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Carolina Forest Elementary Primary School

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285 Carolina Forest Blvd

Myrtle Beach SC, 29579, Horry County

Phone: 843-236-0001

Ranking:

(57 out of 841, top 7%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Horry 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		56		58		56		57		59		59
Total Students:	927		964		972		1,004		968		949		941
Prekindergarten:	62	6.7%	62	6.4%	55	5.7%	53	5.3%	53	5.5%	51	5.4%	40	4.3%
Kindergarten:	129	13.9%	156	16.2%	162	16.7%	156	15.5%	144	14.9%	147	15.5%	132	14.0%
Grade 1:	144	15.5%	154	16.0%	144	14.8%	146	14.5%	151	15.6%	140	14.8%	165	17.5%
Grade 2:	150	16.2%	148	15.4%	134	13.8%	157	15.6%	147	15.2%	162	17.1%	144	15.3%
Grade 3:	145	15.6%	138	14.3%	159	16.4%	150	14.9%	161	16.6%	153	16.1%	151	16.0%
Grade 4:	138	14.9%	147	15.2%	151	15.5%	178	17.7%	159	16.4%	155	16.3%	140	14.9%
Grade 5:	159	17.2%	159	16.5%	167	17.2%	164	16.3%	153	15.8%	141	14.9%	169	18.0%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	503	54.3%	526	54.6%	524	53.9%	542	54.0%	486	50.2%	461	48.6%	462	49.1%
Female:	424	45.7%	438	45.4%	448	46.1%	462	46.0%	453	46.8%	455	47.9%	456	48.5%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	6	0.6%	5	0.5%	6	0.6%	4	0.4%	14	1.4%	10	1.1%	8	0.9%
Asian:	17	1.8%	19	2.0%	18	1.9%	19	1.9%	33	3.4%	33	3.5%	29	3.1%
Hispanic:	109	11.8%	117	12.1%	108	11.1%	102	10.2%	85	8.8%	87	9.2%	86	9.1%
Black:	95	10.2%	92	9.5%	90	9.3%	97	9.7%	105	10.8%	92	9.7%	93	9.9%
White:	641	69.1%	671	69.6%	687	70.7%	705	70.2%	710	73.3%	702	74.0%	706	75.0%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	3	0.3%	2	0.2%	1	0.1%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	59	6.4%	57	5.9%	61	6.3%	76	7.6%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	387	41.7%	439	45.5%	467	48.0%	489	48.7%	380	39.3%	330	34.8%	286	30.4%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	67	7.2%	58	6.0%	54	5.6%	68	6.8%	94	9.7%	92	9.7%	94	10.0%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	16.85		17.21		16.76		17.93		17.13		16.10		16.10

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
PASS
2003	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	98.4%	89.7%	81.8%
2004	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	99.3%	93.2%	85.8%
2005	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	96.5%	92.9%	87.1%
2006	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	95.2%	92.8%	86.4%
2007	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	100%	93.5%	85.8%
2008	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	96.5%	94.5%	86.7%
2009	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	93%	84%	78%
2010	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	86.9%	83.4%	80.7%
2011	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	92.9%	84.3%	80%
2012	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	93.3%	84.7%	80.3%
2013	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	93.4%	87.8%	82.8%
2003	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	93.7%	90.1%	82.3%
2004	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	92.5%	90.8%	82.7%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	89%	90.3%	83.4%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	87.7%	88.2%	80.9%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	93.3%	86.1%	78.4%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	94.7%	84.9%	77.1%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	86%	73.6%	67%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	78.6%	77%	70%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	86.5%	76.4%	70.4%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	87.8%	79.7%	72.5%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	88.4%	76.4%	69.7%
2003	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	82.9%	59.5%	56.2%
2004	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	80.8%	67%	60%
2005	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	75.8%	71%	64.4%
2006	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	69.8%	68%	62.7%
2007	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	84.1%	68.8%	64.5%
2008	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	91%	76%	71.1%
2009	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	81.6%	66.7%	61.5%
2010	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	73.4%	61.6%	55.7%
2011	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	84.6%	67.1%	60.8%
2012	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	91.5%	70.6%	60.7%
2013	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	94.4%	74.6%	67.8%
2003	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	74.4%	59.3%	61%
2004	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	81.3%	77.3%	72.1%
2005	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	89.4%	83.5%	79.4%
2006	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	86.4%	85.6%	79.4%
2007	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	95.3%	86.6%	84.7%
2008	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	93.5%	87.6%	83.8%
2009	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	89.4%	77.6%	74.4%
2010	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	83.8%	78.9%	73.2%
2011	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	94.8%	84.6%	76.6%
2012	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	92.6%	81.1%	74.6%
2013	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	97%	83.8%	79.7%
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	83.9%	76.4%	68.9%
2010	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	80.9%	77.6%	71%
2013	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	82.1%	75.3%	70.3%
2003	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	88.6%	85.9%	76.4%
2004	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	91%	88.3%	80.7%
2005	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	91.8%	88.6%	79.6%
2006	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	92.2%	88.3%	81.8%
2007	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	94.5%	90.9%	82.7%
2008	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	95.5%	89.3%	80.8%
2009	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	89.3%	83%	75.7%
2010	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	90.4%	80.1%	76.5%
2011	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	87.5%	82%	78%
2012	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	88.5%	81.8%	78.2%
2013	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	89.3%	83.6%	78.9%
2003	Math	4th Grade	% met std	93%	91.1%	81.1%
2004	Math	4th Grade	% met std	95.3%	89.1%	80.3%
2005	Math	4th Grade	% met std	93.1%	87.7%	78.6%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	89.2%	85.4%	78.4%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	89.9%	86.1%	78.1%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	92.1%	88.4%	79%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	87.7%	85.3%	76.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	90.3%	82.6%	76.7%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	89.7%	86.8%	79.4%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	84.7%	81.7%	78.4%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	91.4%	86.1%	79.8%
2003	Science	4th Grade	% met std	67%	59.2%	57.1%
2004	Science	4th Grade	% met std	79.2%	65.4%	62.3%
2005	Science	4th Grade	% met std	80.2%	68.9%	61.8%
2006	Science	4th Grade	% met std	69%	68.1%	62.8%
2007	Science	4th Grade	% met std	71.6%	67.8%	63.8%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	76.2%	72%	68.9%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	83.4%	75.2%	68.7%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	87.8%	74.7%	69.2%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	82.9%	79.2%	70.8%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	84.7%	78.3%	73.8%
2013	Science	4th Grade	% met std	88.1%	80.5%	73.2%
2003	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	72.6%	64.9%	64.7%
2004	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	85.1%	72.8%	71%
2005	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	85.4%	82.6%	77.2%
2006	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	75.6%	76.9%	72.4%
2007	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	76.5%	75%	73.7%
2008	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	82.5%	82.2%	76.4%
2009	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	92.4%	85.8%	79.8%
2010	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	89.8%	82.1%	76.1%
2011	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	85.7%	84.5%	77%
2012	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	93.7%	86.5%	80.9%
2013	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	92.1%	87.5%	81.8%
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	90.2%	79%	70.1%
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	85.8%	77.9%	72.2%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	90.6%	79.3%	74.3%
2003	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	87%	82.1%	68.2%
2004	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	94.3%	87.9%	76.6%
2005	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	90.2%	86.6%	76.8%
2006	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	92.1%	88.8%	79.8%
2007	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	92.7%	86%	77.2%
2008	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	90.4%	85.8%	77.6%
2009	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	92.8%	83.6%	80%
2010	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	87.5%	82.6%	78.1%
2011	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	91.4%	81.5%	78.3%
2012	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	89.8%	80.4%	76.5%
2013	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	88.5%	85.8%	81.9%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	88.7%	88.8%	74.6%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	90.6%	87.9%	76.2%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	94.9%	88.5%	77.2%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	92%	86.7%	75.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	91.9%	87.1%	77.7%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	94.9%	86.7%	77.9%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	89.3%	79%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	86.8%	77.9%	71.3%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	91.4%	80.8%	75.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	87.5%	80.9%	76.1%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	82.6%	81%	76.2%
2003	Science	5th Grade	% met std	73.3%	61%	58.2%
2004	Science	5th Grade	% met std	80.1%	65.9%	60.3%
2005	Science	5th Grade	% met std	77.8%	62.2%	56.7%
2006	Science	5th Grade	% met std	73.5%	65.4%	59.5%
2007	Science	5th Grade	% met std	72.7%	63.7%	60.6%
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	70.5%	63.2%	61.4%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	82.4%	71.5%	68.3%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	83.4%	69.6%	66%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	92.6%	70.9%	65%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	87.5%	74.2%	71.7%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	82.1%	79.2%	73%
2003	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	75.3%	61.7%	60.4%
2004	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	78.5%	65.9%	63.5%
2005	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	78.4%	67.6%	63.9%
2006	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	74.7%	68.6%	62.4%
2007	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	82.5%	68.9%	63.8%
2008	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	75.9%	67.3%	66.3%
2009	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	91.6%	76.1%	70%
2010	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	89.1%	71.3%	66.1%
2011	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	87.7%	75.6%	70.4%
2012	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	87.5%	75.7%	69.9%
2013	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	85.5%	77.6%	71.7%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	88%	77.4%	73.2%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	86.8%	80.3%	74.5%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	93.8%	80.7%	77.7%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	85.8%	77.4%	73.6%
2013	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	83.3%	76.9%	74.5%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	54.2%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	45.8%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	13.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	29.2%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	70.8%

Mean Base Salary:	$43,557.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$27,529.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$50,836.0

* Carolina Forest 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.