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St. James Elementary Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

9711 St James Rd

Myrtle Beach SC, 29588, Horry County

Phone: 843-650-8220

Ranking:

(219 out of 841, top 26%)*

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:	52		52		50		43		42		43		43
Total Students:	886		871		860		816		775		757		726
Prekindergarten:	31	3.5%	31	3.6%	29	3.4%	30	3.7%	27	3.5%	45	5.9%	51	7.0%
Kindergarten:	135	15.2%	141	16.2%	150	17.4%	123	15.1%	126	16.3%	104	13.7%	104	14.3%
Grade 1:	148	16.7%	163	18.7%	131	15.2%	139	17.0%	119	15.4%	116	15.3%	126	17.4%
Grade 2:	158	17.8%	134	15.4%	157	18.3%	122	15.0%	127	16.4%	129	17.0%	111	15.3%
Grade 3:	138	15.6%	149	17.1%	120	14.0%	123	15.1%	134	17.3%	125	16.5%	103	14.2%
Grade 4:	151	17.0%	124	14.2%	126	14.7%	147	18.0%	119	15.4%	114	15.1%	120	16.5%
Grade 5:	125	14.1%	129	14.8%	147	17.1%	132	16.2%	123	15.9%	124	16.4%	111	15.3%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	425	48.0%	461	52.9%	435	50.6%	412	50.5%	375	48.4%	362	47.8%	350	48.2%
Female:	461	52.0%	410	47.1%	425	49.4%	404	49.5%	379	48.9%	371	49.0%	362	49.9%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	4	0.5%	5	0.6%	6	0.7%	7	0.9%	9	1.2%	9	1.2%	5	0.7%
Asian:	16	1.8%	19	2.2%	11	1.3%	11	1.3%	10	1.3%	20	2.6%	19	2.6%
Hispanic:	40	4.5%	48	5.5%	45	5.2%	37	4.5%	25	3.2%	28	3.7%	26	3.6%
Black:	75	8.5%	73	8.4%	79	9.2%	85	10.4%	102	13.2%	93	12.3%	87	12.0%
White:	697	78.7%	672	77.2%	659	76.6%	631	77.3%	616	79.5%	591	78.1%	579	79.8%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	6	0.7%	6	0.7%	10	1.2%	6	0.7%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	48	5.4%	48	5.5%	50	5.8%	39	4.8%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	316	35.7%	363	41.7%	372	43.3%	355	43.5%	295	38.1%	280	37.0%	235	32.4%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	65	7.3%	40	4.6%	47	5.5%	45	5.5%	61	7.9%	51	6.7%	35	4.8%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	17.04		16.75		17.20		18.98		18.45		17.60		16.90

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
PASS
2003	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	87%	89.7%	81.8%
2004	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	91.3%	93.2%	85.8%
2005	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	86.3%	92.9%	87.1%
2006	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	89%	92.8%	86.4%
2007	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	90.8%	93.5%	85.8%
2008	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	93.1%	94.5%	86.7%
2009	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	78.5%	84%	78%
2010	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	84.7%	83.4%	80.7%
2011	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	88.6%	84.3%	80%
2012	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	94%	84.7%	80.3%
2013	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	86.8%	87.8%	82.8%
2003	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	88.9%	90.1%	82.3%
2004	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	94.5%	90.8%	82.7%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	86.3%	90.3%	83.4%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	80.9%	88.2%	80.9%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	83.5%	86.1%	78.4%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	81.3%	84.9%	77.1%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	63.2%	73.6%	67%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	70.3%	77%	70%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	80.5%	76.4%	70.4%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	87.2%	79.7%	72.5%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	79.9%	76.4%	69.7%
2003	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	70.9%	59.5%	56.2%
2004	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	73%	67%	60%
2005	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	65.8%	71%	64.4%
2006	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	68.2%	68%	62.7%
2007	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	59.8%	68.8%	64.5%
2008	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	79.2%	76%	71.1%
2009	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	61.9%	66.7%	61.5%
2010	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	53.6%	61.6%	55.7%
2011	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	73.8%	67.1%	60.8%
2012	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	78.7%	70.6%	60.7%
2013	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	75%	74.6%	67.8%
2003	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	68.2%	59.3%	61%
2004	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	80.8%	77.3%	72.1%
2005	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	78.3%	83.5%	79.4%
2006	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	83.4%	85.6%	79.4%
2007	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	86.3%	86.6%	84.7%
2008	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	87%	87.6%	83.8%
2009	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	79%	77.6%	74.4%
2010	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	66.6%	78.9%	73.2%
2011	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	83.8%	84.6%	76.6%
2012	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	92.8%	81.1%	74.6%
2013	Social Studies	3rd Grade	% met std	85.9%	83.8%	79.7%
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	69.6%	76.4%	68.9%
2010	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	80%	77.6%	71%
2013	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	78.1%	75.3%	70.3%
2003	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	81.7%	85.9%	76.4%
2004	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	85.9%	88.3%	80.7%
2005	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	84.9%	88.6%	79.6%
2006	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	89%	88.3%	81.8%
2007	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	87.8%	90.9%	82.7%
2008	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	89.5%	89.3%	80.8%
2009	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	77.2%	83%	75.7%
2010	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	83.5%	80.1%	76.5%
2011	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	83.1%	82%	78%
2012	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	84.2%	81.8%	78.2%
2013	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	85.1%	83.6%	78.9%
2003	Math	4th Grade	% met std	94%	91.1%	81.1%
2004	Math	4th Grade	% met std	90.6%	89.1%	80.3%
2005	Math	4th Grade	% met std	82.3%	87.7%	78.6%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	82.8%	85.4%	78.4%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	82%	86.1%	78.1%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	91.3%	88.4%	79%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	78.7%	85.3%	76.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	82.7%	82.6%	76.7%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	90.6%	86.8%	79.4%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	78.8%	81.7%	78.4%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	85.2%	86.1%	79.8%
2003	Science	4th Grade	% met std	64.5%	59.2%	57.1%
2004	Science	4th Grade	% met std	68.8%	65.4%	62.3%
2005	Science	4th Grade	% met std	74.6%	68.9%	61.8%
2006	Science	4th Grade	% met std	68.8%	68.1%	62.8%
2007	Science	4th Grade	% met std	68.5%	67.8%	63.8%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	74.6%	72%	68.9%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	72.8%	75.2%	68.7%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	75.2%	74.7%	69.2%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	81.8%	79.2%	70.8%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	75.6%	78.3%	73.8%
2013	Science	4th Grade	% met std	82.9%	80.5%	73.2%
2003	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	66.1%	64.9%	64.7%
2004	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	66.4%	72.8%	71%
2005	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	81.9%	82.6%	77.2%
2006	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	70.5%	76.9%	72.4%
2007	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	73.9%	75%	73.7%
2008	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	83.1%	82.2%	76.4%
2009	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	84.2%	85.8%	79.8%
2010	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	86.8%	82.1%	76.1%
2011	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	89.2%	84.5%	77%
2012	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	83.5%	86.5%	80.9%
2013	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	90.6%	87.5%	81.8%
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	76.9%	79%	70.1%
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	80.4%	77.9%	72.2%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	85.5%	79.3%	74.3%
2003	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	86.2%	82.1%	68.2%
2004	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	81.7%	87.9%	76.6%
2005	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	81.3%	86.6%	76.8%
2006	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	92.2%	88.8%	79.8%
2007	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	84.4%	86%	77.2%
2008	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	86.7%	85.8%	77.6%
2009	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	87.9%	83.6%	80%
2010	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	82.9%	82.6%	78.1%
2011	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	86.8%	81.5%	78.3%
2012	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	77.7%	80.4%	76.5%
2013	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	84.8%	85.8%	81.9%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	86.6%	88.8%	74.6%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	84.3%	87.9%	76.2%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	80.3%	88.5%	77.2%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	85.6%	86.7%	75.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	82.9%	87.1%	77.7%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	75.7%	86.7%	77.9%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	83.1%	79%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	78.9%	77.9%	71.3%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	81.2%	80.8%	75.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	82.5%	80.9%	76.1%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	78.8%	81%	76.2%
2003	Science	5th Grade	% met std	66.9%	61%	58.2%
2004	Science	5th Grade	% met std	71.9%	65.9%	60.3%
2005	Science	5th Grade	% met std	60.7%	62.2%	56.7%
2006	Science	5th Grade	% met std	74.5%	65.4%	59.5%
2007	Science	5th Grade	% met std	60.8%	63.7%	60.6%
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	61.4%	63.2%	61.4%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	71.9%	71.5%	68.3%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	67.8%	69.6%	66%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	76.2%	70.9%	65%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	77.7%	74.2%	71.7%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	73.4%	79.2%	73%
2003	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	69.5%	61.7%	60.4%
2004	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	75.8%	65.9%	63.5%
2005	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	75%	67.6%	63.9%
2006	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	73.2%	68.6%	62.4%
2007	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	69.6%	68.9%	63.8%
2008	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	65.5%	67.3%	66.3%
2009	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	90.1%	76.1%	70%
2010	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	70.5%	71.3%	66.1%
2011	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	78.7%	75.6%	70.4%
2012	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	74%	75.7%	69.9%
2013	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	76.5%	77.6%	71.7%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	83.4%	77.4%	73.2%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	84.5%	80.3%	74.5%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	80.7%	80.7%	77.7%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	85.6%	77.4%	73.6%
2013	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	79.4%	76.9%	74.5%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	66.1%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	33.9%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	11.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	48.4%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	51.6%

Mean Base Salary:	$41,488.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$32,270.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$50,129.0

* St. James 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.