Summary:
Southside Academy Charter School is the sole elementary school serving grades K-8 in the Southside Academy Charter School District, which is ranked 855 out of 874 districts in New York and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger. With a total enrollment of 697 students, the school has consistently performed in the bottom 10% of New York elementary schools over the past three years, ranking between 2,328 and 2,346 out of 2,445 schools statewide.
Southside Academy Charter School's academic performance is significantly below the statewide averages across all grade levels and subject areas. In the 2024-2025 school year, the school's proficiency rates in English Language Arts ranged from 21.13% to 33.77%, compared to the statewide averages of 50.86% to 56.61%. In Mathematics, the school's proficiency rates ranged from 15.28% to 44.62%, compared to the statewide averages of 46.74% to 59.7%. The school's proficiency rates in Science were also notably lower than the state's, with 5th-grade students at 13.7% proficient compared to the state's 45.02%, and 8th-grade students at 36.76% proficient compared to the state's 43.5%.
Despite the school's higher-than-average spending per student of $16,591 for the 2023-2024 school year, and a student-teacher ratio of 20.2, which is slightly higher than the typical recommended ratio, Southside Academy Charter School continues to struggle to improve student outcomes. The school's extremely high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, at 97.42% in the 2023-2024 school year, suggests that it serves a population with significant socioeconomic challenges, which may contribute to the school's persistent low academic performance.
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