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Southside Middle School

200 East Howe Springs Rd, Florence, SC, 29505-5009

Tel: (843)664-8467

Grades: 7-8 | 820 students

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SCHOOL HIGHLIGHTS:

Southside Middle School serves 820 students in grades 7-8.
The school's student:teacher ratio of 15:1 is lower than the SC state average of 16:1.
Minority enrollment is 54% of the student body.
Southside Middle School is one of 5 public middle schools within Florence, and operates within the Florence 01 School District.

The nearest elementary school is Greenwood Elementary School (2.4 miles away), the nearest middle school is Choices Charter (2.5 miles away), and the nearest high school is Florence Career Center (0.1 miles away).

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Source: 2011 NCES data, SC Dept. of Educ.	Southside Middle School
Grades Offered	Grades 7-8
Total Students	820 students

% Male / % Female	49% / 51%
Total Classroom Teachers	55 teachers

Students by Grade

	This School	(SC) School Average
Student : Teacher Ratio	15:1	16:1

	This School	(SC) School Average
% American Indian	n/a	n/a
% Asian	1%	1%

% Hispanic	2%	6%

% Black	48%	37%

% White	46%	53%

Unknown	3%	3%


	This School	(SC) School Average
% Eligible for Free Lunch	56%	49%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch	9%	6%

School Statewide Performance	View Education Department Test Scores
School District Name	Florence 01 School District
	This School's Agency	(SC) District Average
Number of Schools Managed	23	7
Number of Students Managed	15,677 students	4,051 students

District Total Revenue	$150,600,000	$37,147,000

District Expenditure	$155,292,000	$42,956,000

District Revenue / Student	$9,606	$9,170

District Expenditure / Student	$9,906	$10,604

Nearby Schools:

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Southside Middle School
Grades: 7-8 | 0 mi. away

Florence Career Center
Grades: 9-12 | 0.1 mi. away

South Florence High School
Grades: 9-12 | 0.1 mi. away

Greenwood Elementary School
Grades: KG-6 | 2.4 mi. away

Choices Charter
Grades: 6-12 | 2.5 mi. away

Dewey-carter Elementary School
Grades: PK-6 | 3 mi. away

View all schools in: Florence, Florence County, Zip 29505

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