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Great Falls High Other School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

411 Sunset Ave

Great Falls SC, 29055, Chester County

Phone: 803-482-4896

Ranking:

High School:

(130 out of 202, bottom 36%)
Elementary/Middle School:

(654 out of 841, bottom 22%)*

Type: Regular Other School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 12

School District: Chester County School District

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:	36		36		36		19		24		27		24
Total Students:	420		435		474		290		296		315		321
Grade 6:	58	13.8%	57	13.1%	49	10.3%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Grade 7:	59	14.0%	48	11.0%	67	14.1%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Grade 8:	44	10.5%	64	14.7%	57	12.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Grade 9:	93	22.1%	83	19.1%	105	22.2%	98	33.8%	105	35.5%	94	29.8%	94	29.3%
Grade 10:	47	11.2%	70	16.1%	66	13.9%	76	26.2%	69	23.3%	81	25.7%	86	26.8%
Grade 11:	65	15.5%	57	13.1%	63	13.3%	58	20.0%	63	21.3%	71	22.5%	87	27.1%
Grade 12:	54	12.9%	56	12.9%	67	14.1%	58	20.0%	59	19.9%	69	21.9%	54	16.8%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	209	49.8%	230	52.9%	255	53.8%	165	56.9%	168	56.8%	173	54.9%	179	55.8%
Female:	211	50.2%	205	47.1%	219	46.2%	125	43.1%	120	40.5%	134	42.5%	138	43.0%
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	0.3%
Asian:	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Hispanic:	3	0.7%	1	0.2%	3	0.6%	2	0.7%	2	0.7%	4	1.3%	2	0.6%
Black:	165	39.3%	165	37.9%	186	39.2%	118	40.7%	125	42.2%	145	46.0%	158	49.2%
White:	242	57.6%	263	60.5%	278	58.6%	170	58.6%	169	57.1%	165	52.4%	160	49.8%
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:	9	2.1%	6	1.4%	7	1.5%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	252	60.0%	259	59.5%	286	60.3%	163	56.2%	168	56.8%	147	46.7%	148	46.1%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	21	5.0%	23	5.3%	34	7.2%	18	6.2%	22	7.4%	29	9.2%	29	9.0%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	11.83		12.08		13.13		15.26		12.33		11.70		13.40

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
HSAP
2005	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	84%	85.8%	86.2%
2006	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	77.3%	79.7%	84.9%
2007	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	83.8%	83.4%	88.1%
2008	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	89.6%	87.4%	87.7%
2009	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	86.5%	81.1%	84.9%
2010	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	38%	45%	54.3%
2011	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	42.9%	49.3%	60.6%
2012	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	48.5%	45%	57.4%
2013	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	48.1%	52.4%	61.4%
2005	Math	10th Grade	% met std	70.3%	77%	76.4%
2006	Math	10th Grade	% met std	75.8%	78.4%	80.2%
2007	Math	10th Grade	% met std	72.4%	77.6%	79.6%
2008	Math	10th Grade	% met std	84.4%	88.6%	84.6%
2009	Math	10th Grade	% met std	81.1%	81%	80.2%
2010	Math	10th Grade	% met std	39.5%	49%	50.9%
2011	Math	10th Grade	% met std	39.7%	47.4%	51.8%
2012	Math	10th Grade	% met std	61.2%	52%	54.2%
2013	Math	10th Grade	% met std	54.5%	46.4%	53.1%
PASS
2012	English/Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	52.9%	57.2%	69.7%
2013	English/Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	58.3%	61.9%	74.3%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	70.6%	65.4%	73.6%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	51.7%	56.9%	71.3%
2012	Science	6th Grade	% met std	45.9%	54.4%	66.2%
2013	Science	6th Grade	% met std	42%	52.8%	68.3%
2012	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	66.7%	76.7%	77.8%
2013	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	53.3%	68.7%	78%
2013	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	61.7%	63.3%	74.7%
2012	English/Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	65.2%	65.6%	71.4%
2013	English/Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	61.7%	59.5%	73.2%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	79.7%	69.8%	71.5%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	48.9%	52%	68.3%
2012	Science	7th Grade	% met std	69.5%	69.8%	74.7%
2013	Science	7th Grade	% met std	46.8%	66.9%	75.5%
2012	Social Studies	7th Grade	% met std	62.3%	62.2%	68.8%
2013	Social Studies	7th Grade	% met std	44.7%	53.1%	68.3%
2013	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	73%	71%	76.5%
2012	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	58.3%	52.5%	69.8%
2013	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	67.2%	61.4%	67.5%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	45%	58.4%	68.6%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	62.5%	68.9%	70.2%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	66.6%	60.1%	75.4%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	54.6%	59.7%	71%
2012	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	60%	66.9%	71.4%
2013	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	67.7%	67.8%	71.3%
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	60%	63.1%	74.1%
2013	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	79.4%	73.1%	75.7%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	36.0%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	64.0%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	19.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	24.0%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	76.0%

Mean Base Salary:	$49,022.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$31,997.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$54,398.0

* Great Falls High Other School was rated 2 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.