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Southside High School

801 Glenwood Avenue, Se, Atlanta, GA, 30316 -

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Definition of Terms

Southside High School

School Level

High school

School Type

Magnet School

Grades Offered

Grades 9 - 12

County

Fulton County, GA

Students & Faculty

Total Students

1130 students

% Male / % Female

50% / 50%

Total Classroom Teachers

76 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 9 - 333 students

Grade 10 - 285 students

Grade 11 - 263 students

Grade 12 - 249 students

This School

(GA) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:15

1:16

Students by Ethnicity

This School

(GA) School Average

% American Indian	n/a	n/a
% Asian	n/a	2%
% Hispanic	4%	6%
% Black	94%	39%
% White	2%	52%

Additional Student Information

This School

(GA) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

74%

33%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

% Migrant Students Enrolled

n/a

n/a

(GA) Statewide Testing Performance

School Statewide Performance

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School District Name

Atlanta City School District

This School's Agency

(GA) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	103	7
Number of Students Managed	53,634 students	3,848 students
District Total Revenue	$716,804,000	$34,253,000
District Expenditure	$719,855,000	$34,226,000
District Revenue / Student	$13,365	$8,902
District Expenditure / Student	$13,422	$8,894
District Graduation Rates	66%	75%

Teen Found Guilty Of Attacking Teacher (WSB-TV 2 Atlanta)
posted on October 23, 2009 at 10:31:43 pm
A jury found a local teenager guilty of simple battery in the attack against her high school teacher.
Student To Mom: 'You're Not Supposed To Be Hitting The Teacher' (WSB-TV 2 Atlanta)
posted on October 22, 2009 at 09:16:46 pm
After two days of testimony, a jury is now reviewing the case of a local teenager accused of attacking her teacher. But the student says she didn't do it.
Trial for Student Set to Begin (FOX 5 Atlanta)
posted on October 20, 2009 at 09:47:32 am
A former Atlanta high school student is set to go to trial Tuesday for allegedly attacking her teacher.
Mother Sentenced To 1 Year For Attacking Teacher (WXIA-TV Atlanta)
posted on October 20, 2009 at 08:54:16 am
An Atlanta mother will serve one year in prison after pleading guilty to brutally beating her daughter's high school teacher last year.
Mother sentenced to 1 year for attacking teacher (Rome News-Tribune)
posted on October 19, 2009 at 05:01:49 pm
ATLANTA (AP) — An Atlanta mother will serve one year in prison after pleading guilty to brutally beating her daughter’s high school teacher last year. A judge sentenced 46-year-old Georgia Thornto...

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Maynard H. Jackson High School [1] is a high school of approximately 1,500 students in fast-developing southeast Atlanta, Georgia, United States community near Grant Park, just south of I-20. The school is a part of Atlanta Public Schools.
The school was formed as Southside High School after Smith High School combined with Roosevelt High School in 1984. In the summer of 2008, the school underwent a name change and became Maynard H. Jackson High School to commemorate the city’s first black mayor, Maynard Jackson.
The school was designated a GE Foundation "College Bound" school in 2002 and received a 5-year, $1 million grant to help increase student readiness for college courses.
The school is home to the district's Information Processing magnet program. As of the 2004-2005 school year the schools principal is Dr. Shirlene Carter. In the 2005-2006 school year 50% of students from Crim High School were sent to attend Southside due to re-zoning.
Coan Middle School and King Middle School are the main feeder schools for M.H. Jackson High School.
Extracurricular Activities
Maynard H. Jackson High School has many athletic and academic organizations. The school has a Cross Country team, Basketball team, Soccer team, Football team, Track team, Softball team, and a Baseball team as well as other athletic organizations including a Golf club.
The academic organizations are just as numerous, and include a Quiz Bowl team, Math club, Student Government Association, Future Business Leaders of America, Science club, Computer club, Dance club, Robotics team, Skills USA chapter, Marching Band, Chorus, Army JROTC, Drill team, and various language clubs.
Dress code
Students are required to follow a strict dress code [2].
Feeder Patters
Elementary schools that feed into Jackson are Burgess, Cook, Peterson, Whitefoord, and Parkside.
Middle schools that feed into Jackson are Coan and King.
External links
Maynard H. Jackson High School Website

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