Fort Dorchester Elementary Primary School
5201 Old Glory Ln Summerville SC, 29485, Dorchester County Phone: 843-832-5550 Ranking: ![]() Type: Regular Primary School Status: Currently Operational Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5 School District: Dorchester School District 2 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: | 65 | 66 | 66 | 76 | 69 | 75 | 67 | |||||||
Total Students: | 1,166 | 1,136 | 1,104 | 1,312 | 1,196 | 1,076 | 1,046 | |||||||
Prekindergarten: | 36 | 3.1% | 39 | 3.4% | 40 | 3.6% | 40 | 3.0% | 38 | 3.2% | 40 | 3.7% | 38 | 3.6% |
Kindergarten: | 176 | 15.1% | 164 | 14.4% | 170 | 15.4% | 205 | 15.6% | 192 | 16.1% | 169 | 15.7% | 162 | 15.5% |
Grade 1: | 184 | 15.8% | 188 | 16.5% | 180 | 16.3% | 206 | 15.7% | 188 | 15.7% | 162 | 15.1% | 175 | 16.7% |
Grade 2: | 195 | 16.7% | 188 | 16.5% | 163 | 14.8% | 220 | 16.8% | 183 | 15.3% | 200 | 18.6% | 145 | 13.9% |
Grade 3: | 200 | 17.2% | 170 | 15.0% | 186 | 16.8% | 221 | 16.8% | 227 | 19.0% | 156 | 14.5% | 181 | 17.3% |
Grade 4: | 177 | 15.2% | 195 | 17.2% | 183 | 16.6% | 226 | 17.2% | 175 | 14.6% | 180 | 16.7% | 166 | 15.9% |
Grade 5: | 198 | 17.0% | 192 | 16.9% | 179 | 16.2% | 194 | 14.8% | 193 | 16.1% | 169 | 15.7% | 179 | 17.1% |
Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
Male: | 570 | 48.9% | 586 | 51.6% | 560 | 50.7% | 651 | 49.6% | 603 | 50.4% | 556 | 51.7% | 541 | 51.7% |
Female: | 596 | 51.1% | 550 | 48.4% | 544 | 49.3% | 661 | 50.4% | 585 | 48.9% | 512 | 47.6% | 501 | 47.9% |
Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
American Indian/Alaska Native: | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.1% | 2 | 0.2% | 8 | 0.6% | 5 | 0.4% | 2 | 0.2% | 2 | 0.2% |
Asian: | 73 | 6.3% | 64 | 5.6% | 69 | 6.3% | 87 | 6.6% | 103 | 8.6% | 95 | 8.8% | 86 | 8.2% |
Hispanic: | 102 | 8.7% | 102 | 9.0% | 100 | 9.1% | 141 | 10.7% | 103 | 8.6% | 68 | 6.3% | 57 | 5.4% |
Black: | 278 | 23.8% | 263 | 23.2% | 235 | 21.3% | 293 | 22.3% | 295 | 24.7% | 253 | 23.5% | 236 | 22.6% |
White: | 628 | 53.9% | 629 | 55.4% | 624 | 56.5% | 757 | 57.7% | 690 | 57.7% | 658 | 61.2% | 665 | 63.6% |
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 7 | 0.6% | 7 | 0.6% | 9 | 0.8% | 12 | 0.9% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Two or More Races: | 78 | 6.7% | 70 | 6.2% | 65 | 5.9% | 14 | 1.1% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 231 | 19.8% | 234 | 20.6% | 184 | 16.7% | 228 | 17.4% | 210 | 17.6% | 163 | 15.1% | 116 | 11.1% |
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 84 | 7.2% | 71 | 6.3% | 81 | 7.3% | 102 | 7.8% | 106 | 8.9% | 77 | 7.2% | 79 | 7.6% |
Student-Teacher Ratio: | 17.94 | 17.32 | 16.73 | 17.38 | 17.33 | 14.30 | 15.60 |
Test Performance
Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
PASS | ||||||
2003 | English/Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 88.7% | 87.4% | 81.8% |
2004 | English/Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 91.9% | 90.8% | 85.8% |
2005 | English/Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 90.6% | 93.8% | 87.1% |
2006 | English/Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 91% | 92.6% | 86.4% |
2007 | English/Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 87.4% | 90% | 85.8% |
2008 | English/Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 96.5% | 91.8% | 86.7% |
2009 | English/Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 90.7% | 85.4% | 78% |
2010 | English/Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 94.1% | 89.4% | 80.7% |
2011 | English/Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 93.3% | 88.2% | 80% |
2012 | English/Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 93% | 87.2% | 80.3% |
2013 | English/Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 95.3% | 88.4% | 82.8% |
2003 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 86% | 88.4% | 82.3% |
2004 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 87.2% | 89.9% | 82.7% |
2005 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 88.1% | 89.6% | 83.4% |
2006 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 85.7% | 87.9% | 80.9% |
2007 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 82.4% | 82.5% | 78.4% |
2008 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 90.1% | 83.7% | 77.1% |
2009 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 86.1% | 76.6% | 67% |
2010 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 86.4% | 83% | 70% |
2011 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 87.6% | 84.1% | 70.4% |
2012 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 88.9% | 84.8% | 72.5% |
2013 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 90.2% | 83.6% | 69.7% |
2003 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 70.1% | 69.6% | 56.2% |
2004 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 68.8% | 73.1% | 60% |
2005 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 72.4% | 73.9% | 64.4% |
2006 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 72.2% | 74.7% | 62.7% |
2007 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 71.7% | 74.2% | 64.5% |
2008 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 86.4% | 79.6% | 71.1% |
2009 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 86.8% | 74.9% | 61.5% |
2010 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 70.9% | 68% | 55.7% |
2011 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 80.5% | 71.8% | 60.8% |
2012 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 71.6% | 68% | 60.7% |
2013 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 86.2% | 75% | 67.8% |
2003 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 80.6% | 77.2% | 61% |
2004 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 89.6% | 85.9% | 72.1% |
2005 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 91.4% | 91.3% | 79.4% |
2006 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 90.3% | 90.3% | 79.4% |
2007 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 94.5% | 92.4% | 84.7% |
2008 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 97.6% | 91.8% | 83.8% |
2009 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 94.7% | 83.8% | 74.4% |
2010 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 90.9% | 85.6% | 73.2% |
2011 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 93.1% | 85.7% | 76.6% |
2012 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 87.3% | 81.1% | 74.6% |
2013 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 89.4% | 84.8% | 79.7% |
2009 | Writing | 3rd Grade | % met std | 91.4% | 77.9% | 68.9% |
2010 | Writing | 3rd Grade | % met std | 83.9% | 82.4% | 71% |
2013 | Writing | 3rd Grade | % met std | 83.3% | 77.1% | 70.3% |
2003 | English/Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 77.8% | 82.5% | 76.4% |
2004 | English/Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 88.6% | 87.2% | 80.7% |
2005 | English/Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 91.5% | 86.8% | 79.6% |
2006 | English/Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 89.4% | 90.6% | 81.8% |
2007 | English/Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 87.7% | 90.6% | 82.7% |
2008 | English/Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 89.6% | 88.2% | 80.8% |
2009 | English/Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 86% | 81.5% | 75.7% |
2010 | English/Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 89.5% | 84.8% | 76.5% |
2011 | English/Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 92% | 87.4% | 78% |
2012 | English/Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 93% | 87% | 78.2% |
2013 | English/Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 93.6% | 87.2% | 78.9% |
2003 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 88.1% | 88% | 81.1% |
2004 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 87.2% | 88.2% | 80.3% |
2005 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 89.8% | 83.7% | 78.6% |
2006 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 86.7% | 84.8% | 78.4% |
2007 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 79.3% | 81.1% | 78.1% |
2008 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 86.7% | 82.4% | 79% |
2009 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 92% | 83.4% | 76.8% |
2010 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 89.6% | 85.6% | 76.7% |
2011 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 93.5% | 89.8% | 79.4% |
2012 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 91.9% | 89.6% | 78.4% |
2013 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 93.6% | 90.8% | 79.8% |
2003 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 71.1% | 69.2% | 57.1% |
2004 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 75.6% | 75.7% | 62.3% |
2005 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 77.2% | 74.5% | 61.8% |
2006 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 73.3% | 74.4% | 62.8% |
2007 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 70.4% | 72.1% | 63.8% |
2008 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 76.2% | 73.6% | 68.9% |
2009 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 82.8% | 72.2% | 68.7% |
2010 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 85.3% | 74.5% | 69.2% |
2011 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 85.1% | 78.7% | 70.8% |
2012 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 84.3% | 79.5% | 73.8% |
2013 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 90.5% | 80.4% | 73.2% |
2003 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 81.3% | 78.1% | 64.7% |
2004 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 83.7% | 82.1% | 71% |
2005 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 90% | 86.2% | 77.2% |
2006 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 81% | 84.9% | 72.4% |
2007 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 81.9% | 84.6% | 73.7% |
2008 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 86.6% | 83.6% | 76.4% |
2009 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 91.4% | 87% | 79.8% |
2010 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 89% | 81% | 76.1% |
2011 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 89.3% | 84.2% | 77% |
2012 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 94.1% | 86.4% | 80.9% |
2013 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 93.7% | 87.2% | 81.8% |
2009 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 85.4% | 80% | 70.1% |
2010 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 90.7% | 83.1% | 72.2% |
2013 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 89.4% | 82.5% | 74.3% |
2003 | English/Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 81.6% | 72.3% | 68.2% |
2004 | English/Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 86.7% | 83.8% | 76.6% |
2005 | English/Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 85.4% | 83% | 76.8% |
2006 | English/Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 90.3% | 87.6% | 79.8% |
2007 | English/Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 89.8% | 88.4% | 77.2% |
2008 | English/Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 84.7% | 84.7% | 77.6% |
2009 | English/Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 87.4% | 85.3% | 80% |
2010 | English/Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 87.3% | 84.4% | 78.1% |
2011 | English/Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 89.1% | 85.5% | 78.3% |
2012 | English/Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 92.2% | 87.8% | 76.5% |
2013 | English/Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 93.7% | 89.9% | 81.9% |
2003 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 89.4% | 81% | 74.6% |
2004 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 82.2% | 84.7% | 76.2% |
2005 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 79.8% | 83.8% | 77.2% |
2006 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 83.2% | 81.9% | 75.9% |
2007 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 79.9% | 80.8% | 77.7% |
2008 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 87.5% | 81.2% | 77.9% |
2009 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 83.8% | 79.8% | 73.5% |
2010 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 82.7% | 79.5% | 71.3% |
2011 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 88% | 85.5% | 75.3% |
2012 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 90% | 88% | 76.1% |
2013 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 93.7% | 88.7% | 76.2% |
2003 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 70.2% | 66.9% | 58.2% |
2004 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 78.6% | 77.2% | 60.3% |
2005 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 67.2% | 68% | 56.7% |
2006 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 72.3% | 71.8% | 59.5% |
2007 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 66.9% | 68% | 60.6% |
2008 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 73.9% | 67.8% | 61.4% |
2009 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 74.7% | 72.8% | 68.3% |
2010 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 70.7% | 68.7% | 66% |
2011 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 72% | 71.3% | 65% |
2012 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 82.2% | 79.2% | 71.7% |
2013 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 89.8% | 81.4% | 73% |
2003 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 76.3% | 70.4% | 60.4% |
2004 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 80.7% | 75.1% | 63.5% |
2005 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 81% | 76.5% | 63.9% |
2006 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 80.9% | 75.1% | 62.4% |
2007 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 78.6% | 75.9% | 63.8% |
2008 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 69.3% | 72% | 66.3% |
2009 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 72.6% | 77.5% | 70% |
2010 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 81.7% | 72.4% | 66.1% |
2011 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 89.1% | 76.7% | 70.4% |
2012 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 82% | 79.1% | 69.9% |
2013 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 93.1% | 82.7% | 71.7% |
2009 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 92.7% | 85.7% | 73.2% |
2010 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 88.4% | 84.9% | 74.5% |
2011 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 88.6% | 85.2% | 77.7% |
2012 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 88.7% | 82.9% | 73.6% |
2013 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 92.5% | 83.6% | 74.5% |
Some data by SchoolDigger.com.
Teacher's Experience and Compensation
2007 | |
Teachers with Bachelor Degree: | 56.1% |
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree: | 43.9% |
Mean Number of Years of Teaching: | 9.0 years |
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less: | 48.0% |
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More: | 52.0% |
Mean Base Salary: | $38,726.0 |
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less: | $30,890.0 |
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More: | $45,948.0 |
* Fort Dorchester Elementary Primary School was rated 5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.