An equity score of 7/100 ranks Southside Academy Charter School #892 of 931 districts in New York (state average 45). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $17,227 per pupil, Southside Academy Charter School ranks #952 of 986 New York districts by per-pupil spending (New York districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Southside Academy Charter School operates 1 public schools serving 691 students, placing it among the smallest districts in New York. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 elementary schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Onondaga County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $17,227 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the bottom 99 of 986 New York districts by per-pupil spending. See how New York compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The district's equity score is 7/100, ranked #892 of 931 in New York against a state average of 45, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
and 84.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 60.0% African American, 17.5% Hispanic or Latino, 2.5% White across the district's schools.
Southside Academy Charter School accounts for 99.1% of all Southside Academy Charter School student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Southside Academy Charter School a distant remainder — means Southside Academy Charter School-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: elementary. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Because it contains a majority of the affected population, enrollment-weighted aggregates will sit closer to this entity's reported fields than to those of smaller peers; an unweighted entity count answers a different question.
Southside Academy Charter School reports 93.6% free-lunch eligibility
The reported share is above 87.5%, so economic need is widespread across the measured student population. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.
Southside Academy Charter School chronic absenteeism rate is 84.7% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
Comparisons are relative to Southside Academy Charter School's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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How many schools are in Southside Academy Charter School?
Southside Academy Charter School has 1 school, including 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 691 students.
How much does Southside Academy Charter School spend per student?
Southside Academy Charter School spends $17,227 per student. The district has an equity score of 7/100, ranking #892 in New York.
What is the demographic composition of Southside Academy Charter School?
Southside Academy Charter School students are 60.0% African American, 17.5% Hispanic or Latino, 2.5% White, 0.4% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Southside Academy Charter School?
Southside Academy Charter School has an equity score of 7/100, ranking #892 out of 931 districts in New York.