Regular local school district · Independence County
SOUTHSIDE SCHOOL DISTRICT (Independence), AR: schools, enrollment and spending
SOUTHSIDE SCHOOL DISTRICT (Independence) runs 4 public schools with 2,193 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 12.8 students per teacher is about the same as the Arkansas figure of 12.7.
At a glance
- Schools
- 4
- Students
- 2,193
- Teachers (FTE)
- 172
- Students per teacher
- 12.8
- AR: 12.7 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 134 Camp Tahkodah Rd, Southside, AR 72501
- Phone
- (870)251-2341
- County
- Independence County
- Locale
- Rural: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 0512540
- State district ID
- AR-3209000
- Total staff (FTE)
- 377
- School counselors (FTE)
- 5.0About 439 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 10.0
- Charter schools
- 2
Students per teacher compared
This district12.8
Arkansas12.7
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (2,236), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $24.8 million
- Federal revenue
- $5.8 million
- State revenue
- $15.1 million
- Local revenue
- $4.0 million
- Total spending
- $21.6 million
- Spending per pupil
- $9,650
- Salaries
- $11.2 million52.0% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $15.1 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 23.2%
- State: 60.8%
- Local: 16.0%
Arkansas overall
- Federal: 16.0%
- State: 47.0%
- Local: 37.0%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$9,650
Arkansas$12,724
United States$16,826
Schools in SOUTHSIDE SCHOOL DISTRICT (Independence)
By level: 1 high, 2 middle, 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Southside Charter High SchoolCharter | High | 10 to 12 | 464 | 6.5 |
| Southside Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 3 | 852 | 20.8 |
| Southside Junior High SchoolCharter | Middle | 7 to 9 | 427 | 11.9 |
| Southside Middle School | Middle | 4 to 6 | 450 | 20.5 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Independence County
- Batesville School District 3,513 students
- Cedar Ridge School District 636 students
- Midland School District 513 students
- Uaccb Technical Center 0 students
More in Arkansas
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.