Southside Elementary School
2551 Hwy 77
Gadsden AL, 35907, Etowah County
Phone: 256-442-1090
Ranking:
(97 out of 1,064, top 9%)*

Type: Regular Primary School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 5
School District: Etowah County School District
Title I Eligible School: No
Magnet: NA
Charter: NA
Shared-Time School: NA
Students and Teachers
2013-2014 | 2012-2013 | 2011-2012 | 2010-2011 | 2009-2010 | 2008-2009 | 2007-2008 | ||||||||
Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | |
Total Teachers: | 41 | 46 | 40 | 42 | 42 | 37 | 37 | |||||||
Total Students: | 605 | 614 | 624 | 647 | 655 | 626 | 613 | |||||||
Kindergarten: | 103 | 17.0% | 102 | 16.6% | 102 | 16.3% | 99 | 15.3% | 117 | 17.9% | 102 | 16.3% | 101 | 16.5% |
Grade 1: | 88 | 14.5% | 87 | 14.2% | 101 | 16.2% | 113 | 17.5% | 110 | 16.8% | 101 | 16.1% | 95 | 15.5% |
Grade 2: | 86 | 14.2% | 94 | 15.3% | 107 | 17.1% | 116 | 17.9% | 99 | 15.1% | 97 | 15.5% | 103 | 16.8% |
Grade 3: | 94 | 15.5% | 105 | 17.1% | 115 | 18.4% | 99 | 15.3% | 96 | 14.7% | 107 | 17.1% | 111 | 18.1% |
Grade 4: | 109 | 18.0% | 121 | 19.7% | 97 | 15.5% | 102 | 15.8% | 113 | 17.3% | 114 | 18.2% | 107 | 17.5% |
Grade 5: | 125 | 20.7% | 105 | 17.1% | 102 | 16.3% | 118 | 18.2% | 120 | 18.3% | 105 | 16.8% | 96 | 15.7% |
Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
Male: | 317 | 52.4% | 302 | 49.2% | 298 | 47.8% | 315 | 48.7% | 312 | 47.6% | 295 | 47.1% | 300 | 48.9% |
Female: | 288 | 47.6% | 312 | 50.8% | 326 | 52.2% | 332 | 51.3% | 335 | 51.1% | 323 | 51.6% | 309 | 50.4% |
Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
American Indian/Alaska Native: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.2% | 2 | 0.3% | 2 | 0.3% | 1 | 0.2% |
Asian: | 5 | 0.8% | 4 | 0.7% | 5 | 0.8% | 5 | 0.8% | 5 | 0.8% | 4 | 0.6% | 3 | 0.5% |
Hispanic: | 7 | 1.2% | 10 | 1.6% | 13 | 2.1% | 9 | 1.4% | 7 | 1.1% | 5 | 0.8% | 9 | 1.5% |
Black: | 6 | 1.0% | 5 | 0.8% | 7 | 1.1% | 15 | 2.3% | 13 | 2.0% | 9 | 1.4% | 9 | 1.5% |
White: | 578 | 95.5% | 590 | 96.1% | 595 | 95.4% | 617 | 95.4% | 628 | 95.9% | 606 | 96.8% | 591 | 96.4% |
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Two or More Races: | 9 | 1.5% | 5 | 0.8% | 4 | 0.6% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 153 | 25.3% | 142 | 23.1% | 144 | 23.1% | 132 | 20.4% | 127 | 19.4% | 80 | 12.8% | 79 | 12.9% |
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 50 | 8.3% | 55 | 9.0% | 59 | 9.5% | 48 | 7.4% | 43 | 6.6% | 38 | 6.1% | 37 | 6.0% |
Student-Teacher Ratio: | 14.91 | 13.44 | 15.60 | 15.43 | 15.67 | 16.70 | 16.70 |
Test Performance
Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
ADAW | ||||||
2004 | Grammar and Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 57.2% | 56.3% | 50.6% |
2005 | Grammar and Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 68.8% | 48.4% | 42.2% |
2006 | Grammar and Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 47.5% | 49% | 45% |
2008 | Grammar and Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 60% | 47.8% | 37.08% |
2009 | Grammar and Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 68.87% | 47.33% | 37.25% |
2004 | Holistic Composition | 5th Grade | % met std | 73.1% | 66.3% | 57.3% |
2005 | Holistic Composition | 5th Grade | % met std | 83.6% | 66.5% | 58.7% |
2006 | Holistic Composition | 5th Grade | % met std | 76.6% | 67.1% | 64% |
2008 | Holistic Composition | 5th Grade | % met std | 82.79% | 63.56% | 62.46% |
2009 | Holistic Composition | 5th Grade | % met std | 82.08% | 71% | 64.88% |
2004 | Sentence Formation | 5th Grade | % met std | 51% | 51.2% | 48.9% |
2005 | Sentence Formation | 5th Grade | % met std | 50% | 45.7% | 44.4% |
2006 | Sentence Formation | 5th Grade | % met std | 65% | 53.3% | 48.1% |
2008 | Sentence Formation | 5th Grade | % met std | 54.44% | 54.25% | 43.41% |
2009 | Sentence Formation | 5th Grade | % met std | 60.38% | 48.37% | 43.74% |
2004 | Writing Mechanics | 5th Grade | % met std | 51% | 50.8% | 47% |
2005 | Writing Mechanics | 5th Grade | % met std | 60% | 47.8% | 42.6% |
2006 | Writing Mechanics | 5th Grade | % met std | 56.3% | 52.7% | 48.1% |
2008 | Writing Mechanics | 5th Grade | % met std | 47.78% | 43.7% | 39.83% |
2009 | Writing Mechanics | 5th Grade | % met std | 62.27% | 45.63% | 40.59% |
ARMT | ||||||
2005 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 87% | 79% | 74.1% |
2006 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 88.7% | 82.6% | 77.7% |
2007 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 94.84% | 86.53% | 77.41% |
2008 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 88.68% | 87.3% | 77.69% |
2009 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 94.39% | 85.67% | 79.37% |
2010 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 90.82% | 83.17% | 80.13% |
2011 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 93.69% | 85.31% | 83.7% |
2012 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 88.98% | 88.62% | 85.23% |
2005 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 90% | 86.3% | 81% |
2006 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 89.8% | 89.3% | 83.6% |
2007 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 93.81% | 91.37% | 84.9% |
2008 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 89.52% | 91.38% | 85.35% |
2009 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 100% | 90.47% | 85.83% |
2010 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 93.88% | 90.42% | 86.59% |
2011 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 95.79% | 88.93% | 86.82% |
2012 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 94.92% | 92.98% | 88.18% |
2004 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 90.6% | 83.7% | 71.9% |
2005 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 88.6% | 86.8% | 74% |
2006 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 87.3% | 88.7% | 77.9% |
2007 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 85.39% | 87.55% | 78.31% |
2008 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 94.34% | 85.98% | 78.93% |
2009 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 83.33% | 86.45% | 79.12% |
2010 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 90.99% | 86.91% | 81.26% |
2011 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 90.2% | 87.54% | 82.42% |
2012 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 95.96% | 89.91% | 85.24% |
2004 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 88.3% | 86.4% | 76.9% |
2005 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 94.8% | 89.3% | 83.3% |
2006 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 95.8% | 91.4% | 84.4% |
2007 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 94.38% | 91.28% | 85.01% |
2008 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 95.28% | 91.84% | 86.09% |
2009 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 90.35% | 91.75% | 86.5% |
2010 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 97.32% | 92.78% | 86.69% |
2011 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 96.08% | 91.83% | 87.93% |
2012 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 96.97% | 92.34% | 88.16% |
2005 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 82.4% | 78.2% | 71.8% |
2006 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 82.5% | 83.6% | 76.5% |
2007 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 96.08% | 85.53% | 77.26% |
2008 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 94.74% | 86.14% | 77.97% |
2009 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 95.23% | 84.98% | 79.94% |
2010 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 90.68% | 87.98% | 82.61% |
2011 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 96.58% | 92.23% | 88.95% |
2012 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 95.05% | 95.26% | 91.32% |
2005 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 89% | 86.3% | 80.9% |
2006 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 84.4% | 84.3% | 80.7% |
2007 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 96.08% | 91.39% | 84.6% |
2008 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 93.69% | 89.71% | 84.37% |
2009 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 94.28% | 88.99% | 84.65% |
2010 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 89.08% | 91.08% | 85.64% |
2011 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 96.58% | 93.14% | 88.59% |
2012 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 95.1% | 90.38% | 88.88% |
ASA | ||||||
2008 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 92.47% | 81.6% | 69.84% |
2009 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 90.2% | 78.53% | 73.2% |
2010 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 88.99% | 86.4% | 77.35% |
2011 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 92.92% | 89.11% | 78.77% |
2012 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 91.09% | 88.22% | 80.09% |
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* Southside Elementary School was rated 5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.