Southside Charter School operates 1 public schools serving 141 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Rhode Island. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 elementary schools, giving families a clear picture of grade-band coverage before they move, rent, or enrol. Aggregated across those campuses, enrollment totals 135 pupils using the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is geographically located in Providence County County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $20,783 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, which aggregates every revenue and spending line reported under federal accounting standards. The funding mix is 19.1% local, 57.0% state, and 23.8% federal — a breakdown that matters because districts leaning heavily on local revenue are more exposed to property-tax swings, while higher federal shares typically track Title I concentration.
a 135:1 student-counselor ratio that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 40.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 60.7% Hispanic or Latino, 31.9% African American, 3.0% White across the district's schools.
Southside Elementary Charter accounts for 100.0% of all Southside Charter School student enrollment
That concentration — well above the 8.4% national median for largest-entity share — means Southside Charter School-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: elementary. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Southside Charter School has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 64.5% of the population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Areas above 75% eligibility receive concentration grants on top of the basic Title I formula. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.
Southside Charter School student-counselor ratio is 135:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment — districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Southside Charter School chronic absenteeism rate is 40.7% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Southside Charter School has 1 schools, including 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 141 students.
How much does Southside Charter School spend per student?
Southside Charter School spends $20,783 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Southside Charter School?
Southside Charter School students are 60.7% Hispanic or Latino, 31.9% African American, 3.0% White, averaged across 1 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.