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Sandel Elementary Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

2700 Seminole Rd

Columbia SC, 29210, Richland County

Phone: 803-731-8906

Ranking:

(761 out of 841, bottom 10%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Richland School District 1

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:	41		39		38		35		32		31		36
Total Students:	591		577		540		539		540		491		509
Prekindergarten:	39	6.6%	40	6.9%	36	6.7%	39	7.2%	37	6.9%	38	7.7%	38	7.5%
Kindergarten:	118	20.0%	87	15.1%	89	16.5%	96	17.8%	108	20.0%	79	16.1%	75	14.7%
Grade 1:	84	14.2%	96	16.6%	105	19.4%	96	17.8%	91	16.9%	82	16.7%	95	18.7%
Grade 2:	103	17.4%	101	17.5%	85	15.7%	83	15.4%	73	13.5%	71	14.5%	79	15.5%
Grade 3:	85	14.4%	98	17.0%	81	15.0%	69	12.8%	77	14.3%	83	16.9%	72	14.1%
Grade 4:	88	14.9%	81	14.0%	73	13.5%	75	13.9%	89	16.5%	60	12.2%	74	14.5%
Grade 5:	74	12.5%	74	12.8%	71	13.1%	81	15.0%	65	12.0%	78	15.9%	76	14.9%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	312	52.8%	313	54.2%	284	52.6%	265	49.2%	264	48.9%	226	46.0%	229	45.0%
Female:	279	47.2%	264	45.8%	256	47.4%	274	50.8%	260	48.1%	249	50.7%	267	52.5%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	1	0.2%	2	0.3%	3	0.6%	3	0.6%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Asian:	47	8.0%	45	7.8%	32	5.9%	21	3.9%	20	3.7%	12	2.4%	6	1.2%
Hispanic:	21	3.6%	23	4.0%	18	3.3%	12	2.2%	20	3.7%	13	2.6%	17	3.3%
Black:	482	81.6%	474	82.1%	457	84.6%	489	90.7%	477	88.3%	446	90.8%	472	92.7%
White:	18	3.0%	19	3.3%	16	3.0%	7	1.3%	14	2.6%	12	2.4%	5	1.0%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	0.6%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	22	3.7%	14	2.4%	11	2.0%	7	1.3%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	482	81.6%	483	83.7%	433	80.2%	433	80.3%	402	74.4%	346	70.5%	357	70.1%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	21	3.6%	22	3.8%	28	5.2%	16	3.0%	24	4.4%	29	5.9%	30	5.9%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	14.41		14.79		14.21		15.40		16.88		15.80		14.10

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
PASS
2003	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	69.8%	75.5%	81.8%
2004	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	70.4%	81.1%	85.8%
2005	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	64.2%	80.9%	87.1%
2006	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	76.8%	80.2%	86.4%
2007	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	83.6%	81.6%	85.8%
2008	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	86.7%	84.5%	86.7%
2009	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	84%	73%	78%
2010	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	70.1%	76.4%	80.7%
2011	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	66.6%	74.6%	80%
2012	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	65.7%	73%	80.3%
2013	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	71.2%	78.3%	82.8%
2003	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	55.9%	68.2%	82.3%
2004	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	58.9%	70.5%	82.7%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	56%	72.2%	83.4%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	55.6%	65.7%	80.9%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	63.6%	65.1%	78.4%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	61.3%	63.6%	77.1%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	50%	53.6%	67%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	40%	60.4%	70%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	42%	60.5%	70.4%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	47.1%	62.9%	72.5%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	31.1%	61.5%	69.7%
2003	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	36.6%	41.6%	56.2%
2004	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	41.1%	45.9%	60%
2005	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	35.2%	48%	64.4%
2006	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	34.3%	45.6%	62.7%
2007	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	50%	50%	64.5%
2008	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	62.1%	56.3%	71.1%
2009	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	42.5%	46.7%	61.5%
2010	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	30.6%	41.7%	55.7%
2011	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	11.5%	48.2%	60.8%
2012	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	8.8%	44%	60.7%
2013	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	27.1%	56.2%	67.8%
2003	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	34.3%	47.2%	61%
2004	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	50.7%	55.9%	72.1%
2005	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	56.9%	63%	79.4%
2006	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	65.7%	64.7%	79.4%
2007	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	84.4%	77.8%	84.7%
2008	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	66.7%	72.9%	83.8%
2009	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	64.1%	61.4%	74.4%
2010	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	53%	66.1%	73.2%
2011	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	58.8%	67.9%	76.6%
2012	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	72.2%	66.6%	74.6%
2013	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	64.3%	76.4%	79.7%
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	61.3%	62.1%	68.9%
2010	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	72.7%	63%	71%
2013	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	39.6%	66.4%	70.3%
2003	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	51.3%	69%	76.4%
2004	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	69.5%	77.5%	80.7%
2005	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	74.6%	75.7%	79.6%
2006	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	73.3%	76.5%	81.8%
2007	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	80.8%	78.9%	82.7%
2008	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	82.8%	77.5%	80.8%
2009	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	76%	73.4%	75.7%
2010	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	64.7%	69.5%	76.5%
2011	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	76%	74.3%	78%
2012	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	70.3%	73.1%	78.2%
2013	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	70.4%	72.6%	78.9%
2003	Math	4th Grade	% met std	57.6%	72.7%	81.1%
2004	Math	4th Grade	% met std	60.2%	72.4%	80.3%
2005	Math	4th Grade	% met std	58.9%	70.6%	78.6%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	63.9%	68.4%	78.4%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	73.1%	69%	78.1%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	62%	68.2%	79%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	71.9%	69.8%	76.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	53.5%	64.9%	76.7%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	65.3%	73.3%	79.4%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	54.6%	70.5%	78.4%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	56%	72.7%	79.8%
2003	Science	4th Grade	% met std	34.1%	41.2%	57.1%
2004	Science	4th Grade	% met std	40.9%	48.8%	62.3%
2005	Science	4th Grade	% met std	44.9%	49.6%	61.8%
2006	Science	4th Grade	% met std	42%	47%	62.8%
2007	Science	4th Grade	% met std	42.7%	52.9%	63.8%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	47.2%	56.3%	68.9%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	54.4%	59.7%	68.7%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	51.2%	56%	69.2%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	51.3%	61.4%	70.8%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	56%	64.9%	73.8%
2013	Science	4th Grade	% met std	49.3%	63.8%	73.2%
2003	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	43.5%	52.1%	64.7%
2004	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	48.9%	58.5%	71%
2005	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	73.9%	68%	77.2%
2006	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	60.9%	60.3%	72.4%
2007	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	67.1%	63.5%	73.7%
2008	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	72.9%	67.3%	76.4%
2009	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	80%	74.7%	79.8%
2010	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	63.6%	68.3%	76.1%
2011	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	69.8%	70.7%	77%
2012	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	65.4%	72.8%	80.9%
2013	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	70.6%	74.9%	81.8%
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	61.1%	67.1%	70.1%
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	57.6%	61.6%	72.2%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	55.6%	68.1%	74.3%
2003	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	66%	59.8%	68.2%
2004	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	57.1%	70.1%	76.6%
2005	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	51.4%	70.3%	76.8%
2006	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	59.7%	73%	79.8%
2007	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	51.4%	70.8%	77.2%
2008	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	69.5%	70.4%	77.6%
2009	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	77.3%	76.5%	80%
2010	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	60.6%	72.5%	78.1%
2011	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	61.5%	72.6%	78.3%
2012	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	56.8%	69.9%	76.5%
2013	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	70.8%	78.7%	81.9%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	75%	63.1%	74.6%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	57%	66.3%	76.2%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	37.8%	66.4%	77.2%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	58.2%	65%	75.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	52%	65.9%	77.7%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	63.5%	66.4%	77.9%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	48.6%	63.7%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	38.1%	61.1%	71.3%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	41.1%	64.5%	75.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	45.4%	67.3%	76.1%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	54.1%	68%	76.2%
2003	Science	5th Grade	% met std	50%	43.5%	58.2%
2004	Science	5th Grade	% met std	36%	45.3%	60.3%
2005	Science	5th Grade	% met std	25.7%	41.8%	56.7%
2006	Science	5th Grade	% met std	28.4%	43.5%	59.5%
2007	Science	5th Grade	% met std	32.4%	46.6%	60.6%
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	18.8%	45.3%	61.4%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	30.3%	51.6%	68.3%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	34.4%	55%	66%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	24.3%	49.7%	65%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	25%	58.3%	71.7%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	37.8%	61.9%	73%
2003	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	51.8%	48%	60.4%
2004	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	44.2%	48.8%	63.5%
2005	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	25.7%	47%	63.9%
2006	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	43.9%	47.2%	62.4%
2007	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	23.7%	53.5%	63.8%
2008	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	32.3%	53.6%	66.3%
2009	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	45.8%	61.1%	70%
2010	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	45.1%	56%	66.1%
2011	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	50%	56.7%	70.4%
2012	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	48.8%	61.2%	69.9%
2013	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	45.9%	64.4%	71.7%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	72%	67.3%	73.2%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	69%	67.8%	74.5%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	62.2%	73.2%	77.7%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	59.4%	70.2%	73.6%
2013	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	65.3%	69.9%	74.5%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	48.6%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	51.4%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	12.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	37.8%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	62.2%

Mean Base Salary:	$41,626.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$32,914.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$48,047.0

* Sandel 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.