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Battery Creek High High School
1 Blue Dolphin Dr
Beaufort SC, 29906, Beaufort County
Phone: 843-322-5545
Ranking: (153 out of 202, bottom 24%)*
Type: Regular High School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12
School District: Beaufort 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: | 54 | 57 | 53 | 61 | 81 | 87 | 88 | |||||||
Total Students: | 782 | 764 | 757 | 859 | 1,217 | 1,300 | 1,386 | |||||||
Grade 9: | 220 | 28.1% | 252 | 33.0% | 232 | 30.6% | 197 | 22.9% | 355 | 29.2% | 480 | 36.9% | 529 | 38.2% |
Grade 10: | 233 | 29.8% | 217 | 28.4% | 213 | 28.1% | 206 | 24.0% | 344 | 28.3% | 331 | 25.5% | 356 | 25.7% |
Grade 11: | 175 | 22.4% | 144 | 18.8% | 141 | 18.6% | 196 | 22.8% | 236 | 19.4% | 230 | 17.7% | 241 | 17.4% |
Grade 12: | 154 | 19.7% | 151 | 19.8% | 171 | 22.6% | 260 | 30.3% | 282 | 23.2% | 259 | 19.9% | 260 | 18.8% |
Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
Male: | 399 | 51.0% | 419 | 54.8% | 411 | 54.3% | 443 | 51.6% | 626 | 51.4% | 655 | 50.4% | 691 | 49.9% |
Female: | 383 | 49.0% | 345 | 45.2% | 346 | 45.7% | 416 | 48.4% | 579 | 47.6% | 634 | 48.8% | 690 | 49.8% |
Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
American Indian/Alaska Native: | 2 | 0.3% | 2 | 0.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 3 | 0.2% |
Asian: | 11 | 1.4% | 9 | 1.2% | 9 | 1.2% | 5 | 0.6% | 12 | 1.0% | 19 | 1.5% | 22 | 1.6% |
Hispanic: | 80 | 10.2% | 79 | 10.3% | 71 | 9.4% | 72 | 8.4% | 69 | 5.7% | 69 | 5.3% | 71 | 5.1% |
Black: | 364 | 46.5% | 368 | 48.2% | 377 | 49.8% | 487 | 56.7% | 798 | 65.6% | 835 | 64.2% | 889 | 64.1% |
White: | 308 | 39.4% | 295 | 38.6% | 286 | 37.8% | 286 | 33.3% | 334 | 27.4% | 374 | 28.8% | 400 | 28.9% |
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 3 | 0.4% | 4 | 0.5% | 3 | 0.4% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Two or More Races: | 14 | 1.8% | 7 | 0.9% | 11 | 1.5% | 9 | 1.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 442 | 56.5% | 406 | 53.1% | 358 | 47.3% | 417 | 48.5% | 499 | 41.0% | 714 | 54.9% | 705 | 50.9% |
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 62 | 7.9% | 72 | 9.4% | 67 | 8.9% | 71 | 8.3% | 93 | 7.6% | 160 | 12.3% | 174 | 12.6% |
Student-Teacher Ratio: | 14.62 | 13.40 | 14.28 | 14.08 | 15.02 | 14.90 | 15.80 |
Test Performance
Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
HSAP | ||||||
2005 | English Language Arts | 10th Grade | % met std | 80% | 84.6% | 86.2% |
2006 | English Language Arts | 10th Grade | % met std | 81.8% | 84.1% | 84.9% |
2007 | English Language Arts | 10th Grade | % met std | 81.7% | 86.6% | 88.1% |
2008 | English Language Arts | 10th Grade | % met std | 81% | 84.9% | 87.7% |
2009 | English Language Arts | 10th Grade | % met std | 75.5% | 83% | 84.9% |
2010 | English Language Arts | 10th Grade | % met std | 42.6% | 51.9% | 54.3% |
2011 | English Language Arts | 10th Grade | % met std | 51.7% | 59.5% | 60.6% |
2012 | English Language Arts | 10th Grade | % met std | 56.8% | 63.4% | 57.4% |
2013 | English Language Arts | 10th Grade | % met std | 51% | 61.7% | 61.4% |
2005 | Math | 10th Grade | % met std | 55.2% | 66.6% | 76.4% |
2006 | Math | 10th Grade | % met std | 74.3% | 76.3% | 80.2% |
2007 | Math | 10th Grade | % met std | 68.7% | 73.2% | 79.6% |
2008 | Math | 10th Grade | % met std | 74.3% | 79.1% | 84.6% |
2009 | Math | 10th Grade | % met std | 65.3% | 75.2% | 80.2% |
2010 | Math | 10th Grade | % met std | 33.8% | 44.5% | 50.9% |
2011 | Math | 10th Grade | % met std | 42% | 51% | 51.8% |
2012 | Math | 10th Grade | % met std | 52.3% | 54.9% | 54.2% |
2013 | Math | 10th Grade | % met std | 45.7% | 56.3% | 53.1% |
Some data by SchoolDigger.com.
Teacher's Experience and Compensation
2007 | |
Teachers with Bachelor Degree: | 52.4% |
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree: | 47.6% |
Mean Number of Years of Teaching: | 14.0 years |
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less: | 22.6% |
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More: | 77.4% |
Mean Base Salary: | $42,265.0 |
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less: | $32,978.0 |
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More: | $45,971.0 |
* Battery Creek High High School was rated 3.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.