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Forest Heights Elementary Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

2500 Blue Ridge Terrace

Columbia SC, 29203, Richland County

Phone: 803-691-3780

Ranking:

(772 out of 841, bottom 8%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5

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:	42		38		35		30		32		29		35
Total Students:	588		528		507		469		463		451		442
Prekindergarten:	67	11.4%	71	13.4%	40	7.9%	40	8.5%	38	8.2%	40	8.9%	39	8.8%
Kindergarten:	109	18.5%	89	16.9%	86	17.0%	71	15.1%	77	16.6%	67	14.9%	55	12.4%
Grade 1:	94	16.0%	79	15.0%	81	16.0%	70	14.9%	75	16.2%	60	13.3%	64	14.5%
Grade 2:	71	12.1%	68	12.9%	81	16.0%	79	16.8%	50	10.8%	66	14.6%	72	16.3%
Grade 3:	73	12.4%	77	14.6%	86	17.0%	66	14.1%	67	14.5%	74	16.4%	72	16.3%
Grade 4:	88	15.0%	85	16.1%	65	12.8%	72	15.4%	76	16.4%	79	17.5%	72	16.3%
Grade 5:	86	14.6%	59	11.2%	68	13.4%	71	15.1%	80	17.3%	65	14.4%	68	15.4%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	283	48.1%	242	45.8%	231	45.6%	218	46.5%	215	46.4%	213	47.2%	217	49.1%
Female:	305	51.9%	286	54.2%	276	54.4%	251	53.5%	239	51.6%	227	50.3%	218	49.3%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Asian:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	0.6%	4	0.9%	2	0.4%	4	0.9%
Hispanic:	52	8.8%	38	7.2%	26	5.1%	29	6.2%	19	4.1%	9	2.0%	6	1.4%
Black:	501	85.2%	460	87.1%	454	89.5%	412	87.8%	427	92.2%	431	95.6%	419	94.8%
White:	13	2.2%	17	3.2%	14	2.8%	12	2.6%	11	2.4%	6	1.3%	10	2.3%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	21	3.6%	12	2.3%	12	2.4%	11	2.3%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	459	78.1%	470	89.0%	446	88.0%	306	65.2%	375	81.0%	358	79.4%	340	76.9%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	12	2.0%	23	4.4%	19	3.7%	23	4.9%	28	6.0%	19	4.2%	37	8.4%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	14.17		14.08		14.70		15.63		14.70		15.60		12.60

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
PASS
2003	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	81.2%	75.5%	81.8%
2004	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	85.9%	81.1%	85.8%
2005	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	92.8%	80.9%	87.1%
2006	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	80.8%	80.2%	86.4%
2007	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	69.8%	81.6%	85.8%
2008	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	80%	84.5%	86.7%
2009	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	65.6%	73%	78%
2010	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	62.3%	76.4%	80.7%
2011	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	70.6%	74.6%	80%
2012	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	61.6%	73%	80.3%
2013	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	77.8%	78.3%	82.8%
2003	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	77.6%	68.2%	82.3%
2004	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	65.4%	70.5%	82.7%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	78.7%	72.2%	83.4%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	58.2%	65.7%	80.9%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	50.7%	65.1%	78.4%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	55.8%	63.6%	77.1%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	42.9%	53.6%	67%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	32.8%	60.4%	70%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	44.2%	60.5%	70.4%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	32.5%	62.9%	72.5%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	55.6%	61.5%	69.7%
2003	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	38.9%	41.6%	56.2%
2004	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	50%	45.9%	60%
2005	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	65.8%	48%	64.4%
2006	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	35.8%	45.6%	62.7%
2007	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	48.6%	50%	64.5%
2008	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	34.2%	56.3%	71.1%
2009	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	36.1%	46.7%	61.5%
2010	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	40%	41.7%	55.7%
2011	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	50%	48.2%	60.8%
2012	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	21.4%	44%	60.7%
2013	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	38.1%	56.2%	67.8%
2003	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	59.8%	47.2%	61%
2004	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	61.5%	55.9%	72.1%
2005	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	77.3%	63%	79.4%
2006	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	58%	64.7%	79.4%
2007	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	63.9%	77.8%	84.7%
2008	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	68.4%	72.9%	83.8%
2009	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	66.7%	61.4%	74.4%
2010	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	47.1%	66.1%	73.2%
2011	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	48.5%	67.9%	76.6%
2012	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	62.3%	66.6%	74.6%
2013	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	74.3%	76.4%	79.7%
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	44.3%	62.1%	68.9%
2010	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	48.5%	63%	71%
2013	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	54.8%	66.4%	70.3%
2003	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	55.9%	69%	76.4%
2004	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	79.1%	77.5%	80.7%
2005	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	80.6%	75.7%	79.6%
2006	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	78.5%	76.5%	81.8%
2007	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	87.9%	78.9%	82.7%
2008	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	71.2%	77.5%	80.8%
2009	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	81.1%	73.4%	75.7%
2010	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	59.5%	69.5%	76.5%
2011	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	60.6%	74.3%	78%
2012	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	61.5%	73.1%	78.2%
2013	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	66.7%	72.6%	78.9%
2003	Math	4th Grade	% met std	63.5%	72.7%	81.1%
2004	Math	4th Grade	% met std	74.2%	72.4%	80.3%
2005	Math	4th Grade	% met std	61.6%	70.6%	78.6%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	77.1%	68.4%	78.4%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	69%	69%	78.1%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	56.9%	68.2%	79%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	69.8%	69.8%	76.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	59.8%	64.9%	76.7%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	56.3%	73.3%	79.4%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	40%	70.5%	78.4%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	67.8%	72.7%	79.8%
2003	Science	4th Grade	% met std	30%	41.2%	57.1%
2004	Science	4th Grade	% met std	55.2%	48.8%	62.3%
2005	Science	4th Grade	% met std	51.3%	49.6%	61.8%
2006	Science	4th Grade	% met std	41.7%	47%	62.8%
2007	Science	4th Grade	% met std	45.1%	52.9%	63.8%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	41.9%	56.3%	68.9%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	57.9%	59.7%	68.7%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	52%	56%	69.2%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	40.8%	61.4%	70.8%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	53.8%	64.9%	73.8%
2013	Science	4th Grade	% met std	55.9%	63.8%	73.2%
2003	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	55.8%	52.1%	64.7%
2004	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	62.8%	58.5%	71%
2005	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	61%	68%	77.2%
2006	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	52.8%	60.3%	72.4%
2007	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	49.3%	63.5%	73.7%
2008	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	39.7%	67.3%	76.4%
2009	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	77.6%	74.7%	79.8%
2010	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	59.7%	68.3%	76.1%
2011	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	57.8%	70.7%	77%
2012	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	63%	72.8%	80.9%
2013	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	79.8%	74.9%	81.8%
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	70.9%	67.1%	70.1%
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	57.2%	61.6%	72.2%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	61.2%	68.1%	74.3%
2003	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	56.4%	59.8%	68.2%
2004	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	58.2%	70.1%	76.6%
2005	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	81.2%	70.3%	76.8%
2006	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	77.1%	73%	79.8%
2007	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	62.2%	70.8%	77.2%
2008	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	60.3%	70.4%	77.6%
2009	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	61.9%	76.5%	80%
2010	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	70%	72.5%	78.1%
2011	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	64.4%	72.6%	78.3%
2012	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	59.7%	69.9%	76.5%
2013	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	75.4%	78.7%	81.9%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	54.1%	63.1%	74.6%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	53.6%	66.3%	76.2%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	73.3%	66.4%	77.2%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	65.8%	65%	75.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	48.1%	65.9%	77.7%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	59.5%	66.4%	77.9%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	46%	63.7%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	56.3%	61.1%	71.3%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	58.9%	64.5%	75.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	44.8%	67.3%	76.1%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	62.9%	68%	76.2%
2003	Science	5th Grade	% met std	37%	43.5%	58.2%
2004	Science	5th Grade	% met std	33.9%	45.3%	60.3%
2005	Science	5th Grade	% met std	38.6%	41.8%	56.7%
2006	Science	5th Grade	% met std	35.5%	43.5%	59.5%
2007	Science	5th Grade	% met std	41.5%	46.6%	60.6%
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	24.3%	45.3%	61.4%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	45.1%	51.6%	68.3%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	47.6%	55%	66%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	47.2%	49.7%	65%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	58.4%	58.3%	71.7%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	63.6%	61.9%	73%
2003	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	37.8%	48%	60.4%
2004	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	41.7%	48.8%	63.5%
2005	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	39.8%	47%	63.9%
2006	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	34.2%	47.2%	62.4%
2007	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	47.5%	53.5%	63.8%
2008	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	27%	53.6%	66.3%
2009	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	30.3%	61.1%	70%
2010	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	44.7%	56%	66.1%
2011	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	51.3%	56.7%	70.4%
2012	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	38.8%	61.2%	69.9%
2013	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	65.5%	64.4%	71.7%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	56.1%	67.3%	73.2%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	76.9%	67.8%	74.5%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	64%	73.2%	77.7%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	59.1%	70.2%	73.6%
2013	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	58.3%	69.9%	74.5%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	53.1%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	46.9%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	12.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	34.4%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	65.6%

Mean Base Salary:	$37,313.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$29,031.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$42,933.0

* Forest Heights 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.