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J. P. Thomas Elementary Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

6001 Weston Ave

Columbia SC, 29203, Richland County

Phone: 803-735-3430

Ranking:

(798 out of 841, bottom 5%)*

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:	34		35		31		34		39		29		36
Total Students:	475		460		423		436		422		404		407
Prekindergarten:	69	14.5%	72	15.7%	67	15.8%	69	15.8%	62	14.7%	53	13.1%	50	12.3%
Kindergarten:	78	16.4%	72	15.7%	75	17.7%	75	17.2%	77	18.2%	76	18.8%	61	15.0%
Grade 1:	78	16.4%	76	16.5%	55	13.0%	70	16.1%	68	16.1%	54	13.4%	65	16.0%
Grade 2:	67	14.1%	65	14.1%	73	17.3%	70	16.1%	56	13.3%	63	15.6%	72	17.7%
Grade 3:	64	13.5%	73	15.9%	58	13.7%	52	11.9%	50	11.8%	57	14.1%	60	14.7%
Grade 4:	67	14.1%	54	11.7%	44	10.4%	47	10.8%	54	12.8%	49	12.1%	50	12.3%
Grade 5:	52	10.9%	48	10.4%	51	12.1%	53	12.2%	55	13.0%	52	12.9%	49	12.0%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	243	51.2%	219	47.6%	220	52.0%	215	49.3%	200	47.4%	202	50.0%	209	51.4%
Female:	232	48.8%	241	52.4%	203	48.0%	221	50.7%	211	50.0%	192	47.5%	191	46.9%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%
Asian:	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%
Hispanic:	9	1.9%	10	2.2%	5	1.2%	9	2.1%	2	0.5%	4	1.0%	3	0.7%
Black:	449	94.5%	440	95.7%	411	97.2%	412	94.5%	410	97.2%	392	97.0%	394	96.8%
White:	6	1.3%	6	1.3%	2	0.5%	3	0.7%	6	1.4%	5	1.2%	6	1.5%
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:	10	2.1%	4	0.9%	5	1.2%	11	2.5%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	422	88.8%	425	92.4%	384	90.8%	391	89.7%	365	86.5%	340	84.2%	310	76.2%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	8	1.7%	14	3.0%	5	1.2%	17	3.9%	13	3.1%	12	3.0%	18	4.4%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	13.97		13.14		13.65		12.82		10.82		13.90		11.30

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
PASS
2003	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	65.3%	75.5%	81.8%
2004	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	80%	81.1%	85.8%
2005	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	71%	80.9%	87.1%
2006	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	64.4%	80.2%	86.4%
2007	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	70%	81.6%	85.8%
2008	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	87.3%	84.5%	86.7%
2009	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	66.6%	73%	78%
2010	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	86.1%	76.4%	80.7%
2011	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	69.6%	74.6%	80%
2012	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	58%	73%	80.3%
2013	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	78.8%	78.3%	82.8%
2003	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	70.1%	68.2%	82.3%
2004	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	68.6%	70.5%	82.7%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	59.7%	72.2%	83.4%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	65.6%	65.7%	80.9%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	50.7%	65.1%	78.4%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	61.7%	63.6%	77.1%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	44.8%	53.6%	67%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	63%	60.4%	70%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	50%	60.5%	70.4%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	43.6%	62.9%	72.5%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	46.5%	61.5%	69.7%
2003	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	35.4%	41.6%	56.2%
2004	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	28.6%	45.9%	60%
2005	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	25.3%	48%	64.4%
2006	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	31.5%	45.6%	62.7%
2007	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	29%	50%	64.5%
2008	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	43.3%	56.3%	71.1%
2009	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	24.1%	46.7%	61.5%
2010	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	36%	41.7%	55.7%
2011	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	34.6%	48.2%	60.8%
2012	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	25%	44%	60.7%
2013	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	43.6%	56.2%	67.8%
2003	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	33.3%	47.2%	61%
2004	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	32%	55.9%	72.1%
2005	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	41.8%	63%	79.4%
2006	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	45.9%	64.7%	79.4%
2007	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	44.1%	77.8%	84.7%
2008	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	60%	72.9%	83.8%
2009	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	58.6%	61.4%	74.4%
2010	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	63.6%	66.1%	73.2%
2011	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	53.5%	67.9%	76.6%
2012	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	44.4%	66.6%	74.6%
2013	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	59.4%	76.4%	79.7%
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	57.9%	62.1%	68.9%
2010	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	63.8%	63%	71%
2013	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	60.8%	66.4%	70.3%
2003	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	56.1%	69%	76.4%
2004	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	65.6%	77.5%	80.7%
2005	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	58.6%	75.7%	79.6%
2006	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	53%	76.5%	81.8%
2007	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	64.6%	78.9%	82.7%
2008	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	60.5%	77.5%	80.8%
2009	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	59.7%	73.4%	75.7%
2010	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	61.9%	69.5%	76.5%
2011	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	73.2%	74.3%	78%
2012	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	57.5%	73.1%	78.2%
2013	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	63.4%	72.6%	78.9%
2003	Math	4th Grade	% met std	36.1%	72.7%	81.1%
2004	Math	4th Grade	% met std	64.5%	72.4%	80.3%
2005	Math	4th Grade	% met std	59.2%	70.6%	78.6%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	48.5%	68.4%	78.4%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	43.1%	69%	78.1%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	35.8%	68.2%	79%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	55.8%	69.8%	76.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	54%	64.9%	76.7%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	53.6%	73.3%	79.4%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	53.5%	70.5%	78.4%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	48.3%	72.7%	79.8%
2003	Science	4th Grade	% met std	13.8%	41.2%	57.1%
2004	Science	4th Grade	% met std	33.8%	48.8%	62.3%
2005	Science	4th Grade	% met std	29.9%	49.6%	61.8%
2006	Science	4th Grade	% met std	28.2%	47%	62.8%
2007	Science	4th Grade	% met std	29.3%	52.9%	63.8%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	28.3%	56.3%	68.9%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	51.9%	59.7%	68.7%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	40%	56%	69.2%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	50%	61.4%	70.8%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	44.2%	64.9%	73.8%
2013	Science	4th Grade	% met std	36.7%	63.8%	73.2%
2003	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	34.5%	52.1%	64.7%
2004	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	49.2%	58.5%	71%
2005	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	53.2%	68%	77.2%
2006	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	49.3%	60.3%	72.4%
2007	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	43.1%	63.5%	73.7%
2008	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	37.7%	67.3%	76.4%
2009	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	65.4%	74.7%	79.8%
2010	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	56%	68.3%	76.1%
2011	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	59%	70.7%	77%
2012	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	44.2%	72.8%	80.9%
2013	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	41.7%	74.9%	81.8%
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	60.4%	67.1%	70.1%
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	56.6%	61.6%	72.2%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	48.3%	68.1%	74.3%
2003	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	52.9%	59.8%	68.2%
2004	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	50%	70.1%	76.6%
2005	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	52.6%	70.3%	76.8%
2006	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	54.3%	73%	79.8%
2007	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	50%	70.8%	77.2%
2008	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	56.8%	70.4%	77.6%
2009	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	52.8%	76.5%	80%
2010	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	54.5%	72.5%	78.1%
2011	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	61.8%	72.6%	78.3%
2012	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	57.4%	69.9%	76.5%
2013	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	58%	78.7%	81.9%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	51.7%	63.1%	74.6%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	56.6%	66.3%	76.2%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	66.7%	66.4%	77.2%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	51.4%	65%	75.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	58.3%	65.9%	77.7%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	58.8%	66.4%	77.9%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	43.4%	63.7%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	40%	61.1%	71.3%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	67.2%	64.5%	75.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	55.4%	67.3%	76.1%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	56%	68%	76.2%
2003	Science	5th Grade	% met std	42.7%	43.5%	58.2%
2004	Science	5th Grade	% met std	25%	45.3%	60.3%
2005	Science	5th Grade	% met std	26.2%	41.8%	56.7%
2006	Science	5th Grade	% met std	25.7%	43.5%	59.5%
2007	Science	5th Grade	% met std	27.6%	46.6%	60.6%
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	16.7%	45.3%	61.4%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	18.5%	51.6%	68.3%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	29.6%	55%	66%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	25.9%	49.7%	65%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	54.2%	58.3%	71.7%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	40%	61.9%	73%
2003	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	41.6%	48%	60.4%
2004	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	30%	48.8%	63.5%
2005	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	34.4%	47%	63.9%
2006	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	28.4%	47.2%	62.4%
2007	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	35.5%	53.5%	63.8%
2008	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	38.5%	53.6%	66.3%
2009	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	30.7%	61.1%	70%
2010	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	41.3%	56%	66.1%
2011	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	35.7%	56.7%	70.4%
2012	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	30.4%	61.2%	69.9%
2013	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	20%	64.4%	71.7%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	48.2%	67.3%	73.2%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	50%	67.8%	74.5%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	66.7%	73.2%	77.7%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	50%	70.2%	73.6%
2013	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	48%	69.9%	74.5%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	36.1%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	63.9%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	16.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	19.4%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	80.6%

Mean Base Salary:	$45,572.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$30,469.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$49,217.0

* J. P. Thomas Elementary Primary School was rated 1 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.