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Schools in Salado

Salado’s public schools

Southside School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Salado. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?1/1schools above Arkansas’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 100% of students in Arkansas’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
35%
2021–22
Math proficiency
45%
2021–22
Graduate on time
98%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$11.2K
▼ 18% vs AR $13.6K
FY2024
Students per teacher
12.7
AR 12.4
Schools in town
0
852 students on the public path
In brief

Salado’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Salado’s 1 district schools with test results score above the middle of Arkansas’s 944 public schools. Southside Elementary School places highest (better than 66%); Southside Elementary School lowest (66%). See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Salado, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–3Southside Elementary Schoolin SouthsideB+

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Southside School District.

The district

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Southside School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 4 schools · 2,193 students, down 2% since 2020–21 · 12.7 per teacher (AR 12.4)
$11,170AR $13,585 · FY2024
A−
Test scores · 2021–22

Below the state in reading

Reading35%
State average 39.9% · 1247 students tested
Math45%
State average 38.3% · 1248 students tested

Salado vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Arkansas towns that share Salado’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Salado—Southside
SouthsideA−Southside

Every school in Salado

1 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Arkansas’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

Also serving Saladoin other towns
Southside Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–3 · Southside
B+
852 students20:1Rate it →

Questions about Salado’s schools

Are Salado’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Salado. Southside School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Salado. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 1 of its 1 district schools with test results score above the middle of Arkansas’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Salado in?

Southside School District.

Where do Salado kids go to high school?

Southside Elementary School.

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What Salado families are saying about school.

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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.