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Birchwood School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's Experience

5000 Broad River Rd

Columbia SC, 29212, Lexington County

Phone: 803-896-9114

Type: Other/Alternative School, Other School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 5 to Grade 12

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:	21		26		26		26		33		38		43
Total Students:	196		177		127		179		221		300		258
Grade 5:	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	0	0.0%	1	0.3%	0	0.0%
Grade 6:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.8%	1	0.6%	3	1.4%	0	0.0%	3	1.2%
Grade 7:	3	1.5%	2	1.1%	2	1.6%	4	2.2%	10	4.5%	12	4.0%	11	4.3%
Grade 8:	4	2.0%	4	2.3%	9	7.1%	13	7.3%	20	9.0%	30	10.0%	22	8.5%
Grade 9:	73	37.2%	80	45.2%	47	37.0%	72	40.2%	121	54.8%	131	43.7%	148	57.4%
Grade 10:	72	36.7%	61	34.5%	52	40.9%	67	37.4%	54	24.4%	98	32.7%	53	20.5%
Grade 11:	31	15.8%	24	13.6%	13	10.2%	21	11.7%	13	5.9%	25	8.3%	15	5.8%
Grade 12:	13	6.6%	6	3.4%	3	2.4%	1	0.6%	0	0.0%	3	1.0%	6	2.3%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	170	86.7%	152	85.9%	115	90.6%	168	93.9%	217	98.2%	296	98.7%	256	99.2%
Female:	26	13.3%	25	14.1%	12	9.4%	11	6.1%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.3%	1	0.4%
Asian:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.4%
Hispanic:	5	2.6%	10	5.6%	5	3.9%	1	0.6%	3	1.4%	3	1.0%	4	1.6%
Black:	145	74.0%	115	65.0%	89	70.1%	147	82.1%	177	80.1%	229	76.3%	191	74.0%
White:	41	20.9%	46	26.0%	31	24.4%	31	17.3%	41	18.6%	67	22.3%	61	23.6%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	5	2.6%	6	3.4%	2	1.6%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	193	98.5%	174	98.3%	124	97.6%	0	0.0%	218	98.6%	297	99.0%	255	98.8%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	9.56		6.83		4.90		6.91		6.74		7.90		6.00

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
HSAP
2010	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	14.5%	13.7%	54.3%
2011	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	8.8%	15.3%	60.6%
2012	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	7.7%	14.7%	57.4%
2013	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	19.4%	19%	61.4%
2010	Math	10th Grade	% met std	5.9%	8.6%	50.9%
2011	Math	10th Grade	% met std	6.4%	7.4%	51.8%
2012	Math	10th Grade	% met std	8.7%	11.8%	54.2%
2013	Math	10th Grade	% met std	3.2%	9.1%	53.1%
PASS
2005	English/Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	11.1%	16.9%	71.5%
2007	English/Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	9.1%	23.8%	69.8%
2008	English/Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	18.8%	27.3%	73%
2009	English/Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	18.2%	29.8%	68.7%
2005	Math	7th Grade	% met std	11.1%	14.5%	71.5%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	13.3%	24.8%	74.8%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	10%	34.2%	76.8%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	31.3%	36%	77.8%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	18.2%	22.4%	69.5%
2005	Science	7th Grade	% met std	6.7%	13.3%	61.7%
2006	Science	7th Grade	% met std	6.7%	11.1%	57%
2008	Science	7th Grade	% met std	18.8%	20.5%	69.8%
2009	Science	7th Grade	% met std	18.2%	22.9%	71.2%
2005	Social Studies	7th Grade	% met std	6.7%	17.4%	58.7%
2008	Social Studies	7th Grade	% met std	20%	12.2%	56.4%
2009	Social Studies	7th Grade	% met std	10%	10.1%	60.3%
2010	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	40%	19.1%	69.7%
2005	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	13.6%	27.1%	74.7%
2006	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	15.9%	24.8%	72.7%
2007	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	22.7%	26.8%	71.3%
2008	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	16.1%	23.8%	71%
2009	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	25%	24.3%	67.5%
2010	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	10.6%	23.2%	63.7%
2011	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	27.3%	33.9%	67.8%
2013	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	10%	28.7%	67.5%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	3.9%	13.2%	66.3%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	9.1%	15.9%	65.3%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	15%	22.1%	67.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	10%	19.2%	69.7%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	8.4%	10.2%	62.6%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	5%	7.9%	63.4%
2005	Science	8th Grade	% met std	15.7%	17.9%	60%
2006	Science	8th Grade	% met std	26.2%	23.1%	60.1%
2007	Science	8th Grade	% met std	9.1%	17.2%	63.7%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	21.4%	18.6%	63.4%
2005	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	16%	19.2%	66.5%
2006	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	25%	22.5%	67.4%
2007	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	15.4%	22.5%	65.9%
2008	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	7.1%	9.7%	68.7%
2009	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	38.5%	20.9%	69.6%
2010	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	9.1%	9.1%	68.8%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	18.5%	20.8%	68.1%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	11.1%	19.3%	71.9%

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Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	28.9%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	71.1%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	19.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	NA
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	97.4%

Mean Base Salary:	$55,507.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	NA
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$55,913.0