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Laurens Elementary Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

301 Henry St

Laurens SC, 29360, Laurens County

Phone: 864-984-3067

Ranking:

(509 out of 841, bottom 39%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5

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:	40		36		33		33		34		39		40
Total Students:	690		636		658		660		671		662		637
Prekindergarten:	98	14.2%	69	10.8%	79	12.0%	100	15.2%	103	15.4%	100	15.1%	132	20.7%
Kindergarten:	93	13.5%	100	15.7%	115	17.5%	98	14.8%	93	13.9%	124	18.7%	79	12.4%
Grade 1:	105	15.2%	114	17.9%	91	13.8%	94	14.2%	117	17.4%	86	13.0%	99	15.5%
Grade 2:	107	15.5%	86	13.5%	97	14.7%	116	17.6%	89	13.3%	89	13.4%	74	11.6%
Grade 3:	86	12.5%	86	13.5%	102	15.5%	91	13.8%	91	13.6%	81	12.2%	90	14.1%
Grade 4:	106	15.4%	91	14.3%	98	14.9%	77	11.7%	83	12.4%	94	14.2%	91	14.3%
Grade 5:	95	13.8%	90	14.2%	76	11.6%	84	12.7%	95	14.2%	88	13.3%	72	11.3%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	361	52.3%	337	53.0%	359	54.6%	356	53.9%	340	50.7%	338	51.1%	321	50.4%
Female:	329	47.7%	299	47.0%	299	45.4%	304	46.1%	309	46.1%	305	46.1%	306	48.0%
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%	0	0.0%
Asian:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Hispanic:	48	7.0%	48	7.5%	47	7.1%	46	7.0%	26	3.9%	28	4.2%	26	4.1%
Black:	292	42.3%	263	41.4%	285	43.3%	269	40.8%	299	44.6%	304	45.9%	296	46.5%
White:	331	48.0%	304	47.8%	309	47.0%	328	49.7%	332	49.5%	319	48.2%	309	48.5%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	19	2.8%	21	3.3%	17	2.6%	16	2.4%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	443	64.2%	363	57.1%	416	63.2%	410	62.1%	392	58.4%	363	54.8%	366	57.5%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	33	4.8%	42	6.6%	52	7.9%	32	4.8%	45	6.7%	49	7.4%	28	4.4%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	17.08		17.67		19.94		20.00		19.74		17.00		15.90

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
PASS
2003	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	85.4%	85.4%	81.8%
2004	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	90.5%	88.5%	85.8%
2005	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	94.4%	88.7%	87.1%
2006	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	79.2%	83.3%	86.4%
2007	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	80.2%	83.3%	85.8%
2008	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	80.9%	81.9%	86.7%
2009	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	84.1%	82.3%	78%
2010	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	68.6%	74.1%	80.7%
2011	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	75.3%	77.1%	80%
2012	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	76.1%	78.4%	80.3%
2013	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	71.5%	76.8%	82.8%
2003	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	77.8%	82.8%	82.3%
2004	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	85.7%	90.1%	82.7%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	88.8%	86.9%	83.4%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	78.1%	79.2%	80.9%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	74.2%	75.5%	78.4%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	78.9%	74.6%	77.1%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	78.3%	70.4%	67%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	51.2%	62.3%	70%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	51.6%	64.6%	70.4%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	64.6%	68.8%	72.5%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	48.4%	61%	69.7%
2003	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	60%	60.1%	56.2%
2004	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	62.1%	70.5%	60%
2005	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	67.4%	68.7%	64.4%
2006	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	59.5%	61.9%	62.7%
2007	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	62.2%	63%	64.5%
2008	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	68.9%	65.7%	71.1%
2009	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	62.1%	59.7%	61.5%
2010	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	48.9%	47.5%	55.7%
2011	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	52.3%	57.4%	60.8%
2012	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	49%	56.8%	60.7%
2013	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	48.9%	59.3%	67.8%
2003	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	67%	67.7%	61%
2004	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	83.9%	81.1%	72.1%
2005	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	84.3%	81.6%	79.4%
2006	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	70.3%	71.7%	79.4%
2007	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	87%	82.8%	84.7%
2008	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	86.7%	73%	83.8%
2009	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	83.8%	72.9%	74.4%
2010	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	43.9%	61.1%	73.2%
2011	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	47%	67.9%	76.6%
2012	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	61.7%	75.7%	74.6%
2013	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	64.6%	72.5%	79.7%
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	63%	68.1%	68.9%
2010	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	59.3%	63.7%	71%
2013	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	56.6%	61.7%	70.3%
2003	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	74.7%	75.8%	76.4%
2004	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	84.3%	86%	80.7%
2005	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	83.1%	85.3%	79.6%
2006	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	87.2%	82.6%	81.8%
2007	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	75.7%	80%	82.7%
2008	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	85.6%	78.4%	80.8%
2009	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	79.1%	75.3%	75.7%
2010	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	70.5%	75.7%	76.5%
2011	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	65.8%	65.3%	78%
2012	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	68%	72.1%	78.2%
2013	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	77.7%	77.7%	78.9%
2003	Math	4th Grade	% met std	85.3%	83.6%	81.1%
2004	Math	4th Grade	% met std	86.8%	87.1%	80.3%
2005	Math	4th Grade	% met std	80.7%	84.6%	78.6%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	81.6%	80.6%	78.4%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	77%	74.9%	78.1%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	88.9%	81.5%	79%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	86.3%	76.2%	76.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	89.8%	78.4%	76.7%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	79.8%	67.6%	79.4%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	77.3%	73.1%	78.4%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	86.2%	79.2%	79.8%
2003	Science	4th Grade	% met std	39.2%	49.5%	57.1%
2004	Science	4th Grade	% met std	64.8%	64.9%	62.3%
2005	Science	4th Grade	% met std	66.3%	65.7%	61.8%
2006	Science	4th Grade	% met std	59.8%	63.7%	62.8%
2007	Science	4th Grade	% met std	51.4%	54.8%	63.8%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	66.7%	61.8%	68.9%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	58.9%	62.5%	68.7%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	73.1%	72.2%	69.2%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	67.1%	57.5%	70.8%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	69%	69%	73.8%
2013	Science	4th Grade	% met std	76.6%	71.2%	73.2%
2003	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	47.1%	58%	64.7%
2004	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	79.6%	72%	71%
2005	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	83.1%	78.5%	77.2%
2006	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	65.5%	68.5%	72.4%
2007	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	77%	65.8%	73.7%
2008	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	82.2%	74.3%	76.4%
2009	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	84.2%	80.3%	79.8%
2010	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	74.4%	75%	76.1%
2011	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	70.9%	63.5%	77%
2012	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	77.3%	77.5%	80.9%
2013	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	87.3%	79.2%	81.8%
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	82.1%	70.7%	70.1%
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	68.3%	73.8%	72.2%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	80.4%	75.4%	74.3%
2003	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	68.7%	71.5%	68.2%
2004	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	88.1%	80.8%	76.6%
2005	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	70.5%	80.6%	76.8%
2006	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	78.9%	80.4%	79.8%
2007	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	70.8%	75.5%	77.2%
2008	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	63.8%	68.4%	77.6%
2009	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	79.4%	81.6%	80%
2010	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	74.7%	79.4%	78.1%
2011	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	77.7%	80%	78.3%
2012	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	78.6%	71.3%	76.5%
2013	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	84.9%	82.9%	81.9%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	87.7%	77.1%	74.6%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	75.3%	81.9%	76.2%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	84.1%	85.6%	77.2%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	84.5%	79.8%	75.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	69.7%	80.8%	77.7%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	68.6%	73%	77.9%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	75%	72.9%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	74.7%	75.3%	71.3%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	80%	78.3%	75.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	81.3%	69.3%	76.1%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	75.2%	72.7%	76.2%
2003	Science	5th Grade	% met std	46.2%	53.8%	58.2%
2004	Science	5th Grade	% met std	46.7%	58%	60.3%
2005	Science	5th Grade	% met std	63.6%	56.6%	56.7%
2006	Science	5th Grade	% met std	56.3%	64.5%	59.5%
2007	Science	5th Grade	% met std	51.1%	57.5%	60.6%
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	51.4%	47.9%	61.4%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	56.5%	66.1%	68.3%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	59.6%	66.8%	66%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	53.5%	64%	65%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	73%	61.8%	71.7%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	70.2%	70.6%	73%
2003	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	41%	52.4%	60.4%
2004	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	53.3%	62.2%	63.5%
2005	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	62.5%	63.8%	63.9%
2006	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	60.6%	64.5%	62.4%
2007	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	61.4%	62%	63.8%
2008	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	57.1%	52.8%	66.3%
2009	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	58.7%	70.4%	70%
2010	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	59.1%	57.5%	66.1%
2011	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	50%	70%	70.4%
2012	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	47.4%	52.8%	69.9%
2013	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	66%	67.6%	71.7%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	67.4%	72.1%	73.2%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	77.2%	80.1%	74.5%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	68.2%	77.1%	77.7%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	70.6%	67%	73.6%
2013	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	67.4%	70.9%	74.5%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	57.1%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	42.9%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	13.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	31.4%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	68.6%

Mean Base Salary:	$39,974.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$30,998.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$44,088.0

* Laurens Elementary Primary School was rated 2.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.