Carolina School For Inquiry

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

7405a Fairfield Rd

Columbia SC, 29203, Richland County

Phone: 803-691-1250

Ranking:

(557 out of 841, bottom 34%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 6

School District: Richland School District 1

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:	14		10		10		4		6		6		6
Total Students:	144		121		108		107		114		93		100
Prekindergarten:	18	12.5%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Kindergarten:	19	13.2%	21	17.4%	17	15.7%	14	13.1%	18	15.8%	16	17.2%	18	18.0%
Grade 1:	23	16.0%	20	16.5%	19	17.6%	20	18.7%	18	15.8%	20	21.5%	18	18.0%
Grade 2:	21	14.6%	23	19.0%	19	17.6%	16	15.0%	21	18.4%	13	14.0%	18	18.0%
Grade 3:	19	13.2%	14	11.6%	18	16.7%	20	18.7%	13	11.4%	16	17.2%	17	17.0%
Grade 4:	14	9.7%	20	16.5%	14	13.0%	13	12.1%	15	13.2%	15	16.1%	15	15.0%
Grade 5:	14	9.7%	17	14.0%	13	12.0%	16	15.0%	20	17.5%	13	14.0%	14	14.0%
Grade 6:	16	11.1%	6	5.0%	8	7.4%	8	7.5%	9	7.9%	NA	NA	NA	NA
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	73	50.7%	65	53.7%	53	49.1%	51	47.7%	53	46.5%	47	50.5%	60	60.0%
Female:	71	49.3%	56	46.3%	55	50.9%	56	52.3%	52	45.6%	38	40.9%	36	36.0%
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:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	1.0%
Hispanic:	1	0.7%	2	1.7%	4	3.7%	7	6.5%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Black:	115	79.9%	101	83.5%	81	75.0%	82	76.6%	100	87.7%	82	88.2%	86	86.0%
White:	27	18.8%	16	13.2%	19	17.6%	15	14.0%	13	11.4%	11	11.8%	13	13.0%
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:	1	0.7%	2	1.7%	4	3.7%	3	2.8%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	93	64.6%	78	64.5%	50	46.3%	59	55.1%	46	40.4%	35	37.6%	26	26.0%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	12	8.3%	9	7.4%	15	13.9%	7	6.5%	7	6.1%	14	15.1%	11	11.0%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	10.29		11.86		10.59		25.48		18.39		15.50		16.70

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
PASS
2008	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	88.2%	84.5%	N/A
2009	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	87.5%	73%	N/A
2010	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	71.4%	76.4%	N/A
2011	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	75%	74.6%	N/A
2012	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	68.8%	73%	N/A
2013	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	86.7%	78.3%	N/A
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	70.6%	63.6%	N/A
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	68.8%	53.6%	N/A
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	57.2%	60.4%	N/A
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	18.8%	60.5%	N/A
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	68.8%	62.9%	N/A
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	66.6%	61.5%	N/A
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	93.8%	62.1%	N/A
2010	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	64.3%	63%	N/A
2013	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	66.7%	66.4%	N/A
2008	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	63.6%	77.5%	N/A
2009	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	87.5%	73.4%	N/A
2010	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	80%	69.5%	N/A
2012	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	71.4%	73.1%	N/A
2013	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	70%	72.6%	N/A
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	54.5%	68.2%	N/A
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	68.8%	69.8%	N/A
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	86.7%	64.9%	N/A
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	63.7%	73.3%	N/A
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	78.6%	70.5%	N/A
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	85%	72.7%	N/A
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	36.4%	56.3%	N/A
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	68.8%	59.7%	N/A
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	86.6%	56%	N/A
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	81.8%	61.4%	N/A
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	85.7%	64.9%	N/A
2013	Science	4th Grade	% met std	65%	63.8%	N/A
2008	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	81.8%	67.3%	N/A
2009	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	75%	74.7%	N/A
2010	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	66.7%	68.3%	N/A
2011	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	63.6%	70.7%	N/A
2012	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	100%	72.8%	N/A
2013	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	90%	74.9%	N/A
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	68.8%	67.1%	N/A
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	73.3%	61.6%	N/A
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	75%	68.1%	N/A
2008	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	50%	70.4%	N/A
2009	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	92.3%	76.5%	N/A
2010	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	75%	72.5%	N/A
2011	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	82.4%	72.6%	N/A
2012	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	85.7%	69.9%	N/A
2013	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	70.6%	78.7%	N/A
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	58.3%	66.4%	N/A
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	84.6%	63.7%	N/A
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	50%	61.1%	N/A
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	76.4%	64.5%	N/A
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	71.4%	67.3%	N/A
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	76.5%	68%	N/A
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	60%	55%	N/A
2010	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	40%	56%	N/A
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	77%	67.3%	N/A
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	50%	67.8%	N/A
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	64.7%	73.2%	N/A
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	78.6%	70.2%	N/A
2013	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	68.8%	69.9%	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	0.0%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	100.0%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	13.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	NA
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	60.0%

Mean Base Salary:	$49,334.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	NA
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$58,333.0

* Carolina School For Inquiry was rated 2.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.