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Alma Elementary Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

213 Alma St

Gaffney SC, 29340, Cherokee County

Phone: 864-489-4742

Ranking:

(709 out of 841, bottom 16%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Cherokee County School District

Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA

Magnet: NA

Charter: NA

Shared-Time School: NA

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014		2012-2013		2011-2012		2010-2011		2009-2010		2008-2009		2007-2008
	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%
Total Teachers:	21		20		19		17		16		19		21
Total Students:	250		229		243		232		240		247		235
Prekindergarten:	19	7.6%	20	8.7%	20	8.2%	19	8.2%	38	15.8%	19	7.7%	20	8.5%
Kindergarten:	35	14.0%	27	11.8%	32	13.2%	47	20.3%	28	11.7%	41	16.6%	33	14.0%
Grade 1:	32	12.8%	39	17.0%	38	15.6%	33	14.2%	32	13.3%	33	13.4%	36	15.3%
Grade 2:	42	16.8%	38	16.6%	37	15.2%	33	14.2%	33	13.8%	44	17.8%	36	15.3%
Grade 3:	37	14.8%	35	15.3%	35	14.4%	32	13.8%	41	17.1%	29	11.7%	35	14.9%
Grade 4:	42	16.8%	36	15.7%	33	13.6%	43	18.5%	27	11.3%	41	16.6%	39	16.6%
Grade 5:	43	17.2%	34	14.8%	48	19.8%	25	10.8%	41	17.1%	40	16.2%	36	15.3%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	120	48.0%	116	50.7%	117	48.1%	112	48.3%	128	53.3%	124	50.2%	121	51.5%
Female:	130	52.0%	113	49.3%	126	51.9%	120	51.7%	104	43.3%	115	46.6%	110	46.8%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Asian:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.4%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Hispanic:	11	4.4%	11	4.8%	9	3.7%	11	4.7%	12	5.0%	13	5.3%	12	5.1%
Black:	81	32.4%	71	31.0%	78	32.1%	70	30.2%	67	27.9%	77	31.2%	76	32.3%
White:	158	63.2%	147	64.2%	153	63.0%	145	62.5%	160	66.7%	157	63.6%	147	62.6%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	1.2%	6	2.6%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	216	86.4%	193	84.3%	211	86.8%	185	79.7%	173	72.1%	182	73.7%	168	71.5%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	14	5.6%	16	7.0%	15	6.2%	17	7.3%	25	10.4%	34	13.8%	31	13.2%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	11.90		11.45		12.79		13.65		15.00		13.00		11.20

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
PASS
2003	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	73.9%	76.8%	81.8%
2004	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	68.8%	79.2%	85.8%
2005	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	64.3%	77.7%	87.1%
2006	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	64.5%	81.4%	86.4%
2007	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	89.7%	83%	85.8%
2008	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	78.1%	83%	86.7%
2009	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	62.9%	72.5%	78%
2010	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	56.8%	71.6%	80.7%
2011	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	72.4%	69.1%	80%
2012	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	71.4%	69.3%	80.3%
2013	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	68.6%	73%	82.8%
2003	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	76.1%	81.4%	82.3%
2004	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	69.7%	79.8%	82.7%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	60.7%	75.9%	83.4%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	55.9%	76.2%	80.9%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	80%	72.9%	78.4%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	63.9%	73.8%	77.1%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	55.5%	66.7%	67%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	40.9%	67.7%	70%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	58.6%	64.4%	70.4%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	54.3%	62%	72.5%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	60%	62.6%	69.7%
2003	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	45.7%	51.4%	56.2%
2004	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	39.4%	50.7%	60%
2005	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	35.7%	57.4%	64.4%
2006	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	29.4%	58%	62.7%
2007	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	60%	55.7%	64.5%
2008	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	47.1%	70.1%	71.1%
2009	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	46.2%	49.2%	61.5%
2010	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	27.2%	47.2%	55.7%
2011	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	43.8%	51.8%	60.8%
2012	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	44.4%	47.7%	60.7%
2013	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	55.6%	55.7%	67.8%
2003	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	41.3%	48.9%	61%
2004	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	54.5%	59.3%	72.1%
2005	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	42.9%	70.9%	79.4%
2006	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	64.7%	74.8%	79.4%
2007	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	85%	75.3%	84.7%
2008	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	94.7%	77.6%	83.8%
2009	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	50%	64.7%	74.4%
2010	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	50%	61.8%	73.2%
2011	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	61.6%	66.5%	76.6%
2012	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	53%	58.8%	74.6%
2013	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	52.9%	69.9%	79.7%
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	50%	63.2%	68.9%
2010	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	44.2%	65.3%	71%
2013	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	55.9%	61%	70.3%
2003	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	51.3%	69.8%	76.4%
2004	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	60.9%	75.3%	80.7%
2005	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	50%	72.1%	79.6%
2006	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	68%	68.6%	81.8%
2007	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	80%	81.1%	82.7%
2008	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	82.1%	78.1%	80.8%
2009	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	64.1%	71.1%	75.7%
2010	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	53.9%	69.4%	76.5%
2011	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	52.4%	69%	78%
2012	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	51.4%	66.4%	78.2%
2013	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	57.5%	68.1%	78.9%
2003	Math	4th Grade	% met std	54.8%	76.4%	81.1%
2004	Math	4th Grade	% met std	63%	78.6%	80.3%
2005	Math	4th Grade	% met std	52%	73.2%	78.6%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	63.3%	70.6%	78.4%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	64.9%	75.1%	78.1%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	73.8%	75%	79%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	55%	73.5%	76.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	69.2%	73.5%	76.7%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	45.2%	71.8%	79.4%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	54.3%	69.5%	78.4%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	72.5%	71.4%	79.8%
2003	Science	4th Grade	% met std	31%	47.6%	57.1%
2004	Science	4th Grade	% met std	34.8%	57.4%	62.3%
2005	Science	4th Grade	% met std	52%	55.3%	61.8%
2006	Science	4th Grade	% met std	40%	52.2%	62.8%
2007	Science	4th Grade	% met std	27%	52.8%	63.8%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	52.4%	61.1%	68.9%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	42.5%	56.6%	68.7%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	30.8%	58%	69.2%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	38.1%	61.6%	70.8%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	37.1%	62.5%	73.8%
2013	Science	4th Grade	% met std	52.5%	60.2%	73.2%
2003	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	59.5%	54.5%	64.7%
2004	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	52.2%	64.9%	71%
2005	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	56%	66.5%	77.2%
2006	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	33.3%	57.6%	72.4%
2007	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	56.8%	66.4%	73.7%
2008	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	64.3%	64.8%	76.4%
2009	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	45%	66.7%	79.8%
2010	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	34.6%	64%	76.1%
2011	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	45.3%	63.8%	77%
2012	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	45.8%	71.7%	80.9%
2013	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	60%	69.4%	81.8%
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	65.9%	66.4%	70.1%
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	56%	68.6%	72.2%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	55.9%	67.7%	74.3%
2003	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	52.6%	65.2%	68.2%
2004	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	80%	71.2%	76.6%
2005	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	77.8%	71.6%	76.8%
2006	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	60.9%	73.8%	79.8%
2007	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	79.2%	67.3%	77.2%
2008	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	90.9%	73.4%	77.6%
2009	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	91.7%	76.9%	80%
2010	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	52.5%	69.5%	78.1%
2011	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	70.8%	70.5%	78.3%
2012	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	59.2%	65.9%	76.5%
2013	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	70.6%	73.4%	81.9%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	65.8%	73.3%	74.6%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	77.5%	73.7%	76.2%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	59.5%	72.2%	77.2%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	64%	72.2%	75.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	75%	70.7%	77.7%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	79.4%	76.6%	77.9%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	86.1%	75.7%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	42.5%	68.7%	71.3%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	58.3%	73.2%	75.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	51%	69.1%	76.1%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	61.8%	69.8%	76.2%
2003	Science	5th Grade	% met std	59%	52.6%	58.2%
2004	Science	5th Grade	% met std	62.5%	49.9%	60.3%
2005	Science	5th Grade	% met std	24.3%	46.6%	56.7%
2006	Science	5th Grade	% met std	54.2%	54.3%	59.5%
2007	Science	5th Grade	% met std	64.3%	51.2%	60.6%
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	61.1%	54.7%	61.4%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	82.4%	57.6%	68.3%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	35%	53.3%	66%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	41.7%	58.4%	65%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	45.8%	65.6%	71.7%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	58.8%	60.5%	73%
2003	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	46.2%	49.7%	60.4%
2004	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	72.5%	54.5%	63.5%
2005	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	56.8%	56.9%	63.9%
2006	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	41.7%	57.3%	62.4%
2007	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	28.6%	53.1%	63.8%
2008	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	52.9%	55.6%	66.3%
2009	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	78.9%	55.5%	70%
2010	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	40%	54.3%	66.1%
2011	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	58.3%	59.4%	70.4%
2012	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	52%	57.6%	69.9%
2013	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	47%	60.5%	71.7%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	83.7%	70.4%	73.2%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	57.1%	71.8%	74.5%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	70.8%	71.8%	77.7%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	45.8%	66.6%	73.6%
2013	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	56.7%	65.3%	74.5%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	73.7%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	26.3%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	8.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	52.6%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	47.4%

Mean Base Salary:	$36,741.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$30,561.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$43,609.0

* Alma Elementary Primary School was rated 1.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.