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Cross High High School

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1293 Old Hwy 6

Cross SC, 29436, Berkeley County

Phone: 843-899-8900

Ranking:

High School:

(154 out of 202, bottom 24%)
Elementary/Middle School:

(706 out of 841, bottom 16%)*

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

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.