Northside Elementary School

Located in the beautiful Golden Corner, Northside Elementary School sits in the middle of Seneca, South Carolina. Northside Elementary School (NES) is a public elementary school serving students in grades PK-5th Grade. Northside also hosts a Preschool Intervention Program (PIP), Intensive Teaching Classroom (ITC) program for students with autism, and a functional behavior classroom for students with disabilities. 

Student Demographics:

Northside Elementary School's student population is growing in diversity, which we feel is one of our strengths. NES serves 649 students each day. The student demographics are located below: 

• African-American/Black: 20.5%
• Asian: 0.9%
• Caucasian/White: 60.9%
• Hispanic/Latino: 11.9%
• Two or More Races: 5.9% 

44.5% of our students receive either free or reduced lunch. 10.2% of our students are identified as gifted and talented. 7.1% of our students participate in our English as second language program. 20.3% of our students are identified as exceptional learners who benefit from special education services. This percentage includes the students with disabilities served in our functional behavior classroom, our students with autism served in our intensive teaching classroom, and three and four year old students who have been identified as having a significant developmental delay that would benefit from our preschool intervention program (PIP). 

Faculty and Staff Demographics: 

In addition to having amazing students, we also have an amazing faculty and staff at NES. Below is demographic information for the adults in our building.

• Total number of employees - 109
• Number of certified (teachers) staff - 58
• Number of classified (support) staff - 48
• Number of administrators - 3
• Teachers/Administrators holding a master's degree - 35
• Teachers/Administrators holding a doctorate degree - 1
• Female Teachers - 52
• Male Teachers - 5
• Teachers from Underrepresented Backgrounds - 2