Summary:
Southside Family Charter School is the sole elementary school serving grades K-8 in the Southside Family Charter School district. With a diverse student population of 110 students, the school's academic performance shows a mixed picture, with strengths in reading and science but significant weaknesses in math, particularly in the upper grades.
Southside Family Charter School has a relatively high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch at 46.36% and a low student-teacher ratio of 10:1. While the school's overall reading proficiency rate of 57.14% is higher than the state average, its math proficiency rate of 26.09% is significantly lower. The school's science proficiency rate of 45.83% is also higher than the state average.
Over the past few years, the school's statewide ranking has dropped from 251 out of 858 Minnesota elementary schools in 2021-2022 to 453 out of 881 in 2023-2024, indicating that its performance is not keeping pace with other schools in the state. The school's diverse student population and small size may present both opportunities and challenges for the school leadership and community as they work to address the uneven academic performance and declining statewide ranking.
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