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Providence, Rhode Island - 1 schools
At $20,783 per pupil, Southside Charter School ranks #20 of 60 Rhode Island districts by per-pupil spending (Rhode Island districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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$20,783
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Southside Charter School operates 1 public schools serving 141 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Rhode Island. 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 Providence County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $20,783 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 60 Rhode Island districts by per-pupil spending. See how Rhode Island compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 19.1% local, 57.0% state, and 23.8% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
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.
Its largest campus is Southside Elementary Charter, enrolling 135 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Southside Elementary Charter accounts for 95.7% of all Southside Charter School student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Southside Charter School a distant remainder — means Southside 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 Charter School reports 64.5% free-lunch eligibility
The reported share sits between 62.5% and 75%, above a simple majority but below the highest descriptive band used here. 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 Charter School student-counselor ratio is 135:1 — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 Values this far below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.
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 school, 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 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.