The top reported proficiency rate is 59% in Science. The lowest is 34% in English language arts.
Original Research by School Decision on South Side Elementary
South Side Elementary serves students from preschool through eighth grade in the small, unincorporated community of Reagan, Tennessee. The school is part of the Henderson County district and operates as a regular public school. Reagan itself is a thinly populated rural area, primarily residential and agricultural, with very low population density. The community has little in the way of pedestrian infrastructure or street life, and families here are almost entirely car-dependent. Nearby towns include Scotts Hill, Sardis, and the county seat of Lexington.
The enrollment is small for a school spanning PK through eighth grade. The student body is overwhelmingly white, with only a very small share of students identifying as Hispanic or Black. Data on the share of students who qualify for free or reduced-price meals was not available, and information on students with disabilities and English learners was also absent, so a family looking for that context should ask the school directly. The school does not operate as a charter or a magnet, and no Title I status was reported.
On state assessments, the school’s results form a mixed picture. In math, about half of students in grades three through eight scored at the proficient level or above, which is a middling outcome. In English language arts, the proficiency rate was weaker, with roughly a third of students meeting that bar. Science performance was stronger, with just under three-fifths of students scoring proficient or above, and social studies came in at slightly above half. Overall, the school’s composite proficiency across all tested subjects and grades sits above the midpoint when compared to other districts in Henderson County. There were only two districts in that comparison set, so the gap between the top and bottom is narrow, and the school is in the middle of a very small field.
Because South Side Elementary does not serve high school grades, there is no graduation rate to report. That is not an indicator of anything negative; the school simply ends at eighth grade, after which students would move on to a high school within the Henderson County district. No chronic absenteeism data was available, so attendance patterns are not captured here.
The school offers no published information about advanced coursework, career and technical programs, or special academic pathways, which is common for an elementary and middle school. Families looking for program offerings beyond the core curriculum should check with the school or the district office. The district itself was not found to have undergone any recent notable changes, based on publicly available information.
For a family considering this school, the context is a small, rural, and demographically homogeneous setting. Academic performance is uneven across subjects, with reading being the area of greatest softness. A parent may want to look into this further with the school. The housing market in the area is relatively affordable compared to state and national benchmarks, with home values well below the Tennessee median. Mortgage rates at the time of this data were elevated but not outside the range of recent years. The national unemployment rate was stable. These economic conditions matter for a family weighing a move to Reagan, but detailed local employment or growth data for the community was not found.
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