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Ware Shoals Elementary Middle School

Serves grades 5 - 8

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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
45 West Main Street
Ware Shoals, SC 29692
Phone
(864) 456-2711
District
GREENWOOD 51
County
GREENWOOD COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
271
Classroom Teachers
20

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to South Carolina

5

(10 is best)

Better than 49.7% of all SC schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

5

(10 is best)

Ware Shoals Elementary Middle School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 5

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
46%
46%
47%
48%
45%
43%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 6

50 40 30 20 10 0
40%
40%
43%
45%
36%
36%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 7

50 40 30 20 10 0
30%
37%
42%
43%
18%
31%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 8

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
45%
38%
49%
46%
40%
30%
    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
14
14
14
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 5 59 21.8%
Grade 6 74 27.3%
Grade 7 73 26.9%
Grade 8 65 24.0%
Total 271 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 74.8% 74.4% 51.3%
Black 18.1% 17.8% 33.8%
Hispanic 6.7% 7.5% 12.7%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.4% 0.2% 1.8%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.0% 0.0% 0.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 100.0% 85.3% 62.1%
Free lunch eligible 100.0% 84.9% 59.2%
Reduced lunch eligible 0.0% 0.4% 2.8%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 6,731 5,282,634
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 76.1 173
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 10.7% 5.5%
5-19 YEARS OLD 15.2% 18.8%
20-44 YEARS OLD 31.0% 31.8%
45-64 YEARS OLD 24.3% 25.6%
65 OR OLDER 18.9% 18.2%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 2,632 2,023,085
Single Parent Households With Children 12.1% 8.6%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 82.1% 89.3%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 14.2% 30.6%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 3.6% 14.3%
$100,000 - $149,999 8.9% 15.4%
$75,000 - $99,999 16.0% 12.9%
$50,000 - $74,999 18.5% 17.5%
$30,000 - $49,999 21.9% 16.9%
$15,000 - $29,999 18.0% 12.7%
$15,000 or less 13.0% 10.3%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,522 $6,202,422 53.4%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,073 $1,020,423 8.8%
Staff $727 $691,377 6.0%
General Administration $292 $277,692 2.4%
School Administration $490 $465,990 4.0%
Operation $1,065 $1,012,815 8.7%
Transportation $249 $236,799 2.0%
Other $508 $483,108 4.2%
Total Support $4,405 $4,189,155 36.1%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,281 $1,218,231 10.5%
Total Expenditures $12,207 $11,608,857 100.0%
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%