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Goose 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 2018 – 2019 school year [note on school closures TBD].
  • Expenditures: 2018
  • Educational Environment: 2018 (latest available). Updated annually.

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School Overview

Address
1137 Red Bank Road
Goose Creek, SC 29445
Phone
(843) 553-5300
District
BERKELEY 01
County
BERKELEY COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
Yes
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
1860
Classroom Teachers
121

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to South Carolina

2

(10 is best)

Better than 13.1% of all SC schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

2

(10 is best)

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

Grade 10

80 60 40 20 0
44%
64%
61%
71%
27%
57%
    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 9 506 27.2%
Grade 10 484 26.0%
Grade 11 469 25.2%
Grade 12 401 21.6%
Total 1860 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 35.0% 51.7% 51.5%
Black 40.1% 30.3% 34.3%
Hispanic 22.1% 15.9% 12.0%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 2.1% 1.7% 1.8%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.8% 0.3% 0.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 40.2% 46.3% 62.0%
Free lunch eligible 36.9% 43.2% 58.6%
Reduced lunch eligible 3.3% 3.1% 3.5%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 222,103 5,190,705
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 180.9 170
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 6.4% 5.6%
5-19 YEARS OLD 20.1% 19.0%
20-44 YEARS OLD 34.7% 31.6%
45-64 YEARS OLD 25.0% 26.0%
65 OR OLDER 13.9% 17.7%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 79,597 1,976,447
Single Parent Households With Children 12.3% 8.7%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 89.1% 88.8%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 25.4% 29.8%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 10.8% 11.7%
$100,000 - $149,999 17.4% 14.3%
$75,000 - $99,999 14.9% 12.7%
$50,000 - $74,999 19.1% 18.0%
$30,000 - $49,999 16.9% 18.0%
$15,000 - $29,999 12.3% 14.0%
$15,000 or less 8.6% 11.4%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $4,981 $179,983,454 44.9%
Support Expenditures
Student $885 $31,978,590 8.0%
Staff $593 $21,427,462 5.3%
General Administration $64 $2,312,576 0.6%
School Administration $588 $21,246,792 5.3%
Operation $1,139 $41,156,626 10.3%
Transportation $354 $12,791,436 3.2%
Other $488 $17,633,392 4.4%
Total Support $4,111 $148,546,874 37.0%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,010 $72,629,340 18.1%
Total Expenditures $11,102 $401,159,668 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,363 $4,879,592,115 45.3%
Support Expenditures
Student $952 $729,888,608 6.8%
Staff $684 $524,524,930 4.9%
General Administration $98 $75,022,613 0.7%
School Administration $729 $559,092,146 5.2%
Operation $1,084 $830,863,520 7.7%
Transportation $392 $300,609,320 2.8%
Other $469 $359,810,794 3.3%
Total Support $4,408 $3,379,757,066 31.4%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,269 $2,506,400,191 23.3%
Total Expenditures $14,040 $10,765,806,807 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,549 $372,153,103,143 49.7%
Support Expenditures
Student $792 $39,020,154,935 5.2%
Staff $618 $30,487,652,661 4.1%
General Administration $258 $12,720,931,842 1.7%
School Administration $730 $35,978,592,512 4.8%
Operation $1,169 $57,607,988,317 7.7%
Transportation $527 $26,002,463,553 3.5%
Other $459 $22,633,739,814 3.0%
Total Support $4,553 $224,451,138,461 30.0%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,074 $151,519,765,183 20.3%
Total Expenditures $15,176 $748,124,887,521 100.0%