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Forest Lake Elementary Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

6801 Brookfield Rd

Columbia SC, 29206, Richland County

Phone: 803-782-0470

Ranking:

(519 out of 841, bottom 38%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Richland 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:	49		48		40		42		44		48		49
Total Students:	605		634		590		587		591		577		592
Prekindergarten:	28	4.6%	28	4.4%	38	6.4%	37	6.3%	36	6.1%	30	5.2%	34	5.7%
Kindergarten:	107	17.7%	100	15.8%	93	15.8%	94	16.0%	81	13.7%	85	14.7%	89	15.0%
Grade 1:	83	13.7%	99	15.6%	82	13.9%	79	13.5%	91	15.4%	87	15.1%	87	14.7%
Grade 2:	107	17.7%	98	15.5%	92	15.6%	94	16.0%	89	15.1%	86	14.9%	103	17.4%
Grade 3:	92	15.2%	93	14.7%	103	17.5%	76	12.9%	91	15.4%	104	18.0%	91	15.4%
Grade 4:	85	14.0%	107	16.9%	88	14.9%	96	16.4%	110	18.6%	89	15.4%	97	16.4%
Grade 5:	103	17.0%	109	17.2%	90	15.3%	111	18.9%	93	15.7%	96	16.6%	91	15.4%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	301	49.8%	309	48.7%	306	51.9%	308	52.5%	304	51.4%	284	49.2%	310	52.4%
Female:	304	50.2%	325	51.3%	284	48.1%	279	47.5%	275	46.5%	278	48.2%	265	44.8%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	4	0.7%	3	0.5%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	2	0.3%
Asian:	20	3.3%	28	4.4%	15	2.5%	13	2.2%	14	2.4%	15	2.6%	13	2.2%
Hispanic:	28	4.6%	36	5.7%	44	7.5%	41	7.0%	34	5.8%	37	6.4%	31	5.2%
Black:	422	69.8%	443	69.9%	404	68.5%	394	67.1%	399	67.5%	362	62.7%	354	59.8%
White:	108	17.9%	109	17.2%	117	19.8%	137	23.3%	140	23.7%	155	26.9%	179	30.2%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	1	0.2%	3	0.5%	1	0.2%	2	0.3%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	22	3.6%	12	1.9%	8	1.4%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	353	58.3%	391	61.7%	344	58.3%	268	45.7%	273	46.2%	252	43.7%	253	42.7%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	44	7.3%	35	5.5%	32	5.4%	35	6.0%	60	10.2%	52	9.0%	55	9.3%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	12.30		13.15		14.60		13.84		13.52		12.00		12.10

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
PASS
2003	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	83.5%	87.6%	81.8%
2004	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	86.5%	90.1%	85.8%
2005	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	89%	90.7%	87.1%
2006	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	91.3%	89.8%	86.4%
2007	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	76%	86.5%	85.8%
2008	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	82.4%	89.4%	86.7%
2009	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	76.2%	79.6%	78%
2010	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	73%	85%	80.7%
2011	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	81.1%	82.4%	80%
2012	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	70.4%	79.2%	80.3%
2013	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	71.5%	85.5%	82.8%
2003	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	83%	86.4%	82.3%
2004	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	76%	84.5%	82.7%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	80.2%	84.6%	83.4%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	86.3%	84.2%	80.9%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	67.3%	78.1%	78.4%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	64.7%	78.8%	77.1%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	65.3%	67.7%	67%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	64.7%	71.1%	70%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	72.1%	68.4%	70.4%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	62%	68.2%	72.5%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	51.7%	69.7%	69.7%
2003	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	63.6%	69.4%	56.2%
2004	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	59.7%	68.3%	60%
2005	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	60.2%	72.9%	64.4%
2006	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	67.5%	68.2%	62.7%
2007	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	58%	67.9%	64.5%
2008	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	67.4%	72.3%	71.1%
2009	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	60.8%	66.7%	61.5%
2010	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	52.5%	60.3%	55.7%
2011	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	66.7%	62.4%	60.8%
2012	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	55.1%	59.5%	60.7%
2013	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	62.2%	71%	67.8%
2003	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	83.2%	80.6%	61%
2004	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	79.2%	80.5%	72.1%
2005	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	82.8%	86.1%	79.4%
2006	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	87.5%	85.5%	79.4%
2007	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	93.3%	89.8%	84.7%
2008	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	73.8%	87.9%	83.8%
2009	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	76.5%	79.7%	74.4%
2010	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	84.4%	83.6%	73.2%
2011	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	82.5%	81%	76.6%
2012	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	56.9%	76.3%	74.6%
2013	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	71.7%	83.1%	79.7%
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	64.7%	74.1%	68.9%
2010	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	60.2%	78.5%	71%
2013	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	52.8%	72.1%	70.3%
2003	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	79.2%	82.9%	76.4%
2004	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	86.1%	87.2%	80.7%
2005	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	80.5%	85.2%	79.6%
2006	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	73.7%	85.4%	81.8%
2007	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	87.2%	84.6%	82.7%
2008	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	67.3%	81.9%	80.8%
2009	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	69.8%	78.8%	75.7%
2010	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	79.7%	79.9%	76.5%
2011	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	75%	81.9%	78%
2012	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	86%	81.3%	78.2%
2013	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	73.8%	79.6%	78.9%
2003	Math	4th Grade	% met std	80.2%	86.1%	81.1%
2004	Math	4th Grade	% met std	82.4%	82.8%	80.3%
2005	Math	4th Grade	% met std	70.1%	83.3%	78.6%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	74.7%	83.4%	78.4%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	84.6%	80.8%	78.1%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	76.5%	80.6%	79%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	75.9%	80.9%	76.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	71.3%	79%	76.7%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	71.8%	81.8%	79.4%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	83.9%	76.4%	78.4%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	81.3%	78.4%	79.8%
2003	Science	4th Grade	% met std	63.5%	69.5%	57.1%
2004	Science	4th Grade	% met std	68.8%	74.5%	62.3%
2005	Science	4th Grade	% met std	58.8%	73%	61.8%
2006	Science	4th Grade	% met std	68.4%	73%	62.8%
2007	Science	4th Grade	% met std	67.9%	71.7%	63.8%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	61.2%	72.5%	68.9%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	63.8%	73.4%	68.7%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	68.5%	72.7%	69.2%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	67.4%	75.9%	70.8%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	63.2%	76.1%	73.8%
2013	Science	4th Grade	% met std	59.8%	73%	73.2%
2003	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	76%	77.3%	64.7%
2004	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	82.6%	81.2%	71%
2005	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	80%	84.2%	77.2%
2006	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	74.7%	80.5%	72.4%
2007	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	78.2%	79.4%	73.7%
2008	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	78.6%	81.3%	76.4%
2009	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	84.3%	84.3%	79.8%
2010	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	75.9%	80.4%	76.1%
2011	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	69.5%	82.4%	77%
2012	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	82.8%	83.1%	80.9%
2013	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	72%	84.6%	81.8%
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	69.6%	77.5%	70.1%
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	73.4%	78.4%	72.2%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	56.7%	73.8%	74.3%
2003	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	78.6%	77.5%	68.2%
2004	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	79.4%	80.8%	76.6%
2005	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	83.2%	84%	76.8%
2006	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	87.5%	86.2%	79.8%
2007	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	72%	79.4%	77.2%
2008	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	84.6%	82.3%	77.6%
2009	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	76.4%	83.5%	80%
2010	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	79.2%	81.1%	78.1%
2011	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	84.2%	81.6%	78.3%
2012	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	73.3%	81.2%	76.5%
2013	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	85.5%	83.6%	81.9%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	83.7%	81.7%	74.6%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	70.8%	81%	76.2%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	87.4%	82.7%	77.2%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	80.6%	82.5%	75.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	65.6%	79%	77.7%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	86.3%	80.1%	77.9%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	71.9%	76%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	73.2%	76.1%	71.3%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	83.1%	77.2%	75.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	67.4%	79%	76.1%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	66%	77.1%	76.2%
2003	Science	5th Grade	% met std	81.6%	71.9%	58.2%
2004	Science	5th Grade	% met std	64.3%	70.5%	60.3%
2005	Science	5th Grade	% met std	66.7%	69.1%	56.7%
2006	Science	5th Grade	% met std	54.1%	71.4%	59.5%
2007	Science	5th Grade	% met std	56.5%	66.9%	60.6%
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	70%	69.4%	61.4%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	74.4%	72.9%	68.3%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	69.8%	71.3%	66%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	58.3%	68.4%	65%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	65.1%	77%	71.7%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	82.7%	76.5%	73%
2003	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	76.5%	74.8%	60.4%
2004	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	75.5%	76%	63.5%
2005	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	80.2%	75.4%	63.9%
2006	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	66.2%	74.7%	62.4%
2007	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	67.4%	71.8%	63.8%
2008	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	79.5%	74%	66.3%
2009	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	63.1%	74.9%	70%
2010	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	51.3%	73.9%	66.1%
2011	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	83%	76.6%	70.4%
2012	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	86.1%	77.9%	69.9%
2013	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	80.4%	76.5%	71.7%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	63.8%	77.7%	73.2%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	64.2%	77.5%	74.5%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	87.3%	81.9%	77.7%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	77.6%	77.8%	73.6%
2013	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	67.6%	75.7%	74.5%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	46.9%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	53.1%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	14.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	24.5%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	75.5%

Mean Base Salary:	$44,387.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$33,520.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$47,912.0

* Forest Lake Elementary Primary School was rated 2.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.