Summary
Southside Junior High School is a public charter middle school serving grades 7-9 in Batesville, Arkansas, part of the Southside School District, which is ranked 54 out of 250 districts in the state and has a 4-star rating. The school has 437 students and a student-teacher ratio of 11:1.
Southside Junior High School faces some academic challenges, with test scores generally lower than the district and state averages across various subjects and grade levels. For example, in 2024-2025, the school's proficiency rates in English Language Arts (32.7%), Reading (32.8%), and Mathematics (35.4%) for all grades are below the Southside School District (34.9%, 36.5%, and 46.3%) and state (34.7%, 35.3%, and 38.7%) averages. Additionally, the school's statewide ranking has declined over the past few years, from 139 out of 330 middle schools in 2020-2021 to 127 out of 324 in 2024-2025, and its rating has dropped from 3 to 2 stars during this period. The school also has a relatively high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 52.39% to 65.63% over the past few years, which is higher than the district average.
However, the school does have some areas of strength, such as its Geometry performance, with proficiency rates of 37.9% for all grades, which is higher than the Southside School District (29.4%) and state (21.5%) averages. Additionally, the school's science proficiency rates, at 42.1% for all grades, are higher than the state average of 38.1%, though lower than the district average of 43%. The proximity of higher-performing schools in the same district, such as Southside Middle School, presents opportunities for collaboration and improvement.
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