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Forest Hills Elementary Primary School
633 Hiers Corner Rd
Walterboro SC, 29488, Colleton County
Phone: 843-782-4512
Ranking:
(673 out of 841, bottom 20%)*

Type: Regular Primary School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Grade 1 to Grade 5
School District: Colleton 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: | 39 | 42 | 40 | 36 | 43 | 41 | 46 | |||||||
Total Students: | 699 | 713 | 735 | 630 | 568 | 569 | 719 | |||||||
Grade 1: | 162 | 23.2% | 153 | 21.5% | 145 | 19.7% | 106 | 16.8% | 98 | 17.3% | 100 | 17.6% | 136 | 18.9% |
Grade 2: | 138 | 19.7% | 143 | 20.1% | 138 | 18.8% | 131 | 20.8% | 110 | 19.4% | 93 | 16.3% | 119 | 16.6% |
Grade 3: | 151 | 21.6% | 148 | 20.8% | 134 | 18.2% | 131 | 20.8% | 128 | 22.5% | 91 | 16.0% | 120 | 16.7% |
Grade 4: | 132 | 18.9% | 114 | 16.0% | 154 | 21.0% | 144 | 22.9% | 113 | 19.9% | 98 | 17.2% | 111 | 15.4% |
Grade 5: | 116 | 16.6% | 155 | 21.7% | 164 | 22.3% | 118 | 18.7% | 119 | 21.0% | 109 | 19.2% | 125 | 17.4% |
Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
Male: | 363 | 51.9% | 365 | 51.2% | 394 | 53.6% | 328 | 52.1% | 291 | 51.2% | 285 | 50.1% | 360 | 50.1% |
Female: | 336 | 48.1% | 348 | 48.8% | 341 | 46.4% | 302 | 47.9% | 265 | 46.7% | 273 | 48.0% | 349 | 48.5% |
Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
American Indian/Alaska Native: | 2 | 0.3% | 2 | 0.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.2% | 2 | 0.4% | 2 | 0.3% |
Asian: | 8 | 1.1% | 6 | 0.8% | 6 | 0.8% | 10 | 1.6% | 11 | 1.9% | 14 | 2.5% | 13 | 1.8% |
Hispanic: | 25 | 3.6% | 24 | 3.4% | 22 | 3.0% | 24 | 3.8% | 22 | 3.9% | 25 | 4.4% | 22 | 3.1% |
Black: | 353 | 50.5% | 345 | 48.4% | 359 | 48.8% | 292 | 46.3% | 272 | 47.9% | 253 | 44.5% | 356 | 49.5% |
White: | 295 | 42.2% | 320 | 44.9% | 335 | 45.6% | 291 | 46.2% | 258 | 45.4% | 272 | 47.8% | 320 | 44.5% |
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: | 16 | 2.3% | 16 | 2.2% | 13 | 1.8% | 13 | 2.1% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 494 | 70.7% | 474 | 66.5% | 485 | 66.0% | 387 | 61.4% | 366 | 64.4% | 351 | 61.7% | 407 | 56.6% |
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 23 | 3.3% | 31 | 4.3% | 50 | 6.8% | 47 | 7.5% | 39 | 6.9% | 47 | 8.3% | 70 | 9.7% |
Student-Teacher Ratio: | 17.79 | 16.98 | 18.38 | 17.50 | 13.21 | 13.90 | 15.60 |
Test Performance
Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
PASS | ||||||
2003 | English/Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 71.6% | 70.3% | 81.8% |
2004 | English/Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 75% | 76.9% | 85.8% |
2005 | English/Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 87.6% | 78.1% | 87.1% |
2006 | English/Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 89.6% | 76.9% | 86.4% |
2007 | English/Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 80.4% | 75.7% | 85.8% |
2008 | English/Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 82.4% | 80.1% | 86.7% |
2009 | English/Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 67% | 67.5% | 78% |
2010 | English/Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 77.8% | 72% | 80.7% |
2011 | English/Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 86.4% | 78.8% | 80% |
2012 | English/Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 72% | 71.7% | 80.3% |
2013 | English/Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 69.1% | 69.9% | 82.8% |
2003 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 64.6% | 65.9% | 82.3% |
2004 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 65.4% | 71.1% | 82.7% |
2005 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 76.7% | 74.7% | 83.4% |
2006 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 79.4% | 63.1% | 80.9% |
2007 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 61.6% | 61.6% | 78.4% |
2008 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 66.1% | 69.3% | 77.1% |
2009 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 59% | 53.3% | 67% |
2010 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 66.4% | 58.1% | 70% |
2011 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 69.6% | 60.8% | 70.4% |
2012 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 70.4% | 67.2% | 72.5% |
2013 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 55.9% | 54.9% | 69.7% |
2003 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 31.5% | 36.7% | 56.2% |
2004 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 45.5% | 45.7% | 60% |
2005 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 63.4% | 47% | 64.4% |
2006 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 68.7% | 44.5% | 62.7% |
2007 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 61.4% | 47% | 64.5% |
2008 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 62.7% | 57.8% | 71.1% |
2009 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 40.8% | 42.1% | 61.5% |
2010 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 54.7% | 47.8% | 55.7% |
2011 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 66.2% | 54.3% | 60.8% |
2012 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 57.4% | 55.7% | 60.7% |
2013 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 58% | 60% | 67.8% |
2003 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 44.4% | 47.8% | 61% |
2004 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 60% | 56.6% | 72.1% |
2005 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 83.9% | 68.3% | 79.4% |
2006 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 89.9% | 60.2% | 79.4% |
2007 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 89.1% | 78.5% | 84.7% |
2008 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 67.2% | 73.6% | 83.8% |
2009 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 80.4% | 65.5% | 74.4% |
2010 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 66.1% | 60.7% | 73.2% |
2011 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 90.5% | 76.7% | 76.6% |
2012 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 71.9% | 72% | 74.6% |
2013 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 75.4% | 72.5% | 79.7% |
2009 | Writing | 3rd Grade | % met std | 57.3% | 57.8% | 68.9% |
2010 | Writing | 3rd Grade | % met std | 60.8% | 54.7% | 71% |
2013 | Writing | 3rd Grade | % met std | 59.5% | 52.9% | 70.3% |
2003 | English/Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 74.2% | 66.7% | 76.4% |
2004 | English/Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 75.8% | 69.4% | 80.7% |
2005 | English/Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 64.1% | 62.3% | 79.6% |
2006 | English/Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 59.8% | 64.9% | 81.8% |
2007 | English/Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 76.6% | 70.8% | 82.7% |
2008 | English/Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 73.5% | 72.3% | 80.8% |
2009 | English/Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 68.1% | 66.5% | 75.7% |
2010 | English/Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 62.9% | 69.9% | 76.5% |
2011 | English/Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 77.1% | 74.2% | 78% |
2012 | English/Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 79.6% | 73.6% | 78.2% |
2013 | English/Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 68.1% | 69.7% | 78.9% |
2003 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 75.8% | 65.3% | 81.1% |
2004 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 79.1% | 71.3% | 80.3% |
2005 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 61.3% | 61.7% | 78.6% |
2006 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 56.1% | 60.1% | 78.4% |
2007 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 50.5% | 59.3% | 78.1% |
2008 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 70.2% | 68.6% | 79% |
2009 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 65.7% | 66.9% | 76.8% |
2010 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 70.1% | 74.5% | 76.7% |
2011 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 81.6% | 73.8% | 79.4% |
2012 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 81.7% | 74.6% | 78.4% |
2013 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 76.7% | 70.4% | 79.8% |
2003 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 43.8% | 37% | 57.1% |
2004 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 51.5% | 45.8% | 62.3% |
2005 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 47% | 39.4% | 61.8% |
2006 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 51% | 43.8% | 62.8% |
2007 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 65.8% | 52.4% | 63.8% |
2008 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 64.9% | 61.5% | 68.9% |
2009 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 66.7% | 64.5% | 68.7% |
2010 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 60.6% | 69.5% | 69.2% |
2011 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 79.4% | 74% | 70.8% |
2012 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 82.3% | 78.6% | 73.8% |
2013 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 69.8% | 68.3% | 73.2% |
2003 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 70.8% | 55.9% | 64.7% |
2004 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 77.3% | 64.6% | 71% |
2005 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 66% | 58.8% | 77.2% |
2006 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 62.7% | 56.2% | 72.4% |
2007 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 71.2% | 60.5% | 73.7% |
2008 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 73.7% | 66.9% | 76.4% |
2009 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 80.9% | 78.3% | 79.8% |
2010 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 71% | 72.7% | 76.1% |
2011 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 86.2% | 77.8% | 77% |
2012 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 91.1% | 83.8% | 80.9% |
2013 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 81.1% | 74.6% | 81.8% |
2009 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 70.5% | 63.5% | 70.1% |
2010 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 47.3% | 60.6% | 72.2% |
2013 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 58.7% | 61.3% | 74.3% |
2003 | English/Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 50.9% | 57.2% | 68.2% |
2004 | English/Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 65.9% | 67% | 76.6% |
2005 | English/Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 65.3% | 62.9% | 76.8% |
2006 | English/Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 62.9% | 68.3% | 79.8% |
2007 | English/Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 53.1% | 57.4% | 77.2% |
2008 | English/Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 62.7% | 61.7% | 77.6% |
2009 | English/Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 72.6% | 70.6% | 80% |
2010 | English/Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 74.2% | 70.7% | 78.1% |
2011 | English/Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 77.4% | 75.3% | 78.3% |
2012 | English/Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 75% | 70.3% | 76.5% |
2013 | English/Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 73.2% | 76.8% | 81.9% |
2003 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 51.8% | 57.9% | 74.6% |
2004 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 66.3% | 64.2% | 76.2% |
2005 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 57.6% | 61.7% | 77.2% |
2006 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 46.9% | 54.4% | 75.9% |
2007 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 52% | 61.6% | 77.7% |
2008 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 55.1% | 62.9% | 77.9% |
2009 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 60.1% | 62% | 73.5% |
2010 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 60.4% | 59.7% | 71.3% |
2011 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 59.1% | 66.6% | 75.3% |
2012 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 67.9% | 69.1% | 76.1% |
2013 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 77.2% | 67.1% | 76.2% |
2003 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 36.1% | 42.3% | 58.2% |
2004 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 39.8% | 38.3% | 60.3% |
2005 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 43.3% | 38.6% | 56.7% |
2006 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 43.8% | 44.2% | 59.5% |
2007 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 50% | 45.2% | 60.6% |
2008 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 48.4% | 54.2% | 61.4% |
2009 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 66.1% | 56.6% | 68.3% |
2010 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 63.1% | 65.8% | 66% |
2011 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 49.2% | 61.6% | 65% |
2012 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 70% | 70.7% | 71.7% |
2013 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 79.2% | 73.2% | 73% |
2003 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 37% | 44.2% | 60.4% |
2004 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 55.9% | 52.2% | 63.5% |
2005 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 62.5% | 49.9% | 63.9% |
2006 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 55.2% | 44.7% | 62.4% |
2007 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 33.3% | 46.1% | 63.8% |
2008 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 49.2% | 43.9% | 66.3% |
2009 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 65% | 63.3% | 70% |
2010 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 67.8% | 68.1% | 66.1% |
2011 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 73.2% | 71.3% | 70.4% |
2012 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 63.2% | 65.5% | 69.9% |
2013 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 69.7% | 68.1% | 71.7% |
2009 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 65.7% | 61.7% | 73.2% |
2010 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 62.6% | 62.7% | 74.5% |
2011 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 65.3% | 67.3% | 77.7% |
2012 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 64.8% | 63.5% | 73.6% |
2013 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 73.7% | 67.1% | 74.5% |
Some data by SchoolDigger.com.
Teacher's Experience and Compensation
2007 | |
Teachers with Bachelor Degree: | 59.6% |
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree: | 40.4% |
Mean Number of Years of Teaching: | 16.0 years |
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less: | 12.8% |
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More: | 87.2% |
Mean Base Salary: | $40,705.0 |
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less: | $30,633.0 |
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More: | $42,179.0 |
* Forest Hills Elementary Primary 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.