Southside K-8

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Southside K-8 is an elementary school located in War, West Virginia, serving grades PK-8 with a total enrollment of 314 students. The school is part of the McDowell County Schools district, which is ranked 55th out of 55 districts in the state and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Southside K-8 has consistently ranked in the bottom 10% of West Virginia elementary schools, with rankings ranging from 345th out of 368 schools in 2023-2024 to as low as 422nd out of 422 schools in 2013-2014. The school's performance on state assessments is particularly concerning for certain student subgroups, such as White students, male students, special education students, and homeless students, all of whom have ranked in the bottom 10-15% of West Virginia elementary schools in recent years. Academically, Southside K-8's proficiency rates are well below state and district averages across all grade levels and subject areas, with just 4.4% of 7th graders proficient in math and 55% of 8th graders proficient in English Language Arts.

The nearby schools in the McDowell County district, such as Kimball Elementary, Iaeger Elementary, and Welch Elementary, also struggle with low performance, suggesting that the challenges facing Southside K-8 are not unique but rather reflective of broader systemic issues within the district. These challenges are likely exacerbated by the high percentage of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds at Southside K-8, as well as the potential underfunding and lack of resources in the McDowell County Schools district.


Detail:

Public PK, KG-8

 13509 Rocket Boy Drive
       War, WV  24892


(304) 875-2238

District: McDowell County Schools

SchoolDigger Rank:
345th of 368 West Virginia Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $14,756 Help


Students who attend Southside K-8 usually attend:

High:    River View High School

Student/teacher ratio:  10.8 Help
Number of students:  314

Racial breakdown:

White:
92.4%
African American:
4.5%
Two or more races:
2.9%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  73.9% Help


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Compare Details Southside K-8 ranks worse than 93.8% of elementary schools in West Virginia. It also ranks 5th among 6 ranked elementary schools in the McDowell County Schools District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 14.25. (See more...)
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Compare Details Southside K-8 ranks worse than 79.9% of middle schools in West Virginia. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 26.27. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Southside K-8 has the largest elementary school student body size in the McDowell County Schools District. Racial makeup is: White (92.4%), African American (4.5%), two or more races (2.9%). (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Southside K-8 is 10.8, which is the 2nd best among 6 elementary schools in the McDowell County Schools District. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Southside K-8 is $14,756, which is the 3rd highest among 6 elementary schools in the McDowell County Schools District.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Southside K-8:

SchoolDigger ranks Southside K-8 345th of 368 West Virginia public elementary schools. (See Southside K-8 in the ranking list.)

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SchoolDigger ranks Southside K-8 135th of 169 West Virginia public middle schools. (See Southside K-8 in the ranking list.)

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McDowell County Schools:

SchoolDigger ranks McDowell County Schools 55th of 55 West Virginia school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Southside K-8

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Rank History for all elementary school students at Southside K-8

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WV State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2009 8.59 417th 420 0.7%
2010 9.49 422nd 427 1.2%
2011 7.60 422nd 426 0.9%
2012 5.58 424th 426 0.5%
2013 4.52 428th 428 0.0%
2014 2.14 422nd 422 0.0%
2015 1.63 408th 408 0.0%
2016 3.25 402nd 402 0.0%
2017 5.21 397th 399 0.5%
2018 8.70 390th 392 0.5%
2019 15.30 360th 383 6.0%
2021 16.13 358th 380 5.8%
2022 15.72 351st 375 6.4%
2023 15.24 342nd 368 7.1%
2024 14.25 345th 368 6.3%
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Rank History for elementary school Special Education students at Southside K-8

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WV State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 22.58 358th 377 5.0%
2018 18.20 245th 258 5.0%
2019 20.98 168th 185 9.2%
2024 20.20 171st 183 6.6%
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Rank History for elementary school Low Socio Economic Status students at Southside K-8

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WV State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 6.48 379th 382 0.8%
2018 14.15 361st 368 1.9%
2021 22.05 312th 335 6.9%
2022 26.82 301st 347 13.3%
2023 28.95 266th 333 20.1%
2024 26.06 293rd 336 12.8%
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Rank History for elementary school Homeless students at Southside K-8

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WV State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2024 6.93 26th 26 0.0%
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Rank History for elementary school Female students at Southside K-8

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WV State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 7.65 377th 381 1.0%
2018 14.08 361st 366 1.4%
2019 18.52 313th 339 7.7%
2021 16.58 311th 322 3.4%
2022 21.87 293rd 325 9.8%
2023 16.19 294th 317 7.3%
2024 17.77 289th 316 8.5%
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Rank History for elementary school Male students at Southside K-8

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WV State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 7.28 379th 382 0.8%
2018 7.84 361st 364 0.8%
2019 15.85 320th 338 5.3%
2021 22.61 293rd 333 12.0%
2022 14.37 318th 330 3.6%
2023 17.49 297th 322 7.8%
2024 17.05 298th 325 8.3%
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Rank History for elementary school African American students at Southside K-8

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WV State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 17.96 184th 187 1.6%
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Rank History for elementary school White students at Southside K-8

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WV State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 5.58 380th 382 0.5%
2018 9.51 372nd 374 0.5%
2019 17.41 349th 373 6.4%
2021 18.36 346th 376 8.0%
2022 14.76 353rd 373 5.4%
2023 13.26 348th 366 4.9%
2024 12.26 355th 367 3.3%
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Data source: test scores: West Virginia Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

Rank History for Southside K-8

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Rank History for all middle school students at Southside K-8

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WV State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2009 4.74 171st 171 0.0%
2010 7.28 169th 171 1.2%
2011 8.05 169th 171 1.2%
2012 9.16 169th 172 1.7%
2013 10.09 169th 174 2.9%
2014 7.65 171st 172 0.6%
2015 15.23 164th 173 5.2%
2016 4.02 171st 172 0.6%
2017 6.92 173rd 176 1.7%
2018 3.94 170th 170 0.0%
2019 5.64 170th 171 0.6%
2021 19.34 157th 171 8.2%
2022 11.67 164th 169 3.0%
2023 23.89 145th 168 13.7%
2024 26.27 135th 169 20.1%
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Rank History for middle school Special Education students at Southside K-8

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WV State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 32.43 150th 174 13.8%
2018 31.67 120th 142 15.5%
2019 9.82 130th 130 0.0%
2023 44.62 66th 132 50.0%
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Rank History for middle school Low Socio Economic Status students at Southside K-8

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WV State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 9.02 171st 176 2.8%
2018 13.53 162nd 165 1.8%
2021 33.38 127th 164 22.6%
2022 19.18 150th 162 7.4%
2023 38.84 106th 162 34.6%
2024 40.89 95th 164 42.1%
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Rank History for middle school Female students at Southside K-8

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WV State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 6.47 170th 174 2.3%
2018 9.02 162nd 166 2.4%
2019 5.60 162nd 162 0.0%
2021 26.34 135th 162 16.7%
2022 11.72 158th 164 3.7%
2023 21.85 142nd 158 10.1%
2024 26.83 130th 158 17.7%
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Rank History for middle school Male students at Southside K-8

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WV State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 9.91 171st 176 2.8%
2018 5.17 164th 164 0.0%
2019 7.66 161st 161 0.0%
2021 25.20 143rd 164 12.8%
2022 26.51 135th 161 16.1%
2023 34.16 106th 158 32.9%
2024 29.25 134th 165 18.8%
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Rank History for middle school African American students at Southside K-8

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WV State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 37.05 86th 124 30.6%
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Rank History for middle school Hispanic students at Southside K-8

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WV State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 17.30 90th 97 7.2%
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Rank History for middle school White students at Southside K-8

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WV State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 7.15 172nd 176 2.3%
2018 4.10 167th 167 0.0%
2019 5.33 167th 168 0.6%
2021 21.63 152nd 170 10.6%
2022 12.63 164th 168 2.4%
2023 25.27 137th 168 18.5%
2024 26.05 130th 169 23.1%
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Data source: test scores: West Virginia Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Data source: West Virginia Department of Education

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Enrollment information for Southside K-8

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
2009 520 14 0 1 0 n/a n/a 0 535
2010 516 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 531
2011 472 12 0 0 0 0 1 0 485
2012 481 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 495
2013 474 13 0 4 0 0 1 0 492
2014 436 14 0 4 0 0 1 0 455
2015 421 21 0 5 0 0 4 0 451
2016 396 14 0 3 0 0 7 0 420
2017 405 17 0 2 0 0 9 0 433
2018 373 13 0 1 0 0 7 0 394
2019 344 14 0 0 0 0 14 0 372
2020 306 14 0 0 0 0 9 0 329
2021 305 13 0 0 0 0 11 0 329
2022 295 13 0 0 0 0 11 0 319
2023 290 14 0 0 1 0 9 0 314

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Southside K-8

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
2009 535 35.0 15.3 82.4
2010 531 36.5 14.5 82.9
2011 485 37.3 12.9 84.9
2012 495 42.5 11.6 73.7
2013 492 39.0 12.6 86.2
2014 455 39.5 11.5 n/a
2015 451 38.0 11.8 59
2016 420 36.0 11.6 71.4
2017 433 35.5 12.1 70.2
2018 394 32.0 12.3 73.9
2019 372 31.0 12.0 75.5
2020 329 30.0 10.9 85.4
2021 329 26.0 12.6 73.9
2022 319 29.0 11.0 n/a
2023 314 29.0 10.8 n/a

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Southside K-8

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
2009 535 35.0 15.3 82.4
2010 531 36.5 14.5 82.9
2011 485 37.3 12.9 84.9
2012 495 42.5 11.6 73.7
2013 492 39.0 12.6 86.2
2014 455 39.5 11.5 n/a
2015 451 38.0 11.8 59
2016 420 36.0 11.6 71.4
2017 433 35.5 12.1 70.2
2018 394 32.0 12.3 73.9
2019 372 31.0 12.0 75.5
2020 329 30.0 10.9 85.4
2021 329 26.0 12.6 73.9
2022 319 29.0 11.0 n/a
2023 314 29.0 10.8 n/a

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Southside K-8

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $3,368 (22.8%) $11,388 (77.2%) $14,756

Data source: West Virginia Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Southside K-8

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 360th of 383 Elementary schoolsRanks 342nd of 368 Elementary schools
 1.1%
Ranks 170th of 171 Middle schoolsRanks 145th of 168 Middle schools
 13.1%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade Mathematics (Southside K-8)25.848.2
 22.4%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (McDowell County Schools)4044.1
 4.1%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (West Virginia)50.951.6
 0.7%
3rd Grade English Language Arts (Southside K-8)32.322.2
 10.1%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (McDowell County Schools)36.122.4
 13.7%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (West Virginia)4439.9
 4.1%
4th Grade Mathematics (Southside K-8)19.530.4
 10.9%
   4th Grade Mathematics (McDowell County Schools)29.925.8
 4.1%
   4th Grade Mathematics (West Virginia)47.345.7
 1.6%
4th Grade English Language Arts (Southside K-8)19.521.7
 2.2%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (McDowell County Schools)34.629
 5.6%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (West Virginia)48.844.2
 4.5%
5th Grade Mathematics (Southside K-8)36.418.2
 18.2%
   5th Grade Mathematics (McDowell County Schools)27.620.1
 7.5%
   5th Grade Mathematics (West Virginia)4038.1
 1.9%
5th Grade English Language Arts (Southside K-8)42.428.6
 13.8%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (McDowell County Schools)3430.4
 3.6%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (West Virginia)47.244.3
 2.9%
5th Grade Science (Southside K-8)21.219.1
 2.1%
   5th Grade Science (McDowell County Schools)21.713.7
 8%
   5th Grade Science (West Virginia)35.430.8
 4.6%
6th Grade Mathematics (Southside K-8)13.33.3
 10%
   6th Grade Mathematics (McDowell County Schools)12.815.6
 2.8%
   6th Grade Mathematics (West Virginia)34.430.2
 4.2%
6th Grade English Language Arts (Southside K-8)23.326.7
 3.4%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (McDowell County Schools)33.834.7
 0.9%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (West Virginia)45.345.4
 0.1%
7th Grade Mathematics (Southside K-8)5.713
 7.3%
   7th Grade Mathematics (McDowell County Schools)12.410.6
 1.8%
   7th Grade Mathematics (West Virginia)36.830.7
 6%
7th Grade English Language Arts (Southside K-8)31.456.5
 25.1%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (McDowell County Schools)3231.7
 0.3%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (West Virginia)42.638.8
 3.8%
8th Grade Mathematics (Southside K-8)3.27.7
 4.5%
   8th Grade Mathematics (McDowell County Schools)23.910.9
 13%
   8th Grade Mathematics (West Virginia)36.628.2
 8.4%
8th Grade English Language Arts (Southside K-8)22.638.5
 15.9%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (McDowell County Schools)28.930.9
 2%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (West Virginia)43.942.7
 1.2%
8th Grade Science (Southside K-8)6.511.5
 5.1%
   8th Grade Science (McDowell County Schools)17.411.4
 6%
   8th Grade Science (West Virginia)33.127
 6.1%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students372314
 15.6%
African American1414
American Indian01
Asian00
Hispanic00
Pacific Islander00
White344290
 15.7%
Two or More Races149
 35.7%


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In the 2022-23 school year, 314 students attended Southside K-8.

Southside K-8 ranks in the bottom 6.3% of West Virginia elementary schools.

Students at Southside K-8 are 92% White, 4% African American, 3% Two or more races.

Students who attend Southside K-8 usually go on to attend:

High : River View High School


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the West Virginia Department of Education.

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