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Whale Branch Middle Middle School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

2009 Trask Parkway

Sheldon SC, 29941, Beaufort County

Phone: 843-466-3000

Ranking:

(767 out of 841, bottom 9%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 5 to Grade 8

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:	31		34		30		28		28		29		30
Total Students:	384		394		364		332		329		306		305
Grade 5:	88	22.9%	94	23.9%	99	27.2%	78	23.5%	88	26.7%	47	15.4%	NA	NA
Grade 6:	98	25.5%	109	27.7%	96	26.4%	93	28.0%	74	22.5%	92	30.1%	78	25.6%
Grade 7:	107	27.9%	96	24.4%	94	25.8%	74	22.3%	88	26.7%	80	26.1%	106	34.8%
Grade 8:	91	23.7%	95	24.1%	75	20.6%	87	26.2%	79	24.0%	87	28.4%	121	39.7%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	188	49.0%	192	48.7%	188	51.6%	169	50.9%	155	47.1%	156	51.0%	164	53.8%
Female:	196	51.0%	202	51.3%	176	48.4%	163	49.1%	166	50.5%	142	46.4%	136	44.6%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	2	0.5%	2	0.5%	2	0.5%	2	0.6%	1	0.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Asian:	1	0.3%	1	0.3%	0	0.0%	1	0.3%	1	0.3%	3	1.0%	2	0.7%
Hispanic:	13	3.4%	14	3.6%	11	3.0%	6	1.8%	6	1.8%	8	2.6%	5	1.6%
Black:	316	82.3%	316	80.2%	278	76.4%	273	82.2%	271	82.4%	251	82.0%	262	85.9%
White:	44	11.5%	53	13.5%	67	18.4%	50	15.1%	50	15.2%	44	14.4%	35	11.5%
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:	8	2.1%	8	2.0%	6	1.6%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	290	75.5%	338	85.8%	287	78.8%	265	79.8%	236	71.7%	216	70.6%	240	78.7%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	22	5.7%	19	4.8%	18	4.9%	23	6.9%	27	8.2%	26	8.5%	30	9.8%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	12.39		11.59		12.13		11.86		11.75		10.60		10.20

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
PASS
2009	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	55.6%	80.3%	80%
2010	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	48.1%	78%	78.1%
2011	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	67.2%	79.8%	78.3%
2012	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	52.5%	75.5%	76.5%
2013	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	56.5%	79.8%	81.9%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	48.9%	71.6%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	45.6%	71.6%	71.3%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	71.5%	77.6%	75.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	52.6%	76.4%	76.1%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	44.6%	74.5%	76.2%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	58.3%	67.5%	68.3%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	29%	63.7%	66%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	64.7%	64.8%	65%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	52%	68.7%	71.7%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	54.4%	74.5%	73%
2009	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	57.2%	64.9%	70%
2010	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	48.8%	66.3%	66.1%
2011	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	80.5%	70%	70.4%
2012	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	46.8%	70.7%	69.9%
2013	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	23.9%	66.2%	71.7%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	43.5%	74.2%	73.2%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	54.8%	73.1%	74.5%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	73.9%	77.5%	77.7%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	43.6%	71.7%	73.6%
2013	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	48.4%	72.4%	74.5%
2003	English/Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	46%	58.6%	65.7%
2004	English/Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	51%	59.9%	64%
2005	English/Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	44.9%	61.6%	63.5%
2006	English/Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	45.4%	62.6%	69.1%
2007	English/Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	53.4%	64.4%	70.9%
2008	English/Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	59.5%	71.6%	74.8%
2009	English/Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	40.4%	69.4%	71.7%
2010	English/Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	56.3%	70.9%	72.2%
2011	English/Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	50.6%	71.2%	70.3%
2012	English/Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	61.3%	69.1%	69.7%
2013	English/Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	67.6%	75%	74.3%
2003	Math	6th Grade	% met std	45.7%	66.2%	75.5%
2004	Math	6th Grade	% met std	55.3%	72.4%	77.2%
2005	Math	6th Grade	% met std	54.8%	73.3%	78.7%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	48.9%	71.1%	78.6%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	50.5%	67.1%	77.2%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	55%	70%	75.7%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	43.6%	65.9%	70.3%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	52.1%	69.2%	70.3%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	60.3%	73.3%	72.5%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	66.7%	72.7%	73.6%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	57.1%	74.2%	71.3%
2003	Science	6th Grade	% met std	32%	50.3%	58.4%
2004	Science	6th Grade	% met std	41.7%	52.3%	54.2%
2005	Science	6th Grade	% met std	25.4%	52.1%	56.2%
2006	Science	6th Grade	% met std	20.4%	44.8%	51.9%
2007	Science	6th Grade	% met std	32.7%	48.4%	59.5%
2008	Science	6th Grade	% met std	27.5%	53.2%	56.5%
2009	Science	6th Grade	% met std	36.1%	58.2%	63.9%
2010	Science	6th Grade	% met std	37.1%	55.9%	60.9%
2011	Science	6th Grade	% met std	54.3%	63.3%	64.9%
2012	Science	6th Grade	% met std	55.4%	61.6%	66.2%
2013	Science	6th Grade	% met std	46.1%	65.4%	68.3%
2003	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	38.3%	57%	59.6%
2004	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	46%	65.3%	64.7%
2005	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	54.1%	68.2%	64.9%
2006	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	46.7%	68.3%	67.7%
2007	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	71.7%	77.4%	77.1%
2008	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	77.5%	75.6%	77.8%
2009	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	72.4%	80.9%	79.6%
2010	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	72.3%	79.3%	79.4%
2011	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	64.6%	75.7%	77.6%
2012	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	65.2%	76.3%	77.8%
2013	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	75.5%	79.1%	78%
2009	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	53.2%	69.6%	70.3%
2010	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	54.2%	71.2%	71.9%
2013	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	71.3%	76%	74.7%
2003	English/Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	55.1%	68.4%	70.2%
2004	English/Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	63.2%	69.4%	71.9%
2005	English/Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	60.6%	69.2%	71.5%
2006	English/Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	47.2%	68.3%	70.1%
2007	English/Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	45.5%	65%	69.8%
2008	English/Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	55.3%	68.3%	73%
2009	English/Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	63.3%	68.8%	68.7%
2010	English/Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	44.3%	70.1%	69.1%
2011	English/Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	52.1%	70.5%	68.4%
2012	English/Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	55.3%	71%	71.4%
2013	English/Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	63.8%	71.6%	73.2%
2003	Math	7th Grade	% met std	50%	61.8%	68.8%
2004	Math	7th Grade	% met std	66.4%	65.8%	71.5%
2005	Math	7th Grade	% met std	52.7%	65.8%	71.5%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	58.9%	66.1%	74.8%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	41.7%	69.2%	76.8%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	56.4%	73%	77.8%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	67.1%	68.6%	69.5%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	61.4%	67.4%	67%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	68.4%	73.2%	69.7%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	57.3%	72%	71.5%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	62.7%	68.7%	68.3%
2003	Science	7th Grade	% met std	40.7%	56.6%	58.8%
2004	Science	7th Grade	% met std	57.9%	59.4%	62.7%
2005	Science	7th Grade	% met std	43.7%	60.4%	61.7%
2006	Science	7th Grade	% met std	31.3%	53.3%	57%
2007	Science	7th Grade	% met std	41.7%	59.7%	64.8%
2008	Science	7th Grade	% met std	53.2%	64.9%	69.8%
2009	Science	7th Grade	% met std	65.8%	68.9%	71.2%
2010	Science	7th Grade	% met std	68.2%	75.9%	73.3%
2011	Science	7th Grade	% met std	65.7%	69.9%	71.7%
2012	Science	7th Grade	% met std	69.8%	71.7%	74.7%
2013	Science	7th Grade	% met std	82.5%	70.2%	75.5%
2003	Social Studies	7th Grade	% met std	45.6%	62.1%	58.8%
2004	Social Studies	7th Grade	% met std	59.4%	61.2%	60%
2005	Social Studies	7th Grade	% met std	52.2%	61.6%	58.7%
2006	Social Studies	7th Grade	% met std	43.8%	52.6%	53.9%
2007	Social Studies	7th Grade	% met std	35.6%	55.6%	57.3%
2008	Social Studies	7th Grade	% met std	37.9%	52%	56.4%
2009	Social Studies	7th Grade	% met std	56.4%	61.8%	60.3%
2010	Social Studies	7th Grade	% met std	56.8%	64.1%	62%
2011	Social Studies	7th Grade	% met std	54.1%	63%	63.5%
2012	Social Studies	7th Grade	% met std	57.3%	67.1%	68.8%
2013	Social Studies	7th Grade	% met std	68.9%	65.2%	68.3%
2009	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	65.1%	71.6%	70.1%
2010	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	51.1%	69.5%	69.7%
2013	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	64.5%	74.9%	76.5%
2003	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	45.3%	61.2%	66.8%
2004	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	58.1%	72.8%	73.3%
2005	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	64.2%	70.2%	74.7%
2006	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	69.9%	70.4%	72.7%
2007	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	48%	68.7%	71.3%
2008	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	49.6%	69.8%	71%
2009	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	51.2%	65.7%	67.5%
2010	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	60.3%	64.6%	63.7%
2011	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	57.8%	70.7%	67.8%
2012	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	56%	70.2%	69.8%
2013	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	51.6%	67.5%	67.5%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	39.7%	57%	67.1%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	56.8%	65.3%	67.5%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	53.7%	59.7%	66.3%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	53.7%	58.5%	65.3%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	40.7%	59.9%	67.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	54.3%	68.6%	69.7%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	59.8%	61.4%	62.6%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	70.5%	63.7%	63.4%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	57.8%	70.8%	69.5%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	53.4%	66.8%	68.6%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	52.6%	67.9%	70.2%
2003	Science	8th Grade	% met std	32%	52.5%	56.8%
2004	Science	8th Grade	% met std	47.5%	56.6%	58.9%
2005	Science	8th Grade	% met std	56.9%	58.6%	60%
2006	Science	8th Grade	% met std	50.4%	58.4%	60.1%
2007	Science	8th Grade	% met std	34.3%	61.2%	63.7%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	35.3%	59.3%	63.4%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	36.6%	63.6%	62.3%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	61.5%	66.8%	67.7%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	68.2%	73.7%	70.1%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	75%	76.8%	75.4%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	52.1%	68.7%	71%
2003	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	40.7%	59%	60.8%
2004	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	55.9%	63.8%	64.7%
2005	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	62.6%	65.3%	66.5%
2006	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	58.5%	67.9%	67.4%
2007	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	52.2%	65.8%	65.9%
2008	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	53.6%	70.5%	68.7%
2009	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	68.3%	66.9%	69.6%
2010	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	58.9%	69.8%	68.8%
2011	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	47.8%	70%	71.9%
2012	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	33.4%	61.9%	71.4%
2013	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	59.2%	68.6%	71.3%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	50%	66.4%	68.1%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	67.1%	73.8%	71.9%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	59.6%	68.5%	67.8%
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	57.9%	71.5%	74.1%
2013	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	68.4%	78.1%	75.7%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	50.0%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	50.0%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	13.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	25.0%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	75.0%

Mean Base Salary:	$42,987.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$30,003.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$47,645.0

* Whale Branch Middle Middle School was rated 1 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.