Blackshear Elementary School
5217 Ga Hwy 121
Blackshear GA, 31516, Pierce County
Phone: 912-449-2088
Ranking:
(848 out of 1,747, top 49%)*

Type: Regular Primary School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5
School District: Pierce 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: | 55 | 54 | 56 | 64 | 94 | 95 | 91 | |||||||
Total Students: | 859 | 846 | 837 | 869 | 1,323 | 1,287 | 1,232 | |||||||
Prekindergarten: | 54 | 6.3% | 63 | 7.4% | 57 | 6.8% | 71 | 8.2% | 115 | 8.7% | 116 | 9.0% | 107 | 8.7% |
Kindergarten: | 148 | 17.2% | 125 | 14.8% | 133 | 15.9% | 129 | 14.8% | 188 | 14.2% | 187 | 14.5% | 191 | 15.5% |
Grade 1: | 116 | 13.5% | 138 | 16.3% | 132 | 15.8% | 139 | 16.0% | 203 | 15.3% | 205 | 15.9% | 193 | 15.7% |
Grade 2: | 131 | 15.3% | 147 | 17.4% | 138 | 16.5% | 124 | 14.3% | 198 | 15.0% | 204 | 15.9% | 187 | 15.2% |
Grade 3: | 145 | 16.9% | 136 | 16.1% | 121 | 14.5% | 119 | 13.7% | 212 | 16.0% | 185 | 14.4% | 206 | 16.7% |
Grade 4: | 139 | 16.2% | 120 | 14.2% | 116 | 13.9% | 143 | 16.5% | 200 | 15.1% | 197 | 15.3% | 176 | 14.3% |
Grade 5: | 126 | 14.7% | 117 | 13.8% | 140 | 16.7% | 144 | 16.6% | 207 | 15.6% | 193 | 15.0% | 172 | 14.0% |
Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
Male: | 464 | 54.0% | 452 | 53.4% | 451 | 53.9% | 461 | 53.0% | 693 | 52.4% | 654 | 50.8% | 624 | 50.6% |
Female: | 395 | 46.0% | 394 | 46.6% | 386 | 46.1% | 408 | 47.0% | 630 | 47.6% | 583 | 45.3% | 569 | 46.2% |
Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
American Indian/Alaska Native: | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.1% | 2 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
Asian: | 8 | 0.9% | 8 | 0.9% | 5 | 0.6% | 4 | 0.5% | 7 | 0.5% | 8 | 0.6% | 5 | 0.4% |
Hispanic: | 55 | 6.4% | 63 | 7.4% | 64 | 7.6% | 50 | 5.8% | 83 | 6.3% | 55 | 4.3% | 53 | 4.3% |
Black: | 120 | 14.0% | 109 | 12.9% | 89 | 10.6% | 102 | 11.7% | 107 | 8.1% | 121 | 9.4% | 94 | 7.6% |
White: | 647 | 75.3% | 645 | 76.2% | 665 | 79.5% | 699 | 80.4% | 1,105 | 83.5% | 1,061 | 82.4% | 1,045 | 84.8% |
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 2 | 0.2% | 2 | 0.2% | 2 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Two or More Races: | 26 | 3.0% | 19 | 2.2% | 11 | 1.3% | 12 | 1.4% | 21 | 1.6% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 565 | 65.8% | 550 | 65.0% | 517 | 61.8% | 528 | 60.8% | 766 | 57.9% | 662 | 51.4% | 629 | 51.1% |
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 43 | 5.0% | 61 | 7.2% | 81 | 9.7% | 75 | 8.6% | 128 | 9.7% | 148 | 11.5% | 125 | 10.1% |
Student-Teacher Ratio: | 15.62 | 15.67 | 14.95 | 13.69 | 14.07 | 13.60 | 13.50 |
Test Performance
Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
CRCT | ||||||
2006 | English Language Arts | 1st Grade | % met std | 77.1% | 81.1% | 80% |
2007 | English Language Arts | 1st Grade | % met std | 78.6% | 84% | 82.4% |
2008 | English Language Arts | 1st Grade | % met std | 82.6% | 86.9% | 84.4% |
2009 | English Language Arts | 1st Grade | % met std | 82.6% | 84.7% | 84% |
2010 | English Language Arts | 1st Grade | % met std | 91.1% | 91.4% | 87% |
2006 | Math | 1st Grade | % met std | 88.3% | 90.6% | 90% |
2007 | Math | 1st Grade | % met std | 77% | 83.3% | 82.3% |
2008 | Math | 1st Grade | % met std | 87.2% | 90.2% | 86.4% |
2009 | Math | 1st Grade | % met std | 82.5% | 85.5% | 87% |
2010 | Math | 1st Grade | % met std | 84.4% | 86.9% | 85% |
2006 | Reading | 1st Grade | % met std | 88.8% | 91.2% | 87% |
2007 | Reading | 1st Grade | % met std | 85.7% | 89.4% | 90.1% |
2008 | Reading | 1st Grade | % met std | 91.8% | 93.8% | 90.3% |
2009 | Reading | 1st Grade | % met std | 86.1% | 88.3% | 90.9% |
2010 | Reading | 1st Grade | % met std | 95.4% | 95.9% | 93% |
2006 | English Language Arts | 2nd Grade | % met std | 90.4% | 91.3% | 83% |
2007 | English Language Arts | 2nd Grade | % met std | 86.1% | 87.2% | 83.7% |
2008 | English Language Arts | 2nd Grade | % met std | 79.8% | 83.9% | 84.1% |
2009 | English Language Arts | 2nd Grade | % met std | 84.9% | 86% | 86.8% |
2010 | English Language Arts | 2nd Grade | % met std | 84.3% | 87% | 85% |
2006 | Math | 2nd Grade | % met std | 92% | 92.4% | 87% |
2007 | Math | 2nd Grade | % met std | 84.1% | 85.9% | 81.4% |
2008 | Math | 2nd Grade | % met std | 82.6% | 85.7% | 85.5% |
2009 | Math | 2nd Grade | % met std | 85.4% | 88.7% | 87.3% |
2010 | Math | 2nd Grade | % met std | 90.4% | 91.9% | 86% |
2006 | Reading | 2nd Grade | % met std | 93.6% | 93.2% | 89% |
2007 | Reading | 2nd Grade | % met std | 92.9% | 93.4% | 91.3% |
2008 | Reading | 2nd Grade | % met std | 90.1% | 91% | 92% |
2009 | Reading | 2nd Grade | % met std | 89.7% | 92.3% | 91.9% |
2010 | Reading | 2nd Grade | % met std | 90.9% | 91.8% | 91% |
2006 | English Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 85% | 87.5% | 82% |
2007 | English Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 79.6% | 85.4% | 85.6% |
2008 | English Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 88.5% | 90.3% | 87.1% |
2009 | English Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 87% | 88.9% | 86.6% |
2010 | English Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 88.4% | 91.1% | 88% |
2011 | English Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 84% | 90.8% | 89.2% |
2012 | English Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 90% | 94.9% | 91% |
2013 | English Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 93.8% | 96.9% | 88.1% |
2006 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 92.3% | 94.2% | 91% |
2007 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 89.8% | 92.1% | 90.4% |
2008 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 76.7% | 80.9% | 70.9% |
2009 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 84.9% | 86% | 77.9% |
2010 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 81% | 85.3% | 79% |
2011 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 75.2% | 85.5% | 81.2% |
2012 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 85.1% | 89.4% | 81% |
2013 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 86.9% | 92.9% | 78.5% |
2006 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 86.1% | 89.6% | 82% |
2007 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 81.7% | 86.1% | 85.1% |
2008 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 89.6% | 92.2% | 87.5% |
2009 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 90.8% | 92.2% | 88% |
2010 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 89.8% | 92.2% | 90% |
2011 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 84% | 88.5% | 90.9% |
2012 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 87.5% | 92.1% | 90% |
2013 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 96.2% | 98.0% | 92.1% |
2006 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 88.6% | 92.1% | 85% |
2007 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 68.3% | 75.9% | 70.1% |
2008 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 81.5% | 84.1% | 74.5% |
2009 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 86% | 88.6% | 79.7% |
2010 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 79.2% | 84.1% | 80% |
2011 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 79% | 85.3% | 80.5% |
2012 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 76.4% | 83.8% | 78% |
2013 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 80.0% | 88.1% | 78.4% |
2006 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 89.2% | 92.5% | 88% |
2007 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 88.2% | 90.6% | 88.6% |
2008 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 90.5% | 92.6% | 89% |
2009 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 77.8% | 81.2% | 76.1% |
2010 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 82.3% | 87% | 79% |
2011 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 76.1% | 84.8% | 81% |
2012 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 81% | 86.4% | 81% |
2013 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 88.1% | 92.7% | 83.4% |
2006 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 71.4% | 75.5% | 79% |
2007 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 83.9% | 86.9% | 84.3% |
2008 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 93.6% | 93.7% | 86.2% |
2009 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 86.9% | 88.2% | 86.9% |
2010 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 89% | 90.2% | 87% |
2011 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 89.6% | 89.6% | 88% |
2012 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 90.7% | 93.9% | 90% |
2013 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 82.5% | 88.8% | 90.2% |
2006 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 81.9% | 81.8% | 79% |
2007 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 87.6% | 89% | 78.4% |
2008 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 84.7% | 85.4% | 70% |
2009 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 86.5% | 86.8% | 74.3% |
2010 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 85.9% | 86.7% | 77% |
2011 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 85% | 85.2% | 81.1% |
2012 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 85.2% | 88.2% | 81% |
2013 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 84.3% | 89.2% | 84.3% |
2006 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 84.2% | 85.4% | 81% |
2007 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 90.1% | 89.9% | 84.7% |
2008 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 94.1% | 94.5% | 87.5% |
2009 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 90.5% | 92.1% | 87.3% |
2010 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 91.1% | 91.7% | 89% |
2011 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 87.3% | 89.2% | 87.9% |
2012 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 87.3% | 92.8% | 90% |
2013 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 87.8% | 92.3% | 92.5% |
2006 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 87.1% | 89.9% | 88% |
2007 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 81.3% | 84.3% | 71.9% |
2008 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 84.2% | 86.5% | 73.8% |
2009 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 85% | 88.4% | 77.7% |
2010 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 82.2% | 86.3% | 80% |
2011 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 75.8% | 81.8% | 79% |
2012 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 74.3% | 84.8% | 81% |
2013 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 80.6% | 86.4% | 82.7% |
2006 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 87.1% | 89.4% | 90% |
2007 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 93.8% | 94.1% | 88.5% |
2008 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 91.7% | 92.5% | 90.2% |
2009 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 79.4% | 84.8% | 71.4% |
2010 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 75.8% | 80.5% | 74% |
2011 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 72% | 77.4% | 77.4% |
2012 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 73.5% | 83.6% | 79% |
2013 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 79.8% | 84.2% | 81.3% |
2006 | English Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 78.2% | 82.2% | 85% |
2007 | English Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 90.9% | 91.1% | 87.6% |
2008 | English Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 91.7% | 93.2% | 89.9% |
2009 | English Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 95.8% | 95.9% | 91.3% |
2010 | English Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 97.2% | 97.5% | 92% |
2011 | English Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 95.5% | 96.1% | 93% |
2012 | English Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 95.1% | 97.2% | 95% |
2013 | English Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 97.3% | 98.1% | 94.2% |
2006 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 82.3% | 86% | 88% |
2007 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 96% | 96.7% | 88.1% |
2008 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 79.4% | 83.7% | 71.7% |
2009 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 81.4% | 84.8% | 79.2% |
2010 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 88.6% | 90.7% | 82% |
2011 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 88.7% | 92.7% | 86.6% |
2012 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 82.3% | 90.4% | 84% |
2013 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 93.7% | 96.2% | 89.5% |
2006 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 78.3% | 83.2% | 81% |
2007 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 92% | 93.5% | 85.5% |
2008 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 92.3% | 93.2% | 87.2% |
2009 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 90.7% | 92.6% | 87.8% |
2010 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 96.2% | 95.9% | 90% |
2011 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 88.7% | 92.8% | 90.5% |
2012 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 87.4% | 91.2% | 91% |
2013 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 93.9% | 95.9% | 92.9% |
2006 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 92.2% | 92.8% | 89% |
2007 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 71.1% | 72.6% | 66.8% |
2008 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 79.3% | 82% | 71.3% |
2009 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 79.3% | 83% | 76% |
2010 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 82.4% | 85.7% | 77% |
2011 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 77.6% | 85.1% | 76.6% |
2012 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 70.1% | 81.4% | 78% |
2013 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 79.5% | 89.4% | 79.6% |
2006 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 86.5% | 88.2% | 91% |
2007 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 91.9% | 92.3% | 88.4% |
2008 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 91.8% | 93.2% | 89% |
2009 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 76.2% | 79.2% | 71.2% |
2010 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 80.1% | 82.9% | 72% |
2011 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 73.9% | 80.6% | 71.3% |
2012 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 71.4% | 80% | 77% |
2013 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 82.1% | 88.3% | 80.5% |
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* Blackshear Elementary 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.