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Carlisle-Foster's Grove Elementary Primary School
625 Foster's Grove Rd
Chesnee SC, 29323, Spartanburg County
Phone: 864-578-2215
Ranking: 
(189 out of 841, top 22%)*
(189 out of 841, top 22%)*Type: Regular Primary School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 4
School District: Spartanburg School District 2
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: | 31 | 32 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 28 | 32 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 495 | 543 | 516 | 526 | 534 | 552 | 554 | |||||||
| Prekindergarten: | 40 | 8.1% | 40 | 7.4% | 38 | 7.4% | 40 | 7.6% | 40 | 7.5% | 32 | 5.8% | 40 | 7.2% |
| Kindergarten: | 82 | 16.6% | 104 | 19.2% | 101 | 19.6% | 86 | 16.3% | 94 | 17.6% | 102 | 18.5% | 95 | 17.1% |
| Grade 1: | 105 | 21.2% | 109 | 20.1% | 89 | 17.2% | 97 | 18.4% | 104 | 19.5% | 106 | 19.2% | 107 | 19.3% |
| Grade 2: | 101 | 20.4% | 85 | 15.7% | 91 | 17.6% | 104 | 19.8% | 105 | 19.7% | 104 | 18.8% | 105 | 19.0% |
| Grade 3: | 79 | 16.0% | 95 | 17.5% | 102 | 19.8% | 98 | 18.6% | 104 | 19.5% | 93 | 16.8% | 112 | 20.2% |
| Grade 4: | 88 | 17.8% | 110 | 20.3% | 95 | 18.4% | 101 | 19.2% | 87 | 16.3% | 115 | 20.8% | 95 | 17.1% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 246 | 49.7% | 273 | 50.3% | 268 | 51.9% | 269 | 51.1% | 269 | 50.4% | 281 | 50.9% | 281 | 50.7% |
| Female: | 249 | 50.3% | 270 | 49.7% | 248 | 48.1% | 257 | 48.9% | 255 | 47.8% | 261 | 47.3% | 266 | 48.0% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 1 | 0.2% | 2 | 0.4% | 1 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Asian: | 27 | 5.5% | 26 | 4.8% | 28 | 5.4% | 35 | 6.7% | 37 | 6.9% | 34 | 6.2% | 39 | 7.0% |
| Hispanic: | 19 | 3.8% | 15 | 2.8% | 7 | 1.4% | 11 | 2.1% | 10 | 1.9% | 7 | 1.3% | 5 | 0.9% |
| Black: | 31 | 6.3% | 43 | 7.9% | 32 | 6.2% | 37 | 7.0% | 51 | 9.6% | 49 | 8.9% | 46 | 8.3% |
| White: | 392 | 79.2% | 424 | 78.1% | 422 | 81.8% | 427 | 81.2% | 434 | 81.3% | 459 | 83.2% | 461 | 83.2% |
| 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: | 25 | 5.1% | 33 | 6.1% | 26 | 5.0% | 16 | 3.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 165 | 33.3% | 186 | 34.3% | 173 | 33.5% | 176 | 33.5% | 176 | 33.0% | 177 | 32.1% | 161 | 29.1% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 34 | 6.9% | 39 | 7.2% | 30 | 5.8% | 29 | 5.5% | 47 | 8.8% | 45 | 8.2% | 59 | 10.6% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 15.97 | 16.97 | 16.65 | 16.44 | 16.18 | 19.70 | 17.30 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| PASS | ||||||
| 2003 | English/Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 84.3% | 86.5% | 81.8% |
| 2004 | English/Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 91.8% | 92.2% | 85.8% |
| 2005 | English/Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 89.7% | 89.6% | 87.1% |
| 2006 | English/Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 89.8% | 88% | 86.4% |
| 2007 | English/Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 93.9% | 88.7% | 85.8% |
| 2008 | English/Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 93.9% | 89.5% | 86.7% |
| 2009 | English/Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 81.4% | 79.5% | 78% |
| 2010 | English/Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 84.5% | 83.1% | 80.7% |
| 2011 | English/Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 86.8% | 85.1% | 80% |
| 2012 | English/Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 82.5% | 85.8% | 80.3% |
| 2013 | English/Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 89.1% | 88.2% | 82.8% |
| 2003 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 89.2% | 91.2% | 82.3% |
| 2004 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 90.1% | 89.5% | 82.7% |
| 2005 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 94% | 89.6% | 83.4% |
| 2006 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 94.9% | 87.3% | 80.9% |
| 2007 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 79.6% | 85.5% | 78.4% |
| 2008 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 90.4% | 87.3% | 77.1% |
| 2009 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 81.4% | 74.5% | 67% |
| 2010 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 80.6% | 77.5% | 70% |
| 2011 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 80.9% | 78.4% | 70.4% |
| 2012 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 74% | 80.4% | 72.5% |
| 2013 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 73.2% | 77.6% | 69.7% |
| 2003 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 63.4% | 66% | 56.2% |
| 2004 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 68.3% | 65.6% | 60% |
| 2005 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 80.2% | 70.9% | 64.4% |
| 2006 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 77.6% | 72.6% | 62.7% |
| 2007 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 73.9% | 66.7% | 64.5% |
| 2008 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 89.7% | 78.1% | 71.1% |
| 2009 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 67.4% | 64.1% | 61.5% |
| 2010 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 53% | 58.4% | 55.7% |
| 2011 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 60% | 64.7% | 60.8% |
| 2012 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 58.5% | 66.4% | 60.7% |
| 2013 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 69.6% | 73.1% | 67.8% |
| 2003 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 69.9% | 65.4% | 61% |
| 2004 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 80.2% | 77.5% | 72.1% |
| 2005 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 85.3% | 80.2% | 79.4% |
| 2006 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 86.7% | 83.5% | 79.4% |
| 2007 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 86.5% | 84.7% | 84.7% |
| 2008 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 96.4% | 86.9% | 83.8% |
| 2009 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 76.8% | 75.6% | 74.4% |
| 2010 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 86.6% | 79.7% | 73.2% |
| 2011 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 71.5% | 80.4% | 76.6% |
| 2012 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 78.4% | 75.1% | 74.6% |
| 2013 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 85.1% | 85.1% | 79.7% |
| 2009 | Writing | 3rd Grade | % met std | 84.7% | 74% | 68.9% |
| 2010 | Writing | 3rd Grade | % met std | 78.6% | 79% | 71% |
| 2013 | Writing | 3rd Grade | % met std | 72.9% | 75.9% | 70.3% |
| 2003 | English/Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 90.1% | 84.8% | 76.4% |
| 2004 | English/Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 86.5% | 86.9% | 80.7% |
| 2005 | English/Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 78.5% | 84.7% | 79.6% |
| 2006 | English/Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 82.5% | 83.5% | 81.8% |
| 2007 | English/Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 92.3% | 85.6% | 82.7% |
| 2008 | English/Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 88% | 83.8% | 80.8% |
| 2009 | English/Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 79.6% | 82.2% | 75.7% |
| 2010 | English/Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 83.9% | 77.4% | 76.5% |
| 2011 | English/Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 80.4% | 78.2% | 78% |
| 2012 | English/Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 84.2% | 83.4% | 78.2% |
| 2013 | English/Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 72.5% | 80.3% | 78.9% |
| 2003 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 93% | 87.9% | 81.1% |
| 2004 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 92.3% | 88.4% | 80.3% |
| 2005 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 83.2% | 86.3% | 78.6% |
| 2006 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 91.2% | 84.3% | 78.4% |
| 2007 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 91.5% | 85.8% | 78.1% |
| 2008 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 91.3% | 86.1% | 79% |
| 2009 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 92% | 88.2% | 76.8% |
| 2010 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 89.6% | 81.5% | 76.7% |
| 2011 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 85.3% | 83.2% | 79.4% |
| 2012 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 91.6% | 86% | 78.4% |
| 2013 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 79.1% | 83.5% | 79.8% |
| 2003 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 72% | 66.7% | 57.1% |
| 2004 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 74% | 67.9% | 62.3% |
| 2005 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 65.6% | 67.2% | 61.8% |
| 2006 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 71.9% | 70.1% | 62.8% |
| 2007 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 78.6% | 71% | 63.8% |
| 2008 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 80.4% | 74.9% | 68.9% |
| 2009 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 75.2% | 75.5% | 68.7% |
| 2010 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 75.8% | 68.9% | 69.2% |
| 2011 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 74.5% | 75.9% | 70.8% |
| 2012 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 77.9% | 79% | 73.8% |
| 2013 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 75.5% | 77.2% | 73.2% |
| 2003 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 59.1% | 70.8% | 64.7% |
| 2004 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 79.2% | 73.8% | 71% |
| 2005 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 83.3% | 80.6% | 77.2% |
| 2006 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 72.8% | 71.8% | 72.4% |
| 2007 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 83.8% | 75.5% | 73.7% |
| 2008 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 77.2% | 77.5% | 76.4% |
| 2009 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 85.8% | 83.7% | 79.8% |
| 2010 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 80.5% | 74.1% | 76.1% |
| 2011 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 81.4% | 79.1% | 77% |
| 2012 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 78.9% | 85% | 80.9% |
| 2013 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 80.9% | 87.9% | 81.8% |
| 2009 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 78.9% | 81% | 70.1% |
| 2010 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 83.9% | 79.6% | 72.2% |
| 2013 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 71.8% | 79.9% | 74.3% |
| 2003 | English/Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 82.2% | 78.8% | 68.2% |
| 2004 | English/Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 86.4% | 87.9% | 76.6% |
| 2005 | English/Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 80.7% | 78.5% | 76.8% |
| 2006 | English/Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 82.3% | 79.2% | 79.8% |
| 2003 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 82.3% | 87.7% | 74.6% |
| 2004 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 82.6% | 85.3% | 76.2% |
| 2005 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 83.5% | 81.9% | 77.2% |
| 2006 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 80.2% | 79.7% | 75.9% |
| 2003 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 61.7% | 66% | 58.2% |
| 2004 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 63.3% | 63.4% | 60.3% |
| 2005 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 62.8% | 54.7% | 56.7% |
| 2006 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 54.2% | 59.1% | 59.5% |
| 2003 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 58% | 63.4% | 60.4% |
| 2004 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 67.3% | 66.7% | 63.5% |
| 2005 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 73.4% | 60.2% | 63.9% |
| 2006 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 64.6% | 56.3% | 62.4% |
Some data by SchoolDigger.com.
Teacher's Experience and Compensation
| 2007 | |
| Teachers with Bachelor Degree: | 37.5% |
| Teachers with Master or PhD Degree: | 62.5% |
| Mean Number of Years of Teaching: | 15.0 years |
| Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less: | 18.8% |
| Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More: | 81.3% |
| Mean Base Salary: | $45,140.0 |
| Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less: | $31,743.0 |
| Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More: | $48,232.0 |
* Carlisle-Foster's Grove 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.