Waccamaw Elementary Primary School
1364 Waverly Rd
Pawleys Island SC, 29585, Georgetown County
Phone: 843-237-4233
Ranking: 
(119 out of 841, top 14%)*
(119 out of 841, top 14%)*Type: Regular Primary School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 3
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: | 43 | 41 | 41 | 43 | 41 | 62 | 65 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 675 | 671 | 695 | 725 | 667 | 674 | 1,045 | |||||||
| Prekindergarten: | 43 | 6.4% | 47 | 7.0% | 48 | 6.9% | 46 | 6.3% | 41 | 6.1% | 41 | 6.1% | 45 | 4.3% |
| Kindergarten: | 136 | 20.1% | 168 | 25.0% | 139 | 20.0% | 150 | 20.7% | 129 | 19.3% | 114 | 16.9% | 146 | 14.0% |
| Grade 1: | 170 | 25.2% | 151 | 22.5% | 170 | 24.5% | 165 | 22.8% | 135 | 20.2% | 180 | 26.7% | 164 | 15.7% |
| Grade 2: | 168 | 24.9% | 147 | 21.9% | 183 | 26.3% | 160 | 22.1% | 191 | 28.6% | 162 | 24.0% | 176 | 16.8% |
| Grade 3: | 158 | 23.4% | 158 | 23.5% | 155 | 22.3% | 204 | 28.1% | 171 | 25.6% | 177 | 26.3% | 158 | 15.1% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 357 | 52.9% | 355 | 52.9% | 369 | 53.1% | 371 | 51.2% | 356 | 53.4% | 357 | 53.0% | 525 | 50.2% |
| Female: | 318 | 47.1% | 316 | 47.1% | 326 | 46.9% | 354 | 48.8% | 303 | 45.4% | 309 | 45.8% | 516 | 49.4% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 3 | 0.4% | 2 | 0.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 2 | 0.3% | 2 | 0.3% | 1 | 0.1% |
| Asian: | 3 | 0.4% | 3 | 0.4% | 5 | 0.7% | 5 | 0.7% | 7 | 1.0% | 6 | 0.9% | 13 | 1.2% |
| Hispanic: | 14 | 2.1% | 17 | 2.5% | 16 | 2.3% | 18 | 2.5% | 21 | 3.1% | 24 | 3.6% | 36 | 3.4% |
| Black: | 163 | 24.1% | 146 | 21.8% | 136 | 19.6% | 160 | 22.1% | 149 | 22.3% | 148 | 22.0% | 213 | 20.4% |
| White: | 490 | 72.6% | 498 | 74.2% | 534 | 76.8% | 540 | 74.5% | 488 | 73.2% | 494 | 73.3% | 782 | 74.8% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 2 | 0.3% | 2 | 0.3% | 3 | 0.4% | 2 | 0.3% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 0 | 0.0% | 3 | 0.4% | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 243 | 36.0% | 242 | 36.1% | 227 | 32.7% | 234 | 32.3% | 207 | 31.0% | 171 | 25.4% | 216 | 20.7% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 28 | 4.1% | 26 | 3.9% | 27 | 3.9% | 23 | 3.2% | 29 | 4.3% | 41 | 6.1% | 59 | 5.6% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 15.85 | 16.53 | 16.95 | 16.86 | 16.27 | 10.90 | 16.10 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| PASS | ||||||
| 2003 | English/Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 94.5% | 84% | 81.8% |
| 2004 | English/Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 88.8% | 89.3% | 85.8% |
| 2005 | English/Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 97.1% | 91.6% | 87.1% |
| 2006 | English/Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 94.7% | 88.9% | 86.4% |
| 2007 | English/Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 92.5% | 87.3% | 85.8% |
| 2008 | English/Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 98.7% | 90% | 86.7% |
| 2009 | English/Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 89.5% | 75.2% | 78% |
| 2010 | English/Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 89.4% | 81.2% | 80.7% |
| 2011 | English/Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 86.7% | 80.1% | 80% |
| 2012 | English/Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 91.2% | 80.6% | 80.3% |
| 2013 | English/Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 87.6% | 81.1% | 82.8% |
| 2003 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 93.8% | 85% | 82.3% |
| 2004 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 82.8% | 85.2% | 82.7% |
| 2005 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 93.6% | 88.7% | 83.4% |
| 2006 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 92.9% | 88% | 80.9% |
| 2007 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 90.8% | 83.4% | 78.4% |
| 2008 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 86.5% | 82.9% | 77.1% |
| 2009 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 82.4% | 67.7% | 67% |
| 2010 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 78.7% | 70% | 70% |
| 2011 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 79.4% | 67% | 70.4% |
| 2012 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 83.9% | 72.1% | 72.5% |
| 2013 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 76.4% | 66.2% | 69.7% |
| 2003 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 69.1% | 54.6% | 56.2% |
| 2004 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 66.1% | 58.6% | 60% |
| 2005 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 80.9% | 66.6% | 64.4% |
| 2006 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 82.2% | 67.7% | 62.7% |
| 2007 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 80.2% | 67.8% | 64.5% |
| 2008 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 90.9% | 76% | 71.1% |
| 2009 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 75.9% | 62.7% | 61.5% |
| 2010 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 75.8% | 51.4% | 55.7% |
| 2011 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 75.2% | 53.8% | 60.8% |
| 2012 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 68% | 54.2% | 60.7% |
| 2013 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 76.6% | 63.2% | 67.8% |
| 2003 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 77.2% | 56.1% | 61% |
| 2004 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 77.8% | 70.2% | 72.1% |
| 2005 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 92.9% | 81.6% | 79.4% |
| 2006 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 89.3% | 84% | 79.4% |
| 2007 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 90.9% | 86.3% | 84.7% |
| 2008 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 90.9% | 87.5% | 83.8% |
| 2009 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 90.2% | 70.9% | 74.4% |
| 2010 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 83.1% | 72% | 73.2% |
| 2011 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 87.4% | 78.9% | 76.6% |
| 2012 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 83.7% | 71.1% | 74.6% |
| 2013 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 88.1% | 75% | 79.7% |
| 2009 | Writing | 3rd Grade | % met std | 83.7% | 69.5% | 68.9% |
| 2010 | Writing | 3rd Grade | % met std | 77.4% | 67.8% | 71% |
| 2013 | Writing | 3rd Grade | % met std | 75.8% | 68% | 70.3% |
| 2003 | English/Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 89.8% | 81% | 76.4% |
| 2004 | English/Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 91.6% | 86.6% | 80.7% |
| 2005 | English/Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 87.8% | 82.5% | 79.6% |
| 2006 | English/Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 92.5% | 83.7% | 81.8% |
| 2007 | English/Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 92% | 86.9% | 82.7% |
| 2008 | English/Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 93% | 82.9% | 80.8% |
| 2003 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 94.3% | 87.6% | 81.1% |
| 2004 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 93.1% | 90.4% | 80.3% |
| 2005 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 86.5% | 83.2% | 78.6% |
| 2006 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 91.4% | 83.3% | 78.4% |
| 2007 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 88.2% | 82.1% | 78.1% |
| 2008 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 91.5% | 81.3% | 79% |
| 2003 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 85.8% | 61.7% | 57.1% |
| 2004 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 82.7% | 65.5% | 62.3% |
| 2005 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 73.9% | 65.9% | 61.8% |
| 2006 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 85.6% | 65.9% | 62.8% |
| 2007 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 82% | 69.4% | 63.8% |
| 2008 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 87% | 70.9% | 68.9% |
| 2003 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 81.8% | 61.6% | 64.7% |
| 2004 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 87% | 71.9% | 71% |
| 2005 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 87.2% | 83.2% | 77.2% |
| 2006 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 91.9% | 78.7% | 72.4% |
| 2007 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 85.4% | 77.1% | 73.7% |
| 2008 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 88.1% | 76.2% | 76.4% |
| 2003 | English/Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 88.3% | 69.6% | 68.2% |
| 2004 | English/Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 91.9% | 84% | 76.6% |
| 2005 | English/Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 89.6% | 83.7% | 76.8% |
| 2006 | English/Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 89% | 78.5% | 79.8% |
| 2007 | English/Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 88% | 77.8% | 77.2% |
| 2008 | English/Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 88% | 81.8% | 77.6% |
| 2003 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 94% | 81.6% | 74.6% |
| 2004 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 92% | 88.3% | 76.2% |
| 2005 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 95% | 88.7% | 77.2% |
| 2006 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 89.2% | 77.9% | 75.9% |
| 2007 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 89.3% | 81.4% | 77.7% |
| 2008 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 87.5% | 84.9% | 77.9% |
| 2003 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 82.6% | 54.8% | 58.2% |
| 2004 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 90.1% | 64.9% | 60.3% |
| 2005 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 80.9% | 62.3% | 56.7% |
| 2006 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 78.1% | 57.3% | 59.5% |
| 2007 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 80.7% | 63.7% | 60.6% |
| 2008 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 73.3% | 68.2% | 61.4% |
| 2003 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 83.3% | 58.5% | 60.4% |
| 2004 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 83.1% | 64.6% | 63.5% |
| 2005 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 81.4% | 69.4% | 63.9% |
| 2006 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 79.4% | 61.2% | 62.4% |
| 2007 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 79.1% | 65.9% | 63.8% |
| 2008 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 83.1% | 70.3% | 66.3% |
Some data by SchoolDigger.com.
Teacher's Experience and Compensation
| 2007 | |
| Teachers with Bachelor Degree: | 40.3% |
| Teachers with Master or PhD Degree: | 59.7% |
| Mean Number of Years of Teaching: | 18.0 years |
| Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less: | 11.9% |
| Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More: | 88.1% |
| Mean Base Salary: | $47,058.0 |
| Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less: | $30,119.0 |
| Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More: | $49,355.0 |
* Waccamaw Elementary Primary School was rated 4.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.