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Ridgeland Elementary Primary School

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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.