Palmetto Elementary Primary School
1 Roberts Blvd
Williamston SC, 29697, Anderson County
Phone: 864-847-5442
Ranking: (172 out of 841, top 20%)*
Type: Regular Primary School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5
School District: Anderson 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: | 39 | 39 | 40 | 42 | 45 | 44 | 44 | |||||||
Total Students: | 611 | 593 | 587 | 593 | 694 | 670 | 649 | |||||||
Prekindergarten: | 70 | 11.5% | 70 | 11.8% | 77 | 13.1% | 65 | 11.0% | 87 | 12.5% | 93 | 13.9% | 85 | 13.1% |
Kindergarten: | 108 | 17.7% | 111 | 18.7% | 96 | 16.4% | 76 | 12.8% | 101 | 14.6% | 84 | 12.5% | 88 | 13.6% |
Grade 1: | 113 | 18.5% | 93 | 15.7% | 68 | 11.6% | 93 | 15.7% | 80 | 11.5% | 86 | 12.8% | 107 | 16.5% |
Grade 2: | 82 | 13.4% | 70 | 11.8% | 86 | 14.7% | 69 | 11.6% | 103 | 14.8% | 110 | 16.4% | 94 | 14.5% |
Grade 3: | 77 | 12.6% | 89 | 15.0% | 72 | 12.3% | 89 | 15.0% | 106 | 15.3% | 93 | 13.9% | 99 | 15.3% |
Grade 4: | 92 | 15.1% | 70 | 11.8% | 87 | 14.8% | 100 | 16.9% | 106 | 15.3% | 99 | 14.8% | 98 | 15.1% |
Grade 5: | 69 | 11.3% | 90 | 15.2% | 98 | 16.7% | 101 | 17.0% | 111 | 16.0% | 105 | 15.7% | 78 | 12.0% |
Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
Male: | 325 | 53.2% | 325 | 54.8% | 313 | 53.3% | 325 | 54.8% | 385 | 55.5% | 365 | 54.5% | 364 | 56.1% |
Female: | 286 | 46.8% | 268 | 45.2% | 274 | 46.7% | 268 | 45.2% | 300 | 43.2% | 295 | 44.0% | 280 | 43.1% |
Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
American Indian/Alaska Native: | 6 | 1.0% | 5 | 0.8% | 4 | 0.7% | 2 | 0.3% | 3 | 0.4% | 5 | 0.7% | 4 | 0.6% |
Asian: | 2 | 0.3% | 2 | 0.3% | 1 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.1% | 2 | 0.3% | 4 | 0.6% |
Hispanic: | 77 | 12.6% | 70 | 11.8% | 65 | 11.1% | 71 | 12.0% | 80 | 11.5% | 89 | 13.3% | 75 | 11.6% |
Black: | 53 | 8.7% | 52 | 8.8% | 64 | 10.9% | 60 | 10.1% | 85 | 12.2% | 97 | 14.5% | 94 | 14.5% |
White: | 455 | 74.5% | 441 | 74.4% | 427 | 72.7% | 436 | 73.5% | 524 | 75.5% | 475 | 70.9% | 471 | 72.6% |
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: | 18 | 2.9% | 23 | 3.9% | 26 | 4.4% | 23 | 3.9% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 351 | 57.4% | 323 | 54.5% | 321 | 54.7% | 324 | 54.6% | 389 | 56.1% | 350 | 52.2% | 330 | 50.8% |
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 56 | 9.2% | 53 | 8.9% | 54 | 9.2% | 43 | 7.3% | 69 | 9.9% | 62 | 9.3% | 53 | 8.2% |
Student-Teacher Ratio: | 15.87 | 15.40 | 14.68 | 14.12 | 15.60 | 15.20 | 14.80 |
Test Performance
Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
PASS | ||||||
2003 | English/Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 93.6% | 95.1% | 81.8% |
2004 | English/Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 89.9% | 95% | 85.8% |
2005 | English/Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 94.9% | 96% | 87.1% |
2006 | English/Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 93.5% | 95.3% | 86.4% |
2007 | English/Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 98.9% | 95.9% | 85.8% |
2008 | English/Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 95.4% | 96.9% | 86.7% |
2009 | English/Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 88.1% | 89.4% | 78% |
2010 | English/Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 80.8% | 88.5% | 80.7% |
2011 | English/Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 84.6% | 89.3% | 80% |
2012 | English/Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 84.5% | 88.3% | 80.3% |
2013 | English/Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 95.5% | 92.1% | 82.8% |
2003 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 94% | 92.2% | 82.3% |
2004 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 90.4% | 90.8% | 82.7% |
2005 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 94.1% | 93.1% | 83.4% |
2006 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 95% | 92.2% | 80.9% |
2007 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 87.3% | 89.5% | 78.4% |
2008 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 78.8% | 86.6% | 77.1% |
2009 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 75.6% | 76.6% | 67% |
2010 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 75.7% | 82.4% | 70% |
2011 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 79.1% | 84.6% | 70.4% |
2012 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 81.7% | 83.8% | 72.5% |
2013 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 88.9% | 83.8% | 69.7% |
2003 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 68.1% | 75.9% | 56.2% |
2004 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 63.5% | 76.1% | 60% |
2005 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 77% | 80.8% | 64.4% |
2006 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 85.4% | 83% | 62.7% |
2007 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 82% | 82.2% | 64.5% |
2008 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 84.3% | 90.8% | 71.1% |
2009 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 88.4% | 81.1% | 61.5% |
2010 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 70.9% | 76.7% | 55.7% |
2011 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 84.4% | 82.4% | 60.8% |
2012 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 62.1% | 75.1% | 60.7% |
2013 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 93.3% | 85.5% | 67.8% |
2003 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 84.6% | 83.8% | 61% |
2004 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 82.3% | 86.4% | 72.1% |
2005 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 95.5% | 93.7% | 79.4% |
2006 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 96.3% | 92.4% | 79.4% |
2007 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 96.2% | 94.5% | 84.7% |
2008 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 95.8% | 95.7% | 83.8% |
2009 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 90.7% | 89.4% | 74.4% |
2010 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 78.5% | 85.8% | 73.2% |
2011 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 89.1% | 90.8% | 76.6% |
2012 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 91.2% | 91.9% | 74.6% |
2013 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 95.6% | 93% | 79.7% |
2009 | Writing | 3rd Grade | % met std | 72.2% | 74.2% | 68.9% |
2010 | Writing | 3rd Grade | % met std | 81% | 79.6% | 71% |
2013 | Writing | 3rd Grade | % met std | 84.2% | 78.3% | 70.3% |
2003 | English/Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 88.6% | 89.4% | 76.4% |
2004 | English/Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 91% | 92.6% | 80.7% |
2005 | English/Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 88.2% | 92% | 79.6% |
2006 | English/Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 92.1% | 94.5% | 81.8% |
2007 | English/Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 97.1% | 95.8% | 82.7% |
2008 | English/Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 95.2% | 95.6% | 80.8% |
2009 | English/Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 89.1% | 92.1% | 75.7% |
2010 | English/Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 85.7% | 87.9% | 76.5% |
2011 | English/Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 84.7% | 88.2% | 78% |
2012 | English/Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 88.1% | 89% | 78.2% |
2013 | English/Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 86.1% | 89.1% | 78.9% |
2003 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 92.9% | 92.2% | 81.1% |
2004 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 93.1% | 91.7% | 80.3% |
2005 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 87.5% | 91.2% | 78.6% |
2006 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 91.6% | 90.1% | 78.4% |
2007 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 93.3% | 89.2% | 78.1% |
2008 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 87.6% | 88.3% | 79% |
2009 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 78.5% | 85.1% | 76.8% |
2010 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 86.7% | 82.6% | 76.7% |
2011 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 71.4% | 86.5% | 79.4% |
2012 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 86.9% | 88.1% | 78.4% |
2013 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 80.5% | 88.5% | 79.8% |
2003 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 65.1% | 75% | 57.1% |
2004 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 76.4% | 80.6% | 62.3% |
2005 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 71.1% | 80.7% | 61.8% |
2006 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 81% | 85.1% | 62.8% |
2007 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 87.7% | 84.2% | 63.8% |
2008 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 76.5% | 87.9% | 68.9% |
2009 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 73.8% | 86.6% | 68.7% |
2010 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 87.8% | 86.3% | 69.2% |
2011 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 77.6% | 88.6% | 70.8% |
2012 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 89.3% | 88.7% | 73.8% |
2013 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 91.7% | 90.1% | 73.2% |
2003 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 70.9% | 80.4% | 64.7% |
2004 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 85.4% | 86.3% | 71% |
2005 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 95.1% | 92.5% | 77.2% |
2006 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 89.7% | 91.3% | 72.4% |
2007 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 92% | 90.2% | 73.7% |
2008 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 85.7% | 91.4% | 76.4% |
2009 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 91.6% | 93.2% | 79.8% |
2010 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 88.8% | 90.6% | 76.1% |
2011 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 83.7% | 89.2% | 77% |
2012 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 90.5% | 91.9% | 80.9% |
2013 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 91.7% | 92.5% | 81.8% |
2009 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 78.1% | 79.6% | 70.1% |
2010 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 83.2% | 83.3% | 72.2% |
2013 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 73.9% | 81.3% | 74.3% |
2003 | English/Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 72.1% | 83% | 68.2% |
2004 | English/Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 88.8% | 90.3% | 76.6% |
2005 | English/Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 92.4% | 89.6% | 76.8% |
2006 | English/Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 95.2% | 94.7% | 79.8% |
2007 | English/Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 93.3% | 89.4% | 77.2% |
2008 | English/Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 90.3% | 90.2% | 77.6% |
2009 | English/Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 85.4% | 89.4% | 80% |
2010 | English/Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 81.5% | 87.1% | 78.1% |
2011 | English/Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 76.4% | 85.7% | 78.3% |
2012 | English/Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 86.9% | 88.5% | 76.5% |
2013 | English/Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 86.6% | 89.5% | 81.9% |
2003 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 80.4% | 87.2% | 74.6% |
2004 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 82.8% | 86.9% | 76.2% |
2005 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 85.6% | 88.1% | 77.2% |
2006 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 85.1% | 89.6% | 75.9% |
2007 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 85.2% | 86.8% | 77.7% |
2008 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 90% | 86.6% | 77.9% |
2009 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 75.7% | 82.2% | 73.5% |
2010 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 75% | 78.4% | 71.3% |
2011 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 81.1% | 81.9% | 75.3% |
2012 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 82.8% | 85.6% | 76.1% |
2013 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 80% | 83.3% | 76.2% |
2003 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 61.7% | 75.7% | 58.2% |
2004 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 69% | 79.7% | 60.3% |
2005 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 65.9% | 77.6% | 56.7% |
2006 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 66.7% | 79.5% | 59.5% |
2007 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 68.3% | 76.7% | 60.6% |
2008 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 80.5% | 75.5% | 61.4% |
2009 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 69.2% | 85.2% | 68.3% |
2010 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 66.7% | 82% | 66% |
2011 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 74% | 80.9% | 65% |
2012 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 86.3% | 88.3% | 71.7% |
2013 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 86.6% | 85.1% | 73% |
2003 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 60.4% | 75.9% | 60.4% |
2004 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 72.4% | 79% | 63.5% |
2005 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 66.7% | 77.3% | 63.9% |
2006 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 84.9% | 80.1% | 62.4% |
2007 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 69.6% | 78.2% | 63.8% |
2008 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 87.2% | 81.5% | 66.3% |
2009 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 74.5% | 85.4% | 70% |
2010 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 70.3% | 80.7% | 66.1% |
2011 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 86.6% | 86.9% | 70.4% |
2012 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 81.3% | 84.1% | 69.9% |
2013 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 82.2% | 82.4% | 71.7% |
2009 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 78.5% | 83.2% | 73.2% |
2010 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 69.7% | 82.7% | 74.5% |
2011 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 73.8% | 82.7% | 77.7% |
2012 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 79.4% | 79.9% | 73.6% |
2013 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 72% | 77.4% | 74.5% |
Some data by SchoolDigger.com.
Teacher's Experience and Compensation
2007 | |
Teachers with Bachelor Degree: | 59.1% |
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree: | 40.9% |
Mean Number of Years of Teaching: | 10.0 years |
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less: | 29.5% |
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More: | 70.5% |
Mean Base Salary: | $40,799.0 |
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less: | $32,075.0 |
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More: | $44,457.0 |
* Palmetto 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.