 86.8% | 90.5% |
2012 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 88.8% | 89.1% | 91% |
2013 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 93.2% | 91.1% | 92.9% |
2006 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 92% | 90.8% | 89% |
2007 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 67% | 71.9% | 66.8% |
2008 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 57.9% | 68.1% | 71.3% |
2009 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 74.3% | 78.7% | 76% |
2010 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 81.9% | 77.9% | 77% |
2011 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 69.5% | 80.5% | 76.6% |
2012 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 69.5% | 77% | 78% |
2013 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 78.9% | 79.5% | 79.6% |
2006 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 97% | 93.2% | 91% |
2007 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 91.9% | 91% | 88.4% |
2008 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 85% | 88.5% | 89% |
2009 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 58.5% | 69.7% | 71.2% |
2010 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 69.5% | 73.4% | 72% |
2011 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 60.5% | 77.9% | 71.3% |
2012 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 64.6% | 78.4% | 77% |
2013 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 84.2% | 81.8% | 80.5% |
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* Southside Elementary School was rated 3 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.