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Burke High High School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

244 President St

Charleston SC, 29403, Charleston County

Phone: 843-579-4815

Ranking:

High School:

(191 out of 202, bottom 5%)
Elementary/Middle School:

(833 out of 841, bottom 1%)*

Type: Regular High School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 7 to Grade 12

School District: Charleston 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:	60		65		72		60		66		78		74
Total Students:	465		509		553		615		660		714		823
Grade 7:	54	11.6%	71	13.9%	94	17.0%	75	12.2%	66	10.0%	77	10.8%	90	10.9%
Grade 8:	75	16.1%	93	18.3%	74	13.4%	71	11.5%	95	14.4%	77	10.8%	120	14.6%
Grade 9:	116	24.9%	86	16.9%	106	19.2%	152	24.7%	152	23.0%	202	28.3%	238	28.9%
Grade 10:	69	14.8%	77	15.1%	108	19.5%	116	18.9%	159	24.1%	154	21.6%	148	18.0%
Grade 11:	74	15.9%	94	18.5%	93	16.8%	115	18.7%	124	18.8%	111	15.5%	111	13.5%
Grade 12:	77	16.6%	88	17.3%	78	14.1%	86	14.0%	63	9.5%	93	13.0%	116	14.1%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	248	53.3%	270	53.0%	281	50.8%	303	49.3%	318	48.2%	341	47.8%	386	46.9%
Female:	217	46.7%	239	47.0%	272	49.2%	312	50.7%	332	50.3%	365	51.1%	433	52.6%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	1	0.1%
Asian:	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%
Hispanic:	4	0.9%	2	0.4%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	1	0.1%	2	0.2%
Black:	455	97.8%	500	98.2%	545	98.6%	609	99.0%	651	98.6%	709	99.3%	818	99.4%
White:	4	0.9%	5	1.0%	6	1.1%	5	0.8%	4	0.6%	3	0.4%	2	0.2%
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:	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	383	82.4%	420	82.5%	446	80.7%	435	70.7%	539	81.7%	523	73.2%	645	78.4%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	12	2.6%	26	5.1%	19	3.4%	37	6.0%	46	7.0%	51	7.1%	67	8.1%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	7.82		7.89		7.73		10.25		10.08		9.20		11.10

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
HSAP
2005	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	56.6%	85.8%	86.2%
2006	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	77.1%	85.9%	84.9%
2007	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	82.1%	89.3%	88.1%
2008	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	76%	87.7%	87.7%
2009	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	72.3%	84.6%	84.9%
2010	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	21.8%	60%	54.3%
2011	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	41.9%	64.3%	60.6%
2012	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	33.6%	63.2%	57.4%
2013	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	29.1%	66.7%	61.4%
2005	Math	10th Grade	% met std	41.5%	72.5%	76.4%
2006	Math	10th Grade	% met std	60.4%	79.7%	80.2%
2007	Math	10th Grade	% met std	57.1%	79.8%	79.6%
2008	Math	10th Grade	% met std	61.2%	83.7%	84.6%
2009	Math	10th Grade	% met std	55.3%	79.4%	80.2%
2010	Math	10th Grade	% met std	12.1%	54.4%	50.9%
2011	Math	10th Grade	% met std	20.9%	54.8%	51.8%
2012	Math	10th Grade	% met std	21.1%	59.7%	54.2%
2013	Math	10th Grade	% met std	28.8%	57%	53.1%
PASS
2006	English/Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	35.2%	70.9%	70.1%
2007	English/Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	33.9%	70.5%	69.8%
2008	English/Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	53.5%	75.4%	73%
2009	English/Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	29.5%	71.9%	68.7%
2010	English/Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	38.8%	71.8%	69.1%
2011	English/Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	35.6%	69.6%	68.4%
2012	English/Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	45.4%	72.6%	71.4%
2013	English/Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	62.7%	76.4%	73.2%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	39.4%	71.4%	74.8%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	47.7%	76.3%	76.8%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	56.9%	78.3%	77.8%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	26.9%	71.5%	69.5%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	34.3%	66.9%	67%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	24.6%	67.7%	69.7%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	47.4%	72.4%	71.5%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	49.2%	72.4%	68.3%
2006	Science	7th Grade	% met std	18.1%	58.1%	57%
2007	Science	7th Grade	% met std	14.4%	63.8%	64.8%
2008	Science	7th Grade	% met std	48%	70%	69.8%
2009	Science	7th Grade	% met std	23.1%	71.6%	71.2%
2010	Science	7th Grade	% met std	49.3%	72.4%	73.3%
2011	Science	7th Grade	% met std	26%	71.2%	71.7%
2012	Science	7th Grade	% met std	35%	75.8%	74.7%
2013	Science	7th Grade	% met std	50.8%	78.6%	75.5%
2006	Social Studies	7th Grade	% met std	20.5%	58.9%	53.9%
2007	Social Studies	7th Grade	% met std	9.9%	60.9%	57.3%
2008	Social Studies	7th Grade	% met std	48%	59.5%	56.4%
2009	Social Studies	7th Grade	% met std	16.7%	64.5%	60.3%
2010	Social Studies	7th Grade	% met std	28.4%	62.6%	62%
2011	Social Studies	7th Grade	% met std	20.5%	64%	63.5%
2012	Social Studies	7th Grade	% met std	37.1%	71.3%	68.8%
2013	Social Studies	7th Grade	% met std	43.3%	73.5%	68.3%
2009	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	40%	74.2%	70.1%
2010	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	48.5%	72.9%	69.7%
2013	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	61.7%	80.5%	76.5%
2006	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	45.4%	74%	72.7%
2007	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	43.9%	70.9%	71.3%
2008	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	26.3%	71.4%	71%
2009	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	36.7%	70.1%	67.5%
2010	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	27.5%	65.9%	63.7%
2011	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	47.8%	69.5%	67.8%
2012	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	31.8%	72.7%	69.8%
2013	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	43.9%	71.5%	67.5%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	27%	61.9%	65.3%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	32.9%	63.7%	67.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	24.7%	69.7%	69.7%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	45.6%	63.8%	62.6%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	22.9%	65.1%	63.4%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	52.3%	69%	69.5%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	37.8%	67.9%	68.6%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	54.3%	74.5%	70.2%
2006	Science	8th Grade	% met std	33.3%	59.4%	60.1%
2007	Science	8th Grade	% met std	36.1%	62%	63.7%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	18.8%	63.4%	63.4%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	11.4%	62.2%	62.3%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	11.6%	67.2%	67.7%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	33.4%	69.9%	70.1%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	25.1%	74%	75.4%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	37.5%	71.7%	71%
2006	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	37.8%	65.5%	67.4%
2007	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	44%	67.2%	65.9%
2008	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	30.2%	68.2%	68.7%
2009	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	69.7%	72%	69.6%
2010	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	40.9%	72%	68.8%
2011	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	61.7%	74.6%	71.9%
2012	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	41.2%	72.3%	71.4%
2013	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	39%	76.7%	71.3%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	44.9%	69.9%	68.1%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	32.6%	74%	71.9%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	44.6%	69.9%	67.8%
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	44%	73.4%	74.1%
2013	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	46.9%	78.3%	75.7%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	38.3%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	61.7%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	14.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	28.4%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	71.6%

Mean Base Salary:	$42,327.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$33,122.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$45,977.0

* Burke High High School was rated 1 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.