Ridgeland Elementary Primary School
250 Jaguar Trail Unit 103
Ridgeland SC, 29936, Jasper County
Phone: 843-717-1300
Ranking:
(835 out of 841, bottom 1%)*

Type: Regular Primary School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5
School District: Jasper 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: | 52 | 55 | 57 | 62 | 64 | 59 | 66 | |||||||
Total Students: | 909 | 905 | 1,020 | 1,005 | 1,055 | 1,013 | 1,185 | |||||||
Prekindergarten: | 101 | 11.1% | 108 | 11.9% | 100 | 9.8% | 101 | 10.0% | 100 | 9.5% | 107 | 10.6% | 106 | 8.9% |
Kindergarten: | 161 | 17.7% | 131 | 14.5% | 168 | 16.5% | 144 | 14.3% | 175 | 16.6% | 146 | 14.4% | 139 | 11.7% |
Grade 1: | 133 | 14.6% | 145 | 16.0% | 138 | 13.5% | 161 | 16.0% | 155 | 14.7% | 154 | 15.2% | 205 | 17.3% |
Grade 2: | 143 | 15.7% | 127 | 14.0% | 161 | 15.8% | 142 | 14.1% | 153 | 14.5% | 194 | 19.2% | 144 | 12.2% |
Grade 3: | 126 | 13.9% | 142 | 15.7% | 144 | 14.1% | 145 | 14.4% | 181 | 17.2% | 141 | 13.9% | 149 | 12.6% |
Grade 4: | 128 | 14.1% | 124 | 13.7% | 147 | 14.4% | 168 | 16.7% | 145 | 13.7% | 150 | 14.8% | 120 | 10.1% |
Grade 5: | 117 | 12.9% | 128 | 14.1% | 162 | 15.9% | 144 | 14.3% | 146 | 13.8% | 121 | 11.9% | 161 | 13.6% |
Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
Male: | 469 | 51.6% | 475 | 52.5% | 537 | 52.6% | 525 | 52.2% | 565 | 53.6% | 530 | 52.3% | 626 | 52.8% |
Female: | 440 | 48.4% | 430 | 47.5% | 483 | 47.4% | 480 | 47.8% | 478 | 45.3% | 473 | 46.7% | 553 | 46.7% |
Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
American Indian/Alaska Native: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 2 | 0.2% | 3 | 0.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 2 | 0.2% |
Asian: | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.1% | 2 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.1% | 2 | 0.2% | 2 | 0.2% |
Hispanic: | 208 | 22.9% | 206 | 22.8% | 212 | 20.8% | 223 | 22.2% | 212 | 20.1% | 197 | 19.4% | 213 | 18.0% |
Black: | 577 | 63.5% | 589 | 65.1% | 659 | 64.6% | 628 | 62.5% | 686 | 65.0% | 677 | 66.8% | 800 | 67.5% |
White: | 119 | 13.1% | 106 | 11.7% | 141 | 13.8% | 137 | 13.6% | 149 | 14.1% | 135 | 13.3% | 166 | 14.0% |
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 2 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.1% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Two or More Races: | 2 | 0.2% | 3 | 0.3% | 6 | 0.6% | 12 | 1.2% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 857 | 94.3% | 758 | 83.8% | 358 | 35.1% | 469 | 46.7% | 620 | 58.8% | 698 | 68.9% | 870 | 73.4% |
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 47 | 5.2% | 32 | 3.5% | 34 | 3.3% | 38 | 3.8% | 55 | 5.2% | 59 | 5.8% | 84 | 7.1% |
Student-Teacher Ratio: | 17.48 | 16.45 | 17.89 | 16.21 | 16.48 | 17.20 | 18.00 |
Test Performance
Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
PASS | ||||||
2003 | English/Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 63.8% | 58.3% | 81.8% |
2004 | English/Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 68.3% | 61% | 85.8% |
2005 | English/Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 76.4% | 71.4% | 87.1% |
2006 | English/Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 74.5% | 70.2% | 86.4% |
2007 | English/Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 66.7% | 66.4% | 85.8% |
2008 | English/Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 68.8% | 74.3% | 86.7% |
2009 | English/Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 66.3% | 65.3% | 78% |
2010 | English/Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 55.3% | 53.1% | 80.7% |
2011 | English/Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 51.4% | 52.6% | 80% |
2012 | English/Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 58.4% | 59.9% | 80.3% |
2013 | English/Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 57.6% | 61.5% | 82.8% |
2003 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 67.3% | 59.7% | 82.3% |
2004 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 60.6% | 54.2% | 82.7% |
2005 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 74.8% | 67.3% | 83.4% |
2006 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 48.2% | 45.6% | 80.9% |
2007 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 60.1% | 54.7% | 78.4% |
2008 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 53.1% | 55.5% | 77.1% |
2009 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 34.5% | 32% | 67% |
2010 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 33% | 30.2% | 70% |
2011 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 30.8% | 30.9% | 70.4% |
2012 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 37.4% | 38.9% | 72.5% |
2013 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 36.7% | 32.7% | 69.7% |
2003 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 29.9% | 26.4% | 56.2% |
2004 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 41.5% | 28.7% | 60% |
2005 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 51.7% | 37.8% | 64.4% |
2006 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 37.1% | 34.3% | 62.7% |
2007 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 54.8% | 52.7% | 64.5% |
2008 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 41.4% | 45.5% | 71.1% |
2009 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 25.4% | 27.1% | 61.5% |
2010 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 13.7% | 13.5% | 55.7% |
2011 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 20.3% | 20.5% | 60.8% |
2012 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 24.6% | 27.2% | 60.7% |
2013 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 30.6% | 38.1% | 67.8% |
2003 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 43.7% | 37% | 61% |
2004 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 47.2% | 36.4% | 72.1% |
2005 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 64.6% | 55.2% | 79.4% |
2006 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 63.5% | 57.7% | 79.4% |
2007 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 67.1% | 66.1% | 84.7% |
2008 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 57.7% | 54.5% | 83.8% |
2009 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 46.4% | 41.2% | 74.4% |
2010 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 42.9% | 37% | 73.2% |
2011 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 53.5% | 48.8% | 76.6% |
2012 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 47.8% | 53.2% | 74.6% |
2013 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 38.2% | 40.5% | 79.7% |
2009 | Writing | 3rd Grade | % met std | 50% | 43.4% | 68.9% |
2010 | Writing | 3rd Grade | % met std | 41% | 38.2% | 71% |
2013 | Writing | 3rd Grade | % met std | 43.7% | 49.7% | 70.3% |
2003 | English/Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 63% | 55% | 76.4% |
2004 | English/Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 65.4% | 60.4% | 80.7% |
2005 | English/Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 68.4% | 57.6% | 79.6% |
2006 | English/Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 56.7% | 56.7% | 81.8% |
2007 | English/Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 55.1% | 56.9% | 82.7% |
2008 | English/Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 67.9% | 61.2% | 80.8% |
2009 | English/Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 48.4% | 55.4% | 75.7% |
2010 | English/Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 58.6% | 58.7% | 76.5% |
2011 | English/Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 46.7% | 46.3% | 78% |
2012 | English/Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 43% | 45.8% | 78.2% |
2013 | English/Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 46.3% | 44.7% | 78.9% |
2003 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 66% | 64.5% | 81.1% |
2004 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 63.3% | 59.3% | 80.3% |
2005 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 63.2% | 55.6% | 78.6% |
2006 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 47.4% | 50.6% | 78.4% |
2007 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 35% | 39.1% | 78.1% |
2008 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 52.5% | 51.5% | 79% |
2009 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 48% | 53.7% | 76.8% |
2010 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 41.7% | 45.7% | 76.7% |
2011 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 40.1% | 40.5% | 79.4% |
2012 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 37.3% | 41.3% | 78.4% |
2013 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 53.7% | 49.7% | 79.8% |
2003 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 24.7% | 25.3% | 57.1% |
2004 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 36.9% | 34.8% | 62.3% |
2005 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 42.7% | 36.7% | 61.8% |
2006 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 25.3% | 26.2% | 62.8% |
2007 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 24.2% | 25.4% | 63.8% |
2008 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 41% | 35.3% | 68.9% |
2009 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 33.4% | 41.6% | 68.7% |
2010 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 36.7% | 39.4% | 69.2% |
2011 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 26.9% | 31.5% | 70.8% |
2012 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 33.5% | 35.3% | 73.8% |
2013 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 29.2% | 36.7% | 73.2% |
2003 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 42.6% | 35.2% | 64.7% |
2004 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 57.4% | 55.3% | 71% |
2005 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 59.5% | 50.2% | 77.2% |
2006 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 42% | 40.9% | 72.4% |
2007 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 53.8% | 53.4% | 73.7% |
2008 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 51.6% | 52% | 76.4% |
2009 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 49.3% | 55.6% | 79.8% |
2010 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 53.3% | 52.6% | 76.1% |
2011 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 48.5% | 45.2% | 77% |
2012 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 44.3% | 46.6% | 80.9% |
2013 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 48.8% | 50.7% | 81.8% |
2009 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 44.3% | 50% | 70.1% |
2010 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 47.8% | 52.8% | 72.2% |
2013 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 50% | 52.4% | 74.3% |
2008 | English/Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 52.4% | 51% | 77.6% |
2009 | English/Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 60.1% | 60.7% | 80% |
2010 | English/Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 60.2% | 64.6% | 78.1% |
2011 | English/Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 58.3% | 58.2% | 78.3% |
2012 | English/Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 37.1% | 40% | 76.5% |
2013 | English/Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 49.2% | 50.7% | 81.9% |
2008 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 34.4% | 36.1% | 77.9% |
2009 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 34.2% | 35.8% | 73.5% |
2010 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 37.8% | 41.4% | 71.3% |
2011 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 36.3% | 38.9% | 75.3% |
2012 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 34.6% | 35% | 76.1% |
2013 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 46.2% | 43% | 76.2% |
2008 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 23.5% | 21.4% | 61.4% |
2009 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 47.5% | 49.5% | 68.3% |
2010 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 35.2% | 36.9% | 66% |
2011 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 35.1% | 34.2% | 65% |
2012 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 42.1% | 37.4% | 71.7% |
2013 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 19.7% | 26.3% | 73% |
2008 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 38% | 41.7% | 66.3% |
2009 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 50% | 44.5% | 70% |
2010 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 43% | 44.1% | 66.1% |
2011 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 41.6% | 39% | 70.4% |
2012 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 16.7% | 22.7% | 69.9% |
2013 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 27.2% | 34.3% | 71.7% |
2009 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 45.1% | 44.3% | 73.2% |
2010 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 46.5% | 49.3% | 74.5% |
2011 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 55.4% | 58.6% | 77.7% |
2012 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 41.3% | 45.3% | 73.6% |
2013 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 42.3% | 46.1% | 74.5% |
2008 | English/Language Arts | 6th Grade | % met std | 47.4% | 48.1% | 74.8% |
2008 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 41.7% | 45.8% | 75.7% |
2008 | Science | 6th Grade | % met std | 22.2% | 22.8% | 56.5% |
2008 | Social Studies | 6th Grade | % met std | 40% | 46.1% | 77.8% |
Some data by SchoolDigger.com.
Teacher's Experience and Compensation
2007 | |
Teachers with Bachelor Degree: | 41.8% |
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree: | 58.2% |
Mean Number of Years of Teaching: | 14.0 years |
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less: | 29.1% |
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More: | 70.9% |
Mean Base Salary: | $36,830.0 |
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less: | $28,503.0 |
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More: | $40,246.0 |
* Ridgeland Elementary Primary School was rated 1 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.