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Congaree Elementary Primary School
1221 Ramblin' Rd
West Columbia SC, 29172, Lexington County
Phone: 803-755-7430
Ranking:
(661 out of 841, bottom 21%)*

Type: Regular Primary School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Grade 2 to Grade 5
School District: Lexington 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: | 24 | 23 | 22 | 24 | 26 | 25 | 28 | |||||||
Total Students: | 387 | 385 | 399 | 404 | 410 | 404 | 425 | |||||||
Grade 2: | 97 | 25.1% | 92 | 23.9% | 95 | 23.8% | 109 | 27.0% | 108 | 26.3% | 106 | 26.2% | 114 | 26.8% |
Grade 3: | 95 | 24.5% | 91 | 23.6% | 104 | 26.1% | 98 | 24.3% | 104 | 25.4% | 102 | 25.2% | 109 | 25.6% |
Grade 4: | 99 | 25.6% | 99 | 25.7% | 104 | 26.1% | 94 | 23.3% | 93 | 22.7% | 104 | 25.7% | 84 | 19.8% |
Grade 5: | 96 | 24.8% | 102 | 26.5% | 94 | 23.6% | 103 | 25.5% | 105 | 25.6% | 90 | 22.3% | 118 | 27.8% |
Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
Male: | 185 | 47.8% | 175 | 45.5% | 189 | 47.4% | 195 | 48.3% | 185 | 45.1% | 203 | 50.2% | 207 | 48.7% |
Female: | 202 | 52.2% | 210 | 54.5% | 210 | 52.6% | 209 | 51.7% | 211 | 51.5% | 187 | 46.3% | 211 | 49.6% |
Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
American Indian/Alaska Native: | 2 | 0.5% | 1 | 0.3% | 1 | 0.3% | 1 | 0.2% | 2 | 0.5% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.2% |
Asian: | 1 | 0.3% | 2 | 0.5% | 2 | 0.5% | 1 | 0.2% | 2 | 0.5% | 4 | 1.0% | 3 | 0.7% |
Hispanic: | 30 | 7.8% | 31 | 8.1% | 22 | 5.5% | 20 | 5.0% | 6 | 1.5% | 7 | 1.7% | 7 | 1.6% |
Black: | 84 | 21.7% | 72 | 18.7% | 68 | 17.0% | 95 | 23.5% | 112 | 27.3% | 99 | 24.5% | 105 | 24.7% |
White: | 246 | 63.6% | 253 | 65.7% | 282 | 70.7% | 273 | 67.6% | 282 | 68.8% | 288 | 71.3% | 306 | 72.0% |
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: | 24 | 6.2% | 26 | 6.8% | 24 | 6.0% | 14 | 3.5% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 289 | 74.7% | 266 | 69.1% | 268 | 67.2% | 269 | 66.6% | 217 | 52.9% | 246 | 60.9% | 260 | 61.2% |
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 28 | 7.2% | 37 | 9.6% | 43 | 10.8% | 33 | 8.2% | 38 | 9.3% | 38 | 9.4% | 65 | 15.3% |
Student-Teacher Ratio: | 16.47 | 16.74 | 18.14 | 16.83 | 15.77 | 16.20 | 15.20 |
Test Performance
Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
PASS | ||||||
2003 | English/Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 77.9% | 83.4% | 81.8% |
2004 | English/Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 79.1% | 83.1% | 85.8% |
2005 | English/Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 78.7% | 78.9% | 87.1% |
2006 | English/Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 84% | 83.8% | 86.4% |
2007 | English/Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 71.6% | 78.8% | 85.8% |
2008 | English/Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 76.5% | 81.7% | 86.7% |
2009 | English/Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 63.4% | 73.9% | 78% |
2010 | English/Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 79.8% | 77.7% | 80.7% |
2011 | English/Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 71.6% | 76.5% | 80% |
2012 | English/Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 71.1% | 75.8% | 80.3% |
2013 | English/Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 77.5% | 75.5% | 82.8% |
2003 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 87.5% | 83.6% | 82.3% |
2004 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 80.5% | 81.5% | 82.7% |
2005 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 80% | 81.3% | 83.4% |
2006 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 76.8% | 80.1% | 80.9% |
2007 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 59.1% | 74.7% | 78.4% |
2008 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 71.6% | 77.8% | 77.1% |
2009 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 54.5% | 64.5% | 67% |
2010 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 54% | 67.5% | 70% |
2011 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 59% | 63% | 70.4% |
2012 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 57.4% | 64.4% | 72.5% |
2013 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 74.4% | 63.5% | 69.7% |
2003 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 60.6% | 60.3% | 56.2% |
2004 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 58.2% | 61.2% | 60% |
2005 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 59.5% | 64% | 64.4% |
2006 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 61.6% | 60.8% | 62.7% |
2007 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 45.7% | 64.3% | 64.5% |
2008 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 73.1% | 74.6% | 71.1% |
2009 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 39.7% | 58% | 61.5% |
2010 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 37.3% | 53.3% | 55.7% |
2011 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 50% | 57.3% | 60.8% |
2012 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 48.1% | 58.4% | 60.7% |
2013 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 63% | 62.3% | 67.8% |
2003 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 84.8% | 70.3% | 61% |
2004 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 75.8% | 74.5% | 72.1% |
2005 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 70.9% | 76.3% | 79.4% |
2006 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 72.1% | 77.8% | 79.4% |
2007 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 71.4% | 84.3% | 84.7% |
2008 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 98% | 87.3% | 83.8% |
2009 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 72.9% | 72.9% | 74.4% |
2010 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 80.5% | 79% | 73.2% |
2011 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 73.5% | 74.5% | 76.6% |
2012 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 66.1% | 69.1% | 74.6% |
2013 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 70.4% | 77.3% | 79.7% |
2009 | Writing | 3rd Grade | % met std | 43% | 60.4% | 68.9% |
2010 | Writing | 3rd Grade | % met std | 64% | 66.5% | 71% |
2013 | Writing | 3rd Grade | % met std | 60% | 59.3% | 70.3% |
2003 | English/Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 75.9% | 78% | 76.4% |
2004 | English/Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 81.5% | 81.9% | 80.7% |
2005 | English/Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 80% | 77.5% | 79.6% |
2006 | English/Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 74.7% | 78.6% | 81.8% |
2007 | English/Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 80% | 80.6% | 82.7% |
2008 | English/Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 66.3% | 71% | 80.8% |
2009 | English/Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 68.8% | 69.1% | 75.7% |
2010 | English/Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 68.2% | 71.6% | 76.5% |
2011 | English/Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 71% | 73% | 78% |
2012 | English/Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 67.7% | 70.2% | 78.2% |
2013 | English/Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 70.8% | 71.1% | 78.9% |
2003 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 92.4% | 86.3% | 81.1% |
2004 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 84% | 83.5% | 80.3% |
2005 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 77.5% | 77.9% | 78.6% |
2006 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 68.7% | 78.4% | 78.4% |
2007 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 74% | 78.6% | 78.1% |
2008 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 73.5% | 75.7% | 79% |
2009 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 67% | 72.9% | 76.8% |
2010 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 67.1% | 71.3% | 76.7% |
2011 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 71% | 73.5% | 79.4% |
2012 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 74.2% | 72.9% | 78.4% |
2013 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 71.8% | 74.1% | 79.8% |
2003 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 74.7% | 69.4% | 57.1% |
2004 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 63.6% | 68.9% | 62.3% |
2005 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 55.8% | 64.6% | 61.8% |
2006 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 68.6% | 64.5% | 62.8% |
2007 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 65.7% | 68.1% | 63.8% |
2008 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 63.9% | 65.1% | 68.9% |
2009 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 61.5% | 66.3% | 68.7% |
2010 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 60.4% | 66.7% | 69.2% |
2011 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 63.9% | 63.9% | 70.8% |
2012 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 74.2% | 68.4% | 73.8% |
2013 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 62.6% | 66.1% | 73.2% |
2003 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 74.7% | 72.8% | 64.7% |
2004 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 73% | 77.3% | 71% |
2005 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 76.7% | 78.4% | 77.2% |
2006 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 76.7% | 75.5% | 72.4% |
2007 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 69.5% | 72.9% | 73.7% |
2008 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 71.1% | 72.8% | 76.4% |
2009 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 67% | 73.9% | 79.8% |
2010 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 74.7% | 74% | 76.1% |
2011 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 69.8% | 70.5% | 77% |
2012 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 79.3% | 72.9% | 80.9% |
2013 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 77.7% | 75.5% | 81.8% |
2009 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 65.5% | 65.9% | 70.1% |
2010 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 63.8% | 68.5% | 72.2% |
2013 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 64.1% | 67.2% | 74.3% |
2003 | English/Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 76.5% | 70% | 68.2% |
2004 | English/Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 84.1% | 76.8% | 76.6% |
2005 | English/Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 77.5% | 75.3% | 76.8% |
2006 | English/Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 74.3% | 81.6% | 79.8% |
2007 | English/Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 64.9% | 73.5% | 77.2% |
2008 | English/Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 70.2% | 74.3% | 77.6% |
2009 | English/Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 74.7% | 77.1% | 80% |
2010 | English/Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 79.6% | 78.5% | 78.1% |
2011 | English/Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 69% | 73.8% | 78.3% |
2012 | English/Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 66% | 72.2% | 76.5% |
2013 | English/Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 78% | 74.2% | 81.9% |
2003 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 88.2% | 80.6% | 74.6% |
2004 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 80.5% | 81.1% | 76.2% |
2005 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 86.1% | 80.8% | 77.2% |
2006 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 87.1% | 80.8% | 75.9% |
2007 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 70.3% | 77.7% | 77.7% |
2008 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 68.1% | 79.4% | 77.9% |
2009 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 72.4% | 72.6% | 73.5% |
2010 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 74.1% | 68.1% | 71.3% |
2011 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 65% | 71.4% | 75.3% |
2012 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 69% | 68.8% | 76.1% |
2013 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 73% | 69.5% | 76.2% |
2003 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 74.1% | 67.3% | 58.2% |
2004 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 75.6% | 70.3% | 60.3% |
2005 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 62.9% | 64.5% | 56.7% |
2006 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 63.5% | 65.2% | 59.5% |
2007 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 55.4% | 65.5% | 60.6% |
2008 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 50.9% | 60.7% | 61.4% |
2009 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 68.3% | 64.9% | 68.3% |
2010 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 71.7% | 67.4% | 66% |
2011 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 61.2% | 61.6% | 65% |
2012 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 79.2% | 73.5% | 71.7% |
2013 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 70.2% | 70.1% | 73% |
2003 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 75.3% | 68.2% | 60.4% |
2004 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 79.3% | 69.3% | 63.5% |
2005 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 70.8% | 68% | 63.9% |
2006 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 74.3% | 70% | 62.4% |
2007 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 61.1% | 65.9% | 63.8% |
2008 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 57.6% | 69.8% | 66.3% |
2009 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 67.4% | 69% | 70% |
2010 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 65.4% | 65.4% | 66.1% |
2011 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 58.3% | 71.4% | 70.4% |
2012 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 46.8% | 63.9% | 69.9% |
2013 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 60.3% | 62.4% | 71.7% |
2009 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 66.2% | 70.8% | 73.2% |
2010 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 78.5% | 75% | 74.5% |
2011 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 66.6% | 74.1% | 77.7% |
2012 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 58.1% | 68.3% | 73.6% |
2013 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 50.5% | 65.8% | 74.5% |
Some data by SchoolDigger.com.
Teacher's Experience and Compensation
2007 | |
Teachers with Bachelor Degree: | 30.0% |
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree: | 70.0% |
Mean Number of Years of Teaching: | 15.0 years |
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less: | 26.7% |
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More: | 73.3% |
Mean Base Salary: | $45,737.0 |
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less: | $30,732.0 |
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More: | $51,193.0 |
* Congaree Elementary Primary School was rated 2 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.