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Welcome Elementary Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

36 East Welcome Rd

Greenville SC, 29611, Greenville County

Phone: 864-355-3900

Ranking:

(722 out of 841, bottom 14%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Greenville 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:	49		45		45		42		45		49		49
Total Students:	726		693		637		655		626		657		650
Kindergarten:	129	17.8%	147	21.2%	117	18.4%	129	19.7%	123	19.6%	92	14.0%	102	15.7%
Grade 1:	150	20.7%	116	16.7%	125	19.6%	125	19.1%	82	13.1%	113	17.2%	117	18.0%
Grade 2:	119	16.4%	124	17.9%	112	17.6%	91	13.9%	121	19.3%	116	17.7%	110	16.9%
Grade 3:	115	15.8%	122	17.6%	87	13.7%	107	16.3%	103	16.5%	116	17.7%	107	16.5%
Grade 4:	129	17.8%	86	12.4%	97	15.2%	94	14.4%	114	18.2%	95	14.5%	96	14.8%
Grade 5:	84	11.6%	98	14.1%	99	15.5%	109	16.6%	83	13.3%	105	16.0%	98	15.1%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	370	51.0%	347	50.1%	324	50.9%	328	50.1%	311	49.7%	345	52.5%	357	54.9%
Female:	356	49.0%	346	49.9%	313	49.1%	327	49.9%	301	48.1%	295	44.9%	285	43.8%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	3	0.4%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	2	0.3%	4	0.6%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Asian:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	0.3%	3	0.5%	3	0.5%
Hispanic:	257	35.4%	247	35.6%	232	36.4%	205	31.3%	175	28.0%	200	30.4%	206	31.7%
Black:	267	36.8%	244	35.2%	225	35.3%	238	36.3%	243	38.8%	240	36.5%	232	35.7%
White:	175	24.1%	178	25.7%	160	25.1%	174	26.6%	196	31.3%	205	31.2%	205	31.5%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	2	0.3%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	24	3.3%	23	3.3%	19	3.0%	34	5.2%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	661	91.0%	623	89.9%	563	88.4%	573	87.5%	535	85.5%	514	78.2%	483	74.3%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	23	3.2%	25	3.6%	27	4.2%	24	3.7%	20	3.2%	46	7.0%	55	8.5%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	14.82		15.40		14.16		15.60		13.91		13.40		13.20

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
PASS
2003	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	70.4%	82.8%	81.8%
2004	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	86.2%	87.2%	85.8%
2005	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	87.6%	89.1%	87.1%
2006	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	72.3%	87.6%	86.4%
2007	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	78.4%	86.2%	85.8%
2008	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	80.4%	87.6%	86.7%
2009	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	58.5%	78.3%	78%
2010	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	66.4%	83.4%	80.7%
2011	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	72.2%	83.7%	80%
2012	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	60.3%	83.3%	80.3%
2013	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	63%	86%	82.8%
2003	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	82.7%	84.6%	82.3%
2004	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	80%	85.2%	82.7%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	81.7%	87.3%	83.4%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	82.1%	83.7%	80.9%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	80.6%	81.8%	78.4%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	66.4%	81.7%	77.1%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	55.1%	70.2%	67%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	54.5%	74.6%	70%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	66.3%	75.9%	70.4%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	53.5%	77.3%	72.5%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	51.2%	75.5%	69.7%
2003	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	42.2%	64%	56.2%
2004	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	46%	64.7%	60%
2005	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	55.9%	69%	64.4%
2006	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	47.6%	63.8%	62.7%
2007	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	61.5%	69.9%	64.5%
2008	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	50.9%	76.6%	71.1%
2009	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	44.4%	66.5%	61.5%
2010	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	61.2%	65.3%	55.7%
2011	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	50%	65.5%	60.8%
2012	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	43.2%	67.3%	60.7%
2013	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	37.5%	72.8%	67.8%
2003	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	55.4%	73%	61%
2004	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	68%	77.4%	72.1%
2005	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	71%	85%	79.4%
2006	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	80.2%	81.5%	79.4%
2007	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	89.1%	87.2%	84.7%
2008	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	90.7%	88.1%	83.8%
2009	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	63.8%	78.9%	74.4%
2010	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	54%	76.5%	73.2%
2011	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	67.4%	80.7%	76.6%
2012	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	61.4%	80.3%	74.6%
2013	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	54.7%	83.5%	79.7%
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	54.7%	72.3%	68.9%
2010	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	56.6%	75.2%	71%
2013	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	45.7%	75.9%	70.3%
2003	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	73.1%	78.3%	76.4%
2004	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	72%	81.8%	80.7%
2005	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	59.3%	80.5%	79.6%
2006	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	68.2%	83%	81.8%
2007	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	74%	83.4%	82.7%
2008	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	65.6%	80.5%	80.8%
2009	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	57%	75.8%	75.7%
2010	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	58.5%	77.8%	76.5%
2011	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	53.9%	80.8%	78%
2012	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	73.8%	82.2%	78.2%
2013	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	73%	83.3%	78.9%
2003	Math	4th Grade	% met std	56.6%	80.5%	81.1%
2004	Math	4th Grade	% met std	51.7%	80.5%	80.3%
2005	Math	4th Grade	% met std	57.6%	78%	78.6%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	72.3%	79.6%	78.4%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	69.8%	78.8%	78.1%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	71.4%	80.8%	79%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	71%	80%	76.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	59.4%	78.1%	76.7%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	66.3%	83.5%	79.4%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	79.8%	83.2%	78.4%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	78.6%	83.5%	79.8%
2003	Science	4th Grade	% met std	56.3%	62.3%	57.1%
2004	Science	4th Grade	% met std	37%	67.4%	62.3%
2005	Science	4th Grade	% met std	37.8%	64.2%	61.8%
2006	Science	4th Grade	% met std	49.4%	64.8%	62.8%
2007	Science	4th Grade	% met std	44.8%	65.1%	63.8%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	50%	71.5%	68.9%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	49.5%	73.2%	68.7%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	47.7%	74%	69.2%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	48.9%	75.8%	70.8%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	62.7%	78.6%	73.8%
2013	Science	4th Grade	% met std	67.4%	78.8%	73.2%
2003	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	56.3%	72.7%	64.7%
2004	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	47.3%	75.4%	71%
2005	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	53.3%	79.9%	77.2%
2006	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	51.7%	74.1%	72.4%
2007	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	58.5%	76.2%	73.7%
2008	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	64.6%	79.3%	76.4%
2009	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	63.5%	81.8%	79.8%
2010	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	59.4%	79.2%	76.1%
2011	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	55.5%	82.3%	77%
2012	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	80.8%	83.9%	80.9%
2013	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	82%	85.3%	81.8%
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	47.4%	70.3%	70.1%
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	49.5%	71.4%	72.2%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	54%	78.5%	74.3%
2003	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	59%	72.5%	68.2%
2004	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	74.1%	78.6%	76.6%
2005	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	64.4%	78.1%	76.8%
2006	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	60.5%	81.9%	79.8%
2007	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	72.5%	80.4%	77.2%
2008	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	62.7%	79.2%	77.6%
2009	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	76%	81.7%	80%
2010	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	72.7%	80.8%	78.1%
2011	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	66.7%	81.3%	78.3%
2012	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	62.3%	79.4%	76.5%
2013	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	71.2%	85.4%	81.9%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	71.8%	77.1%	74.6%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	62.8%	76.7%	76.2%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	64.6%	76.8%	77.2%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	58.1%	77.9%	75.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	73.6%	79.6%	77.7%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	65.4%	80.2%	77.9%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	70.3%	77.3%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	71.4%	75.1%	71.3%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	65.7%	77.8%	75.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	69.6%	81.3%	76.1%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	63.4%	81.1%	76.2%
2003	Science	5th Grade	% met std	49.5%	64.5%	58.2%
2004	Science	5th Grade	% met std	47.8%	65.1%	60.3%
2005	Science	5th Grade	% met std	36.6%	60.6%	56.7%
2006	Science	5th Grade	% met std	31.1%	63.9%	59.5%
2007	Science	5th Grade	% met std	37.8%	64.2%	60.6%
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	55.8%	65.2%	61.4%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	53.9%	72.8%	68.3%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	61%	69.2%	66%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	50.9%	68.9%	65%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	71.2%	75.6%	71.7%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	66.7%	77%	73%
2003	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	59%	69.3%	60.4%
2004	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	54.3%	71.1%	63.5%
2005	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	50.5%	70.1%	63.9%
2006	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	41.1%	70.8%	62.4%
2007	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	55.6%	70.2%	63.8%
2008	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	37.7%	71.4%	66.3%
2009	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	61.2%	75.1%	70%
2010	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	65.2%	72.9%	66.1%
2011	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	54.7%	75.2%	70.4%
2012	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	52%	76.6%	69.9%
2013	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	60%	78.4%	71.7%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	62.1%	77.4%	73.2%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	63.5%	77.2%	74.5%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	62.2%	79%	77.7%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	59.2%	78.3%	73.6%
2013	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	65.4%	79.5%	74.5%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	54.3%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	45.7%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	13.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	32.6%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	67.4%

Mean Base Salary:	$41,327.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$29,861.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$46,875.0

* Welcome Elementary Primary School was rated 1.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.