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South Side Lower Elementary School

Serves grades PK - 2

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2023 – 2024 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2022
  • Educational Environment: 2023 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated June 2025

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School Overview

Address
400 South Beech Street
Picayune, MS 39466
Phone
(601) 799-0683
District
PICAYUNE SCHOOL DISTRICT
County
PEARL RIVER COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
340
Classroom Teachers
22

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Mississippi

7

(10 is best)

Better than 65.2% of all MS schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

6

(10 is best)

South Side Lower Elementary School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

80 60 40 20 0
72%
45%
76%
42%
68%
48%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
16
14
14
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade pk 75 22.1%
Kindergarten 79 23.2%
Grade 1 80 23.5%
Grade 2 77 22.6%
Total 340 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 60.6% 60.9% 44.6%
Black 39.0% 35.8% 48.4%
Hispanic 0.0% 1.9% 5.0%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.3% 1.1% 1.2%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.0% 0.3% 0.8%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 100.0% 100.0% 99.7%
Free lunch eligible 100.0% 100.0% 73.8%
Reduced lunch eligible 0.0% 0.0% 25.9%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 21,884 2,939,690
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 115.7 62
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.3% 6.0%
5-19 YEARS OLD 19.8% 20.4%
20-44 YEARS OLD 28.4% 32.0%
45-64 YEARS OLD 27.2% 24.8%
65 OR OLDER 19.2% 16.8%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 8,487 1,131,760
Single Parent Households With Children 9.7% 10.3%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 85.0% 86.6%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 14.8% 24.2%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 5.5% 11.2%
$100,000 - $149,999 14.1% 13.8%
$75,000 - $99,999 10.3% 12.0%
$50,000 - $74,999 18.9% 16.6%
$30,000 - $49,999 16.6% 17.7%
$15,000 - $29,999 19.8% 15.3%
$15,000 or less 14.9% 13.4%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $5,670 $20,402,000 50.0%
Support Expenditures
Student $521 $1,874,000 4.6%
Staff $752 $2,704,000 6.6%
General Administration $280 $1,009,000 2.5%
School Administration $835 $3,006,000 7.4%
Operation $1,334 $4,801,000 11.8%
Transportation $489 $1,758,000 4.3%
Other $287 $1,031,000 2.5%
Total Support $4,498 $16,183,000 39.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,176 $4,232,000 10.4%
Total Expenditures $11,344 $40,817,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $5,827 $2,577,379,000 48.7%
Support Expenditures
Student $580 $256,641,000 4.9%
Staff $465 $205,614,000 3.9%
General Administration $349 $154,231,000 2.9%
School Administration $612 $270,616,000 5.1%
Operation $1,057 $467,711,000 8.8%
Transportation $426 $188,522,000 3.6%
Other $289 $127,751,000 2.4%
Total Support $3,778 $1,671,086,000 31.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,355 $1,041,743,000 19.7%
Total Expenditures $11,960 $5,290,208,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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