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Northside Elementary

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Northside Elementary ranks 460 th of 640 South Carolina elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

Public Grades PK, KG-5

460^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 640 South Carolina Elementary Schools

Better than 28% of South Carolina elementary schools

Summary

Northside Elementary is a public elementary school in Rock Hill, South Carolina, serving 474 students in grades PK-5. The school is part of the York 03 School District, which is ranked 29 out of 75 districts in the state and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Northside Elementary has consistently ranked in the bottom half of South Carolina elementary schools, with a ranking between 325-481 out of 619-644 schools over the past 10 years. The school's performance on state assessments is significantly below the district and state averages across all grade levels and subject areas. For example, in 2024-2025, the percentage of students proficient or better in ELA ranged from 49.2% to 51.3%, compared to 61.8% to 64.5% for the district and 61.8% to 63.5% for the state. Northside Elementary also has consistently high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 19% to 24.7% over the past few years, which is significantly higher than the state average.

Northside Elementary's academic performance is significantly lower than most of the nearby schools in the York 03 district, including York Road Elementary, Oakdale Elementary, Independence Elementary, and Ebenezer Avenue Elementary. These nearby schools, while still serving predominantly low-income student populations, have higher academic achievement and lower chronic absenteeism rates compared to Northside Elementary.

462

Students ?

11.8

Student/teacher ratio ?

$16,079

Per pupil spending ?

100%

Free/discounted lunch ?

840 North Annafrel Street
Rock Hill, SC 29730

(803) 981-1570

District: York 03

Students who attend Northside Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	W. C. Sullivan Middle
High:	Rock Hill High

Racial breakdown:

African American:

46.8%

White:

31.0%

Hispanic:

15.4%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 39th percentile in 2015 → 28th in 2025

Strengths

✓Small classes — about 12 students per teacher

Worth a look

!Test scores below the South Carolina average (44% vs 56% meeting standards)

!Ranking has slipped — down 11 percentile points since 2015

!Science scores 15 pts below the South Carolina average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school44%

District avg55%

South Carolina avg56%

460^th of 640

South Carolina public elementary schools ?

Bottom 28%▼ down 10 pts since 2015

From bottom 39% (2015) to bottom 28% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

12^th of 14Elementary Schools in the York 03

29^th of 75York 03 among South Carolina districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	28.8	460 of 640	28.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	27.2	463 of 638	27.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	25.8	481 of 644	25.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	33.1	423 of 625	32.3%	★★☆☆☆
2021	44.4	344 of 622	44.7%	★★☆☆☆
2019	39.4	398 of 643	38.1%	★★☆☆☆
2018	47.5	325 of 624	47.9%	★★☆☆☆
2017	48.3	329 of 639	48.5%	★★☆☆☆
2016	46.4	336 of 619	45.7%	★★☆☆☆
2015	39.8	392 of 638	38.6%	★★☆☆☆
2014	43.5	391 of 630	37.9%	★★☆☆☆
2013	47.6	349 of 599	41.7%	★★☆☆☆
2012	50.8	332 of 594	44.1%	★★☆☆☆
2011	44.7	376 of 597	37.0%	★★☆☆☆
2010	42.7	366 of 589	37.9%	★★☆☆☆
2009	47.0	337 of 580	41.9%	★★☆☆☆
2008	39.0	396 of 577	31.4%	★★☆☆☆
2007	34.9	423 of 566	25.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	36.0	402 of 559	28.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2005	34.0	407 of 557	26.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2004	41.2	365 of 550	33.6%	★★☆☆☆
2003	49.8	298 of 542	45.0%	★★☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	36.2	255 of 381	33.1%	★★☆☆☆
2024	27.6	294 of 369	20.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	23.7	340 of 394	13.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	34.0	262 of 393	33.3%	★★☆☆☆
2021	58.7	118 of 350	66.3%	★★★☆☆
2019	41.4	266 of 421	36.8%	★★☆☆☆
2018	41.4	256 of 412	37.9%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	38.5	356 of 581	38.7%	★★☆☆☆
2024	33.6	383 of 565	32.2%	★★☆☆☆
2023	27.3	431 of 580	25.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	35.9	377 of 573	34.2%	★★☆☆☆
2021	42.7	316 of 554	43.0%	★★☆☆☆
2019	36.2	397 of 588	32.5%	★★☆☆☆
2018	40.8	352 of 570	38.2%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	30.1	448 of 613	26.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	29.6	443 of 599	26.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	28.9	461 of 608	24.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	38.8	376 of 600	37.3%	★★☆☆☆
2021	47.8	302 of 580	47.9%	★★☆☆☆
2019	46.7	338 of 600	43.7%	★★☆☆☆
2018	58.1	234 of 588	60.2%	★★★☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	19.4	484 of 586	17.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	19.8	464 of 568	18.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	22.3	465 of 582	20.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	28.8	418 of 579	27.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	42.6	322 of 561	42.6%	★★☆☆☆
2019	39.0	376 of 590	36.3%	★★☆☆☆
2018	51.4	273 of 571	52.2%	★★★☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	31.3	346 of 460	24.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	42.6	282 of 441	36.1%	★★☆☆☆
2022	50.7	243 of 455	46.6%	★★☆☆☆
2021	55.9	199 of 439	54.7%	★★★☆☆
2019	48.9	261 of 472	44.7%	★★☆☆☆
2018	50.5	244 of 457	46.6%	★★☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Female (2025)39th percentile+11 vs school

African American (2025)33rd percentile+5 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)27th percentile~ school

White (2025)25th percentile-3 vs school

Male (2025)17th percentile-11 vs school

By subject vs South Carolina (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts50%-12 vs state

Mathematics41%-11 vs state

Science34%-15 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				SC READY English Language Arts (2025)			SC READY Mathematics (2025)			SC READY Science (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	SC READY English Language Arts 3rd Grade	SC READY English Language Arts 4th Grade	SC READY English Language Arts 5th Grade	SC READY Mathematics 3rd Grade	SC READY Mathematics 4th Grade	SC READY Mathematics 5th Grade	SC READY Science 4th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel Spending from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel Spending from Federal Funds	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Personnel Spending from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Sub-total Spending from State and Local Funds
Northside Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	840 North Annafrel Street	Rock Hill	29730	York County	York 03	No	No	No	Yes	(803) 981-1570	462	39	11.8		143 (31.0%)	216 (46.8%)	71 (15.4%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	28 (6.1%)	28.8	460^th of 640 public elementary schools	28.1%		27.2	463^rd of 638 public elementary schools	27.4%	3	51.3	50.6	49.2	47.5	37.0	39.1	34.5	$16,079	$1,330	$1,001	$2,331	$12,202	$1,546	$13,748
Ebenezer Avenue Elementary: Traditional Montessori Inquiry	Public	PK, KG-5	242 Ebenezer Avenue	Rock Hill	29730	York County	York 03	No	No	No	No	(803) 981-1435	453	37	12.2		132 (29.1%)	220 (48.6%)	50 (11.0%)	6 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	45 (9.9%)	51	304^th of 640 public elementary schools	52.5%		57.4	268^th of 638 public elementary schools	58.0%	36	60.9	63.2	68.5	62.3	39.7	43.8	39.7	$15,785	$637	$1,061	$1,698	$12,613	$1,474	$14,087
The Palmetto School	Public, Charter	PK, KG-8	386 East Black Street	Rock Hill	29730	York County	York 03	Yes	No	No	Yes	(803) 328-6555	63	8	8.4		18 (28.6%)	36 (57.1%)	3 (4.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (9.5%)								(n/a)								$24,274	$2,165	$2,152	$4,317	$15,967	$3,989	$19,957
Richmond Drive Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1162 Richmond Drive	Rock Hill	29732	York County	York 03	No	No	No	Yes	(803) 981-1930	467	39	11.9		53 (11.3%)	231 (49.5%)	144 (30.8%)	19 (4.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (4.3%)	7.9	618^th of 640 public elementary schools	3.4%		16.3	544^th of 638 public elementary schools	14.7%	74	35.1	35.0	37.0	32.5	23.8	17.8	22.6	$15,283	$1,288	$991	$2,280	$11,682	$1,321	$13,003
Cherry Park Elementary School of Language Immersion	Public	K-5	1835 Eden Terrace	Rock Hill	29730	York County	York 03	No	No	No	No	(803) 985-2255	806	47	17.3		369 (45.8%)	172 (21.3%)	186 (23.1%)	11 (1.4%)	7 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	61 (7.6%)	88.7	57^th of 640 public elementary schools	91.1%		90.2	49^th of 638 public elementary schools	92.3%	8	90.1	82.6	87.1	84.4	65.9	64.5	62.1	$12,583	$428	$823	$1,252	$10,042	$1,289	$11,331
Sunset Park Center for Accelerated Studies	Public	PK, KG-5	1036 Ogden Road	Rock Hill	29730	York County	York 03	No	No	No	No	(803) 981-1260	431	32	13.4		64 (14.8%)	307 (71.2%)	33 (7.7%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	24 (5.6%)	43.2	355^th of 640 public elementary schools	44.5%		51	306^th of 638 public elementary schools	52.0%	49	68.3	63.4	62.0	52.3	26.8	45.6	32.9	$15,207	$1,134	$1,017	$2,152	$11,473	$1,582	$13,056
Independence Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	132 West Springdale Road	Rock Hill	29730	York County	York 03	No	No	No	No	(803) 981-1135	583	42	13.8		159 (27.3%)	246 (42.2%)	99 (17.0%)	13 (2.2%)	9 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	57 (9.8%)	45.9	336^th of 640 public elementary schools	47.5%		37.7	398^th of 638 public elementary schools	37.6%	62	54.3	61.3	59.5	50.0	48.4	44.9	46.7	$14,473	$953	$956	$1,909	$11,122	$1,442	$12,564
Ebinport Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2142 India Hook Road	Rock Hill	29732	York County	York 03	No	No	No	Yes	(803) 981-1550	464	36	12.8		150 (32.3%)	191 (41.2%)	75 (16.2%)	4 (0.9%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	40 (8.6%)	51.1	303^rd of 640 public elementary schools	52.7%		41.5	376^th of 638 public elementary schools	41.1%	73	65.4	65.1	60.8	58.0	39.4	46.0	42.4	$17,268	$773	$1,175	$1,949	$13,698	$1,621	$15,319
York Road Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2254 West Main Street	Rock Hill	29732	York County	York 03	No	No	No	Yes	(803) 981-1950	431	34	12.6		131 (30.4%)	206 (47.8%)	58 (13.5%)	4 (0.9%)	3 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	28 (6.5%)	14.8	565^th of 640 public elementary schools	11.7%		24	490^th of 638 public elementary schools	23.2%	75	46.0	40.3	48.5	31.1	28.3	31.5	16.4	$15,904	$642	$1,002	$1,645	$12,384	$1,876	$14,260
Oakdale Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1129 Oakdale Road	Rock Hill	29730	York County	York 03	No	No	No	Yes	(803) 981-1585	487	36	13.5		106 (21.8%)	296 (60.8%)	37 (7.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	45 (9.2%)	58.7	264^th of 640 public elementary schools	58.8%		55.9	279^th of 638 public elementary schools	56.3%	15	68.2	67.9	57.0	56.9	60.3	38.7	61.5	$15,312	$1,111	$968	$2,079	$11,875	$1,357	$13,232

Frequently Asked Questions about Northside Elementary

How many students attend Northside Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 462 students attended Northside Elementary.

What district is Northside Elementary in?

York 03

What schools do graduates of Northside Elementary attend?

Students who attend Northside Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : W. C. Sullivan Middle
High : Rock Hill High

What is the racial makeup of Northside Elementary?

Students at Northside Elementary are 47% African American, 31% White, 15% Hispanic, 6% Two or more races.

Is Northside Elementary a good school?

Northside Elementary ranks 460^th of 640 South Carolina elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

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