South Elementary

1333 Hurdle Mills Road

School District

Person County
Grade

PK, K-5
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:13
Type

public

School Map for Person County School District

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Reviews

Submitted by parent on May 23, 2019

Mr.Holmes was the principal here when my son was in here 3 years ago in the second grade. His teacher was mrs.Holder , she was great. I know my son learned a lot from his year at this school. Bullying was a big problem back then. That's why i gave 4 stars.
Submitted by other on November 22, 2017

Without getting into too many details, I will honestly say I do not recommend this school if you are in the Person County area and, zoned for this district. The staff and administration staff feel that they are quality, however, unfortunately they are not effective in their approach to parents and students in my opinion. This was a good school at one time but, Im not sure what went wrong. I would always brag that although they service low income areas they school was great, however, after the state came in due to low scores it seems that the school has continued to fall even more. Im sorry I can deal.
Submitted by parent on March 15, 2011

Mr. Z is an extremely impressive roll model to the students; the young male students were definitely in need of some attention, male leadership, & discipline. Mr.Z is a take charge, hands on principal . There has never been a time where I have arrived at the school unannounced that he has made himself available to meet with me. He is definitely fair with the students. Some of the teachers may need a little more tough love from him, but I think he respects them because of their tenure at the school, but I feel that all the teachers, students & parents should get on board and follow his leadership & stop dwelling in the past. My boys have thrived at South so much better since Mr. Z s arrival & I genuinely appreciate his time & effort to help educate confident, respectful, and intelligent future generations.