Mcdonald Elementary Primary School
532 Mcdonald Rd
Georgetown SC, 29440, Georgetown County
Phone: 843-527-3485
Ranking:
(648 out of 841, bottom 23%)*

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: | 37 | 37 | 37 | 36 | 37 | 43 | 45 | |||||||
Total Students: | 524 | 478 | 494 | 529 | 553 | 593 | 579 | |||||||
Prekindergarten: | 57 | 10.9% | 40 | 8.4% | 36 | 7.3% | 58 | 11.0% | 62 | 11.2% | 50 | 8.4% | 56 | 9.7% |
Kindergarten: | 91 | 17.4% | 79 | 16.5% | 80 | 16.2% | 86 | 16.3% | 73 | 13.2% | 89 | 15.0% | 87 | 15.0% |
Grade 1: | 76 | 14.5% | 74 | 15.5% | 77 | 15.6% | 71 | 13.4% | 71 | 12.8% | 77 | 13.0% | 89 | 15.4% |
Grade 2: | 80 | 15.3% | 77 | 16.1% | 73 | 14.8% | 67 | 12.7% | 76 | 13.7% | 90 | 15.2% | 92 | 15.9% |
Grade 3: | 78 | 14.9% | 75 | 15.7% | 69 | 14.0% | 72 | 13.6% | 85 | 15.4% | 105 | 17.7% | 84 | 14.5% |
Grade 4: | 73 | 13.9% | 67 | 14.0% | 72 | 14.6% | 79 | 14.9% | 94 | 17.0% | 89 | 15.0% | 88 | 15.2% |
Grade 5: | 69 | 13.2% | 66 | 13.8% | 87 | 17.6% | 96 | 18.1% | 92 | 16.6% | 93 | 15.7% | 83 | 14.3% |
Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
Male: | 278 | 53.1% | 243 | 50.8% | 247 | 50.0% | 255 | 48.2% | 279 | 50.5% | 316 | 53.3% | 299 | 51.6% |
Female: | 246 | 46.9% | 235 | 49.2% | 247 | 50.0% | 274 | 51.8% | 266 | 48.1% | 269 | 45.4% | 276 | 47.7% |
Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
American Indian/Alaska Native: | 1 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% |
Asian: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 3 | 0.5% | 2 | 0.3% | 3 | 0.5% |
Hispanic: | 27 | 5.2% | 15 | 3.1% | 23 | 4.7% | 28 | 5.3% | 30 | 5.4% | 31 | 5.2% | 26 | 4.5% |
Black: | 320 | 61.1% | 303 | 63.4% | 312 | 63.2% | 324 | 61.2% | 323 | 58.4% | 345 | 58.2% | 343 | 59.2% |
White: | 167 | 31.9% | 151 | 31.6% | 154 | 31.2% | 173 | 32.7% | 197 | 35.6% | 214 | 36.1% | 207 | 35.8% |
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 | 1.7% | 9 | 1.9% | 5 | 1.0% | 4 | 0.8% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 411 | 78.4% | 395 | 82.6% | 407 | 82.4% | 381 | 72.0% | 415 | 75.0% | 411 | 69.3% | 410 | 70.8% |
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 48 | 9.2% | 34 | 7.1% | 32 | 6.5% | 32 | 6.0% | 54 | 9.8% | 45 | 7.6% | 47 | 8.1% |
Student-Teacher Ratio: | 14.16 | 13.10 | 13.35 | 14.69 | 14.95 | 13.90 | 13.00 |
Test Performance
Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
PASS | ||||||
2003 | English/Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 76.9% | 84% | 81.8% |
2004 | English/Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 88.1% | 89.3% | 85.8% |
2005 | English/Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 96% | 91.6% | 87.1% |
2006 | English/Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 82.2% | 88.9% | 86.4% |
2007 | English/Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 79.1% | 87.3% | 85.8% |
2008 | English/Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 87.2% | 90% | 86.7% |
2009 | English/Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 67% | 75.2% | 78% |
2010 | English/Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 70.5% | 81.2% | 80.7% |
2011 | English/Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 81.4% | 80.1% | 80% |
2012 | English/Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 81.1% | 80.6% | 80.3% |
2013 | English/Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 66.7% | 81.1% | 82.8% |
2003 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 76.9% | 85% | 82.3% |
2004 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 80% | 85.2% | 82.7% |
2005 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 80% | 88.7% | 83.4% |
2006 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 87.7% | 88% | 80.9% |
2007 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 77.9% | 83.4% | 78.4% |
2008 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 80.2% | 82.9% | 77.1% |
2009 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 49% | 67.7% | 67% |
2010 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 56.5% | 70% | 70% |
2011 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 57.1% | 67% | 70.4% |
2012 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 60.9% | 72.1% | 72.5% |
2013 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 32% | 66.2% | 69.7% |
2003 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 52.2% | 54.6% | 56.2% |
2004 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 45.3% | 58.6% | 60% |
2005 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 47.7% | 66.6% | 64.4% |
2006 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 71.2% | 67.7% | 62.7% |
2007 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 63.6% | 67.8% | 64.5% |
2008 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 79.1% | 76% | 71.1% |
2009 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 45.1% | 62.7% | 61.5% |
2010 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 33.4% | 51.4% | 55.7% |
2011 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 61.1% | 53.8% | 60.8% |
2012 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 48.5% | 54.2% | 60.7% |
2013 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 28.2% | 63.2% | 67.8% |
2003 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 67.7% | 56.1% | 61% |
2004 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 58.7% | 70.2% | 72.1% |
2005 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 78.8% | 81.6% | 79.4% |
2006 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 83.6% | 84% | 79.4% |
2007 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 88.1% | 86.3% | 84.7% |
2008 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 76.7% | 87.5% | 83.8% |
2009 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 54.2% | 70.9% | 74.4% |
2010 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 76.9% | 72% | 73.2% |
2011 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 85.3% | 78.9% | 76.6% |
2012 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 79.4% | 71.1% | 74.6% |
2013 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 62.2% | 75% | 79.7% |
2009 | Writing | 3rd Grade | % met std | 62.6% | 69.5% | 68.9% |
2010 | Writing | 3rd Grade | % met std | 57.2% | 67.8% | 71% |
2013 | Writing | 3rd Grade | % met std | 53.3% | 68% | 70.3% |
2003 | English/Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 65% | 81% | 76.4% |
2004 | English/Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 76.9% | 86.6% | 80.7% |
2005 | English/Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 68.6% | 82.5% | 79.6% |
2006 | English/Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 73% | 83.7% | 81.8% |
2007 | English/Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 81.8% | 86.9% | 82.7% |
2008 | English/Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 82.2% | 82.9% | 80.8% |
2009 | English/Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 59.5% | 74.4% | 75.7% |
2010 | English/Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 64.4% | 75.4% | 76.5% |
2011 | English/Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 63% | 74.5% | 78% |
2012 | English/Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 75.4% | 79.3% | 78.2% |
2013 | English/Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 65.7% | 77.7% | 78.9% |
2003 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 82.7% | 87.6% | 81.1% |
2004 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 78.1% | 90.4% | 80.3% |
2005 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 66.7% | 83.2% | 78.6% |
2006 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 73% | 83.3% | 78.4% |
2007 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 73.1% | 82.1% | 78.1% |
2008 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 64.8% | 81.3% | 79% |
2009 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 59.5% | 79.8% | 76.8% |
2010 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 61.1% | 80.3% | 76.7% |
2011 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 66.7% | 78.6% | 79.4% |
2012 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 67.7% | 77.3% | 78.4% |
2013 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 62.7% | 79.7% | 79.8% |
2003 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 45.9% | 61.7% | 57.1% |
2004 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 55.7% | 65.5% | 62.3% |
2005 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 40.7% | 65.9% | 61.8% |
2006 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 57.3% | 65.9% | 62.8% |
2007 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 56.6% | 69.4% | 63.8% |
2008 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 70.5% | 70.9% | 68.9% |
2009 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 57.2% | 65.1% | 68.7% |
2010 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 57.8% | 63.3% | 69.2% |
2011 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 54.3% | 63.8% | 70.8% |
2012 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 63.1% | 68.1% | 73.8% |
2013 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 55.2% | 64.9% | 73.2% |
2003 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 69.4% | 61.6% | 64.7% |
2004 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 64.3% | 71.9% | 71% |
2005 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 70.4% | 83.2% | 77.2% |
2006 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 74.2% | 78.7% | 72.4% |
2007 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 67.1% | 77.1% | 73.7% |
2008 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 73.9% | 76.2% | 76.4% |
2009 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 69% | 77.1% | 79.8% |
2010 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 70% | 70.5% | 76.1% |
2011 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 54.3% | 71.3% | 77% |
2012 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 72.3% | 77.7% | 80.9% |
2013 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 70.1% | 77% | 81.8% |
2009 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 47.6% | 67.6% | 70.1% |
2010 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 57.8% | 69.5% | 72.2% |
2013 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 63.7% | 73.4% | 74.3% |
2003 | English/Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 62.2% | 69.6% | 68.2% |
2004 | English/Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 82.7% | 84% | 76.6% |
2005 | English/Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 72.9% | 83.7% | 76.8% |
2006 | English/Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 68.1% | 78.5% | 79.8% |
2007 | English/Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 76.3% | 77.8% | 77.2% |
2008 | English/Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 84.2% | 81.8% | 77.6% |
2009 | English/Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 70.7% | 81% | 80% |
2010 | English/Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 64.3% | 77.1% | 78.1% |
2011 | English/Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 72.5% | 76.3% | 78.3% |
2012 | English/Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 70.5% | 72.5% | 76.5% |
2013 | English/Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 73.9% | 82.7% | 81.9% |
2003 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 81.3% | 81.6% | 74.6% |
2004 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 87.2% | 88.3% | 76.2% |
2005 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 82.6% | 88.7% | 77.2% |
2006 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 67% | 77.9% | 75.9% |
2007 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 81% | 81.4% | 77.7% |
2008 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 83.3% | 84.9% | 77.9% |
2009 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 64.6% | 78% | 73.5% |
2010 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 67.8% | 75.4% | 71.3% |
2011 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 73.6% | 76.1% | 75.3% |
2012 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 65.3% | 72.8% | 76.1% |
2013 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 64.7% | 77.5% | 76.2% |
2003 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 43.8% | 54.8% | 58.2% |
2004 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 72.3% | 64.9% | 60.3% |
2005 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 54.7% | 62.3% | 56.7% |
2006 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 51.6% | 57.3% | 59.5% |
2007 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 66.7% | 63.7% | 60.6% |
2008 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 59.5% | 68.2% | 61.4% |
2009 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 40.5% | 67.6% | 68.3% |
2010 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 65.9% | 65.4% | 66% |
2011 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 63.8% | 62% | 65% |
2012 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 63.1% | 61.9% | 71.7% |
2013 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 56.3% | 68.3% | 73% |
2003 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 60% | 58.5% | 60.4% |
2004 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 72.3% | 64.6% | 63.5% |
2005 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 68% | 69.4% | 63.9% |
2006 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 51.6% | 61.2% | 62.4% |
2007 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 58.5% | 65.9% | 63.8% |
2008 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 61.9% | 70.3% | 66.3% |
2009 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 57.5% | 72.2% | 70% |
2010 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 41.8% | 66.5% | 66.1% |
2011 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 48.9% | 63% | 70.4% |
2012 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 42.5% | 62.8% | 69.9% |
2013 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 54.6% | 67.5% | 71.7% |
2009 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 65.5% | 75.9% | 73.2% |
2010 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 56.7% | 71.7% | 74.5% |
2011 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 66% | 72.2% | 77.7% |
2012 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 67.6% | 68.7% | 73.6% |
2013 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 72.3% | 73.5% | 74.5% |
Some data by SchoolDigger.com.
Teacher's Experience and Compensation
2007 | |
Teachers with Bachelor Degree: | 45.7% |
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree: | 54.3% |
Mean Number of Years of Teaching: | 15.0 years |
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less: | 13.0% |
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More: | 87.0% |
Mean Base Salary: | $45,396.0 |
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less: | $30,091.0 |
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More: | $47,691.0 |
* Mcdonald Elementary Primary School was rated 2 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.