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James H. Spann Elementary Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

901 John Mckissick Way

Summerville SC, 29483, Dorchester County

Phone: 843-873-3050

Ranking:

(214 out of 841, top 25%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Dorchester 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:	56		54		55		57		56		60		57
Total Students:	806		841		810		914		883		881		870
Prekindergarten:	38	4.7%	40	4.8%	36	4.4%	37	4.0%	35	4.0%	40	4.5%	40	4.6%
Kindergarten:	127	15.8%	141	16.8%	133	16.4%	134	14.7%	157	17.8%	130	14.8%	149	17.1%
Grade 1:	142	17.6%	143	17.0%	124	15.3%	152	16.6%	128	14.5%	147	16.7%	137	15.7%
Grade 2:	131	16.3%	135	16.1%	129	15.9%	121	13.2%	143	16.2%	153	17.4%	136	15.6%
Grade 3:	130	16.1%	136	16.2%	103	12.7%	154	16.8%	154	17.4%	140	15.9%	131	15.1%
Grade 4:	136	16.9%	101	12.0%	130	16.0%	167	18.3%	133	15.1%	127	14.4%	151	17.4%
Grade 5:	102	12.7%	145	17.2%	155	19.1%	149	16.3%	133	15.1%	144	16.3%	126	14.5%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	417	51.7%	445	52.9%	398	49.1%	441	48.2%	440	49.8%	424	48.1%	426	49.0%
Female:	389	48.3%	396	47.1%	412	50.9%	473	51.8%	435	49.3%	449	51.0%	440	50.6%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	6	0.7%	8	1.0%	5	0.6%	5	0.5%	7	0.8%	6	0.7%	6	0.7%
Asian:	14	1.7%	15	1.8%	17	2.1%	24	2.6%	31	3.5%	34	3.9%	35	4.0%
Hispanic:	55	6.8%	63	7.5%	49	6.0%	57	6.2%	45	5.1%	51	5.8%	40	4.6%
Black:	221	27.4%	225	26.8%	218	26.9%	285	31.2%	260	29.4%	254	28.8%	254	29.2%
White:	457	56.7%	488	58.0%	483	59.6%	541	59.2%	540	61.2%	536	60.8%	535	61.5%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	2	0.2%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	52	6.5%	41	4.9%	37	4.6%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	382	47.4%	432	51.4%	335	41.4%	388	42.5%	324	36.7%	281	31.9%	245	28.2%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	82	10.2%	55	6.5%	74	9.1%	83	9.1%	91	10.3%	91	10.3%	81	9.3%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	14.39		15.57		14.73		16.04		15.77		14.70		15.30

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
PASS
2003	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	87%	87.4%	81.8%
2004	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	89.1%	90.8%	85.8%
2005	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	91.4%	93.8%	87.1%
2006	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	95.8%	92.6%	86.4%
2007	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	85.8%	90%	85.8%
2008	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	97.5%	91.8%	86.7%
2009	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	86.3%	85.4%	78%
2010	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	87.5%	89.4%	80.7%
2011	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	83.9%	88.2%	80%
2012	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	83.8%	87.2%	80.3%
2013	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	84.8%	88.4%	82.8%
2003	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	89.5%	88.4%	82.3%
2004	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	89.8%	89.9%	82.7%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	84.7%	89.6%	83.4%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	88.4%	87.9%	80.9%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	79.7%	82.5%	78.4%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	82.9%	83.7%	77.1%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	75.4%	76.6%	67%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	81.2%	83%	70%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	77.7%	84.1%	70.4%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	88%	84.8%	72.5%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	86.4%	83.6%	69.7%
2003	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	59.1%	69.6%	56.2%
2004	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	66.7%	73.1%	60%
2005	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	62%	73.9%	64.4%
2006	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	77%	74.7%	62.7%
2007	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	71.8%	74.2%	64.5%
2008	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	78.7%	79.6%	71.1%
2009	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	74.7%	74.9%	61.5%
2010	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	65.4%	68%	55.7%
2011	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	72.6%	71.8%	60.8%
2012	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	79.6%	68%	60.7%
2013	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	65.2%	75%	67.8%
2003	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	65.4%	77.2%	61%
2004	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	85.5%	85.9%	72.1%
2005	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	91.5%	91.3%	79.4%
2006	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	91%	90.3%	79.4%
2007	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	94.4%	92.4%	84.7%
2008	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	96.7%	91.8%	83.8%
2009	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	77.6%	83.8%	74.4%
2010	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	82.2%	85.6%	73.2%
2011	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	81.5%	85.7%	76.6%
2012	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	78.4%	81.1%	74.6%
2013	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	73.2%	84.8%	79.7%
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	74.5%	77.9%	68.9%
2010	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	78.9%	82.4%	71%
2013	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	77.2%	77.1%	70.3%
2003	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	83.2%	82.5%	76.4%
2004	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	80.6%	87.2%	80.7%
2005	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	83.2%	86.8%	79.6%
2006	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	92.4%	90.6%	81.8%
2007	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	81.8%	90.6%	82.7%
2008	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	85.2%	88.2%	80.8%
2009	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	80.8%	81.5%	75.7%
2010	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	83.8%	84.8%	76.5%
2011	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	85.8%	87.4%	78%
2012	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	83.7%	87%	78.2%
2013	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	78.3%	87.2%	78.9%
2003	Math	4th Grade	% met std	88.9%	88%	81.1%
2004	Math	4th Grade	% met std	81.5%	88.2%	80.3%
2005	Math	4th Grade	% met std	76.6%	83.7%	78.6%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	77.3%	84.8%	78.4%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	77.2%	81.1%	78.1%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	77.9%	82.4%	79%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	73.8%	83.4%	76.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	83.8%	85.6%	76.7%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	87.8%	89.8%	79.4%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	91.9%	89.6%	78.4%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	84.7%	90.8%	79.8%
2003	Science	4th Grade	% met std	67.2%	69.2%	57.1%
2004	Science	4th Grade	% met std	61.4%	75.7%	62.3%
2005	Science	4th Grade	% met std	72%	74.5%	61.8%
2006	Science	4th Grade	% met std	66.7%	74.4%	62.8%
2007	Science	4th Grade	% met std	71.5%	72.1%	63.8%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	67.6%	73.6%	68.9%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	68.3%	72.2%	68.7%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	75%	74.5%	69.2%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	76.1%	78.7%	70.8%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	81.4%	79.5%	73.8%
2013	Science	4th Grade	% met std	77.3%	80.4%	73.2%
2003	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	79.7%	78.1%	64.7%
2004	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	82.7%	82.1%	71%
2005	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	87.4%	86.2%	77.2%
2006	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	82.6%	84.9%	72.4%
2007	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	84.6%	84.6%	73.7%
2008	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	80%	83.6%	76.4%
2009	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	77%	87%	79.8%
2010	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	78.6%	81%	76.1%
2011	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	84.1%	84.2%	77%
2012	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	83.7%	86.4%	80.9%
2013	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	85.9%	87.2%	81.8%
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	78.7%	80%	70.1%
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	79.3%	83.1%	72.2%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	81.1%	82.5%	74.3%
2003	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	75%	72.3%	68.2%
2004	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	82.4%	83.8%	76.6%
2005	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	83.5%	83%	76.8%
2006	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	87%	87.6%	79.8%
2007	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	86.4%	88.4%	77.2%
2008	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	83.9%	84.7%	77.6%
2009	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	84.2%	85.3%	80%
2010	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	82.1%	84.4%	78.1%
2011	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	89.8%	85.5%	78.3%
2012	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	87.8%	87.8%	76.5%
2013	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	86%	89.9%	81.9%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	66.9%	81%	74.6%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	76.6%	84.7%	76.2%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	84.5%	83.8%	77.2%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	85.1%	81.9%	75.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	76.1%	80.8%	77.7%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	80%	81.2%	77.9%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	70.4%	79.8%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	75.4%	79.5%	71.3%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	91.9%	85.5%	75.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	86.4%	88%	76.1%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	84.7%	88.7%	76.2%
2003	Science	5th Grade	% met std	56.7%	66.9%	58.2%
2004	Science	5th Grade	% met std	69.8%	77.2%	60.3%
2005	Science	5th Grade	% met std	77.9%	68%	56.7%
2006	Science	5th Grade	% met std	73.9%	71.8%	59.5%
2007	Science	5th Grade	% met std	64.7%	68%	60.6%
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	77.4%	67.8%	61.4%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	65.8%	72.8%	68.3%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	70.4%	68.7%	66%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	73%	71.3%	65%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	87.4%	79.2%	71.7%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	75%	81.4%	73%
2003	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	61.5%	70.4%	60.4%
2004	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	76.3%	75.1%	63.5%
2005	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	81.7%	76.5%	63.9%
2006	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	79.6%	75.1%	62.4%
2007	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	65.2%	75.9%	63.8%
2008	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	72.4%	72%	66.3%
2009	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	79.1%	77.5%	70%
2010	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	68.6%	72.4%	66.1%
2011	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	78.3%	76.7%	70.4%
2012	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	71.1%	79.1%	69.9%
2013	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	76.7%	82.7%	71.7%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	81.4%	85.7%	73.2%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	86.7%	84.9%	74.5%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	87.7%	85.2%	77.7%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	78.7%	82.9%	73.6%
2013	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	81%	83.6%	74.5%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	50.8%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	49.2%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	14.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	22.0%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	78.0%

Mean Base Salary:	$42,813.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$32,084.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$45,845.0

* James H. Spann Elementary Primary School was rated 4 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.