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Whale Branch Elementary Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

15 Stuart Point Rd

Seabrook SC, 29940, Beaufort County

Phone: 843-466-1000

Ranking:

(792 out of 841, bottom 6%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 4

School District: Beaufort 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:	39		39		30		31		31		31		31
Total Students:	533		516		497		307		338		282		357
Prekindergarten:	88	16.5%	73	14.1%	78	15.7%	NA	NA	NA	NA	40	14.2%	40	11.2%
Kindergarten:	94	17.6%	101	19.6%	99	19.9%	NA	NA	1	0.3%	46	16.3%	58	16.2%
Grade 1:	87	16.3%	91	17.6%	83	16.7%	72	23.5%	82	24.3%	53	18.8%	62	17.4%
Grade 2:	96	18.0%	90	17.4%	80	16.1%	69	22.5%	97	28.7%	54	19.1%	54	15.1%
Grade 3:	88	16.5%	82	15.9%	72	14.5%	89	29.0%	87	25.7%	43	15.2%	55	15.4%
Grade 4:	80	15.0%	79	15.3%	85	17.1%	77	25.1%	71	21.0%	46	16.3%	43	12.0%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	276	51.8%	277	53.7%	246	49.5%	157	51.1%	155	45.9%	138	48.9%	183	51.3%
Female:	257	48.2%	239	46.3%	251	50.5%	150	48.9%	173	51.2%	133	47.2%	169	47.3%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	2	0.4%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.3%
Asian:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.3%	3	0.9%	2	0.7%	2	0.6%
Hispanic:	19	3.6%	22	4.3%	19	3.8%	11	3.6%	8	2.4%	15	5.3%	16	4.5%
Black:	432	81.1%	425	82.4%	411	82.7%	262	85.3%	282	83.4%	202	71.6%	260	72.8%
White:	61	11.4%	54	10.5%	53	10.7%	31	10.1%	43	12.7%	60	21.3%	77	21.6%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	18	3.4%	15	2.9%	14	2.8%	2	0.7%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	448	84.1%	461	89.3%	418	84.1%	235	76.5%	263	77.8%	213	75.5%	275	77.0%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	19	3.6%	20	3.9%	26	5.2%	17	5.5%	31	9.2%	20	7.1%	23	6.4%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	13.84		13.40		16.85		9.90		10.90		9.20		11.70

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
PASS
2003	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	48.1%	78.7%	81.8%
2004	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	63%	85.7%	85.8%
2005	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	73.2%	85.4%	87.1%
2006	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	68.2%	83.8%	86.4%
2007	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	48%	81.9%	85.8%
2008	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	67.3%	82.8%	86.7%
2009	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	63.1%	73.4%	78%
2010	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	61.7%	77.4%	80.7%
2011	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	64.8%	78.1%	80%
2012	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	67.1%	79.8%	80.3%
2013	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	63.8%	80.9%	82.8%
2003	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	51.8%	76%	82.3%
2004	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	40.8%	77.7%	82.7%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	45.2%	78.9%	83.4%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	63.8%	75.2%	80.9%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	36%	72.8%	78.4%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	40.4%	73.8%	77.1%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	54.5%	59.7%	67%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	43.7%	64.4%	70%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	52.3%	69.2%	70.4%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	63%	71.8%	72.5%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	47.6%	69.6%	69.7%
2003	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	24.5%	44.9%	56.2%
2004	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	19%	50.9%	60%
2005	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	29.1%	58.6%	64.4%
2006	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	27.8%	56.9%	62.7%
2007	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	42.3%	52.7%	64.5%
2008	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	33.3%	65%	71.1%
2009	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	45.8%	58.5%	61.5%
2010	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	21.4%	48.5%	55.7%
2011	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	31.8%	58.2%	60.8%
2012	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	41.1%	59.2%	60.7%
2013	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	45%	64.1%	67.8%
2003	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	26.9%	51.2%	61%
2004	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	36.2%	65.3%	72.1%
2005	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	55.2%	73.9%	79.4%
2006	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	48.2%	72.8%	79.4%
2007	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	16.7%	73.9%	84.7%
2008	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	4%	72.4%	83.8%
2009	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	42.9%	63%	74.4%
2010	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	46.7%	61.3%	73.2%
2011	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	52.2%	72.3%	76.6%
2012	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	50%	70.3%	74.6%
2013	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	67.5%	72.4%	79.7%
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	52.2%	64.8%	68.9%
2010	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	44.7%	65.5%	71%
2013	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	59%	68.2%	70.3%
2003	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	52.5%	74.6%	76.4%
2004	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	51.5%	82.5%	80.7%
2005	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	57.8%	78.6%	79.6%
2006	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	68.8%	82.7%	81.8%
2007	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	50%	82%	82.7%
2008	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	46.3%	77.6%	80.8%
2009	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	47.7%	71.9%	75.7%
2010	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	52.7%	75.6%	76.5%
2011	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	55%	77.7%	78%
2012	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	44.4%	77.8%	78.2%
2013	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	72.1%	79.5%	78.9%
2003	Math	4th Grade	% met std	42.2%	75.4%	81.1%
2004	Math	4th Grade	% met std	37.3%	74.4%	80.3%
2005	Math	4th Grade	% met std	50%	72.9%	78.6%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	55.9%	77.3%	78.4%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	59.5%	75.5%	78.1%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	58.5%	73.5%	79%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	50%	76.5%	76.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	60.8%	77.9%	76.7%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	65.4%	82.5%	79.4%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	56.7%	79.4%	78.4%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	79.7%	84.7%	79.8%
2003	Science	4th Grade	% met std	22.7%	49.5%	57.1%
2004	Science	4th Grade	% met std	24.7%	55.1%	62.3%
2005	Science	4th Grade	% met std	30.9%	57.7%	61.8%
2006	Science	4th Grade	% met std	41.5%	62.1%	62.8%
2007	Science	4th Grade	% met std	38.1%	59.9%	63.8%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	31.7%	62.8%	68.9%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	34%	68%	68.7%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	40.5%	66.7%	69.2%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	50.6%	69.1%	70.8%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	39.5%	72.5%	73.8%
2013	Science	4th Grade	% met std	56.9%	74.2%	73.2%
2003	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	43.9%	60.8%	64.7%
2004	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	35.1%	68.7%	71%
2005	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	60%	75.8%	77.2%
2006	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	43.9%	71.8%	72.4%
2007	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	45.2%	72.8%	73.7%
2008	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	36.6%	73.4%	76.4%
2009	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	48%	78.4%	79.8%
2010	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	56.8%	73.7%	76.1%
2011	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	63%	77%	77%
2012	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	60.5%	79.9%	80.9%
2013	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	74.7%	83.2%	81.8%
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	38.7%	66.5%	70.1%
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	46.6%	69.1%	72.2%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	71.3%	77.7%	74.3%
2003	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	36.5%	67.8%	68.2%
2004	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	54%	77.5%	76.6%
2005	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	43.6%	74.5%	76.8%
2006	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	54.3%	78.4%	79.8%
2007	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	53.7%	76.4%	77.2%
2008	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	65.2%	76.8%	77.6%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	46.6%	68.2%	74.6%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	61.5%	70.9%	76.2%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	45.6%	69.5%	77.2%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	60%	70.7%	75.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	58.5%	75.9%	77.7%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	73.9%	76.5%	77.9%
2003	Science	5th Grade	% met std	33.3%	52.2%	58.2%
2004	Science	5th Grade	% met std	41.8%	55%	60.3%
2005	Science	5th Grade	% met std	24.2%	50.8%	56.7%
2006	Science	5th Grade	% met std	23.7%	54.1%	59.5%
2007	Science	5th Grade	% met std	50%	55.2%	60.6%
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	37.5%	60.2%	61.4%
2003	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	35.9%	59.7%	60.4%
2004	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	32.8%	59.5%	63.5%
2005	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	29%	59.7%	63.9%
2006	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	27.1%	54.3%	62.4%
2007	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	42.9%	60.2%	63.8%
2008	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	54.5%	63.5%	66.3%

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:	16.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	17.1%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	82.9%

Mean Base Salary:	$46,477.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$32,137.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$49,444.0

* Whale Branch 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.