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Cross High High School
1293 Old Hwy 6 Cross SC, 29436, Berkeley County Phone: 843-899-8900
Type: Regular High School Status: Currently Operational Grade: Grade 7 to Grade 12 School District: Berkeley County School District Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA Magnet: NA Charter: NA Shared-Time School: NA |
(154 out of 202, bottom 24%)
(706 out of 841, bottom 16%)*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 | 28 | 31 | 30 | 30 | 28 | 29 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 286 | 288 | 293 | 290 | 291 | 365 | 414 | |||||||
| Grade 7: | 46 | 16.1% | 50 | 17.4% | 56 | 19.1% | 49 | 16.9% | 51 | 17.5% | 45 | 12.3% | 55 | 13.3% |
| Grade 8: | 51 | 17.8% | 61 | 21.2% | 48 | 16.4% | 48 | 16.6% | 46 | 15.8% | 59 | 16.2% | 80 | 19.3% |
| Grade 9: | 56 | 19.6% | 49 | 17.0% | 49 | 16.7% | 47 | 16.2% | 30 | 10.3% | 65 | 17.8% | 62 | 15.0% |
| Grade 10: | 52 | 18.2% | 48 | 16.7% | 48 | 16.4% | 40 | 13.8% | 57 | 19.6% | 61 | 16.7% | 71 | 17.1% |
| Grade 11: | 45 | 15.7% | 41 | 14.2% | 35 | 11.9% | 59 | 20.3% | 48 | 16.5% | 65 | 17.8% | 71 | 17.1% |
| Grade 12: | 36 | 12.6% | 39 | 13.5% | 57 | 19.5% | 47 | 16.2% | 59 | 20.3% | 70 | 19.2% | 75 | 18.1% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 160 | 55.9% | 167 | 58.0% | 178 | 60.8% | 175 | 60.3% | 160 | 55.0% | 188 | 51.5% | 204 | 49.3% |
| Female: | 126 | 44.1% | 121 | 42.0% | 115 | 39.2% | 115 | 39.7% | 122 | 41.9% | 168 | 46.0% | 205 | 49.5% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 1 | 0.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Asian: | 2 | 0.7% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Hispanic: | 2 | 0.7% | 3 | 1.0% | 2 | 0.7% | 1 | 0.3% | 2 | 0.7% | 2 | 0.5% | 9 | 2.2% |
| Black: | 217 | 75.9% | 226 | 78.5% | 230 | 78.5% | 231 | 79.7% | 235 | 80.8% | 295 | 80.8% | 331 | 80.0% |
| White: | 62 | 21.7% | 57 | 19.8% | 61 | 20.8% | 58 | 20.0% | 53 | 18.2% | 67 | 18.4% | 73 | 17.6% |
| 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: | 2 | 0.7% | 2 | 0.7% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 211 | 73.8% | 243 | 84.4% | 219 | 74.7% | 213 | 73.4% | 228 | 78.4% | 287 | 78.6% | 277 | 66.9% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 14 | 4.9% | 13 | 4.5% | 13 | 4.4% | 15 | 5.2% | 19 | 6.5% | 25 | 6.8% | 33 | 8.0% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 9.38 | 10.47 | 9.45 | 9.67 | 9.70 | 13.00 | 14.30 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| HSAP | ||||||
| 2005 | English Language Arts | 10th Grade | % met std | 78.8% | 87.6% | 86.2% |
| 2006 | English Language Arts | 10th Grade | % met std | 77.6% | 83.2% | 84.9% |
| 2007 | English Language Arts | 10th Grade | % met std | 86.8% | 84.7% | 88.1% |
| 2008 | English Language Arts | 10th Grade | % met std | 88.7% | 88.2% | 87.7% |
| 2009 | English Language Arts | 10th Grade | % met std | 79.2% | 86.9% | 84.9% |
| 2010 | English Language Arts | 10th Grade | % met std | 34.4% | 54.1% | 54.3% |
| 2011 | English Language Arts | 10th Grade | % met std | 41.7% | 62% | 60.6% |
| 2012 | English Language Arts | 10th Grade | % met std | 41.9% | 57.8% | 57.4% |
| 2013 | English Language Arts | 10th Grade | % met std | 53.4% | 60.3% | 61.4% |
| 2005 | Math | 10th Grade | % met std | 71.8% | 79% | 76.4% |
| 2006 | Math | 10th Grade | % met std | 73.7% | 79.7% | 80.2% |
| 2007 | Math | 10th Grade | % met std | 76.3% | 75.9% | 79.6% |
| 2008 | Math | 10th Grade | % met std | 82.3% | 86.2% | 84.6% |
| 2009 | Math | 10th Grade | % met std | 67.9% | 84.2% | 80.2% |
| 2010 | Math | 10th Grade | % met std | 32.7% | 49.3% | 50.9% |
| 2011 | Math | 10th Grade | % met std | 38.9% | 49.8% | 51.8% |
| 2012 | Math | 10th Grade | % met std | 48.8% | 52.6% | 54.2% |
| 2013 | Math | 10th Grade | % met std | 37.8% | 53.2% | 53.1% |
| PASS | ||||||
| 2003 | English/Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 46.5% | 68.2% | 70.2% |
| 2004 | English/Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 65.9% | 72.4% | 71.9% |
| 2005 | English/Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 64.9% | 70% | 71.5% |
| 2006 | English/Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 75.5% | 67.9% | 70.1% |
| 2007 | English/Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 61.1% | 67.9% | 69.8% |
| 2008 | English/Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 63.3% | 68.8% | 73% |
| 2009 | English/Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 42.8% | 71.8% | 68.7% |
| 2010 | English/Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 60.4% | 70.4% | 69.1% |
| 2011 | English/Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 60.9% | 70.4% | 68.4% |
| 2012 | English/Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 48.3% | 73.3% | 71.4% |
| 2013 | English/Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 71.7% | 77% | 73.2% |
| 2003 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 48.3% | 69.1% | 68.8% |
| 2004 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 56.5% | 75.3% | 71.5% |
| 2005 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 62.1% | 74.2% | 71.5% |
| 2006 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 56.4% | 75.1% | 74.8% |
| 2007 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 52.8% | 77.3% | 76.8% |
| 2008 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 64% | 73.8% | 77.8% |
| 2009 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 51% | 71.3% | 69.5% |
| 2010 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 44.9% | 69% | 67% |
| 2011 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 69.5% | 70.5% | 69.7% |
| 2012 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 53.4% | 70.4% | 71.5% |
| 2013 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 63% | 67.6% | 68.3% |
| 2003 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 29.9% | 61.9% | 58.8% |
| 2004 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 38.5% | 62.9% | 62.7% |
| 2005 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 40% | 64.2% | 61.7% |
| 2006 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 43.8% | 60.7% | 57% |
| 2007 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 50% | 68.9% | 64.8% |
| 2008 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 50% | 72% | 69.8% |
| 2009 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 38.7% | 75.3% | 71.2% |
| 2010 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 55.1% | 75.5% | 73.3% |
| 2011 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 43.5% | 75% | 71.7% |
| 2012 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 44.9% | 77.6% | 74.7% |
| 2013 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 52.2% | 77.4% | 75.5% |
| 2003 | Social Studies | 7th Grade | % met std | 39.1% | 63% | 58.8% |
| 2004 | Social Studies | 7th Grade | % met std | 31.9% | 63.7% | 60% |
| 2005 | Social Studies | 7th Grade | % met std | 38.6% | 60.8% | 58.7% |
| 2006 | Social Studies | 7th Grade | % met std | 51.6% | 57.2% | 53.9% |
| 2007 | Social Studies | 7th Grade | % met std | 47.2% | 61% | 57.3% |
| 2008 | Social Studies | 7th Grade | % met std | 40% | 57% | 56.4% |
| 2009 | Social Studies | 7th Grade | % met std | 26.5% | 65.1% | 60.3% |
| 2010 | Social Studies | 7th Grade | % met std | 34.7% | 67.3% | 62% |
| 2011 | Social Studies | 7th Grade | % met std | 32.6% | 69% | 63.5% |
| 2012 | Social Studies | 7th Grade | % met std | 31% | 70.1% | 68.8% |
| 2013 | Social Studies | 7th Grade | % met std | 41.3% | 71.3% | 68.3% |
| 2009 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 50% | 72.8% | 70.1% |
| 2010 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 62.5% | 73.6% | 69.7% |
| 2013 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 70.8% | 77.8% | 76.5% |
| 2003 | English/Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 37.1% | 64.6% | 66.8% |
| 2004 | English/Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 55.4% | 71.6% | 73.3% |
| 2005 | English/Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 65.4% | 72.7% | 74.7% |
| 2006 | English/Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 54% | 73.6% | 72.7% |
| 2007 | English/Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 60.3% | 72.3% | 71.3% |
| 2008 | English/Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 60.9% | 66.9% | 71% |
| 2009 | English/Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 70.9% | 65.5% | 67.5% |
| 2010 | English/Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 31.1% | 62.8% | 63.7% |
| 2011 | English/Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 55% | 68% | 67.8% |
| 2012 | English/Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 66.7% | 71.9% | 69.8% |
| 2013 | English/Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 39% | 67.8% | 67.5% |
| 2003 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 44.4% | 70.3% | 67.1% |
| 2004 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 51.4% | 67.1% | 67.5% |
| 2005 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 53.1% | 65.9% | 66.3% |
| 2006 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 53.1% | 65.7% | 65.3% |
| 2007 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 46.6% | 67.7% | 67.9% |
| 2008 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 50.7% | 66.8% | 69.7% |
| 2009 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 64.6% | 61.3% | 62.6% |
| 2010 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 46.6% | 65.6% | 63.4% |
| 2011 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 58.8% | 69.1% | 69.5% |
| 2012 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 66.7% | 69.7% | 68.6% |
| 2013 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 49.2% | 71.2% | 70.2% |
| 2003 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 26.7% | 62.2% | 56.8% |
| 2004 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 23.5% | 56.3% | 58.9% |
| 2005 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 48.1% | 60.6% | 60% |
| 2006 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 35.4% | 61.7% | 60.1% |
| 2007 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 46.7% | 70.3% | 63.7% |
| 2008 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 27.8% | 63.5% | 63.4% |
| 2009 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 52.2% | 63.4% | 62.3% |
| 2010 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 29.1% | 67.6% | 67.7% |
| 2011 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 38.4% | 69.1% | 70.1% |
| 2012 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 76% | 77.8% | 75.4% |
| 2013 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 29% | 71.2% | 71% |
| 2003 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 30% | 68.1% | 60.8% |
| 2004 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 35% | 70.4% | 64.7% |
| 2005 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 61.7% | 70.8% | 66.5% |
| 2006 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 83.1% | 73.7% | 67.4% |
| 2007 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 75% | 71% | 65.9% |
| 2008 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 63.6% | 71.3% | 68.7% |
| 2009 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 56% | 70.6% | 69.6% |
| 2010 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 42.9% | 74.8% | 68.8% |
| 2011 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 56% | 77.6% | 71.9% |
| 2012 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 47.8% | 76.2% | 71.4% |
| 2013 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 46.4% | 73.8% | 71.3% |
| 2009 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 58% | 63.1% | 68.1% |
| 2010 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 38.6% | 72% | 71.9% |
| 2011 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 64% | 70% | 67.8% |
| 2012 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 61.2% | 74.9% | 74.1% |
| 2013 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 51.8% | 75.9% | 75.7% |
Some data by SchoolDigger.com.
Teacher's Experience and Compensation
| 2007 | |
| Teachers with Bachelor Degree: | 33.3% |
| Teachers with Master or PhD Degree: | 66.7% |
| Mean Number of Years of Teaching: | 17.0 years |
| Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less: | 13.3% |
| Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More: | 86.7% |
| Mean Base Salary: | $46,573.0 |
| Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less: | $34,214.0 |
| Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More: | $48,475.0 |
* Cross High High School was rated 1.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.