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Kensington Elementary Primary School
86 Kensington Blvd
Georgetown SC, 29440, Georgetown County
Phone: 843-546-8511
Ranking: 
(461 out of 841, bottom 45%)*
(461 out of 841, bottom 45%)*Type: Regular Primary School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5
School District: Georgetown 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: | 44 | 45 | 42 | 45 | 44 | 45 | 47 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 666 | 700 | 722 | 734 | 767 | 750 | 697 | |||||||
| Prekindergarten: | 40 | 6.0% | 28 | 4.0% | 40 | 5.5% | 39 | 5.3% | 41 | 5.3% | 38 | 5.1% | 40 | 5.7% |
| Kindergarten: | 90 | 13.5% | 107 | 15.3% | 104 | 14.4% | 111 | 15.1% | 122 | 15.9% | 117 | 15.6% | 105 | 15.1% |
| Grade 1: | 104 | 15.6% | 107 | 15.3% | 112 | 15.5% | 118 | 16.1% | 114 | 14.9% | 121 | 16.1% | 110 | 15.8% |
| Grade 2: | 108 | 16.2% | 118 | 16.9% | 114 | 15.8% | 106 | 14.4% | 112 | 14.6% | 121 | 16.1% | 124 | 17.8% |
| Grade 3: | 111 | 16.7% | 106 | 15.1% | 117 | 16.2% | 113 | 15.4% | 120 | 15.6% | 126 | 16.8% | 122 | 17.5% |
| Grade 4: | 107 | 16.1% | 111 | 15.9% | 112 | 15.5% | 118 | 16.1% | 127 | 16.6% | 119 | 15.9% | 95 | 13.6% |
| Grade 5: | 106 | 15.9% | 123 | 17.6% | 123 | 17.0% | 129 | 17.6% | 131 | 17.1% | 108 | 14.4% | 101 | 14.5% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 325 | 48.8% | 334 | 47.7% | 339 | 47.0% | 352 | 48.0% | 369 | 48.1% | 365 | 48.7% | 350 | 50.2% |
| Female: | 341 | 51.2% | 366 | 52.3% | 383 | 53.0% | 382 | 52.0% | 390 | 50.8% | 377 | 50.3% | 343 | 49.2% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.1% |
| Asian: | 2 | 0.3% | 3 | 0.4% | 3 | 0.4% | 7 | 1.0% | 11 | 1.4% | 10 | 1.3% | 14 | 2.0% |
| Hispanic: | 41 | 6.2% | 47 | 6.7% | 51 | 7.1% | 41 | 5.6% | 36 | 4.7% | 31 | 4.1% | 30 | 4.3% |
| Black: | 275 | 41.3% | 280 | 40.0% | 286 | 39.6% | 303 | 41.3% | 315 | 41.1% | 312 | 41.6% | 281 | 40.3% |
| White: | 339 | 50.9% | 357 | 51.0% | 378 | 52.4% | 383 | 52.2% | 405 | 52.8% | 396 | 52.8% | 371 | 53.2% |
| 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: | 9 | 1.4% | 12 | 1.7% | 3 | 0.4% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 391 | 58.7% | 389 | 55.6% | 403 | 55.8% | 395 | 53.8% | 393 | 51.2% | 366 | 48.8% | 356 | 51.1% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 43 | 6.5% | 61 | 8.7% | 50 | 6.9% | 63 | 8.6% | 71 | 9.3% | 45 | 6.0% | 42 | 6.0% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 15.14 | 15.56 | 17.19 | 16.31 | 17.43 | 16.70 | 14.80 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| PASS | ||||||
| 2003 | English/Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 87% | 84% | 81.8% |
| 2004 | English/Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 96.9% | 89.3% | 85.8% |
| 2005 | English/Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 94.2% | 91.6% | 87.1% |
| 2006 | English/Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 88.1% | 88.9% | 86.4% |
| 2007 | English/Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 92.3% | 87.3% | 85.8% |
| 2008 | English/Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 88.1% | 90% | 86.7% |
| 2009 | English/Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 73.6% | 75.2% | 78% |
| 2010 | English/Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 83.3% | 81.2% | 80.7% |
| 2011 | English/Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 72.6% | 80.1% | 80% |
| 2012 | English/Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 81.6% | 80.6% | 80.3% |
| 2013 | English/Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 85.8% | 81.1% | 82.8% |
| 2003 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 82.2% | 85% | 82.3% |
| 2004 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 94% | 85.2% | 82.7% |
| 2005 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 98.8% | 88.7% | 83.4% |
| 2006 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 80.4% | 88% | 80.9% |
| 2007 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 87% | 83.4% | 78.4% |
| 2008 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 82.2% | 82.9% | 77.1% |
| 2009 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 66.4% | 67.7% | 67% |
| 2010 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 67.8% | 70% | 70% |
| 2011 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 57.5% | 67% | 70.4% |
| 2012 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 74.5% | 72.1% | 72.5% |
| 2013 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 71.7% | 66.2% | 69.7% |
| 2003 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 56.1% | 54.6% | 56.2% |
| 2004 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 74.3% | 58.6% | 60% |
| 2005 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 82.8% | 66.6% | 64.4% |
| 2006 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 68.3% | 67.7% | 62.7% |
| 2007 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 63% | 67.8% | 64.5% |
| 2008 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 71.7% | 76% | 71.1% |
| 2009 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 72.6% | 62.7% | 61.5% |
| 2010 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 45% | 51.4% | 55.7% |
| 2011 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 44.8% | 53.8% | 60.8% |
| 2012 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 66.7% | 54.2% | 60.7% |
| 2013 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 78.4% | 63.2% | 67.8% |
| 2003 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 52.3% | 56.1% | 61% |
| 2004 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 74.3% | 70.2% | 72.1% |
| 2005 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 80.9% | 81.6% | 79.4% |
| 2006 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 81.2% | 84% | 79.4% |
| 2007 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 91.1% | 86.3% | 84.7% |
| 2008 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 89.7% | 87.5% | 83.8% |
| 2009 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 79.3% | 70.9% | 74.4% |
| 2010 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 65.6% | 72% | 73.2% |
| 2011 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 65.5% | 78.9% | 76.6% |
| 2012 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 64.9% | 71.1% | 74.6% |
| 2013 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 81.3% | 75% | 79.7% |
| 2009 | Writing | 3rd Grade | % met std | 71.2% | 69.5% | 68.9% |
| 2010 | Writing | 3rd Grade | % met std | 70.8% | 67.8% | 71% |
| 2013 | Writing | 3rd Grade | % met std | 78% | 68% | 70.3% |
| 2003 | English/Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 81.4% | 81% | 76.4% |
| 2004 | English/Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 91.3% | 86.6% | 80.7% |
| 2005 | English/Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 89.6% | 82.5% | 79.6% |
| 2006 | English/Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 84.7% | 83.7% | 81.8% |
| 2007 | English/Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 88.5% | 86.9% | 82.7% |
| 2008 | English/Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 73.5% | 82.9% | 80.8% |
| 2009 | English/Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 70% | 74.4% | 75.7% |
| 2010 | English/Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 72.8% | 75.4% | 76.5% |
| 2011 | English/Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 70.6% | 74.5% | 78% |
| 2012 | English/Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 76.1% | 79.3% | 78.2% |
| 2013 | English/Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 80.6% | 77.7% | 78.9% |
| 2003 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 91.8% | 87.6% | 81.1% |
| 2004 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 88.9% | 90.4% | 80.3% |
| 2005 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 92.9% | 83.2% | 78.6% |
| 2006 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 83.7% | 83.3% | 78.4% |
| 2007 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 86.6% | 82.1% | 78.1% |
| 2008 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 77% | 81.3% | 79% |
| 2009 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 75% | 79.8% | 76.8% |
| 2010 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 75.7% | 80.3% | 76.7% |
| 2011 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 74.8% | 78.6% | 79.4% |
| 2012 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 66.3% | 77.3% | 78.4% |
| 2013 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 77% | 79.7% | 79.8% |
| 2003 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 69% | 61.7% | 57.1% |
| 2004 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 78.3% | 65.5% | 62.3% |
| 2005 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 87.9% | 65.9% | 61.8% |
| 2006 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 66.3% | 65.9% | 62.8% |
| 2007 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 71.1% | 69.4% | 63.8% |
| 2008 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 64% | 70.9% | 68.9% |
| 2009 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 57.5% | 65.1% | 68.7% |
| 2010 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 62.9% | 63.3% | 69.2% |
| 2011 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 63.9% | 63.8% | 70.8% |
| 2012 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 55.7% | 68.1% | 73.8% |
| 2013 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 61.5% | 64.9% | 73.2% |
| 2003 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 63% | 61.6% | 64.7% |
| 2004 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 81.9% | 71.9% | 71% |
| 2005 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 91% | 83.2% | 77.2% |
| 2006 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 79.6% | 78.7% | 72.4% |
| 2007 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 81.4% | 77.1% | 73.7% |
| 2008 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 71% | 76.2% | 76.4% |
| 2009 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 71.7% | 77.1% | 79.8% |
| 2010 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 74.2% | 70.5% | 76.1% |
| 2011 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 69.8% | 71.3% | 77% |
| 2012 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 70.8% | 77.7% | 80.9% |
| 2013 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 86.2% | 77% | 81.8% |
| 2009 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 60.9% | 67.6% | 70.1% |
| 2010 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 64.7% | 69.5% | 72.2% |
| 2013 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 82.4% | 73.4% | 74.3% |
| 2003 | English/Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 82.2% | 69.6% | 68.2% |
| 2004 | English/Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 90.1% | 84% | 76.6% |
| 2005 | English/Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 96.4% | 83.7% | 76.8% |
| 2006 | English/Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 80.2% | 78.5% | 79.8% |
| 2007 | English/Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 83.3% | 77.8% | 77.2% |
| 2008 | English/Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 81.7% | 81.8% | 77.6% |
| 2009 | English/Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 80.4% | 81% | 80% |
| 2010 | English/Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 76.4% | 77.1% | 78.1% |
| 2011 | English/Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 73.6% | 76.3% | 78.3% |
| 2012 | English/Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 72.4% | 72.5% | 76.5% |
| 2013 | English/Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 79% | 82.7% | 81.9% |
| 2003 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 94.7% | 81.6% | 74.6% |
| 2004 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 95.2% | 88.3% | 76.2% |
| 2005 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 91.7% | 88.7% | 77.2% |
| 2006 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 75% | 77.9% | 75.9% |
| 2007 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 84.5% | 81.4% | 77.7% |
| 2008 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 77.4% | 84.9% | 77.9% |
| 2009 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 68.6% | 78% | 73.5% |
| 2010 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 72.5% | 75.4% | 71.3% |
| 2011 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 67.2% | 76.1% | 75.3% |
| 2012 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 65.5% | 72.8% | 76.1% |
| 2013 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 69.3% | 77.5% | 76.2% |
| 2003 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 74.4% | 54.8% | 58.2% |
| 2004 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 76.7% | 64.9% | 60.3% |
| 2005 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 83.7% | 62.3% | 56.7% |
| 2006 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 71.4% | 57.3% | 59.5% |
| 2007 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 76.6% | 63.7% | 60.6% |
| 2008 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 73.9% | 68.2% | 61.4% |
| 2009 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 64% | 67.6% | 68.3% |
| 2010 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 61.9% | 65.4% | 66% |
| 2011 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 48.4% | 62% | 65% |
| 2012 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 55.1% | 61.9% | 71.7% |
| 2013 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 56.2% | 68.3% | 73% |
| 2003 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 67.9% | 58.5% | 60.4% |
| 2004 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 67.4% | 64.6% | 63.5% |
| 2005 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 90.7% | 69.4% | 63.9% |
| 2006 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 75% | 61.2% | 62.4% |
| 2007 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 80% | 65.9% | 63.8% |
| 2008 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 72.3% | 70.3% | 66.3% |
| 2009 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 71.2% | 72.2% | 70% |
| 2010 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 67.7% | 66.5% | 66.1% |
| 2011 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 62.3% | 63% | 70.4% |
| 2012 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 58.6% | 62.8% | 69.9% |
| 2013 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 65% | 67.5% | 71.7% |
| 2009 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 71.9% | 75.9% | 73.2% |
| 2010 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 70.1% | 71.7% | 74.5% |
| 2011 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 71.1% | 72.2% | 77.7% |
| 2012 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 74.2% | 68.7% | 73.6% |
| 2013 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 60.2% | 73.5% | 74.5% |
Some data by SchoolDigger.com.
Teacher's Experience and Compensation
| 2007 | |
| Teachers with Bachelor Degree: | 40.4% |
| Teachers with Master or PhD Degree: | 59.6% |
| Mean Number of Years of Teaching: | 19.0 years |
| Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less: | 19.1% |
| Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More: | 80.9% |
| Mean Base Salary: | $45,751.0 |
| Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less: | $30,188.0 |
| Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More: | $49,437.0 |
* Kensington Elementary Primary School was rated 3 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.