High · Arkansas

South Side High School

Free meals for all

South Side High School, a public high school in Bee Branch, Arkansas: grades 7–12, 249 students, 7.1 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of SOUTH SIDE SCHOOL DISTRICT (Van Buren).

Size and class size

Compared with high schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students: 249
Teachers (FTE): 35.1
Students per teacher: 7.1
Grades: 7–12; High

Fewer students per teacher than 58% of high schools in Arkansas

Median 8.3 · 310 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 93% of high schools in the US

Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared

Smaller than 68% of high schools in Arkansas

Median 336 · 312 schools compared

Smaller than 65% of high schools in the US

Median 414 · 22,064 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on Arkansas's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

Arkansas: 35%

36%proficient

A higher share proficient than 77% of high schools in Arkansas

Median 28% · 141 high schools compared

92 students tested, grades 7, 8 · ATLAS; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

Arkansas: 39%

31%proficient

A lower share proficient than 53% of high schools in Arkansas

Median 33% · 139 high schools compared

71 students tested, grades 7, 8 · ATLAS; proficient means Levels 3-4

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades: High · Grades 7–12
Type: District school · Regular
Instruction: Some virtual classes
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Distant rural area
Run by: SOUTH SIDE SCHOOL DISTRICT (Van Buren)

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with SOUTH SIDE SCHOOL DISTRICT (Van Buren).

Location

Address: 334 Southside Road, Bee Branch, AR 72013
Phone: (501)654-2242
County: Van Buren County

Website Quality of life in Van Buren County Schools in Van Buren County

Nearby high schools

The closest public high schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher	Reading	Math
Guy-Perkins High SchoolFree meals for all	7–12	155	10.2	26%	44%	8.1 mi
Quitman High School	9–12	308	7.9	—	—	9.9 mi
Nemo Vista High School	9–12	130	2.8	—	—	10.7 mi
Clinton High SchoolFree meals for all	9–12	390	6.7	—	—	11.7 mi
Greenbrier Junior High School	8–9	569	14.9	55%	17%	13.7 mi
Greenbrier High School	10–12	818	16.0	—	—	14.3 mi

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Sources

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

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