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Philip Simmons Elementary School

Serves grades PK - 4

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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 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
2095 Seven Sticks Drive
Wando, SC 29492
Phone
(843) 471-2580
District
Berkeley 01
County
BERKELEY COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
525
Classroom Teachers
34

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to South Carolina

9

(10 is best)

Better than 86.7% of all SC schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

9

(10 is best)

Philip Simmons Elementary School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 3

80 60 40 20 0
75%
53%
75%
53%
75%
53%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 4

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
55%
52%
62%
57%
48%
47%
55%
52%
62%
57%
48%
47%
    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
15
16
14
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade pk 19 3.6%
Kindergarten 82 15.6%
Grade 1 126 24.0%
Grade 2 101 19.2%
Grade 3 112 21.3%
Grade 4 85 16.2%
Total 525 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 80.5% 50.0% 50.8%
Black 14.9% 29.4% 33.4%
Hispanic 4.6% 18.7% 13.5%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.0% 1.6% 1.9%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.0% 0.3% 0.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 21.0% 57.3% 70.0%
Free lunch eligible 16.8% 51.7% 66.7%
Reduced lunch eligible 4.2% 5.6% 3.3%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 231,419 5,373,555
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 209.7 177
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 6.2% 5.5%
5-19 YEARS OLD 20.1% 18.9%
20-44 YEARS OLD 34.7% 31.7%
45-64 YEARS OLD 24.6% 25.5%
65 OR OLDER 14.4% 18.5%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 86,958 2,070,390
Single Parent Households With Children 9.2% 8.5%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 90.1% 89.6%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 28.4% 31.5%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 15.0% 15.7%
$100,000 - $149,999 20.8% 16.1%
$75,000 - $99,999 16.4% 12.9%
$50,000 - $74,999 17.5% 17.2%
$30,000 - $49,999 13.7% 16.4%
$15,000 - $29,999 9.5% 11.7%
$15,000 or less 7.2% 9.9%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $5,551 $210,557,000 47.8%
Support Expenditures
Student $783 $29,710,397 6.7%
Staff $583 $22,125,000 5.0%
General Administration $71 $2,693,000 0.6%
School Administration $640 $24,285,000 5.5%
Operation $1,276 $48,404,000 11.0%
Transportation $368 $13,970,603 3.2%
Other $550 $20,858,000 4.7%
Total Support $4,272 $162,046,000 36.8%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,788 $67,820,000 15.4%
Total Expenditures $11,611 $440,423,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,168 $5,657,337,000 48.4%
Support Expenditures
Student $903 $712,782,320 6.1%
Staff $704 $555,750,000 4.8%
General Administration $104 $82,105,000 0.7%
School Administration $780 $615,561,000 5.3%
Operation $1,170 $923,498,000 7.9%
Transportation $430 $339,663,680 2.9%
Other $537 $424,054,000 3.6%
Total Support $4,629 $3,653,414,000 31.3%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,013 $2,378,175,000 20.3%
Total Expenditures $14,811 $11,688,926,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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