Southside High School
801 Glenwood Ave SE, Atlanta, Ga. 30316
404-624-2064 | District Web site
Grades 9 - 12
Under federally mandated standards, schools must meet a number of academic testing and testing participation standards, called Annual Yearly Progress. In the core testing areas of math and English language arts (ELA), this school did meet minimum standards in math and did meet minimum standards in ELA.
SCHOOL SIZE

Enrollment Total White Black Hispanic Other
This school 931 2% 92% 5% 1%
District total 52,120 7% 88% 4% 1%
Georgia total 1,536,889 50% 38% 7% 5%

THE STUDENTS

Completion Graduates Dropouts Retained
This school 182 14 7%
District total 2,298 1,129 6%
Georgia total 75,562 36,811 7%

HOPE scholarships Eligible graduates
This school 55%
District average 53%
Georgia average 59%
  
Students per teacher Number
This school 12
District average 12
Georgia average 14
  
Free/reduced lunches Eligible
This school 71%
District average 70%
Georgia average 46%

THE SCHOOL

Sports offered: Baseball, Basketball, Cheerleading, Cross Country, Football, Golf, Riflery, Soccer, Softball, Tennis, Track & Field, Volleyball
Foreign languages taught: French, Spanish
Expenditure per student: $10,961.62 

THE TEACHERS

Experience Number
<1 year 21
1-10 years 25
11-20 years 7
21-30 15
30+ years 10
  
Average experience Years
This school 15
District average 10
Georgia average 12
  
Advanced degrees Masters or above
This school 64%
District average 51%
Georgia average 53%

SAT COLLEGE ENTRANCE EXAM
Average
scores		 Math Verbal Total
This school 401 389 789
Metro Atlanta 499 496 996
Georgia 494 493 987
Nation 508 518 1026
  
GIFTED STUDENTS
This school 5%
District Average 7%
State average 9%

Source: 2003-2004 school year data was compiled using publicly available data from the Georgia and U.S. departments of education, the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia, the Georgia Student Finance Commission and from an independent AJC survey of public schools throughout metro Atlanta. Thanks to AJC for info!