Southside Middle Middle School
200 East Howe Springs Rd
Florence SC, 29505, Florence County
Phone: 843-664-8467
Ranking: 
(601 out of 841, bottom 29%)*
(601 out of 841, bottom 29%)*Type: Regular Middle School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Grade 7 to Grade 8
School District: Florence School District 1
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 | 2007-2008 | ||||||||
| Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | |
| Total Teachers: | 56 | 58 | 56 | 55 | 57 | 62 | 62 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 865 | 889 | 823 | 820 | 783 | 779 | 864 | |||||||
| Grade 7: | 417 | 48.2% | 466 | 52.4% | 409 | 49.7% | 404 | 49.3% | 404 | 51.6% | 365 | 46.9% | 404 | 46.8% |
| Grade 8: | 448 | 51.8% | 423 | 47.6% | 414 | 50.3% | 416 | 50.7% | 379 | 48.4% | 414 | 53.1% | 460 | 53.2% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 473 | 54.7% | 481 | 54.1% | 434 | 52.7% | 412 | 50.2% | 418 | 53.4% | 427 | 54.8% | 458 | 53.0% |
| Female: | 392 | 45.3% | 408 | 45.9% | 389 | 47.3% | 408 | 49.8% | 356 | 45.5% | 341 | 43.8% | 400 | 46.3% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 2 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 2 | 0.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Asian: | 8 | 0.9% | 9 | 1.0% | 7 | 0.9% | 8 | 1.0% | 11 | 1.4% | 5 | 0.6% | 5 | 0.6% |
| Hispanic: | 19 | 2.2% | 23 | 2.6% | 20 | 2.4% | 16 | 2.0% | 16 | 2.0% | 17 | 2.2% | 14 | 1.6% |
| Black: | 424 | 49.0% | 425 | 47.8% | 381 | 46.3% | 393 | 47.9% | 375 | 47.9% | 382 | 49.0% | 428 | 49.5% |
| White: | 389 | 45.0% | 413 | 46.5% | 403 | 49.0% | 380 | 46.3% | 378 | 48.3% | 372 | 47.8% | 415 | 48.0% |
| 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: | 23 | 2.7% | 19 | 2.1% | 12 | 1.5% | 23 | 2.8% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 521 | 60.2% | 520 | 58.5% | 452 | 54.9% | 458 | 55.9% | 425 | 54.3% | 406 | 52.1% | 452 | 52.3% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 67 | 7.7% | 64 | 7.2% | 83 | 10.1% | 71 | 8.7% | 49 | 6.3% | 58 | 7.4% | 79 | 9.1% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 15.45 | 15.33 | 14.70 | 15.05 | 13.86 | 12.60 | 14.00 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| PASS | ||||||
| 2004 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 20% | 69.1% | 72.1% |
| 2003 | English/Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 65.8% | 66.8% | 70.2% |
| 2004 | English/Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 66.7% | 67.3% | 71.9% |
| 2005 | English/Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 60.7% | 62.5% | 71.5% |
| 2006 | English/Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 47.1% | 59.5% | 70.1% |
| 2007 | English/Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 64.3% | 68% | 69.8% |
| 2008 | English/Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 64.2% | 70.2% | 73% |
| 2009 | English/Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 64% | 68.6% | 68.7% |
| 2010 | English/Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 66.2% | 71.2% | 69.1% |
| 2011 | English/Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 65.6% | 68.1% | 68.4% |
| 2012 | English/Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 63.7% | 70.1% | 71.4% |
| 2013 | English/Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 69% | 72.5% | 73.2% |
| 2003 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 55.2% | 59.2% | 68.8% |
| 2004 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 63.9% | 63.2% | 71.5% |
| 2005 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 62.2% | 60.7% | 71.5% |
| 2006 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 65.3% | 66.6% | 74.8% |
| 2007 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 72.7% | 72.5% | 76.8% |
| 2008 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 69.4% | 73.4% | 77.8% |
| 2009 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 61.5% | 67.2% | 69.5% |
| 2010 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 62.7% | 64.6% | 67% |
| 2011 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 71.3% | 67% | 69.7% |
| 2012 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 73.2% | 69.5% | 71.5% |
| 2013 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 66.6% | 68.8% | 68.3% |
| 2003 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 52.7% | 56% | 58.8% |
| 2004 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 59.2% | 61.9% | 62.7% |
| 2005 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 61.3% | 58.1% | 61.7% |
| 2006 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 46.1% | 51.7% | 57% |
| 2007 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 73.2% | 68.7% | 64.8% |
| 2008 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 65.9% | 67.2% | 69.8% |
| 2009 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 73.4% | 71.9% | 71.2% |
| 2010 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 78% | 77% | 73.3% |
| 2011 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 76.7% | 75.6% | 71.7% |
| 2012 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 76% | 77.3% | 74.7% |
| 2013 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 77.9% | 79.7% | 75.5% |
| 2003 | Social Studies | 7th Grade | % met std | 63.5% | 60.2% | 58.8% |
| 2004 | Social Studies | 7th Grade | % met std | 69% | 62.2% | 60% |
| 2005 | Social Studies | 7th Grade | % met std | 59.4% | 55.1% | 58.7% |
| 2006 | Social Studies | 7th Grade | % met std | 33.9% | 42.9% | 53.9% |
| 2007 | Social Studies | 7th Grade | % met std | 48.8% | 54.6% | 57.3% |
| 2008 | Social Studies | 7th Grade | % met std | 43.4% | 49.8% | 56.4% |
| 2009 | Social Studies | 7th Grade | % met std | 59% | 60.8% | 60.3% |
| 2010 | Social Studies | 7th Grade | % met std | 61% | 66.6% | 62% |
| 2011 | Social Studies | 7th Grade | % met std | 62.9% | 66.5% | 63.5% |
| 2012 | Social Studies | 7th Grade | % met std | 64.4% | 70.4% | 68.8% |
| 2013 | Social Studies | 7th Grade | % met std | 69.9% | 69.6% | 68.3% |
| 2009 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 58.3% | 67.3% | 70.1% |
| 2010 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 69.3% | 71.6% | 69.7% |
| 2013 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 76.1% | 78.1% | 76.5% |
| 2003 | English/Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 59.7% | 60.5% | 66.8% |
| 2004 | English/Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 65.3% | 68.6% | 73.3% |
| 2005 | English/Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 61% | 66.9% | 74.7% |
| 2006 | English/Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 56.8% | 60.7% | 72.7% |
| 2007 | English/Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 59.5% | 62.3% | 71.3% |
| 2008 | English/Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 64.9% | 67.9% | 71% |
| 2009 | English/Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 59.7% | 66% | 67.5% |
| 2010 | English/Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 57% | 62.6% | 63.7% |
| 2011 | English/Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 65% | 68.2% | 67.8% |
| 2012 | English/Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 67.1% | 68.6% | 69.8% |
| 2013 | English/Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 61.3% | 66% | 67.5% |
| 2003 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 57% | 57.2% | 67.1% |
| 2004 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 53.6% | 58.8% | 67.5% |
| 2005 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 52.2% | 56.5% | 66.3% |
| 2006 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 46.7% | 51.2% | 65.3% |
| 2007 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 60.2% | 61.4% | 67.9% |
| 2008 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 61.2% | 63.2% | 69.7% |
| 2009 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 49.7% | 57.3% | 62.6% |
| 2010 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 55.5% | 59.2% | 63.4% |
| 2011 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 66.1% | 68.5% | 69.5% |
| 2012 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 64.4% | 64.1% | 68.6% |
| 2013 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 68.7% | 70.5% | 70.2% |
| 2003 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 55.8% | 56.5% | 56.8% |
| 2004 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 62.6% | 61.7% | 58.9% |
| 2005 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 62.6% | 60.6% | 60% |
| 2006 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 55.5% | 57.2% | 60.1% |
| 2007 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 55.9% | 61.4% | 63.7% |
| 2008 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 60.8% | 62.3% | 63.4% |
| 2009 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 52.3% | 57.1% | 62.3% |
| 2010 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 64.6% | 69.2% | 67.7% |
| 2011 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 67.1% | 69.4% | 70.1% |
| 2012 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 80.3% | 77.2% | 75.4% |
| 2013 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 68.7% | 71% | 71% |
| 2003 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 65.4% | 64.4% | 60.8% |
| 2004 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 67.5% | 69.5% | 64.7% |
| 2005 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 68.6% | 68% | 66.5% |
| 2006 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 67.7% | 64.6% | 67.4% |
| 2007 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 63.9% | 63.6% | 65.9% |
| 2008 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 68.1% | 70.2% | 68.7% |
| 2009 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 64.5% | 70% | 69.6% |
| 2010 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 65.2% | 70.3% | 68.8% |
| 2011 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 70.7% | 75.4% | 71.9% |
| 2012 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 68.8% | 73.3% | 71.4% |
| 2013 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 71.4% | 74.9% | 71.3% |
| 2009 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 55.1% | 64.5% | 68.1% |
| 2010 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 65.8% | 71.3% | 71.9% |
| 2011 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 68.8% | 69.2% | 67.8% |
| 2012 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 71.4% | 72.8% | 74.1% |
| 2013 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 76.6% | 77.9% | 75.7% |
Some data by SchoolDigger.com.
Teacher's Experience and Compensation
| 2007 | |
| Teachers with Bachelor Degree: | 45.2% |
| Teachers with Master or PhD Degree: | 54.8% |
| Mean Number of Years of Teaching: | 17.0 years |
| Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less: | 16.1% |
| Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More: | 83.9% |
| Mean Base Salary: | $43,950.0 |
| Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less: | $31,143.0 |
| Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More: | $46,413.0 |
* Southside Middle Middle School was rated 2 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.