Guest, Sign inJoin

Post to Ridgemark

We’ll email a one-tap link to publish your post. No password, and nothing is public until you click it.
Already a member? Sign in
B+

Southside Elementary School District

Public school districtGrades K–8

Serves Ridgemark.

Ridgemark’s School Grade C better than 34% of California school districts

Students
267
Schools
1
Spent per student
$11,500
CA $21,206
Students per teacher
24:1
Free or reduced lunch
45%
The gist

What stands out about Southside Elementary School District

  • Its letter, B+: results better than 71% of California districts
  • Reading proficiency 5 pts above the state
  • Spends 46% less per student than the CA average
  • 24 students per teacher
  • Enrollment up 30.2% since 2020–21
The School Grade

What this district adds to its towns’ grade

B+: better than 71% of the 1,872 California school districts we grade. Each town’s School Grade weighs its districts by the students they test; spending and class size are shown but don’t count.

Test scoresReading and math above the state, 2021–22
B+
The town it serves, and its School Grade

How TownRatings grades schools →

Where would my kid go?

The school path for Ridgemark. Grade by grade →

K–8Southside ElementaryThis district
9–12Hollister HighSan Benito High School District

Test scores vs. CA

2021–22
Math proficiency35–39%
State average 33.1% · 144 students tested
Reading / language arts50–54%
State average 46.7% · 144 students tested

98% of students in the tested grades sat the 2022 tests.

Graduation rate 92% at San Benito High, which runs the high school (state 86.2%) · class of 2023.

Reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute); the newest year for each measure.

Where the money goes

fiscal 2024
$11,500 per student · 46% below CA
Spending
Classroom instruction 65%Support & administration 29%Other 6%
Paid for by
Local (mostly property tax) 44%State 51%Federal 5%

Fiscal 2022–24 includes federal pandemic relief (ESSER).

U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances.

Enrollment over time
205’20
224’21
233’22
236’23
267’24

Up 30.2% since 2020–21.

Students
Hispanic 67%White 29%Black 1%Asian 1%Two or more races 1%American Indian/Alaska Native <1%

Schools in the district

1 public school. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with California’s other public schools.

Nearby districts

Compare spending and schools next door.

District facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES school directory 2024–25 and district boundaries) and the U.S. Census Bureau’s school finance survey. Test scores and graduation: state results reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute). The letters are our own summary, graded within California.