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H. B. Rhame Elementary Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

1300 Arrowwood Dr

Columbia SC, 29210, Richland County

Phone: 803-731-8900

Ranking:

(698 out of 841, bottom 17%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Richland School District 1

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:	29		29		30		28		28		26		27
Total Students:	467		438		427		467		437		407		404
Prekindergarten:	58	12.4%	38	8.7%	39	9.1%	39	8.4%	38	8.7%	20	4.9%	20	5.0%
Kindergarten:	75	16.1%	82	18.7%	71	16.6%	83	17.8%	78	17.8%	68	16.7%	74	18.3%
Grade 1:	76	16.3%	75	17.1%	75	17.6%	82	17.6%	74	16.9%	80	19.7%	62	15.3%
Grade 2:	69	14.8%	76	17.4%	63	14.8%	71	15.2%	66	15.1%	63	15.5%	74	18.3%
Grade 3:	72	15.4%	58	13.2%	74	17.3%	65	13.9%	64	14.6%	61	15.0%	54	13.4%
Grade 4:	61	13.1%	65	14.8%	51	11.9%	63	13.5%	60	13.7%	64	15.7%	63	15.6%
Grade 5:	56	12.0%	44	10.0%	54	12.6%	64	13.7%	57	13.0%	51	12.5%	57	14.1%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	229	49.0%	227	51.8%	224	52.5%	232	49.7%	226	51.7%	204	50.1%	204	50.5%
Female:	238	51.0%	211	48.2%	203	47.5%	235	50.3%	196	44.9%	190	46.7%	192	47.5%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	0.4%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%
Asian:	4	0.9%	1	0.2%	2	0.5%	1	0.2%	3	0.7%	6	1.5%	1	0.2%
Hispanic:	12	2.6%	9	2.1%	8	1.9%	2	0.4%	3	0.7%	3	0.7%	6	1.5%
Black:	418	89.5%	400	91.3%	385	90.2%	417	89.3%	400	91.5%	365	89.7%	371	91.8%
White:	20	4.3%	17	3.9%	16	3.7%	21	4.5%	24	5.5%	27	6.6%	22	5.4%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	13	2.8%	11	2.5%	15	3.5%	24	5.1%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	353	75.6%	344	78.5%	332	77.8%	372	79.7%	311	71.2%	267	65.6%	258	63.9%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	17	3.6%	18	4.1%	22	5.2%	27	5.8%	33	7.6%	35	8.6%	48	11.9%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	16.10		15.10		14.23		16.68		15.44		15.70		15.00

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
PASS
2003	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	74.2%	75.5%	81.8%
2004	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	77.8%	81.1%	85.8%
2005	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	81.1%	80.9%	87.1%
2006	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	83%	80.2%	86.4%
2007	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	82.9%	81.6%	85.8%
2008	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	81.4%	84.5%	86.7%
2009	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	60.3%	73%	78%
2010	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	72.3%	76.4%	80.7%
2011	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	78.3%	74.6%	80%
2012	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	69.3%	73%	80.3%
2013	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	81.1%	78.3%	82.8%
2003	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	58.7%	68.2%	82.3%
2004	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	70.7%	70.5%	82.7%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	69%	72.2%	83.4%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	66.1%	65.7%	80.9%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	50.7%	65.1%	78.4%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	69.5%	63.6%	77.1%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	42.8%	53.6%	67%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	44.6%	60.4%	70%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	60%	60.5%	70.4%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	61.6%	62.9%	72.5%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	60.3%	61.5%	69.7%
2003	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	31.7%	41.6%	56.2%
2004	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	38.7%	45.9%	60%
2005	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	43.3%	48%	64.4%
2006	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	46.4%	45.6%	62.7%
2007	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	34.3%	50%	64.5%
2008	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	48.3%	56.3%	71.1%
2009	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	24.3%	46.7%	61.5%
2010	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	12.1%	41.7%	55.7%
2011	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	30%	48.2%	60.8%
2012	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	19.4%	44%	60.7%
2013	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	42.9%	56.2%	67.8%
2003	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	20.6%	47.2%	61%
2004	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	48.6%	55.9%	72.1%
2005	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	60%	63%	79.4%
2006	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	67.9%	64.7%	79.4%
2007	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	57.1%	77.8%	84.7%
2008	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	86.7%	72.9%	83.8%
2009	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	43.4%	61.4%	74.4%
2010	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	62.5%	66.1%	73.2%
2011	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	76.7%	67.9%	76.6%
2012	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	61.8%	66.6%	74.6%
2013	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	70%	76.4%	79.7%
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	57.8%	62.1%	68.9%
2010	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	46%	63%	71%
2013	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	73.2%	66.4%	70.3%
2003	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	65.6%	69%	76.4%
2004	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	83.6%	77.5%	80.7%
2005	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	73.8%	75.7%	79.6%
2006	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	66.7%	76.5%	81.8%
2007	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	88%	78.9%	82.7%
2008	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	63.6%	77.5%	80.8%
2009	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	56.5%	73.4%	75.7%
2010	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	65%	69.5%	76.5%
2011	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	68.8%	74.3%	78%
2012	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	78.4%	73.1%	78.2%
2013	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	74.6%	72.6%	78.9%
2003	Math	4th Grade	% met std	70.3%	72.7%	81.1%
2004	Math	4th Grade	% met std	78.6%	72.4%	80.3%
2005	Math	4th Grade	% met std	75.4%	70.6%	78.6%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	65.6%	68.4%	78.4%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	84.3%	69%	78.1%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	45.6%	68.2%	79%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	53.2%	69.8%	76.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	71.7%	64.9%	76.7%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	67.3%	73.3%	79.4%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	80.4%	70.5%	78.4%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	72.9%	72.7%	79.8%
2003	Science	4th Grade	% met std	25%	41.2%	57.1%
2004	Science	4th Grade	% met std	48.2%	48.8%	62.3%
2005	Science	4th Grade	% met std	49.2%	49.6%	61.8%
2006	Science	4th Grade	% met std	37.7%	47%	62.8%
2007	Science	4th Grade	% met std	58%	52.9%	63.8%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	26.3%	56.3%	68.9%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	54.8%	59.7%	68.7%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	40%	56%	69.2%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	42.6%	61.4%	70.8%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	66.7%	64.9%	73.8%
2013	Science	4th Grade	% met std	62.7%	63.8%	73.2%
2003	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	46.9%	52.1%	64.7%
2004	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	60.7%	58.5%	71%
2005	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	65.6%	68%	77.2%
2006	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	45.9%	60.3%	72.4%
2007	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	70%	63.5%	73.7%
2008	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	73.7%	67.3%	76.4%
2009	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	75.8%	74.7%	79.8%
2010	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	71.7%	68.3%	76.1%
2011	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	77.1%	70.7%	77%
2012	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	84.3%	72.8%	80.9%
2013	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	76.2%	74.9%	81.8%
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	54.7%	67.1%	70.1%
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	70.2%	61.6%	72.2%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	71.4%	68.1%	74.3%
2003	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	75%	59.8%	68.2%
2004	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	87.5%	70.1%	76.6%
2005	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	73%	70.3%	76.8%
2006	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	67.3%	73%	79.8%
2007	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	68.3%	70.8%	77.2%
2008	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	76%	70.4%	77.6%
2009	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	76.5%	76.5%	80%
2010	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	71.2%	72.5%	78.1%
2011	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	77.6%	72.6%	78.3%
2012	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	58.9%	69.9%	76.5%
2013	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	80%	78.7%	81.9%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	83.3%	63.1%	74.6%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	71.4%	66.3%	76.2%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	85.2%	66.4%	77.2%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	66.1%	65%	75.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	67.4%	65.9%	77.7%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	76%	66.4%	77.9%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	52.9%	63.7%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	57.7%	61.1%	71.3%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	53.5%	64.5%	75.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	44.6%	67.3%	76.1%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	60%	68%	76.2%
2003	Science	5th Grade	% met std	51.9%	43.5%	58.2%
2004	Science	5th Grade	% met std	47.4%	45.3%	60.3%
2005	Science	5th Grade	% met std	47.7%	41.8%	56.7%
2006	Science	5th Grade	% met std	41.1%	43.5%	59.5%
2007	Science	5th Grade	% met std	34.8%	46.6%	60.6%
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	56%	45.3%	61.4%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	44%	51.6%	68.3%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	42.9%	55%	66%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	30%	49.7%	65%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	44.8%	58.3%	71.7%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	60%	61.9%	73%
2003	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	75.9%	48%	60.4%
2004	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	58.9%	48.8%	63.5%
2005	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	60.3%	47%	63.9%
2006	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	71.4%	47.2%	62.4%
2007	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	65.2%	53.5%	63.8%
2008	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	84%	53.6%	66.3%
2009	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	61.5%	61.1%	70%
2010	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	66.7%	56%	66.1%
2011	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	71.5%	56.7%	70.4%
2012	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	66.7%	61.2%	69.9%
2013	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	85%	64.4%	71.7%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	55.7%	67.3%	73.2%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	53.8%	67.8%	74.5%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	74.5%	73.2%	77.7%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	55.5%	70.2%	73.6%
2013	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	80%	69.9%	74.5%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	44.0%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	56.0%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	18.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	12.0%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	88.0%

Mean Base Salary:	$46,405.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$33,955.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$48,103.0

* H. B. Rhame 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.