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Laurens District 55 High High School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

5058 Hwy 76 West

Laurens SC, 29360, Laurens County

Phone: 864-682-3151

Ranking:

(117 out of 202, bottom 42%)*

Type: Regular High School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12

School District: Laurens School District 55

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:	90		87		85		85		91		92		95
Total Students:	1,629		1,526		1,517		1,491		1,491		1,510		1,559
Grade 9:	489	30.0%	456	29.9%	478	31.5%	487	32.7%	500	33.5%	448	29.7%	533	34.2%
Grade 10:	463	28.4%	431	28.2%	417	27.5%	373	25.0%	357	23.9%	425	28.1%	420	26.9%
Grade 11:	323	19.8%	331	21.7%	334	22.0%	330	22.1%	360	24.1%	356	23.6%	335	21.5%
Grade 12:	354	21.7%	308	20.2%	288	19.0%	301	20.2%	274	18.4%	281	18.6%	271	17.4%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	823	50.5%	813	53.3%	805	53.1%	779	52.2%	739	49.6%	731	48.4%	763	48.9%
Female:	806	49.5%	713	46.7%	712	46.9%	712	47.8%	739	49.6%	766	50.7%	792	50.8%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	1	0.1%
Asian:	4	0.2%	4	0.3%	4	0.3%	3	0.2%	4	0.3%	2	0.1%	1	0.1%
Hispanic:	114	7.0%	102	6.7%	99	6.5%	83	5.6%	71	4.8%	59	3.9%	44	2.8%
Black:	475	29.2%	461	30.2%	442	29.1%	455	30.5%	479	32.1%	501	33.2%	531	34.1%
White:	1,006	61.8%	935	61.3%	960	63.3%	941	63.1%	932	62.5%	942	62.4%	982	63.0%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	29	1.8%	23	1.5%	11	0.7%	8	0.5%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	837	51.4%	772	50.6%	735	48.5%	773	51.8%	732	49.1%	668	44.2%	664	42.6%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	158	9.7%	154	10.1%	145	9.6%	132	8.9%	113	7.6%	92	6.1%	109	7.0%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	18.12		17.62		17.78		17.60		16.40		16.30		16.30

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
HSAP
2005	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	82.1%	82.1%	86.2%
2006	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	81.4%	81.4%	84.9%
2007	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	85.7%	85.7%	88.1%
2008	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	82%	82%	87.7%
2009	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	84.3%	84.3%	84.9%
2010	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	49.2%	49.2%	54.3%
2011	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	57.5%	57.5%	60.6%
2012	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	56.6%	56.6%	57.4%
2013	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	52.7%	52.7%	61.4%
2005	Math	10th Grade	% met std	78.3%	78.3%	76.4%
2006	Math	10th Grade	% met std	79.8%	79.8%	80.2%
2007	Math	10th Grade	% met std	76%	76%	79.6%
2008	Math	10th Grade	% met std	78.2%	78.2%	84.6%
2009	Math	10th Grade	% met std	81.8%	81.8%	80.2%
2010	Math	10th Grade	% met std	48%	48%	50.9%
2011	Math	10th Grade	% met std	48.2%	48.2%	51.8%
2012	Math	10th Grade	% met std	49.9%	49.9%	54.2%
2013	Math	10th Grade	% met std	45.8%	45.8%	53.1%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	44.3%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	55.7%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	13.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	29.5%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	70.5%

Mean Base Salary:	$41,766.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$32,446.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$46,394.0

* Laurens District 55 High High School was rated 4 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.