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Brennen Elementary Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

4438 Devereaux Rd

Columbia SC, 29205, Richland County

Phone: 803-738-7204

Ranking:

(215 out of 841, top 26%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Richland School District 1

Title I Eligible School: No

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:	51		50		48		48		48		48		54
Total Students:	798		804		791		773		795		758		778
Prekindergarten:	0	0.0%	2	0.2%	5	0.6%	4	0.5%	3	0.4%	2	0.3%	NA	NA
Kindergarten:	131	16.4%	138	17.2%	113	14.3%	123	15.9%	114	14.3%	100	13.2%	109	14.0%
Grade 1:	145	18.2%	137	17.0%	160	20.2%	134	17.3%	126	15.8%	136	17.9%	138	17.7%
Grade 2:	124	15.5%	148	18.4%	127	16.1%	111	14.4%	143	18.0%	135	17.8%	122	15.7%
Grade 3:	150	18.8%	117	14.6%	116	14.7%	144	18.6%	134	16.9%	121	16.0%	144	18.5%
Grade 4:	130	16.3%	118	14.7%	148	18.7%	123	15.9%	128	16.1%	145	19.1%	131	16.8%
Grade 5:	118	14.8%	144	17.9%	122	15.4%	134	17.3%	147	18.5%	119	15.7%	134	17.2%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	411	51.5%	401	49.9%	392	49.6%	429	55.5%	423	53.2%	397	52.4%	402	51.7%
Female:	387	48.5%	403	50.1%	399	50.4%	344	44.5%	357	44.9%	348	45.9%	367	47.2%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	2	0.3%	0	0.0%	1	0.1%
Asian:	20	2.5%	20	2.5%	17	2.1%	17	2.2%	22	2.8%	20	2.6%	20	2.6%
Hispanic:	69	8.6%	62	7.7%	64	8.1%	63	8.2%	55	6.9%	57	7.5%	55	7.1%
Black:	226	28.3%	233	29.0%	238	30.1%	254	32.9%	297	37.4%	284	37.5%	323	41.5%
White:	456	57.1%	458	57.0%	442	55.9%	414	53.6%	412	51.8%	392	51.7%	374	48.1%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	0.3%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	26	3.3%	30	3.7%	29	3.7%	22	2.8%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	257	32.2%	253	31.5%	264	33.4%	255	33.0%	269	33.8%	253	33.4%	272	35.0%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	12	1.5%	19	2.4%	18	2.3%	34	4.4%	26	3.3%	28	3.7%	21	2.7%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	15.80		16.08		16.48		16.10		16.74		16.00		14.40

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
PASS
2003	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	90.3%	75.5%	81.8%
2004	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	95.7%	81.1%	85.8%
2005	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	95%	80.9%	87.1%
2006	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	90%	80.2%	86.4%
2007	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	87.2%	81.6%	85.8%
2008	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	90.8%	84.5%	86.7%
2009	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	84.5%	73%	78%
2010	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	85.3%	76.4%	80.7%
2011	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	81.7%	74.6%	80%
2012	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	80.5%	73%	80.3%
2013	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	86%	78.3%	82.8%
2003	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	86.3%	68.2%	82.3%
2004	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	90.8%	70.5%	82.7%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	87.6%	72.2%	83.4%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	75.6%	65.7%	80.9%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	79.7%	65.1%	78.4%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	77.8%	63.6%	77.1%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	81.3%	53.6%	67%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	76.7%	60.4%	70%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	73%	60.5%	70.4%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	72.8%	62.9%	72.5%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	76.5%	61.5%	69.7%
2003	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	78%	41.6%	56.2%
2004	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	77.9%	45.9%	60%
2005	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	73.4%	48%	64.4%
2006	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	66.1%	45.6%	62.7%
2007	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	67.2%	50%	64.5%
2008	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	76.1%	56.3%	71.1%
2009	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	66.1%	46.7%	61.5%
2010	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	73.7%	41.7%	55.7%
2011	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	68.5%	48.2%	60.8%
2012	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	63.8%	44%	60.7%
2013	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	75.4%	56.2%	67.8%
2003	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	84.5%	47.2%	61%
2004	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	82.8%	55.9%	72.1%
2005	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	85.5%	63%	79.4%
2006	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	82.5%	64.7%	79.4%
2007	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	86.7%	77.8%	84.7%
2008	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	86.8%	72.9%	83.8%
2009	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	76.2%	61.4%	74.4%
2010	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	82.6%	66.1%	73.2%
2011	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	80.6%	67.9%	76.6%
2012	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	62.5%	66.6%	74.6%
2013	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	82.8%	76.4%	79.7%
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	80.3%	62.1%	68.9%
2010	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	81.8%	63%	71%
2013	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	77.4%	66.4%	70.3%
2003	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	93.2%	69%	76.4%
2004	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	91.7%	77.5%	80.7%
2005	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	94.1%	75.7%	79.6%
2006	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	85.2%	76.5%	81.8%
2007	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	87%	78.9%	82.7%
2008	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	88.4%	77.5%	80.8%
2009	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	82.4%	73.4%	75.7%
2010	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	88.4%	69.5%	76.5%
2011	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	84.7%	74.3%	78%
2012	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	83.6%	73.1%	78.2%
2013	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	81.6%	72.6%	78.9%
2003	Math	4th Grade	% met std	96.6%	72.7%	81.1%
2004	Math	4th Grade	% met std	84.4%	72.4%	80.3%
2005	Math	4th Grade	% met std	86.9%	70.6%	78.6%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	86.7%	68.4%	78.4%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	88%	69%	78.1%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	82.6%	68.2%	79%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	84.2%	69.8%	76.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	90.1%	64.9%	76.7%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	89.5%	73.3%	79.4%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	86.7%	70.5%	78.4%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	90.3%	72.7%	79.8%
2003	Science	4th Grade	% met std	76.5%	41.2%	57.1%
2004	Science	4th Grade	% met std	77.7%	48.8%	62.3%
2005	Science	4th Grade	% met std	80.5%	49.6%	61.8%
2006	Science	4th Grade	% met std	82.4%	47%	62.8%
2007	Science	4th Grade	% met std	76.8%	52.9%	63.8%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	76.5%	56.3%	68.9%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	81.3%	59.7%	68.7%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	83.6%	56%	69.2%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	79.8%	61.4%	70.8%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	79.4%	64.9%	73.8%
2013	Science	4th Grade	% met std	76.3%	63.8%	73.2%
2003	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	87.4%	52.1%	64.7%
2004	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	85.1%	58.5%	71%
2005	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	89%	68%	77.2%
2006	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	87.4%	60.3%	72.4%
2007	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	87.2%	63.5%	73.7%
2008	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	83.3%	67.3%	76.4%
2009	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	92%	74.7%	79.8%
2010	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	89.3%	68.3%	76.1%
2011	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	86.3%	70.7%	77%
2012	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	82.2%	72.8%	80.9%
2013	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	87.7%	74.9%	81.8%
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	77%	67.1%	70.1%
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	79.5%	61.6%	72.2%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	83.9%	68.1%	74.3%
2003	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	76.7%	59.8%	68.2%
2004	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	87.9%	70.1%	76.6%
2005	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	87.9%	70.3%	76.8%
2006	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	84.7%	73%	79.8%
2007	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	88.6%	70.8%	77.2%
2008	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	82.9%	70.4%	77.6%
2009	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	85.6%	76.5%	80%
2010	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	87.5%	72.5%	78.1%
2011	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	83.5%	72.6%	78.3%
2012	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	83.9%	69.9%	76.5%
2013	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	83.2%	78.7%	81.9%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	80.2%	63.1%	74.6%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	87.4%	66.3%	76.2%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	79.5%	66.4%	77.2%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	79.7%	65%	75.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	85.1%	65.9%	77.7%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	80.2%	66.4%	77.9%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	86.5%	63.7%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	81.8%	61.1%	71.3%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	84.9%	64.5%	75.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	84.7%	67.3%	76.1%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	81.2%	68%	76.2%
2003	Science	5th Grade	% met std	75.6%	43.5%	58.2%
2004	Science	5th Grade	% met std	72.8%	45.3%	60.3%
2005	Science	5th Grade	% met std	70.4%	41.8%	56.7%
2006	Science	5th Grade	% met std	63.5%	43.5%	59.5%
2007	Science	5th Grade	% met std	66.7%	46.6%	60.6%
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	62.7%	45.3%	61.4%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	82.7%	51.6%	68.3%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	85.3%	55%	66%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	73.1%	49.7%	65%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	85.7%	58.3%	71.7%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	78.1%	61.9%	73%
2003	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	76.2%	48%	60.4%
2004	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	79.4%	48.8%	63.5%
2005	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	72%	47%	63.9%
2006	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	69%	47.2%	62.4%
2007	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	78.9%	53.5%	63.8%
2008	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	67.2%	53.6%	66.3%
2009	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	75%	61.1%	70%
2010	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	75.7%	56%	66.1%
2011	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	75.7%	56.7%	70.4%
2012	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	77%	61.2%	69.9%
2013	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	74.6%	64.4%	71.7%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	87.9%	67.3%	73.2%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	84.8%	67.8%	74.5%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	83.4%	73.2%	77.7%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	85.2%	70.2%	73.6%
2013	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	80.5%	69.9%	74.5%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	32.7%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	67.3%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	18.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	17.3%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	82.7%

Mean Base Salary:	$48,979.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$29,957.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$52,960.0

* Brennen Elementary Primary School was rated 4 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.