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Forest Acres Elementary Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

401 Mcalister Rd

Easley SC, 29642, Pickens County

Phone: 864-397-1800

Ranking:

(108 out of 841, top 13%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Pickens County School District

Title I Eligible School: No

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:	45		44		42		41		43		46		45
Total Students:	731		733		708		677		705		699		671
Prekindergarten:	39	5.3%	40	5.5%	18	2.5%	23	3.4%	41	5.8%	38	5.4%	37	5.5%
Kindergarten:	114	15.6%	119	16.2%	128	18.1%	94	13.9%	106	15.0%	105	15.0%	101	15.1%
Grade 1:	124	17.0%	131	17.9%	107	15.1%	105	15.5%	107	15.2%	106	15.2%	91	13.6%
Grade 2:	128	17.5%	107	14.6%	103	14.5%	109	16.1%	104	14.8%	106	15.2%	121	18.0%
Grade 3:	111	15.2%	103	14.1%	127	17.9%	102	15.1%	102	14.5%	127	18.2%	114	17.0%
Grade 4:	102	14.0%	121	16.5%	117	16.5%	109	16.1%	132	18.7%	114	16.3%	100	14.9%
Grade 5:	113	15.5%	112	15.3%	108	15.3%	135	19.9%	113	16.0%	103	14.7%	107	15.9%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	379	51.8%	381	52.0%	368	52.0%	353	52.1%	360	51.1%	364	52.1%	347	51.7%
Female:	352	48.2%	352	48.0%	340	48.0%	324	47.9%	334	47.4%	323	46.2%	317	47.2%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	2	0.3%	3	0.4%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	0.4%	2	0.3%	1	0.1%
Asian:	7	1.0%	7	1.0%	4	0.6%	7	1.0%	15	2.1%	14	2.0%	12	1.8%
Hispanic:	40	5.5%	39	5.3%	41	5.8%	34	5.0%	34	4.8%	33	4.7%	27	4.0%
Black:	55	7.5%	50	6.8%	52	7.3%	44	6.5%	65	9.2%	66	9.4%	58	8.6%
White:	592	81.0%	603	82.3%	582	82.2%	568	83.9%	585	83.0%	580	83.0%	570	84.9%
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:	35	4.8%	31	4.2%	29	4.1%	24	3.5%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	212	29.0%	213	29.1%	210	29.7%	177	26.1%	186	26.4%	165	23.6%	141	21.0%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	40	5.5%	32	4.4%	27	3.8%	32	4.7%	38	5.4%	34	4.9%	40	6.0%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	16.10		16.74		17.06		16.51		16.47		15.20		14.90

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
PASS
2003	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	96.6%	85.2%	81.8%
2004	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	95.5%	91.5%	85.8%
2005	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	98%	92%	87.1%
2006	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	91%	90.1%	86.4%
2007	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	95.7%	90.7%	85.8%
2008	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	99%	90.4%	86.7%
2009	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	90.7%	84.4%	78%
2010	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	91.3%	86.6%	80.7%
2011	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	90.8%	86.3%	80%
2012	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	93.3%	88%	80.3%
2013	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	93%	87.6%	82.8%
2003	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	96.6%	87.8%	82.3%
2004	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	92.1%	90%	82.7%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	96.1%	89.5%	83.4%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	82.7%	86.8%	80.9%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	89.5%	84.5%	78.4%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	93.6%	83.4%	77.1%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	82%	74.6%	67%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	89.3%	79.8%	70%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	82.2%	78.8%	70.4%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	87.1%	79.2%	72.5%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	88%	77.2%	69.7%
2003	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	75.3%	63.7%	56.2%
2004	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	80%	72.2%	60%
2005	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	78.8%	71.7%	64.4%
2006	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	73.1%	74.6%	62.7%
2007	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	85.1%	77%	64.5%
2008	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	88.9%	79.3%	71.1%
2009	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	82.2%	71.8%	61.5%
2010	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	75.5%	74.2%	55.7%
2011	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	70.6%	71.8%	60.8%
2012	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	72.6%	72.4%	60.7%
2013	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	84.3%	78.3%	67.8%
2003	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	83.5%	68.3%	61%
2004	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	94.4%	83.8%	72.1%
2005	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	94.2%	87.4%	79.4%
2006	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	85.6%	86%	79.4%
2007	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	91.7%	89.5%	84.7%
2008	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	94.5%	89.1%	83.8%
2009	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	86.7%	85.6%	74.4%
2010	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	96%	84%	73.2%
2011	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	86%	83%	76.6%
2012	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	87.1%	83.7%	74.6%
2013	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	95.9%	83.1%	79.7%
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	87.9%	80%	68.9%
2010	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	91.4%	80.2%	71%
2013	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	89.1%	79.2%	70.3%
2003	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	88.1%	81.9%	76.4%
2004	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	90.5%	84.1%	80.7%
2005	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	90.3%	86.5%	79.6%
2006	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	94.9%	89.1%	81.8%
2007	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	86%	89.2%	82.7%
2008	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	92.6%	88%	80.8%
2009	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	85.7%	83.9%	75.7%
2010	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	86.2%	83.4%	76.5%
2011	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	91.3%	86.1%	78%
2012	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	89.2%	85.5%	78.2%
2013	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	81.8%	86.7%	78.9%
2003	Math	4th Grade	% met std	88.7%	86.7%	81.1%
2004	Math	4th Grade	% met std	92.9%	85.7%	80.3%
2005	Math	4th Grade	% met std	87.5%	86.8%	78.6%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	87%	85.9%	78.4%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	88.3%	86.8%	78.1%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	93.8%	86.6%	79%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	91.6%	82.7%	76.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	84.9%	81.7%	76.7%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	87.6%	85.3%	79.4%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	80.6%	83.1%	78.4%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	78.5%	84.3%	79.8%
2003	Science	4th Grade	% met std	76.9%	68.6%	57.1%
2004	Science	4th Grade	% met std	77.4%	71.7%	62.3%
2005	Science	4th Grade	% met std	75.2%	74%	61.8%
2006	Science	4th Grade	% met std	80.8%	75.3%	62.8%
2007	Science	4th Grade	% met std	74.8%	77%	63.8%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	88.7%	83.3%	68.9%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	88.9%	80.5%	68.7%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	81.1%	78.9%	69.2%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	85.7%	80.8%	70.8%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	72.5%	80.6%	73.8%
2013	Science	4th Grade	% met std	80.2%	81.2%	73.2%
2003	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	84.3%	74.8%	64.7%
2004	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	86.9%	79.5%	71%
2005	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	84.8%	83.8%	77.2%
2006	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	84.8%	82.3%	72.4%
2007	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	87.4%	82.7%	73.7%
2008	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	96.9%	85.7%	76.4%
2009	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	91.6%	86.3%	79.8%
2010	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	87.2%	83%	76.1%
2011	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	88.6%	85%	77%
2012	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	83.2%	87.5%	80.9%
2013	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	85.2%	88.2%	81.8%
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	90.8%	80.8%	70.1%
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	81.1%	82.2%	72.2%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	81.8%	81.7%	74.3%
2003	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	89.1%	80.2%	68.2%
2004	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	99%	87.2%	76.6%
2005	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	95.3%	83.1%	76.8%
2006	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	87.8%	86.8%	79.8%
2007	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	95.1%	83.3%	77.2%
2008	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	88%	84.8%	77.6%
2009	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	88.6%	86.7%	80%
2010	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	95.4%	83%	78.1%
2011	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	83.6%	82.4%	78.3%
2012	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	83.5%	84.9%	76.5%
2013	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	82.3%	87.3%	81.9%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	88.1%	84.2%	74.6%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	95.2%	83.1%	76.2%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	96.6%	82.1%	77.2%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	86.5%	81.7%	75.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	87.7%	82.1%	77.7%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	95.1%	85.4%	77.9%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	86.7%	79.6%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	91.7%	75.2%	71.3%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	78.2%	77%	75.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	83.4%	80.6%	76.1%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	75.4%	77.3%	76.2%
2003	Science	5th Grade	% met std	72.5%	72.2%	58.2%
2004	Science	5th Grade	% met std	88.3%	75.6%	60.3%
2005	Science	5th Grade	% met std	88.5%	66.1%	56.7%
2006	Science	5th Grade	% met std	73.1%	72.8%	59.5%
2007	Science	5th Grade	% met std	79.2%	70.9%	60.6%
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	86.8%	77.5%	61.4%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	85.2%	79.9%	68.3%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	85.8%	73.3%	66%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	71.4%	72%	65%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	79.3%	81.6%	71.7%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	66.6%	78.6%	73%
2003	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	77.9%	72.1%	60.4%
2004	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	95.1%	76.9%	63.5%
2005	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	89.7%	71.4%	63.9%
2006	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	78.8%	73.3%	62.4%
2007	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	86.8%	72.5%	63.8%
2008	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	78%	76.4%	66.3%
2009	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	86.3%	78%	70%
2010	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	88.5%	71.4%	66.1%
2011	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	81.8%	76.1%	70.4%
2012	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	82%	77.9%	69.9%
2013	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	73.6%	80.2%	71.7%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	88.7%	82.1%	73.2%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	91.8%	80.3%	74.5%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	86.2%	83.8%	77.7%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	90.3%	81.2%	73.6%
2013	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	76.8%	81.7%	74.5%

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:	15.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	27.3%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	72.7%

Mean Base Salary:	$41,978.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$29,563.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$46,633.0

* Forest Acres Elementary Primary School was rated 4.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.