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Palmetto Bays Elementary Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

8900 Hwy 544

Myrtle Beach SC, 29588, Horry County

Phone: 843-236-6200

Ranking:

(260 out of 841, top 31%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Horry County School District

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:	43		45		44		41		45		46		47
Total Students:	599		589		531		574		665		679		713
Prekindergarten:	49	8.2%	52	8.8%	52	9.8%	39	6.8%	64	9.6%	60	8.8%	78	10.9%
Kindergarten:	91	15.2%	113	19.2%	71	13.4%	80	13.9%	92	13.8%	109	16.1%	122	17.1%
Grade 1:	107	17.9%	83	14.1%	81	15.3%	84	14.6%	111	16.7%	98	14.4%	120	16.8%
Grade 2:	84	14.0%	92	15.6%	67	12.6%	97	16.9%	96	14.4%	112	16.5%	95	13.3%
Grade 3:	94	15.7%	77	13.1%	91	17.1%	86	15.0%	112	16.8%	95	14.0%	103	14.4%
Grade 4:	81	13.5%	96	16.3%	84	15.8%	98	17.1%	97	14.6%	94	13.8%	102	14.3%
Grade 5:	93	15.5%	76	12.9%	85	16.0%	90	15.7%	93	14.0%	111	16.3%	93	13.0%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	316	52.8%	315	53.5%	279	52.5%	296	51.6%	330	49.6%	325	47.9%	366	51.3%
Female:	283	47.2%	274	46.5%	252	47.5%	278	48.4%	319	48.0%	340	50.1%	337	47.3%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	4	0.7%	4	0.7%	3	0.6%	2	0.3%	7	1.1%	7	1.0%	5	0.7%
Asian:	7	1.2%	5	0.8%	3	0.6%	4	0.7%	11	1.7%	11	1.6%	15	2.1%
Hispanic:	123	20.5%	112	19.0%	80	15.1%	71	12.4%	95	14.3%	92	13.5%	84	11.8%
Black:	120	20.0%	97	16.5%	97	18.3%	103	17.9%	120	18.0%	144	21.2%	139	19.5%
White:	323	53.9%	348	59.1%	333	62.7%	387	67.4%	424	63.8%	419	61.7%	464	65.1%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	3	0.5%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	22	3.7%	23	3.9%	14	2.6%	4	0.7%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	429	71.6%	440	74.7%	366	68.9%	384	66.9%	409	61.5%	394	58.0%	384	53.9%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	29	4.8%	28	4.8%	52	9.8%	39	6.8%	62	9.3%	56	8.2%	61	8.6%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	13.93		13.09		12.07		14.00		14.78		14.60		15.00

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
PASS
2003	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	97.2%	89.7%	81.8%
2004	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	93%	93.2%	85.8%
2005	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	86.9%	92.9%	87.1%
2006	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	92.9%	92.8%	86.4%
2007	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	90.4%	93.5%	85.8%
2008	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	94.6%	94.5%	86.7%
2009	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	77.5%	84%	78%
2010	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	81.1%	83.4%	80.7%
2011	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	87.2%	84.3%	80%
2012	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	85.7%	84.7%	80.3%
2013	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	93.2%	87.8%	82.8%
2003	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	98.7%	90.1%	82.3%
2004	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	91.8%	90.8%	82.7%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	92.7%	90.3%	83.4%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	90.6%	88.2%	80.9%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	79.8%	86.1%	78.4%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	85.6%	84.9%	77.1%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	82.5%	73.6%	67%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	83%	77%	70%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	75.6%	76.4%	70.4%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	78%	79.7%	72.5%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	78.1%	76.4%	69.7%
2003	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	71.3%	59.5%	56.2%
2004	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	81.5%	67%	60%
2005	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	70.1%	71%	64.4%
2006	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	71.1%	68%	62.7%
2007	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	57.1%	68.8%	64.5%
2008	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	69.2%	76%	71.1%
2009	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	76.1%	66.7%	61.5%
2010	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	57.4%	61.6%	55.7%
2011	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	79.5%	67.1%	60.8%
2012	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	73.9%	70.6%	60.7%
2013	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	82.4%	74.6%	67.8%
2003	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	68.8%	59.3%	61%
2004	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	89.2%	77.3%	72.1%
2005	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	85.1%	83.5%	79.4%
2006	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	95.2%	85.6%	79.4%
2007	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	85.2%	86.6%	84.7%
2008	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	88.2%	87.6%	83.8%
2009	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	84.5%	77.6%	74.4%
2010	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	88.5%	78.9%	73.2%
2011	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	88.1%	84.6%	76.6%
2012	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	82.2%	81.1%	74.6%
2013	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	92.3%	83.8%	79.7%
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	78.4%	76.4%	68.9%
2010	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	76.2%	77.6%	71%
2013	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	74.3%	75.3%	70.3%
2003	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	89.4%	85.9%	76.4%
2004	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	94.1%	88.3%	80.7%
2005	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	84.7%	88.6%	79.6%
2006	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	70.2%	88.3%	81.8%
2007	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	88%	90.9%	82.7%
2008	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	81.7%	89.3%	80.8%
2009	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	72.6%	83%	75.7%
2010	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	78.2%	80.1%	76.5%
2011	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	78.9%	82%	78%
2012	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	83.3%	81.8%	78.2%
2013	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	81.9%	83.6%	78.9%
2003	Math	4th Grade	% met std	86.3%	91.1%	81.1%
2004	Math	4th Grade	% met std	95.8%	89.1%	80.3%
2005	Math	4th Grade	% met std	84.3%	87.7%	78.6%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	71%	85.4%	78.4%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	78.9%	86.1%	78.1%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	87.2%	88.4%	79%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	78.3%	85.3%	76.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	79.3%	82.6%	76.7%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	85.6%	86.8%	79.4%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	88.1%	81.7%	78.4%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	92.6%	86.1%	79.8%
2003	Science	4th Grade	% met std	65.5%	59.2%	57.1%
2004	Science	4th Grade	% met std	79.2%	65.4%	62.3%
2005	Science	4th Grade	% met std	78.9%	68.9%	61.8%
2006	Science	4th Grade	% met std	64.1%	68.1%	62.8%
2007	Science	4th Grade	% met std	70.1%	67.8%	63.8%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	71.3%	72%	68.9%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	70.7%	75.2%	68.7%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	73.5%	74.7%	69.2%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	78.9%	79.2%	70.8%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	86.9%	78.3%	73.8%
2013	Science	4th Grade	% met std	89.3%	80.5%	73.2%
2003	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	62.1%	64.9%	64.7%
2004	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	83.1%	72.8%	71%
2005	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	85.5%	82.6%	77.2%
2006	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	78.3%	76.9%	72.4%
2007	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	75.9%	75%	73.7%
2008	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	72.3%	82.2%	76.4%
2009	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	80.5%	85.8%	79.8%
2010	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	80.5%	82.1%	76.1%
2011	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	83.4%	84.5%	77%
2012	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	89.3%	86.5%	80.9%
2013	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	88.3%	87.5%	81.8%
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	65.2%	79%	70.1%
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	79.3%	77.9%	72.2%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	84%	79.3%	74.3%
2003	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	88%	82.1%	68.2%
2004	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	87.5%	87.9%	76.6%
2005	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	90.2%	86.6%	76.8%
2006	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	82%	88.8%	79.8%
2007	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	83.1%	86%	77.2%
2008	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	78.9%	85.8%	77.6%
2009	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	81.2%	83.6%	80%
2010	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	80%	82.6%	78.1%
2011	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	81%	81.5%	78.3%
2012	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	82.3%	80.4%	76.5%
2013	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	89.5%	85.8%	81.9%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	92.5%	88.8%	74.6%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	89.5%	87.9%	76.2%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	90.1%	88.5%	77.2%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	88%	86.7%	75.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	85.4%	87.1%	77.7%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	81%	86.7%	77.9%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	81.2%	79%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	64.7%	77.9%	71.3%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	79.8%	80.8%	75.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	84.8%	80.9%	76.1%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	89.4%	81%	76.2%
2003	Science	5th Grade	% met std	73.6%	61%	58.2%
2004	Science	5th Grade	% met std	74.6%	65.9%	60.3%
2005	Science	5th Grade	% met std	75%	62.2%	56.7%
2006	Science	5th Grade	% met std	75.3%	65.4%	59.5%
2007	Science	5th Grade	% met std	58.8%	63.7%	60.6%
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	62.2%	63.2%	61.4%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	59.6%	71.5%	68.3%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	64.5%	69.6%	66%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	63.4%	70.9%	65%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	80%	74.2%	71.7%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	90%	79.2%	73%
2003	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	59.3%	61.7%	60.4%
2004	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	68.3%	65.9%	63.5%
2005	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	81.8%	67.6%	63.9%
2006	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	71%	68.6%	62.4%
2007	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	58%	68.9%	63.8%
2008	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	57.8%	67.3%	66.3%
2009	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	73.2%	76.1%	70%
2010	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	65%	71.3%	66.1%
2011	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	74.4%	75.6%	70.4%
2012	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	79.5%	75.7%	69.9%
2013	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	77.8%	77.6%	71.7%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	79.8%	77.4%	73.2%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	83.2%	80.3%	74.5%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	83.7%	80.7%	77.7%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	74.7%	77.4%	73.6%
2013	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	85.3%	76.9%	74.5%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	57.4%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	42.6%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	11.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	38.3%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	61.7%

Mean Base Salary:	$41,985.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$32,109.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$48,115.0

* Palmetto Bays Elementary Primary School was rated 4 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.