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Battery Creek High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
1 Blue Dolphin Drive
Beaufort, SC 29906
Phone
(843) 322-5500
District
BEAUFORT 01
County
BEAUFORT COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
Yes
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
786
Classroom Teachers
62

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to South Carolina

3

(10 is best)

Better than 28.1% of all SC schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

3

(10 is best)

Battery Creek High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 10

50 40 30 20 10 0
18%
29%
31%
45%
4%
12%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
13
12
14
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 269 34.2%
Grade 10 211 26.8%
Grade 11 160 20.4%
Grade 12 146 18.6%
Total 786 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 25.4% 40.6% 51.3%
Black 48.2% 25.9% 33.8%
Hispanic 24.8% 31.9% 12.7%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 1.3% 1.3% 1.8%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.3% 0.3% 0.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 61.6% 51.5% 62.1%
Free lunch eligible 56.6% 47.1% 59.2%
Reduced lunch eligible 5.0% 4.4% 2.8%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 185,039 5,282,634
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 305.3 173
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.0% 5.5%
5-19 YEARS OLD 16.2% 18.8%
20-44 YEARS OLD 26.8% 31.8%
45-64 YEARS OLD 24.5% 25.6%
65 OR OLDER 27.5% 18.2%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 73,319 2,023,085
Single Parent Households With Children 5.9% 8.6%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 93.4% 89.3%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 42.4% 30.6%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 18.6% 14.3%
$100,000 - $149,999 16.5% 15.4%
$75,000 - $99,999 14.5% 12.9%
$50,000 - $74,999 17.7% 17.5%
$30,000 - $49,999 15.3% 16.9%
$15,000 - $29,999 10.1% 12.7%
$15,000 or less 7.4% 10.3%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,547 $169,090,535 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $903 $20,231,715 6.0%
Staff $710 $15,907,550 4.7%
General Administration $51 $1,142,655 0.3%
School Administration $770 $17,251,850 5.1%
Operation $1,208 $27,065,240 8.0%
Transportation $394 $8,827,570 2.6%
Other $514 $11,516,170 3.4%
Total Support $4,550 $101,942,750 30.2%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,975 $66,654,875 19.7%
Total Expenditures $15,072 $337,688,160 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,680 $5,215,930,372 46.4%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $712,159,218 6.3%
Staff $696 $543,797,566 4.8%
General Administration $101 $78,560,892 0.7%
School Administration $765 $597,600,561 5.3%
Operation $1,127 $879,907,081 7.8%
Transportation $404 $315,147,114 2.8%
Other $507 $396,293,437 3.5%
Total Support $4,512 $3,523,433,554 31.3%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,207 $2,504,104,737 22.3%
Total Expenditures $14,398 $11,243,449,621 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%