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Charleston School Of The Arts

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5109b West Enterprise St

North Charleston SC, 29405, Charleston County

Phone: 843-529-4990

Ranking:

High School:

(4 out of 202, top 2%)
Elementary/Middle School:

(2 out of 841, top 0%)*

Type: Regular Other School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 12

School District: Charleston 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:	70		71		68		68		67		68		65
Total Students:	1,090		1,080		1,060		1,053		1,023		1,009		1,003
Grade 6:	163	15.0%	164	15.2%	162	15.3%	162	15.4%	161	15.7%	157	15.6%	150	15.0%
Grade 7:	163	15.0%	162	15.0%	161	15.2%	160	15.2%	163	15.9%	155	15.4%	150	15.0%
Grade 8:	164	15.0%	163	15.1%	160	15.1%	162	15.4%	162	15.8%	156	15.5%	150	15.0%
Grade 9:	166	15.2%	163	15.1%	160	15.1%	165	15.7%	145	14.2%	139	13.8%	153	15.3%
Grade 10:	146	13.4%	157	14.5%	156	14.7%	146	13.9%	135	13.2%	140	13.9%	140	14.0%
Grade 11:	151	13.9%	140	13.0%	133	12.5%	128	12.2%	131	12.8%	133	13.2%	135	13.5%
Grade 12:	137	12.6%	131	12.1%	128	12.1%	130	12.3%	126	12.3%	129	12.8%	125	12.5%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	377	34.6%	382	35.4%	376	35.5%	392	37.2%	393	38.4%	376	37.3%	379	37.8%
Female:	713	65.4%	698	64.6%	684	64.5%	661	62.8%	621	60.7%	622	61.6%	617	61.5%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	3	0.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	0.3%
Asian:	39	3.6%	36	3.3%	28	2.6%	25	2.4%	28	2.7%	25	2.5%	27	2.7%
Hispanic:	32	2.9%	27	2.5%	34	3.2%	34	3.2%	30	2.9%	31	3.1%	25	2.5%
Black:	145	13.3%	152	14.1%	146	13.8%	157	14.9%	192	18.8%	198	19.6%	217	21.6%
White:	841	77.2%	840	77.8%	837	79.0%	820	77.9%	772	75.5%	752	74.5%	728	72.6%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	4	0.4%	5	0.5%	3	0.3%	2	0.2%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	26	2.4%	20	1.9%	12	1.1%	15	1.4%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	97	8.9%	92	8.5%	93	8.8%	96	9.1%	106	10.4%	77	7.6%	76	7.6%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	31	2.8%	30	2.8%	30	2.8%	26	2.5%	36	3.5%	27	2.7%	48	4.8%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	15.64		15.15		15.57		15.55		15.20		14.90		15.40

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
HSAP
2005	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	100%	85.8%	86.2%
2006	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	99.2%	85.9%	84.9%
2007	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	99.3%	89.3%	88.1%
2010	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	94%	60%	54.3%
2011	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	98.6%	64.3%	60.6%
2012	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	96.1%	63.2%	57.4%
2013	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	94.8%	66.7%	61.4%
2005	Math	10th Grade	% met std	100%	72.5%	76.4%
2006	Math	10th Grade	% met std	96.2%	79.7%	80.2%
2007	Math	10th Grade	% met std	97.2%	79.8%	79.6%
2008	Math	10th Grade	% met std	97.1%	83.7%	84.6%
2009	Math	10th Grade	% met std	99.3%	79.4%	80.2%
2010	Math	10th Grade	% met std	79.8%	54.4%	50.9%
2011	Math	10th Grade	% met std	90.1%	54.8%	51.8%
2012	Math	10th Grade	% met std	85.7%	59.7%	54.2%
2013	Math	10th Grade	% met std	85%	57%	53.1%
PASS
2003	English/Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	89.3%	64.4%	65.7%
2004	English/Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	95.4%	63.9%	64%
2005	English/Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	93.2%	64.5%	63.5%
2006	English/Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	95.8%	68.6%	69.1%
2007	English/Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	100%	73.1%	70.9%
2008	English/Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	98.6%	75.3%	74.8%
2009	English/Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	97.4%	70.3%	71.7%
2010	English/Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	98.2%	73.4%	72.2%
2011	English/Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	97.5%	72%	70.3%
2012	English/Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	96.8%	71.6%	69.7%
2013	English/Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	97.6%	75.6%	74.3%
2003	Math	6th Grade	% met std	91.6%	73.7%	75.5%
2004	Math	6th Grade	% met std	96.2%	74.7%	77.2%
2005	Math	6th Grade	% met std	97.7%	77.3%	78.7%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	97.9%	76.5%	78.6%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	100%	78%	77.2%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	97.3%	74.6%	75.7%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	95.5%	70.4%	70.3%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	96.9%	71.6%	70.3%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	96.9%	75.9%	72.5%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	97.5%	77.8%	73.6%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	94.5%	75%	71.3%
2003	Science	6th Grade	% met std	86.3%	59.1%	58.4%
2004	Science	6th Grade	% met std	88.5%	51.8%	54.2%
2005	Science	6th Grade	% met std	88%	58.1%	56.2%
2006	Science	6th Grade	% met std	86.1%	52.7%	51.9%
2007	Science	6th Grade	% met std	91.7%	60.4%	59.5%
2008	Science	6th Grade	% met std	87.7%	55.4%	56.5%
2009	Science	6th Grade	% met std	90.9%	62.6%	63.9%
2010	Science	6th Grade	% met std	88.8%	61.3%	60.9%
2011	Science	6th Grade	% met std	93.8%	66.3%	64.9%
2012	Science	6th Grade	% met std	98.8%	70%	66.2%
2013	Science	6th Grade	% met std	91.5%	69.2%	68.3%
2003	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	83.2%	60.1%	59.6%
2004	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	94.6%	66.3%	64.7%
2005	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	90.9%	67.5%	64.9%
2006	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	91%	67.8%	67.7%
2007	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	100%	82.1%	77.1%
2008	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	97.3%	81%	77.8%
2009	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	97.5%	79.8%	79.6%
2010	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	98.8%	79.7%	79.4%
2011	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	96.2%	81.9%	77.6%
2012	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	95%	82.8%	77.8%
2013	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	97.5%	81.3%	78%
2009	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	96.8%	72.9%	70.3%
2010	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	97.6%	74%	71.9%
2013	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	98.2%	75.2%	74.7%
2003	English/Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	92.8%	69.2%	70.2%
2004	English/Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	91.7%	69.3%	71.9%
2005	English/Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	98.6%	72.5%	71.5%
2006	English/Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	96.6%	70.9%	70.1%
2007	English/Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	97.3%	70.5%	69.8%
2008	English/Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	99.3%	75.4%	73%
2009	English/Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	98.7%	71.9%	68.7%
2010	English/Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	95.7%	71.8%	69.1%
2011	English/Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	98.1%	69.6%	68.4%
2012	English/Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	96.9%	72.6%	71.4%
2013	English/Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	96.8%	76.4%	73.2%
2003	Math	7th Grade	% met std	94.2%	67%	68.8%
2004	Math	7th Grade	% met std	91.7%	69%	71.5%
2005	Math	7th Grade	% met std	98.6%	68.6%	71.5%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	96.6%	71.4%	74.8%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	97.3%	76.3%	76.8%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	100%	78.3%	77.8%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	98%	71.5%	69.5%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	94.5%	66.9%	67%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	99.4%	67.7%	69.7%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	96.3%	72.4%	71.5%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	98.8%	72.4%	68.3%
2003	Science	7th Grade	% met std	89.9%	61.3%	58.8%
2004	Science	7th Grade	% met std	88.7%	63.4%	62.7%
2005	Science	7th Grade	% met std	94.3%	60.8%	61.7%
2006	Science	7th Grade	% met std	92.5%	58.1%	57%
2007	Science	7th Grade	% met std	91.3%	63.8%	64.8%
2008	Science	7th Grade	% met std	100%	70%	69.8%
2009	Science	7th Grade	% met std	98.1%	71.6%	71.2%
2010	Science	7th Grade	% met std	97.5%	72.4%	73.3%
2011	Science	7th Grade	% met std	98.7%	71.2%	71.7%
2012	Science	7th Grade	% met std	98.8%	75.8%	74.7%
2013	Science	7th Grade	% met std	98.7%	78.6%	75.5%
2003	Social Studies	7th Grade	% met std	88.5%	62.3%	58.8%
2004	Social Studies	7th Grade	% met std	91%	61.6%	60%
2005	Social Studies	7th Grade	% met std	89.3%	60.3%	58.7%
2006	Social Studies	7th Grade	% met std	87.7%	58.9%	53.9%
2007	Social Studies	7th Grade	% met std	87.2%	60.9%	57.3%
2008	Social Studies	7th Grade	% met std	93.2%	59.5%	56.4%
2009	Social Studies	7th Grade	% met std	95.4%	64.5%	60.3%
2010	Social Studies	7th Grade	% met std	93.2%	62.6%	62%
2011	Social Studies	7th Grade	% met std	95%	64%	63.5%
2012	Social Studies	7th Grade	% met std	96.2%	71.3%	68.8%
2013	Social Studies	7th Grade	% met std	96.2%	73.5%	68.3%
2009	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	96.8%	74.2%	70.1%
2010	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	95.1%	72.9%	69.7%
2013	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	99.4%	80.5%	76.5%
2003	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	94.8%	65.9%	66.8%
2004	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	95.2%	74.4%	73.3%
2005	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	95%	74.9%	74.7%
2006	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	98.6%	74%	72.7%
2007	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	97.3%	70.9%	71.3%
2008	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	96.6%	71.4%	71%
2009	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	98.7%	70.1%	67.5%
2010	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	96.9%	65.9%	63.7%
2011	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	96.9%	69.5%	67.8%
2012	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	96.3%	72.7%	69.8%
2013	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	98.1%	71.5%	67.5%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	94.8%	64.2%	67.1%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	88.2%	67.5%	67.5%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	88.5%	65.5%	66.3%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	93.1%	61.9%	65.3%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	95.3%	63.7%	67.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	97.3%	69.7%	69.7%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	96%	63.8%	62.6%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	92.6%	65.1%	63.4%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	95.6%	69%	69.5%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	91.9%	67.9%	68.6%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	96.2%	74.5%	70.2%
2003	Science	8th Grade	% met std	91.1%	56.5%	56.8%
2004	Science	8th Grade	% met std	86.9%	60.3%	58.9%
2005	Science	8th Grade	% met std	85.6%	60.9%	60%
2006	Science	8th Grade	% met std	93.8%	59.4%	60.1%
2007	Science	8th Grade	% met std	93.3%	62%	63.7%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	87.5%	63.4%	63.4%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	97.4%	62.2%	62.3%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	96.6%	67.2%	67.7%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	92.6%	69.9%	70.1%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	96.3%	74%	75.4%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	95.1%	71.7%	71%
2003	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	94.8%	61.2%	60.8%
2004	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	93.1%	67.7%	64.7%
2005	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	95.7%	67.5%	66.5%
2006	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	93.1%	65.5%	67.4%
2007	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	91.9%	67.2%	65.9%
2008	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	96%	68.2%	68.7%
2009	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	97.4%	72%	69.6%
2010	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	96.5%	72%	68.8%
2011	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	96.3%	74.6%	71.9%
2012	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	95.1%	72.3%	71.4%
2013	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	97.6%	76.7%	71.3%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	97.3%	69.9%	68.1%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	96.9%	74%	71.9%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	98.2%	69.9%	67.8%
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	97.5%	73.4%	74.1%
2013	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	99.4%	78.3%	75.7%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	37.7%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	60.7%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	16.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	18.0%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	82.0%

Mean Base Salary:	$43,367.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$33,677.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$46,178.0

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