Southside High School
2361 School Dr
Gadsden AL, 35907, Etowah County
Phone: 256-442-2172
Ranking:
(223 out of 359, bottom 38%)*

Type: Regular High School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12
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: | 42 | 46 | 46 | 49 | 43 | 44 | 45 | |||||||
Total Students: | 858 | 832 | 821 | 818 | 780 | 782 | 736 | |||||||
Grade 9: | 242 | 28.2% | 241 | 29.0% | 229 | 27.9% | 210 | 25.7% | 213 | 27.3% | 209 | 26.7% | 211 | 28.7% |
Grade 10: | 241 | 28.1% | 206 | 24.8% | 203 | 24.7% | 217 | 26.5% | 197 | 25.3% | 204 | 26.1% | 188 | 25.5% |
Grade 11: | 198 | 23.1% | 196 | 23.6% | 209 | 25.5% | 193 | 23.6% | 203 | 26.0% | 190 | 24.3% | 188 | 25.5% |
Grade 12: | 177 | 20.6% | 189 | 22.7% | 180 | 21.9% | 198 | 24.2% | 167 | 21.4% | 179 | 22.9% | 149 | 20.2% |
Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
Male: | 440 | 51.3% | 429 | 51.6% | 410 | 49.9% | 405 | 49.5% | 385 | 49.4% | 406 | 51.9% | 372 | 50.5% |
Female: | 418 | 48.7% | 403 | 48.4% | 411 | 50.1% | 413 | 50.5% | 387 | 49.6% | 368 | 47.1% | 360 | 48.9% |
Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
American Indian/Alaska Native: | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.1% | 2 | 0.2% | 2 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.1% | 3 | 0.4% |
Asian: | 11 | 1.3% | 11 | 1.3% | 10 | 1.2% | 14 | 1.7% | 17 | 2.2% | 17 | 2.2% | 17 | 2.3% |
Hispanic: | 16 | 1.9% | 7 | 0.8% | 8 | 1.0% | 9 | 1.1% | 9 | 1.2% | 9 | 1.2% | 4 | 0.5% |
Black: | 28 | 3.3% | 26 | 3.1% | 25 | 3.0% | 18 | 2.2% | 11 | 1.4% | 12 | 1.5% | 8 | 1.1% |
White: | 802 | 93.5% | 787 | 94.6% | 776 | 94.5% | 774 | 94.6% | 742 | 95.1% | 743 | 95.0% | 704 | 95.7% |
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: | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.1% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 239 | 27.9% | 213 | 25.6% | 225 | 27.4% | 174 | 21.3% | 151 | 19.4% | 122 | 15.6% | 103 | 14.0% |
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 79 | 9.2% | 62 | 7.5% | 73 | 8.9% | 59 | 7.2% | 47 | 6.0% | 78 | 10.0% | 62 | 8.4% |
Student-Teacher Ratio: | 20.29 | 18.06 | 17.91 | 16.81 | 18.21 | 17.70 | 16.40 |
Test Performance
Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
ADAW | ||||||
2004 | Grammar and Usage | 10th Grade | % met std | 70.9% | 58.2% | 46.9% |
2005 | Grammar and Usage | 10th Grade | % met std | 46.1% | 44.5% | 44.8% |
2006 | Grammar and Usage | 10th Grade | % met std | 67.4% | 58.3% | 49% |
2008 | Grammar and Usage | 10th Grade | % met std | 47.31% | 40.11% | 46.76% |
2009 | Grammar and Usage | 10th Grade | % met std | 48.71% | 48.69% | 42.56% |
2004 | Holistic Composition | 10th Grade | % met std | 80.2% | 72% | 65% |
2005 | Holistic Composition | 10th Grade | % met std | 70.7% | 65.4% | 64.3% |
2006 | Holistic Composition | 10th Grade | % met std | 76.1% | 73.3% | 69% |
2008 | Holistic Composition | 10th Grade | % met std | 72.19% | 61.77% | 64.91% |
2009 | Holistic Composition | 10th Grade | % met std | 77.72% | 78.16% | 76.43% |
2004 | Sentence Formation | 10th Grade | % met std | 88.3% | 72.7% | 60.3% |
2005 | Sentence Formation | 10th Grade | % met std | 67.8% | 56.1% | 56.8% |
2006 | Sentence Formation | 10th Grade | % met std | 77.9% | 71.1% | 63.6% |
2008 | Sentence Formation | 10th Grade | % met std | 58.68% | 50.65% | 61.3% |
2009 | Sentence Formation | 10th Grade | % met std | 55.96% | 60.59% | 61.43% |
2004 | Writing Mechanics | 10th Grade | % met std | 69.7% | 63.4% | 56.7% |
2005 | Writing Mechanics | 10th Grade | % met std | 52% | 51.5% | 54.6% |
2006 | Writing Mechanics | 10th Grade | % met std | 69.1% | 67% | 59.2% |
2008 | Writing Mechanics | 10th Grade | % met std | 56.29% | 52.86% | 59.53% |
2009 | Writing Mechanics | 10th Grade | % met std | 67.36% | 60.6% | 57.81% |
AHSGE | ||||||
2008 | Biology | 11th Grade | % met std | 63.64% | 72.78% | 72.59% |
2009 | Biology | 11th Grade | % met std | 87.75% | 90.56% | 87.59% |
2010 | Biology | 11th Grade | % met std | 93.97% | 95.78% | 93.34% |
2011 | Biology | 11th Grade | % met std | 97.83% | 96.39% | 94.47% |
2012 | Biology | 11th Grade | % met std | 96.91% | 96.76% | 95.24% |
2004 | Language | 11th Grade | % met std | 83.3% | 86% | 81% |
2005 | Language | 11th Grade | % met std | 86.7% | 79.7% | 80.4% |
2006 | Language | 11th Grade | % met std | 83.9% | 78.5% | 82.2% |
2007 | Language | 11th Grade | % met std | 85.63% | 79% | 80.01% |
2008 | Language | 11th Grade | % met std | 76.54% | 74.73% | 76.95% |
2009 | Language | 11th Grade | % met std | 79.19% | 80.22% | 81.82% |
2010 | Language | 11th Grade | % met std | 76.38% | 79.56% | 78.46% |
2011 | Language | 11th Grade | % met std | 78.26% | 80.27% | 77.64% |
2012 | Language | 11th Grade | % met std | 78.24% | 77.38% | 75.1% |
2004 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 78.4% | 80.4% | 78% |
2005 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 77.4% | 74.2% | 78.3% |
2006 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 75.3% | 75.4% | 83.6% |
2007 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 83.23% | 86.12% | 83.74% |
2008 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 76.96% | 82.73% | 84.02% |
2009 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 83.05% | 84.19% | 85.56% |
2010 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 79.1% | 83.36% | 84.32% |
2011 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 81.52% | 85.79% | 85.39% |
2012 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 76.8% | 81.81% | 85.03% |
2004 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 89.7% | 92.3% | 86.9% |
2005 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 90.7% | 86.5% | 85.7% |
2006 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 85.1% | 83.4% | 85.6% |
2007 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 88.63% | 84.7% | 82.19% |
2008 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 81.35% | 80.72% | 81.17% |
2009 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 79.43% | 81.25% | 81.63% |
2010 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 82% | 84.34% | 81.82% |
2011 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 82.61% | 84.9% | 83.29% |
2012 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 83.51% | 83.04% | 82.92% |
2004 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 89.3% | 88.5% | 82.1% |
2005 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 84.3% | 85% | 80.9% |
2006 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 90.7% | 83.3% | 84.8% |
2007 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 89.82% | 88.44% | 82.09% |
2008 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 87.57% | 85.79% | 81.22% |
2009 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 95.71% | 92.31% | 75.76% |
2004 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 79.6% | 80.4% | 74.2% |
2005 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 78% | 77.9% | 76% |
2006 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 73.4% | 73% | 77.1% |
2007 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 82.04% | 75.98% | 73.9% |
2008 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 84.92% | 76.34% | 72.58% |
2009 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 84.66% | 81.65% | 78.86% |
2010 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 81.82% | 79.8% | 73.05% |
2011 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 78.14% | 74.7% | 71.38% |
2012 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 78.87% | 72.58% | 71.26% |
2010 | Biology | 12th Grade | % met std | 96.73% | 95.7% | 94.02% |
2011 | Biology | 12th Grade | % met std | 97.9% | 96.38% | 98.1% |
2012 | Biology | 12th Grade | % met std | 100% | 98.81% | 98.49% |
2004 | Language | 12th Grade | % met std | 99.2% | 96.7% | 95.4% |
2005 | Language | 12th Grade | % met std | 95% | 93.1% | 94.5% |
2006 | Language | 12th Grade | % met std | 96.7% | 92.5% | 94.7% |
2007 | Language | 12th Grade | % met std | 94.08% | 87.1% | 89.7% |
2008 | Language | 12th Grade | % met std | 95.74% | 91.11% | 94.49% |
2009 | Language | 12th Grade | % met std | 92.05% | 90.07% | 92.8% |
2010 | Language | 12th Grade | % met std | 90.3% | 85.26% | 91.1% |
2011 | Language | 12th Grade | % met std | 88.02% | 85.94% | 91.4% |
2012 | Language | 12th Grade | % met std | 91.72% | 87.31% | 90.39% |
2004 | Math | 12th Grade | % met std | 97% | 96.9% | 95.7% |
2005 | Math | 12th Grade | % met std | 95.6% | 94.1% | 94.7% |
2006 | Math | 12th Grade | % met std | 99.3% | 95% | 95.6% |
2007 | Math | 12th Grade | % met std | 90.13% | 85.86% | 90.48% |
2008 | Math | 12th Grade | % met std | 95% | 93.27% | 95.45% |
2009 | Math | 12th Grade | % met std | 88.64% | 90.09% | 95.36% |
2010 | Math | 12th Grade | % met std | 93.33% | 87.77% | 94.73% |
2011 | Math | 12th Grade | % met std | 91.15% | 87.18% | 94.82% |
2012 | Math | 12th Grade | % met std | 92.89% | 92.9% | 94.83% |
2004 | Reading | 12th Grade | % met std | 99.2% | 97.6% | 96.5% |
2005 | Reading | 12th Grade | % met std | 96.9% | 96.6% | 95.4% |
2006 | Reading | 12th Grade | % met std | 98% | 95.4% | 95.2% |
2007 | Reading | 12th Grade | % met std | 95.39% | 90.63% | 90.19% |
2008 | Reading | 12th Grade | % met std | 99.29% | 94.2% | 95.01% |
2009 | Reading | 12th Grade | % met std | 94.89% | 92.03% | 94.2% |
2010 | Reading | 12th Grade | % met std | 92.73% | 90.04% | 93.57% |
2011 | Reading | 12th Grade | % met std | 92.71% | 90.41% | 93.78% |
2012 | Reading | 12th Grade | % met std | 94.09% | 91.88% | 93.62% |
2004 | Science | 12th Grade | % met std | 97.8% | 97.2% | 95.9% |
2005 | Science | 12th Grade | % met std | 98.1% | 97.2% | 95.3% |
2006 | Science | 12th Grade | % met std | 97.4% | 95.5% | 95.9% |
2007 | Science | 12th Grade | % met std | 94.08% | 88.69% | 90.62% |
2008 | Science | 12th Grade | % met std | 97.87% | 94.92% | 95.24% |
2009 | Science | 12th Grade | % met std | 94.89% | 93.42% | 93.62% |
2004 | Social Studies | 12th Grade | % met std | 94.1% | 95.1% | 92.7% |
2005 | Social Studies | 12th Grade | % met std | 93.2% | 93% | 93.4% |
2006 | Social Studies | 12th Grade | % met std | 93.5% | 92.8% | 93.7% |
2007 | Social Studies | 12th Grade | % met std | 91.45% | 85.69% | 88.74% |
2008 | Social Studies | 12th Grade | % met std | 96.45% | 90.36% | 92.95% |
2009 | Social Studies | 12th Grade | % met std | 92.05% | 88.12% | 91.58% |
2010 | Social Studies | 12th Grade | % met std | 93.94% | 87.04% | 90.45% |
2011 | Social Studies | 12th Grade | % met std | 91.1% | 84.96% | 87.99% |
2012 | Social Studies | 12th Grade | % met std | 91.72% | 89.17% | 89.74% |
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* Southside High School was rated 4 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.