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Ware Shoals High High School

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56 South Greenwood Ave

Ware Shoals SC, 29692, Greenwood County

Phone: 864-456-7923

Ranking:

High School:

(84 out of 202, top 42%)
Elementary/Middle School:

(444 out of 841, bottom 47%)*

Type: Regular High School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 7 to Grade 12

School District: Greenwood School District 51

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:	33		36		36		30		38		43		42
Total Students:	464		469		466		478		525		542		524
Grade 7:	75	16.2%	80	17.1%	85	18.2%	85	17.8%	84	16.0%	88	16.2%	88	16.8%
Grade 8:	80	17.2%	85	18.1%	80	17.2%	84	17.6%	90	17.1%	89	16.4%	83	15.8%
Grade 9:	101	21.8%	87	18.6%	105	22.5%	99	20.7%	96	18.3%	100	18.5%	110	21.0%
Grade 10:	76	16.4%	88	18.8%	71	15.2%	70	14.6%	79	15.0%	95	17.5%	104	19.8%
Grade 11:	69	14.9%	68	14.5%	60	12.9%	69	14.4%	80	15.2%	103	19.0%	71	13.5%
Grade 12:	63	13.6%	61	13.0%	65	13.9%	71	14.9%	96	18.3%	67	12.4%	68	13.0%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	239	51.5%	247	52.7%	237	50.9%	248	51.9%	264	50.3%	268	49.4%	255	48.7%
Female:	225	48.5%	222	47.3%	229	49.1%	230	48.1%	253	48.2%	266	49.1%	265	50.6%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	3	0.6%
Asian:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	0.4%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%
Hispanic:	17	3.7%	11	2.3%	6	1.3%	3	0.6%	2	0.4%	3	0.6%	2	0.4%
Black:	85	18.3%	87	18.6%	95	20.4%	100	20.9%	127	24.2%	133	24.5%	126	24.0%
White:	355	76.5%	362	77.2%	356	76.4%	368	77.0%	396	75.4%	405	74.7%	392	74.8%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	6	1.3%	8	1.7%	7	1.5%	7	1.5%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	247	53.2%	253	53.9%	242	51.9%	223	46.7%	240	45.7%	227	41.9%	205	39.1%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	46	9.9%	43	9.2%	43	9.2%	46	9.6%	54	10.3%	65	12.0%	58	11.1%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	14.02		13.17		13.05		15.93		13.74		12.70		12.60

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
HSAP
2005	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	85.3%	85.3%	86.2%
2006	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	91.9%	91.9%	84.9%
2007	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	87.7%	87.7%	88.1%
2008	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	90%	90%	87.7%
2009	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	84%	84%	84.9%
2010	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	49.3%	49.3%	54.3%
2011	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	36.5%	36.5%	60.6%
2012	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	54.6%	54.6%	57.4%
2013	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	50.6%	50.6%	61.4%
2005	Math	10th Grade	% met std	78.7%	78.7%	76.4%
2006	Math	10th Grade	% met std	93.2%	93.2%	80.2%
2007	Math	10th Grade	% met std	84.9%	84.9%	79.6%
2008	Math	10th Grade	% met std	92%	92%	84.6%
2009	Math	10th Grade	% met std	77.7%	77.7%	80.2%
2010	Math	10th Grade	% met std	54.2%	54.2%	50.9%
2011	Math	10th Grade	% met std	40.6%	40.6%	51.8%
2012	Math	10th Grade	% met std	50%	50%	54.2%
2013	Math	10th Grade	% met std	60%	60%	53.1%
PASS
2003	English/Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	48.5%	48.5%	70.2%
2004	English/Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	59%	59%	71.9%
2005	English/Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	69.4%	69.4%	71.5%
2006	English/Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	71.1%	71.1%	70.1%
2007	English/Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	62.7%	62.7%	69.8%
2008	English/Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	62.8%	62.8%	73%
2009	English/Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	67.1%	67.1%	68.7%
2010	English/Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	75%	75%	69.1%
2011	English/Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	62.1%	62.1%	68.4%
2012	English/Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	81.2%	81.2%	71.4%
2013	English/Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	78.8%	78.8%	73.2%
2003	Math	7th Grade	% met std	59.8%	59.8%	68.8%
2004	Math	7th Grade	% met std	55.8%	55.8%	71.5%
2005	Math	7th Grade	% met std	78.7%	78.7%	71.5%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	73.3%	73.3%	74.8%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	76.8%	76.8%	76.8%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	57%	57%	77.8%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	73.9%	73.9%	69.5%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	77.4%	77.4%	67%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	73.6%	73.6%	69.7%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	84.7%	84.7%	71.5%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	80%	80%	68.3%
2003	Science	7th Grade	% met std	39.6%	39.6%	58.8%
2004	Science	7th Grade	% met std	45.7%	45.7%	62.7%
2005	Science	7th Grade	% met std	67.3%	67.3%	61.7%
2006	Science	7th Grade	% met std	65.2%	65.2%	57%
2007	Science	7th Grade	% met std	61.5%	61.5%	64.8%
2008	Science	7th Grade	% met std	53.5%	53.5%	69.8%
2009	Science	7th Grade	% met std	60.9%	60.9%	71.2%
2010	Science	7th Grade	% met std	73.8%	73.8%	73.3%
2011	Science	7th Grade	% met std	71.3%	71.3%	71.7%
2012	Science	7th Grade	% met std	89.5%	89.5%	74.7%
2013	Science	7th Grade	% met std	78.9%	78.9%	75.5%
2003	Social Studies	7th Grade	% met std	37.5%	37.5%	58.8%
2004	Social Studies	7th Grade	% met std	35.9%	35.9%	60%
2005	Social Studies	7th Grade	% met std	55.5%	55.5%	58.7%
2006	Social Studies	7th Grade	% met std	39.1%	39.1%	53.9%
2007	Social Studies	7th Grade	% met std	41%	41%	57.3%
2008	Social Studies	7th Grade	% met std	36%	36%	56.4%
2009	Social Studies	7th Grade	% met std	60.9%	60.9%	60.3%
2010	Social Studies	7th Grade	% met std	69.1%	69.1%	62%
2011	Social Studies	7th Grade	% met std	71.2%	71.2%	63.5%
2012	Social Studies	7th Grade	% met std	83.5%	83.5%	68.8%
2013	Social Studies	7th Grade	% met std	80%	80%	68.3%
2009	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	75%	75%	70.1%
2010	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	86.9%	86.9%	69.7%
2013	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	87.8%	87.8%	76.5%
2003	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	75%	75%	66.8%
2004	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	56.2%	56.2%	73.3%
2005	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	72.6%	72.6%	74.7%
2006	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	65.7%	65.7%	72.7%
2007	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	67.4%	67.4%	71.3%
2008	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	68.8%	68.8%	71%
2009	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	52.3%	52.3%	67.5%
2010	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	60.2%	60.2%	63.7%
2011	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	69.9%	69.9%	67.8%
2012	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	59.2%	59.2%	69.8%
2013	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	68.6%	68.6%	67.5%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	75.3%	75.3%	67.1%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	65.2%	65.2%	67.5%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	65.9%	65.9%	66.3%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	68.2%	68.2%	65.3%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	77.5%	77.5%	67.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	48.2%	48.2%	69.7%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	45.5%	45.5%	62.6%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	52.3%	52.3%	63.4%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	81.9%	81.9%	69.5%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	65.5%	65.5%	68.6%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	66.3%	66.3%	70.2%
2003	Science	8th Grade	% met std	63.6%	63.6%	56.8%
2004	Science	8th Grade	% met std	45.5%	45.5%	58.9%
2005	Science	8th Grade	% met std	43%	43%	60%
2006	Science	8th Grade	% met std	54.4%	54.4%	60.1%
2007	Science	8th Grade	% met std	66%	66%	63.7%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	62.8%	62.8%	63.4%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	47.7%	47.7%	62.3%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	64.4%	64.4%	67.7%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	70.8%	70.8%	70.1%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	67.5%	67.5%	75.4%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	68.2%	68.2%	71%
2003	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	72.7%	72.7%	60.8%
2004	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	58%	58%	64.7%
2005	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	57.6%	57.6%	66.5%
2006	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	55.3%	55.3%	67.4%
2007	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	51%	51%	65.9%
2008	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	73.8%	73.8%	68.7%
2009	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	65.9%	65.9%	69.6%
2010	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	79.1%	79.1%	68.8%
2011	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	76.2%	76.2%	71.9%
2012	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	65.8%	65.8%	71.4%
2013	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	71.5%	71.5%	71.3%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	59.1%	59.1%	68.1%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	72.8%	72.8%	71.9%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	72.1%	72.1%	67.8%
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	72.9%	72.9%	74.1%
2013	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	75.3%	75.3%	75.7%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	59.5%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	40.5%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	16.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	19.0%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	81.0%

Mean Base Salary:	$40,432.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$30,664.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$42,730.0

* Ware Shoals High High School was rated 3.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.