Southside Middle School
1615 Newton Rd
Albany GA, 31701, Dougherty County
Phone: 229-431-3351
Ranking: 
(1,444 out of 1,747, bottom 17%)*
(1,444 out of 1,747, bottom 17%)*Type: Regular Middle School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8
School District: Dougherty 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 | 2007-2008 | ||||||||
| Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | |
| Total Teachers: | 39 | 39 | 36 | 39 | 39 | 37 | 34 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 603 | 410 | 435 | 467 | 526 | 562 | 522 | |||||||
| Grade 6: | 211 | 35.0% | 148 | 36.1% | 131 | 30.1% | 144 | 30.8% | 178 | 33.8% | 172 | 30.6% | 194 | 37.2% |
| Grade 7: | 206 | 34.2% | 135 | 32.9% | 149 | 34.3% | 186 | 39.8% | 162 | 30.8% | 208 | 37.0% | 178 | 34.1% |
| Grade 8: | 186 | 30.8% | 127 | 31.0% | 155 | 35.6% | 137 | 29.3% | 186 | 35.4% | 182 | 32.4% | 150 | 28.7% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 323 | 53.6% | 216 | 52.7% | 227 | 52.2% | 251 | 53.7% | 297 | 56.5% | 291 | 51.8% | 276 | 52.9% |
| Female: | 280 | 46.4% | 194 | 47.3% | 208 | 47.8% | 216 | 46.3% | 229 | 43.5% | 263 | 46.8% | 242 | 46.4% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 1 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Asian: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Hispanic: | 3 | 0.5% | 2 | 0.5% | 3 | 0.7% | 1 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.2% |
| Black: | 583 | 96.7% | 398 | 97.1% | 420 | 96.6% | 457 | 97.9% | 516 | 98.1% | 558 | 99.3% | 516 | 98.9% |
| White: | 11 | 1.8% | 6 | 1.5% | 8 | 1.8% | 8 | 1.7% | 10 | 1.9% | 4 | 0.7% | 5 | 1.0% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 5 | 0.8% | 4 | 1.0% | 3 | 0.7% | 1 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 600 | 99.5% | 371 | 90.5% | 383 | 88.0% | 394 | 84.4% | 431 | 81.9% | 473 | 84.2% | 428 | 82.0% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 0 | 0.0% | 25 | 6.1% | 16 | 3.7% | 24 | 5.1% | 36 | 6.8% | 41 | 7.3% | 39 | 7.5% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 15.46 | 10.65 | 12.08 | 12.13 | 13.63 | 15.20 | 15.40 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| CRCT | ||||||
| 2006 | English Language Arts | 6th Grade | % met std | 76.4% | 76.2% | 84% |
| 2007 | English Language Arts | 6th Grade | % met std | 85.5% | 83.9% | 86.3% |
| 2008 | English Language Arts | 6th Grade | % met std | 85.6% | 82.6% | 87.4% |
| 2009 | English Language Arts | 6th Grade | % met std | 74.6% | 84.3% | 90.5% |
| 2010 | English Language Arts | 6th Grade | % met std | 81.8% | 88.7% | 92% |
| 2011 | English Language Arts | 6th Grade | % met std | 83.3% | 88.5% | 91.2% |
| 2012 | English Language Arts | 6th Grade | % met std | 82.5% | 89.6% | 92% |
| 2013 | English Language Arts | 6th Grade | % met std | 90.8% | 88.9% | 92.4% |
| 2006 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 51.6% | 56.8% | 62% |
| 2007 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 48.6% | 58.3% | 64.5% |
| 2008 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 56.9% | 59% | 69.3% |
| 2009 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 47.4% | 60.4% | 74.9% |
| 2010 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 48.6% | 67.2% | 75% |
| 2011 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 68.1% | 70% | 76.5% |
| 2012 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 79.8% | 74.1% | 80% |
| 2013 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 70.9% | 75.0% | 82.7% |
| 2006 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 83.3% | 81.1% | 86% |
| 2007 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 88.8% | 88.1% | 89.3% |
| 2008 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 90.5% | 89.1% | 91.4% |
| 2009 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 71.7% | 81.9% | 89.9% |
| 2010 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 83.4% | 85.7% | 91% |
| 2011 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 81.8% | 89.9% | 93.9% |
| 2012 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 90.9% | 92.7% | 96% |
| 2013 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 92.2% | 91.4% | 96.0% |
| 2006 | Science | 6th Grade | % met std | 28% | 41% | 61% |
| 2007 | Science | 6th Grade | % met std | 19.8% | 39.8% | 59.5% |
| 2008 | Science | 6th Grade | % met std | 49.5% | 51.3% | 66.1% |
| 2009 | Science | 6th Grade | % met std | 45.1% | 50.5% | 68.5% |
| 2010 | Science | 6th Grade | % met std | 47.5% | 53.5% | 70% |
| 2011 | Science | 6th Grade | % met std | 39.9% | 53.6% | 70.9% |
| 2012 | Science | 6th Grade | % met std | 45.2% | 56.9% | 73% |
| 2013 | Science | 6th Grade | % met std | 57.8% | 58.5% | 74.0% |
| 2006 | Social Studies | 6th Grade | % met std | 79.5% | 75% | 85% |
| 2007 | Social Studies | 6th Grade | % met std | 66.4% | 75.4% | 83.1% |
| 2010 | Social Studies | 6th Grade | % met std | 45.8% | 52% | 64% |
| 2011 | Social Studies | 6th Grade | % met std | 46.6% | 58.3% | 71.6% |
| 2012 | Social Studies | 6th Grade | % met std | 45.2% | 55% | 73% |
| 2013 | Social Studies | 6th Grade | % met std | 72.8% | 63.4% | 77.5% |
| 2006 | English Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 82.8% | 81.4% | 84% |
| 2007 | English Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 91.2% | 89.1% | 89.2% |
| 2008 | English Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 87.2% | 86.6% | 89.7% |
| 2009 | English Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 89% | 86.7% | 89.4% |
| 2010 | English Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 80.3% | 87.1% | 91% |
| 2011 | English Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 88.3% | 91% | 93% |
| 2012 | English Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 92% | 92.1% | 94% |
| 2013 | English Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 91.2% | 91.5% | 93.0% |
| 2006 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 79% | 78.4% | 80% |
| 2007 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 61.8% | 68.1% | 73.9% |
| 2008 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 74.4% | 70.3% | 79.8% |
| 2009 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 71.2% | 73.7% | 83.7% |
| 2010 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 71.6% | 76.9% | 86% |
| 2011 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 87.7% | 88.6% | 89.3% |
| 2012 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 90.4% | 90.3% | 91% |
| 2013 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 82.3% | 86.0% | 89.9% |
| 2006 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 80.2% | 79.4% | 80% |
| 2007 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 86.1% | 84.4% | 84.9% |
| 2008 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 87.8% | 82.5% | 88% |
| 2009 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 87.2% | 84.3% | 89.2% |
| 2010 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 79.3% | 82.7% | 89% |
| 2011 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 78.4% | 83% | 90.9% |
| 2012 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 90.4% | 91.2% | 94% |
| 2013 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 92.9% | 92.1% | 94.7% |
| 2006 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 48.4% | 50.4% | 63% |
| 2007 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 60% | 58.7% | 70% |
| 2008 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 59.5% | 57.1% | 75.1% |
| 2009 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 61.6% | 58.2% | 75.7% |
| 2010 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 70.2% | 65.3% | 80% |
| 2011 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 79.4% | 73% | 82.2% |
| 2012 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 81.2% | 82% | 85% |
| 2013 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 79.7% | 81.2% | 85.2% |
| 2006 | Social Studies | 7th Grade | % met std | 79.3% | 79.4% | 86% |
| 2007 | Social Studies | 7th Grade | % met std | 79.3% | 82.3% | 85.8% |
| 2010 | Social Studies | 7th Grade | % met std | 57.2% | 56.7% | 71% |
| 2011 | Social Studies | 7th Grade | % met std | 64.9% | 62.7% | 74.9% |
| 2012 | Social Studies | 7th Grade | % met std | 59.6% | 74.9% | 78% |
| 2013 | Social Studies | 7th Grade | % met std | 62.2% | 78.6% | 82.7% |
| 2006 | English Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 83.6% | 82.6% | 87% |
| 2007 | English Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 89% | 84.4% | 88.3% |
| 2008 | English Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 91.2% | 86.9% | 89.3% |
| 2009 | English Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 89.9% | 90% | 91.8% |
| 2010 | English Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 87.5% | 87.7% | 92% |
| 2011 | English Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 87.5% | 87% | 92.8% |
| 2012 | English Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 94.4% | 93% | 95% |
| 2013 | English Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 91.8% | 93.1% | 94.3% |
| 2006 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 72.4% | 72.6% | 77% |
| 2007 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 68.3% | 74.1% | 81.2% |
| 2008 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 39.9% | 48% | 62.1% |
| 2009 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 46.3% | 51.3% | 70.1% |
| 2010 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 33.3% | 55.7% | 74% |
| 2011 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 67.1% | 67.5% | 77.6% |
| 2012 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 60.5% | 59.4% | 77% |
| 2013 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 75.6% | 78.9% | 83.0% |
| 2006 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 85.6% | 84.1% | 89% |
| 2007 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 83.3% | 83.4% | 88.5% |
| 2008 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 93.2% | 86% | 90.5% |
| 2009 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 85.4% | 86.1% | 92.7% |
| 2010 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 87.9% | 90.3% | 95% |
| 2011 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 93% | 90.7% | 96% |
| 2012 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 95.7% | 91.4% | 96% |
| 2013 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 95.1% | 95.1% | 96.8% |
| 2006 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 57.8% | 66.1% | 76% |
| 2007 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 52.9% | 66.3% | 74% |
| 2008 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 27.2% | 44.1% | 59.6% |
| 2009 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 42.9% | 50.5% | 64.4% |
| 2010 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 47.1% | 51.1% | 66% |
| 2011 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 43.2% | 48% | 67.1% |
| 2012 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 49.4% | 57.5% | 74% |
| 2013 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 52.8% | 66.4% | 74.0% |
| 2006 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 82.3% | 79.6% | 87% |
| 2007 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 80.9% | 79.3% | 85.1% |
| 2008 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 54.1% | 48.5% | 58.9% |
| 2009 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 39.5% | 42.5% | 62.5% |
| 2010 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 47.3% | 55.3% | 70% |
| 2011 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 47% | 56.2% | 72.5% |
| 2012 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 41.8% | 60.4% | 77% |
| 2013 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 54.8% | 67.8% | 77.9% |
| EOCT | ||||||
| 2006 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 90% | 60% | 64% |
| 2007 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 88.2% | 53.6% | 65% |
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* Southside Middle School was rated 1.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.