South Salem Elementary School
5335 Salem Rd
Covington GA, 30016, Newton County
Phone: 770-787-1330
Ranking: 
(1,305 out of 1,747, bottom 25%)*
(1,305 out of 1,747, bottom 25%)*Type: Regular Primary School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5
School District: Newton 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 | |||||||
| Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | |
| Total Teachers: | 58 | 57 | 59 | 54 | 56 | 55 | ||||||
| Total Students: | 922 | 892 | 907 | 839 | 843 | 824 | ||||||
| Prekindergarten: | 55 | 6.0% | 54 | 6.1% | 54 | 6.0% | 50 | 6.0% | 48 | 5.7% | 47 | 5.7% |
| Kindergarten: | 160 | 17.4% | 140 | 15.7% | 138 | 15.2% | 123 | 14.7% | 137 | 16.3% | 136 | 16.5% |
| Grade 1: | 139 | 15.1% | 125 | 14.0% | 132 | 14.6% | 125 | 14.9% | 143 | 17.0% | 116 | 14.1% |
| Grade 2: | 130 | 14.1% | 124 | 13.9% | 147 | 16.2% | 140 | 16.7% | 114 | 13.5% | 141 | 17.1% |
| Grade 3: | 136 | 14.8% | 162 | 18.2% | 142 | 15.7% | 132 | 15.7% | 139 | 16.5% | 134 | 16.3% |
| Grade 4: | 154 | 16.7% | 140 | 15.7% | 150 | 16.5% | 127 | 15.1% | 130 | 15.4% | 135 | 16.4% |
| Grade 5: | 148 | 16.1% | 147 | 16.5% | 144 | 15.9% | 142 | 16.9% | 132 | 15.7% | 115 | 14.0% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||
| Male: | 481 | 52.2% | 481 | 53.9% | 458 | 50.5% | 436 | 52.0% | 435 | 51.6% | 400 | 48.5% |
| Female: | 441 | 47.8% | 411 | 46.1% | 449 | 49.5% | 403 | 48.0% | 408 | 48.4% | 387 | 47.0% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 3 | 0.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Asian: | 1 | 0.1% | 4 | 0.4% | 6 | 0.7% | 6 | 0.7% | 7 | 0.8% | 8 | 1.0% |
| Hispanic: | 87 | 9.4% | 58 | 6.5% | 51 | 5.6% | 81 | 9.7% | 64 | 7.6% | 29 | 3.5% |
| Black: | 505 | 54.8% | 466 | 52.2% | 482 | 53.1% | 420 | 50.1% | 448 | 53.1% | 458 | 55.6% |
| White: | 288 | 31.2% | 315 | 35.3% | 321 | 35.4% | 286 | 34.1% | 278 | 33.0% | 300 | 36.4% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 1 | 0.1% | 2 | 0.2% | 2 | 0.2% | 2 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 37 | 4.0% | 47 | 5.3% | 45 | 5.0% | 44 | 5.2% | 46 | 5.5% | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 646 | 70.1% | 618 | 69.3% | 615 | 67.8% | 518 | 61.7% | 473 | 56.1% | 365 | 44.3% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 84 | 9.1% | 70 | 7.8% | 92 | 10.1% | 78 | 9.3% | 106 | 12.6% | 113 | 13.7% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 16.03 | 15.57 | 15.40 | 15.57 | 15.19 | 15.00 | ||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| CRCT | ||||||
| 2010 | English Language Arts | 1st Grade | % met std | 77.9% | 80.9% | 87% |
| 2010 | Math | 1st Grade | % met std | 84.5% | 83.7% | 85% |
| 2010 | Reading | 1st Grade | % met std | 90.5% | 89.8% | 93% |
| 2010 | English Language Arts | 2nd Grade | % met std | 76.8% | 79.9% | 85% |
| 2010 | Math | 2nd Grade | % met std | 77.7% | 83.6% | 86% |
| 2010 | Reading | 2nd Grade | % met std | 85.1% | 89.4% | 91% |
| 2010 | English Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 79.4% | 86.1% | 88% |
| 2011 | English Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 83.6% | 88.7% | 89.2% |
| 2012 | English Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 81.6% | 89.9% | 91% |
| 2013 | English Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 90.1% | 88.5% | 88.1% |
| 2010 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 71.8% | 77.5% | 79% |
| 2011 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 70.7% | 77.4% | 81.2% |
| 2012 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 58.5% | 78.2% | 81% |
| 2013 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 69.7% | 75.2% | 78.5% |
| 2010 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 82.4% | 89.4% | 90% |
| 2011 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 90.5% | 91.7% | 90.9% |
| 2012 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 83.8% | 90.3% | 90% |
| 2013 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 93.4% | 91.9% | 92.1% |
| 2010 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 74.8% | 77.9% | 80% |
| 2011 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 72.3% | 78.4% | 80.5% |
| 2012 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 62.9% | 75.5% | 78% |
| 2013 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 74.0% | 74.9% | 78.4% |
| 2010 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 70.3% | 78% | 79% |
| 2011 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 64.6% | 77.6% | 81% |
| 2012 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 58% | 77.4% | 81% |
| 2013 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 76.5% | 83.1% | 83.4% |
| 2010 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 74.8% | 83.9% | 87% |
| 2011 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 83.6% | 86.7% | 88% |
| 2012 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 89.3% | 92.2% | 90% |
| 2013 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 85.2% | 90.7% | 90.2% |
| 2010 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 62.3% | 70.6% | 77% |
| 2011 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 75.4% | 80.1% | 81.1% |
| 2012 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 73% | 77.6% | 81% |
| 2013 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 73.4% | 84.5% | 84.3% |
| 2010 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 82.2% | 86.3% | 89% |
| 2011 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 80.3% | 86% | 87.9% |
| 2012 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 89.2% | 91.3% | 90% |
| 2013 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 88.2% | 92.9% | 92.5% |
| 2010 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 57.7% | 75.2% | 80% |
| 2011 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 73.6% | 77.1% | 79% |
| 2012 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 63.7% | 76.1% | 81% |
| 2013 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 77.8% | 84.3% | 82.7% |
| 2010 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 57.8% | 68.7% | 74% |
| 2011 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 61.6% | 74.1% | 77.4% |
| 2012 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 63.7% | 77% | 79% |
| 2013 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 73.3% | 81.7% | 81.3% |
| 2010 | English Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 93.4% | 90.8% | 92% |
| 2011 | English Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 90.9% | 91.2% | 93% |
| 2012 | English Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 93.1% | 95.7% | 95% |
| 2013 | English Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 94.2% | 94.7% | 94.2% |
| 2010 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 90.5% | 78.2% | 82% |
| 2011 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 93.8% | 82.3% | 86.6% |
| 2012 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 82.6% | 79.8% | 84% |
| 2013 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 88.4% | 88.0% | 89.5% |
| 2010 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 92.7% | 86.7% | 90% |
| 2011 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 89.5% | 86.6% | 90.5% |
| 2012 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 85.3% | 92.7% | 91% |
| 2013 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 89.9% | 92.6% | 92.9% |
| 2010 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 78.9% | 71.8% | 77% |
| 2011 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 57.6% | 70.9% | 76.6% |
| 2012 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 59.7% | 72.1% | 78% |
| 2013 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 72.9% | 77.8% | 79.6% |
| 2010 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 66.5% | 63.6% | 72% |
| 2011 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 48.2% | 59.7% | 71.3% |
| 2012 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 57.2% | 75% | 77% |
| 2013 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 79.0% | 81.2% | 80.5% |
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* South Salem Elementary School was rated 2 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.