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Buena Vista Elementary Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

310 South Batesville Rd

Greer SC, 29650, Greenville County

Phone: 864-355-2200

Ranking:

(48 out of 841, top 6%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Greenville County School District

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:	44		45		42		41		44		45		48
Total Students:	841		827		806		784		835		849		870
Kindergarten:	126	15.0%	118	14.3%	127	15.8%	134	17.1%	117	14.0%	146	17.2%	118	13.6%
Grade 1:	149	17.7%	166	20.1%	159	19.7%	127	16.2%	149	17.8%	124	14.6%	162	18.6%
Grade 2:	146	17.4%	145	17.5%	127	15.8%	139	17.7%	126	15.1%	144	17.0%	148	17.0%
Grade 3:	139	16.5%	139	16.8%	136	16.9%	110	14.0%	143	17.1%	126	14.8%	166	19.1%
Grade 4:	142	16.9%	135	16.3%	112	13.9%	148	18.9%	128	15.3%	170	20.0%	141	16.2%
Grade 5:	139	16.5%	124	15.0%	145	18.0%	126	16.1%	172	20.6%	139	16.4%	135	15.5%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	443	52.7%	393	47.5%	398	49.4%	382	48.7%	398	47.7%	420	49.5%	430	49.4%
Female:	398	47.3%	434	52.5%	408	50.6%	402	51.3%	417	49.9%	417	49.1%	433	49.8%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	2	0.2%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%
Asian:	90	10.7%	98	11.9%	82	10.2%	80	10.2%	71	8.5%	83	9.8%	86	9.9%
Hispanic:	49	5.8%	41	5.0%	45	5.6%	55	7.0%	45	5.4%	50	5.9%	46	5.3%
Black:	113	13.4%	115	13.9%	97	12.0%	91	11.6%	114	13.7%	114	13.4%	106	12.2%
White:	553	65.8%	534	64.6%	554	68.7%	538	68.6%	592	70.9%	597	70.3%	629	72.3%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	0.2%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	34	4.0%	38	4.6%	26	3.2%	20	2.6%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	162	19.3%	157	19.0%	154	19.1%	137	17.5%	138	16.5%	119	14.0%	103	11.8%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	24	2.9%	27	3.3%	13	1.6%	17	2.2%	21	2.5%	26	3.1%	25	2.9%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	18.94		18.38		19.14		18.94		19.06		19.00		18.20

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
PASS
2003	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	94.2%	82.8%	81.8%
2004	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	96%	87.2%	85.8%
2005	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	96.7%	89.1%	87.1%
2006	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	93.7%	87.6%	86.4%
2007	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	91.9%	86.2%	85.8%
2008	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	93.2%	87.6%	86.7%
2009	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	91.4%	78.3%	78%
2010	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	90.3%	83.4%	80.7%
2011	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	91.5%	83.7%	80%
2012	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	88.2%	83.3%	80.3%
2013	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	91.8%	86%	82.8%
2003	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	90.8%	84.6%	82.3%
2004	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	94.4%	85.2%	82.7%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	93.4%	87.3%	83.4%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	91.4%	83.7%	80.9%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	84.2%	81.8%	78.4%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	87%	81.7%	77.1%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	83.6%	70.2%	67%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	86.2%	74.6%	70%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	86.9%	75.9%	70.4%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	86.7%	77.3%	72.5%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	86.9%	75.5%	69.7%
2003	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	90.8%	64%	56.2%
2004	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	88%	64.7%	60%
2005	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	86%	69%	64.4%
2006	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	78.9%	63.8%	62.7%
2007	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	76.5%	69.9%	64.5%
2008	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	82.7%	76.6%	71.1%
2009	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	67.2%	66.5%	61.5%
2010	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	79.7%	65.3%	55.7%
2011	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	71.2%	65.5%	60.8%
2012	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	86.8%	67.3%	60.7%
2013	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	80.6%	72.8%	67.8%
2003	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	94.2%	73%	61%
2004	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	89.6%	77.4%	72.1%
2005	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	94.2%	85%	79.4%
2006	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	89.8%	81.5%	79.4%
2007	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	91.3%	87.2%	84.7%
2008	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	96.3%	88.1%	83.8%
2009	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	86.1%	78.9%	74.4%
2010	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	84.7%	76.5%	73.2%
2011	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	96.4%	80.7%	76.6%
2012	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	86.8%	80.3%	74.6%
2013	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	94.3%	83.5%	79.7%
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	86.6%	72.3%	68.9%
2010	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	85.4%	75.2%	71%
2013	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	90.4%	75.9%	70.3%
2003	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	88.3%	78.3%	76.4%
2004	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	93.8%	81.8%	80.7%
2005	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	91.1%	80.5%	79.6%
2006	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	92.9%	83%	81.8%
2007	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	94.6%	83.4%	82.7%
2008	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	89%	80.5%	80.8%
2009	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	86.6%	75.8%	75.7%
2010	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	83.4%	77.8%	76.5%
2011	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	93.6%	80.8%	78%
2012	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	93.8%	82.2%	78.2%
2013	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	94.7%	83.3%	78.9%
2003	Math	4th Grade	% met std	88.3%	80.5%	81.1%
2004	Math	4th Grade	% met std	91.4%	80.5%	80.3%
2005	Math	4th Grade	% met std	90.3%	78%	78.6%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	88.9%	79.6%	78.4%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	92.4%	78.8%	78.1%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	86.8%	80.8%	79%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	83.5%	80%	76.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	91.3%	78.1%	76.7%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	93.1%	83.5%	79.4%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	93.8%	83.2%	78.4%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	93.9%	83.5%	79.8%
2003	Science	4th Grade	% met std	76.6%	62.3%	57.1%
2004	Science	4th Grade	% met std	86.7%	67.4%	62.3%
2005	Science	4th Grade	% met std	84.6%	64.2%	61.8%
2006	Science	4th Grade	% met std	79%	64.8%	62.8%
2007	Science	4th Grade	% met std	83.1%	65.1%	63.8%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	74.3%	71.5%	68.9%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	81.7%	73.2%	68.7%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	82.6%	74%	69.2%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	89%	75.8%	70.8%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	87.6%	78.6%	73.8%
2013	Science	4th Grade	% met std	89.4%	78.8%	73.2%
2003	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	94.9%	72.7%	64.7%
2004	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	93%	75.4%	71%
2005	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	88.6%	79.9%	77.2%
2006	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	84.7%	74.1%	72.4%
2007	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	91.5%	76.2%	73.7%
2008	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	82.4%	79.3%	76.4%
2009	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	87.8%	81.8%	79.8%
2010	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	87.4%	79.2%	76.1%
2011	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	86.9%	82.3%	77%
2012	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	92.9%	83.9%	80.9%
2013	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	93.9%	85.3%	81.8%
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	80.8%	70.3%	70.1%
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	80.3%	71.4%	72.2%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	92.3%	78.5%	74.3%
2003	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	87.7%	72.5%	68.2%
2004	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	90.3%	78.6%	76.6%
2005	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	90.8%	78.1%	76.8%
2006	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	94.8%	81.9%	79.8%
2007	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	95.6%	80.4%	77.2%
2008	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	94%	79.2%	77.6%
2009	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	94.1%	81.7%	80%
2010	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	91.6%	80.8%	78.1%
2011	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	92.4%	81.3%	78.3%
2012	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	95.2%	79.4%	76.5%
2013	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	94.3%	85.4%	81.9%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	83.1%	77.1%	74.6%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	93.8%	76.7%	76.2%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	88%	76.8%	77.2%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	97%	77.9%	75.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	93.4%	79.6%	77.7%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	92.5%	80.2%	77.9%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	87.6%	77.3%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	85%	75.1%	71.3%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	90.9%	77.8%	75.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	90.5%	81.3%	76.1%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	91.1%	81.1%	76.2%
2003	Science	5th Grade	% met std	77.3%	64.5%	58.2%
2004	Science	5th Grade	% met std	84.2%	65.1%	60.3%
2005	Science	5th Grade	% met std	80.2%	60.6%	56.7%
2006	Science	5th Grade	% met std	86.6%	63.9%	59.5%
2007	Science	5th Grade	% met std	91.3%	64.2%	60.6%
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	73.5%	65.2%	61.4%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	83.6%	72.8%	68.3%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	82.3%	69.2%	66%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	89.2%	68.9%	65%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	85.2%	75.6%	71.7%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	81.7%	77%	73%
2003	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	88.3%	69.3%	60.4%
2004	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	89.7%	71.1%	63.5%
2005	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	85.5%	70.1%	63.9%
2006	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	89.6%	70.8%	62.4%
2007	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	83.8%	70.2%	63.8%
2008	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	90.8%	71.4%	66.3%
2009	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	90%	75.1%	70%
2010	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	81.9%	72.9%	66.1%
2011	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	89.5%	75.2%	70.4%
2012	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	94.5%	76.6%	69.9%
2013	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	93.8%	78.4%	71.7%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	91.3%	77.4%	73.2%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	88.8%	77.2%	74.5%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	93%	79%	77.7%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	93.2%	78.3%	73.6%
2013	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	91.2%	79.5%	74.5%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	39.5%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	60.5%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	13.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	34.9%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	65.1%

Mean Base Salary:	$42,223.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$32,435.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$47,467.0

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