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Whittaker Elementary Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

790 Whittaker Parkway

Orangeburg SC, 29115, Orangeburg County

Phone: 803-534-6559

Ranking:

(481 out of 841, bottom 43%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Orangeburg School District 5

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:	34		36		32		31		32		36		42
Total Students:	676		627		616		582		594		590		588
Prekindergarten:	70	10.4%	80	12.8%	79	12.8%	77	13.2%	78	13.1%	60	10.2%	58	9.9%
Kindergarten:	122	18.0%	89	14.2%	103	16.7%	91	15.6%	76	12.8%	83	14.1%	88	15.0%
Grade 1:	105	15.5%	100	15.9%	97	15.7%	78	13.4%	70	11.8%	98	16.6%	79	13.4%
Grade 2:	104	15.4%	109	17.4%	92	14.9%	84	14.4%	97	16.3%	80	13.6%	80	13.6%
Grade 3:	93	13.8%	82	13.1%	88	14.3%	95	16.3%	81	13.6%	82	13.9%	102	17.3%
Grade 4:	90	13.3%	89	14.2%	80	13.0%	75	12.9%	95	16.0%	107	18.1%	83	14.1%
Grade 5:	92	13.6%	78	12.4%	77	12.5%	82	14.1%	97	16.3%	80	13.6%	98	16.7%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	345	51.0%	310	49.4%	305	49.5%	297	51.0%	298	50.2%	312	52.9%	328	55.8%
Female:	331	49.0%	317	50.6%	311	50.5%	285	49.0%	288	48.5%	264	44.7%	256	43.5%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Asian:	1	0.1%	2	0.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Hispanic:	15	2.2%	19	3.0%	18	2.9%	7	1.2%	9	1.5%	6	1.0%	5	0.9%
Black:	649	96.0%	591	94.3%	580	94.2%	552	94.8%	562	94.6%	551	93.4%	559	95.1%
White:	11	1.6%	15	2.4%	17	2.8%	23	4.0%	23	3.9%	27	4.6%	24	4.1%
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:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	596	88.2%	545	86.9%	529	85.9%	357	61.3%	422	71.0%	418	70.8%	418	71.1%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	21	3.1%	32	5.1%	32	5.2%	36	6.2%	44	7.4%	40	6.8%	50	8.5%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	19.88		17.42		19.25		18.77		18.56		16.40		14.00

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
PASS
2003	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	82.8%	69.1%	81.8%
2004	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	84.4%	80.8%	85.8%
2005	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	92.1%	84.8%	87.1%
2006	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	85.9%	81.1%	86.4%
2007	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	91.4%	83.6%	85.8%
2008	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	91.7%	83.5%	86.7%
2009	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	78.8%	74.7%	78%
2010	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	87.2%	70.6%	80.7%
2011	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	86%	75.2%	80%
2012	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	81.4%	72.3%	80.3%
2013	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	76.5%	70.3%	82.8%
2003	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	83.7%	65.6%	82.3%
2004	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	80.2%	75.5%	82.7%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	83.8%	73.6%	83.4%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	76.5%	64.3%	80.9%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	87.5%	70%	78.4%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	82.1%	62%	77.1%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	60.7%	48.8%	67%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	78.2%	54.4%	70%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	82.8%	53.8%	70.4%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	79.3%	59.8%	72.5%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	78.6%	54%	69.7%
2003	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	43.8%	34.7%	56.2%
2004	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	36.8%	42.5%	60%
2005	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	71%	55.6%	64.4%
2006	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	60%	48.3%	62.7%
2007	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	75%	49.8%	64.5%
2008	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	84.9%	58.8%	71.1%
2009	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	63.6%	45.6%	61.5%
2010	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	66.7%	35.4%	55.7%
2011	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	69.5%	47.1%	60.8%
2012	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	75%	57.5%	60.7%
2013	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	62.2%	52.8%	67.8%
2003	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	54.6%	41%	61%
2004	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	59.6%	65.6%	72.1%
2005	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	86%	81.1%	79.4%
2006	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	81.2%	75.5%	79.4%
2007	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	97.2%	83%	84.7%
2008	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	86.8%	86.5%	83.8%
2009	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	80.5%	69.9%	74.4%
2010	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	71.8%	65.4%	73.2%
2011	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	80.9%	72.2%	76.6%
2012	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	69.7%	64.4%	74.6%
2013	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	85.7%	71.8%	79.7%
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	71.1%	65.6%	68.9%
2010	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	75.6%	61.1%	71%
2013	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	76.4%	58.5%	70.3%
2003	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	86.9%	73.2%	76.4%
2004	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	80.9%	73.1%	80.7%
2005	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	74.2%	74.8%	79.6%
2006	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	75.8%	72.5%	81.8%
2007	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	79%	73.9%	82.7%
2008	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	81.3%	76%	80.8%
2009	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	80%	67.6%	75.7%
2010	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	73%	69.1%	76.5%
2011	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	82.5%	67.7%	78%
2012	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	86.3%	63.2%	78.2%
2013	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	83.1%	67.5%	78.9%
2003	Math	4th Grade	% met std	88.1%	72.8%	81.1%
2004	Math	4th Grade	% met std	68.7%	68%	80.3%
2005	Math	4th Grade	% met std	71.4%	65.4%	78.6%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	70%	62.2%	78.4%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	66.7%	58.3%	78.1%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	63.4%	61.3%	79%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	61.4%	56.7%	76.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	75.3%	63.8%	76.7%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	86.3%	66.1%	79.4%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	90%	65.2%	78.4%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	71.9%	66%	79.8%
2003	Science	4th Grade	% met std	45%	48%	57.1%
2004	Science	4th Grade	% met std	50.5%	46.1%	62.3%
2005	Science	4th Grade	% met std	46%	47.2%	61.8%
2006	Science	4th Grade	% met std	52%	47.4%	62.8%
2007	Science	4th Grade	% met std	50%	47.3%	63.8%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	64.6%	57.4%	68.9%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	68.8%	51.6%	68.7%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	67.1%	53.3%	69.2%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	76.3%	56.2%	70.8%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	93.8%	64.6%	73.8%
2013	Science	4th Grade	% met std	87.7%	71.1%	73.2%
2003	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	58.7%	55.9%	64.7%
2004	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	68.3%	61.3%	71%
2005	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	73.3%	69.7%	77.2%
2006	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	71.7%	63%	72.4%
2007	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	65.6%	63.5%	73.7%
2008	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	69.5%	71.1%	76.4%
2009	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	75.1%	71.9%	79.8%
2010	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	91.8%	72.8%	76.1%
2011	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	98.8%	75.1%	77%
2012	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	93.8%	72.2%	80.9%
2013	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	91%	75%	81.8%
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	69.9%	61.7%	70.1%
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	75.6%	69.4%	72.2%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	70.8%	67.8%	74.3%
2003	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	59.6%	53.1%	68.2%
2004	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	80.2%	74.2%	76.6%
2005	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	75.3%	66%	76.8%
2006	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	60%	69.8%	79.8%
2007	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	79.5%	67.4%	77.2%
2008	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	73.7%	70%	77.6%
2009	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	80.3%	72.2%	80%
2010	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	76.4%	66.1%	78.1%
2011	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	82.9%	75.2%	78.3%
2012	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	67.5%	61.8%	76.5%
2013	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	86.8%	74.2%	81.9%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	71.9%	56.1%	74.6%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	69.7%	67.9%	76.2%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	75.9%	64.6%	77.2%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	41.4%	53.7%	75.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	65.2%	60.5%	77.7%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	61.5%	63.1%	77.9%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	64.8%	56.4%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	61.8%	51%	71.3%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	65.9%	65.1%	75.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	61.1%	59.7%	76.1%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	73.5%	64.8%	76.2%
2003	Science	5th Grade	% met std	30.3%	34.3%	58.2%
2004	Science	5th Grade	% met std	62.9%	50.3%	60.3%
2005	Science	5th Grade	% met std	40.4%	36.3%	56.7%
2006	Science	5th Grade	% met std	57.5%	38.9%	59.5%
2007	Science	5th Grade	% met std	51.1%	47.3%	60.6%
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	63.6%	50%	61.4%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	78.4%	54.8%	68.3%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	68.2%	50.4%	66%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	87.8%	56.2%	65%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	84.2%	55.9%	71.7%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	69%	61.7%	73%
2003	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	49.5%	41.9%	60.4%
2004	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	60%	50.9%	63.5%
2005	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	52.1%	48.3%	63.9%
2006	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	69%	43.8%	62.4%
2007	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	66.7%	55.5%	63.8%
2008	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	68.1%	53.5%	66.3%
2009	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	68.6%	51.7%	70%
2010	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	71.1%	45.2%	66.1%
2011	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	90.3%	63.9%	70.4%
2012	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	82%	65.8%	69.9%
2013	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	90.2%	59.9%	71.7%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	71.4%	65.7%	73.2%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	74.4%	64.3%	74.5%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	81.5%	77.3%	77.7%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	73.5%	67.6%	73.6%
2013	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	75.9%	66.2%	74.5%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	18.2%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	81.8%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	17.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	13.6%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	86.4%

Mean Base Salary:	$45,697.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$28,950.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$48,342.0

* Whittaker Elementary Primary School was rated 3 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.