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Southside High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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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 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
312 Almonaster Rd
Youngsville, LA 70592
Phone
(337) 521-7600
District
Lafayette Parish
County
LAFAYETTE PARISH
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
1910
Classroom Teachers
79

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Louisiana

10

(10 is best)

Better than 92.3% of all LA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

9

(10 is best)

Southside High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 10

80 60 40 20 0
63%
40%
69%
44%
57%
37%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 11

80 60 40 20 0
69%
40%
72%
48%
65%
33%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

30 25 20 15 10 5 0
24
18
18
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 524 27.4%
Grade 10 475 24.9%
Grade 11 432 22.6%
Grade 12 479 25.1%
Total 1910 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 71.2% 44.8% 43.7%
Black 20.3% 41.1% 42.9%
Hispanic 4.9% 11.2% 11.0%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 3.1% 2.6% 1.7%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.4% 0.3% 0.7%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 39.4% 60.2% 62.4%
Free lunch eligible 32.6% 53.8% 58.4%
Reduced lunch eligible 6.8% 6.3% 4.0%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 243,175 4,590,241
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 904.6 105
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 6.5% 6.2%
5-19 YEARS OLD 19.4% 19.7%
20-44 YEARS OLD 35.8% 33.4%
45-64 YEARS OLD 24.2% 24.6%
65 OR OLDER 14.0% 16.0%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 97,694 1,765,264
Single Parent Households With Children 9.2% 10.5%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 89.5% 86.7%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 34.6% 26.1%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 16.1% 13.6%
$100,000 - $149,999 16.3% 14.6%
$75,000 - $99,999 12.9% 11.5%
$50,000 - $74,999 14.6% 15.9%
$30,000 - $49,999 15.3% 16.3%
$15,000 - $29,999 12.5% 14.8%
$15,000 or less 12.3% 13.3%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,060 $196,207,000 48.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $769 $24,892,000 6.2%
Staff $912 $29,514,000 7.3%
General Administration $244 $7,884,000 1.9%
School Administration $664 $21,514,000 5.3%
Operation $904 $29,279,000 7.2%
Transportation $532 $17,210,000 4.3%
Other $268 $8,673,000 2.1%
Total Support $4,292 $138,966,000 34.3%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,149 $69,573,000 17.2%
Total Expenditures $12,501 $404,746,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,126 $5,116,487,000 49.8%
Support Expenditures
Student $782 $561,266,000 5.5%
Staff $672 $482,832,000 4.7%
General Administration $324 $232,689,000 2.3%
School Administration $813 $583,995,000 5.7%
Operation $1,460 $1,048,151,000 10.2%
Transportation $649 $465,810,000 4.5%
Other $356 $255,444,000 2.5%
Total Support $5,056 $3,630,187,000 35.3%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,134 $1,532,450,000 14.9%
Total Expenditures $14,316 $10,279,124,000 100.0%
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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