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St. Matthews K-8 School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

135 Saints Ave

Saint Matthews SC, 29135, Calhoun County

Phone: 803-655-2750

Ranking:

(487 out of 841, bottom 42%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 8

School District: Calhoun 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
	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%
Total Teachers:	42		42		43		46		47
Total Students:	672		667		657		689		696
Prekindergarten:	52	7.7%	61	9.1%	49	7.5%	48	7.0%	65	9.3%
Kindergarten:	76	11.3%	70	10.5%	66	10.0%	77	11.2%	70	10.1%
Grade 1:	70	10.4%	71	10.6%	69	10.5%	76	11.0%	80	11.5%
Grade 2:	73	10.9%	64	9.6%	71	10.8%	81	11.8%	70	10.1%
Grade 3:	59	8.8%	67	10.0%	68	10.4%	68	9.9%	64	9.2%
Grade 4:	66	9.8%	68	10.2%	66	10.0%	62	9.0%	70	10.1%
Grade 5:	63	9.4%	68	10.2%	59	9.0%	69	10.0%	60	8.6%
Grade 6:	70	10.4%	62	9.3%	71	10.8%	72	10.4%	56	8.0%
Grade 7:	66	9.8%	67	10.0%	75	11.4%	61	8.9%	80	11.5%
Grade 8:	77	11.5%	69	10.3%	63	9.6%	75	10.9%	81	11.6%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	344	51.2%	348	52.2%	342	52.1%	355	51.5%	348	50.0%
Female:	328	48.8%	319	47.8%	315	47.9%	334	48.5%	338	48.6%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	2	0.3%	2	0.3%	3	0.5%	4	0.6%	0	0.0%
Asian:	1	0.1%	2	0.3%	1	0.2%	2	0.3%	0	0.0%
Hispanic:	46	6.8%	47	7.0%	38	5.8%	31	4.5%	29	4.2%
Black:	546	81.3%	541	81.1%	542	82.5%	581	84.3%	596	85.6%
White:	75	11.2%	73	10.9%	72	11.0%	71	10.3%	69	9.9%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	2	0.3%	2	0.3%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	635	94.5%	627	94.0%	589	89.6%	615	89.3%	624	89.7%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	19	2.8%	23	3.4%	30	4.6%	28	4.1%	21	3.0%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	16.00		15.88		15.28		14.98		14.81

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
PASS
2011	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	83%	80.8%	80%
2012	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	85.1%	84%	80.3%
2013	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	88.1%	85.9%	82.8%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	70.8%	65.6%	70.4%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	73.1%	74.8%	72.5%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	61.2%	58.6%	69.7%
2011	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	56.3%	51.6%	60.8%
2012	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	50%	56.7%	60.7%
2013	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	58.8%	65.2%	67.8%
2011	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	81.9%	81%	76.6%
2012	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	87.9%	82.9%	74.6%
2013	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	63.6%	67.2%	79.7%
2013	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	72.7%	67.7%	70.3%
2011	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	63.4%	68.9%	78%
2012	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	70.6%	80%	78.2%
2013	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	77.4%	78.2%	78.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	65%	76.5%	79.4%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	66.2%	75.5%	78.4%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	57.1%	69.1%	79.8%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	63.4%	61.7%	70.8%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	79.5%	77.8%	73.8%
2013	Science	4th Grade	% met std	71.4%	70%	73.2%
2011	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	61.6%	65.8%	77%
2012	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	75%	79.3%	80.9%
2013	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	84.1%	84.1%	81.8%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	70.9%	71.4%	74.3%
2011	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	75.7%	77.1%	78.3%
2012	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	65.1%	68.8%	76.5%
2013	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	77.3%	83.3%	81.9%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	71.4%	68.6%	75.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	66.6%	65.6%	76.1%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	68.2%	75%	76.2%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	48.6%	55%	65%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	59.4%	65%	71.7%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	66.6%	73.8%	73%
2011	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	62.9%	61.9%	70.4%
2012	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	35.5%	41.9%	69.9%
2013	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	57.5%	68.7%	71.7%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	76.8%	76.8%	77.7%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	69.8%	70.6%	73.6%
2013	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	80.3%	77.8%	74.5%
2011	English/Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	66.2%	71.1%	70.3%
2012	English/Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	69.7%	65.7%	69.7%
2013	English/Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	78.2%	76.2%	74.3%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	71.8%	75.8%	72.5%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	78.8%	70.7%	73.6%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	62.5%	60.3%	71.3%
2011	Science	6th Grade	% met std	66.6%	69.7%	64.9%
2012	Science	6th Grade	% met std	81.8%	72.2%	66.2%
2013	Science	6th Grade	% met std	53.2%	47.6%	68.3%
2011	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	67.6%	75%	77.6%
2012	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	81.9%	76.5%	77.8%
2013	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	81.9%	82.9%	78%
2013	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	82.5%	76%	74.7%
2011	English/Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	68.3%	70.8%	68.4%
2012	English/Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	64.2%	67.4%	71.4%
2013	English/Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	62.7%	63.1%	73.2%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	55%	66.1%	69.7%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	71.5%	73%	71.5%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	44.8%	53.1%	68.3%
2011	Science	7th Grade	% met std	70%	78.7%	71.7%
2012	Science	7th Grade	% met std	71.4%	76.2%	74.7%
2013	Science	7th Grade	% met std	77.6%	76.9%	75.5%
2011	Social Studies	7th Grade	% met std	63.4%	54.4%	63.5%
2012	Social Studies	7th Grade	% met std	54.3%	59.6%	68.8%
2013	Social Studies	7th Grade	% met std	55.2%	54.7%	68.3%
2013	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	79.1%	76.2%	76.5%
2011	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	69.7%	66.1%	67.8%
2012	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	65.1%	70.2%	69.8%
2013	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	50.7%	59.2%	67.5%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	79%	77.7%	69.5%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	82.6%	77.6%	68.6%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	71.7%	72.8%	70.2%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	55.3%	56.9%	70.1%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	83.4%	84.2%	75.4%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	55.9%	64.5%	71%
2011	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	76.3%	69.1%	71.9%
2012	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	63.6%	67.6%	71.4%
2013	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	56.3%	64.5%	71.3%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	64%	63.3%	67.8%
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	84.1%	85.3%	74.1%
2013	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	71.2%	72.8%	75.7%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

* St. Matthews K-8 School was rated 3 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.