2024-25 Profile*

• 1st school in Greenville County School to be named an AVID School
• 66% International Baccalaureate Diploma Completion/Success Rate
• 68% Overall IB Exam Passage rate
• 81% of IB Seniors earned at least one IB Course Certificate
• 9 Palmetto Fellows
• 1 National Merit Scholar
• 4 National AP Scholars
• 2 National AP Scholars with Honors
• 6 National AP Scholars with Distinction
• 9 All State Award Athletes
• 26 All Region Award Athletes
• Over 2 million in scholarship offers (Class of 2023)

Two Story Facility (Built 2006) • 44 Acres of Land • Auditorium with Sound and Lighting (Seats 500) • Wireless Internet Access • Well-Equipped Media Center • Five Fully Equipped Computer Labs • Mobile iPad and Chromebook Labs • Three Gyms • Well Equipped Weight Room • Six Tennis Courts • Band Room and Chorus Room • Well-Equipped Science STEM Labs • Promethean Board Technology in Every Classroom • ActivExpressions Hand-Held Student Response Devices • Physics/Engineering Lab  • Two Art Studios with Kiln Room • Greenhouse

• Administrators: 5
• Teachers/Professional Staff: 69
• Support Staff: 37

Outstanding Programs 

Our strong tradition of academic excellence prepares students for college and beyond. We offer a high-caliber academic curriculum, over the last four years Southside has added several new programs to address students' interests and abilities. Southside Administration and Teachers are committed to provide more access and opportunity to our most rigorous programs and address the needs of ALL students.

AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination) -  college readiness system to prepare students in the academic middle for four-year college eligibility by taking more rigorous courses at Southside (Dual Credit, AP, or IB). The three main components of the AVID college readiness system are academic instruction, tutorial support, and motivational and college prep activities.

International Baccalaureate (IB) is a rigorous, two-year, comprehensive curriculum for grades 11 and 12 that seeks to prepare students for postsecondary study through courses and instructional techniques that emphasize critical thinking, effective self-expression, and application of knowledge. Our strong tradition of academic excellence prepares students for college and beyond. Students taking AP and/or IB classes and especially those who earn the IB Diploma are competitive for scholarships and impress college admissions counselors. Our strong tradition of academic excellence prepares students for college and beyond. Southside is the oldest and the most rigorous IB program in the state of South Carolina

In addition to a high-caliber academic curriculum, SHS offers a variety of extracurricular programs & athletic teams to meet a variety of interests, some of them include:

• AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination) -  college readiness system to prepare students in the academic middle for four-year college eligibility by taking more rigorous courses at Southside (Dual Credit, AP, or IB). The three main components of the AVID college readiness system are academic instruction, tutorial support, and motivational and college prep activities.
• Academic Team
• Beta Club
• Basketball
• Cross Country
• National Honor Society
• Tennis
• Speech &Debate
• Football
• Student Council
• Band
• Volleyball
• Drama Club
• Youth in Government
• ROTC Drill Team
• Baseball
• Soccer
• High School Democrats
• Tiger Ambassadors

SHS is the only Greenville County School offering math courses beyond AP BC Calculus

SHS offers the highest levels of Spanish & French available in Greenville County.

Southside High School was the first school in South Carolina to offer an IB Diploma Program.

• International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Program
• Thirteen(13) Advanced Placement (AP) Courses
• Freshman Academy
• Sophomore Institute
• Newly-Developed Health Science Program
• Nationally Ranked Forensics Team
• Nationally Ranked AFJROTC Program
• AFJROTC Drill Team
• Character Education Program
• Tiger of the Month Program
• Star Student of the Month Program
• Foreign Language Programs
• Athletic Programs
• Fine Arts Program: Band, Art, Drama, Guitar, Piano, Strings
• National Honor Society
• International Festival
• Academic Tutoring & Coaching
• SAM Team
• Environmental Club
• Interact Rotary Service Club
• Art Club
• Gardening Club
• Junior Marshalls
• Kitty Hawk Honor Society
• AFJROTC Model Rocket/Model Airplane Club
• SC Junior Academy of Science
• Quantum Physics Club
• Psychology Club
• Step Team
• Tiger Pride Gay-Straight Alliance
• Venture Club
• Back Pack Program