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Battery 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 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
1 Blue Dolphin Drive
Beaufort, SC 29906
Phone
(843) 322-5500
District
Beaufort 01
County
BEAUFORT COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
Yes
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
788
Classroom Teachers
65

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to South Carolina

3

(10 is best)

Better than 24.9% of all SC schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

3

(10 is best)

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

Grade 10

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
18%
31%
33%
47%
2%
15%
    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
12
12
14
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 237 30.1%
Grade 10 217 27.5%
Grade 11 191 24.2%
Grade 12 143 18.1%
Total 788 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 24.9% 39.9% 50.8%
Black 46.1% 25.9% 33.4%
Hispanic 27.7% 32.5% 13.5%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.9% 1.3% 1.9%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.4% 0.3% 0.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 61.0% 52.4% 70.0%
Free lunch eligible 56.9% 48.2% 66.7%
Reduced lunch eligible 4.2% 4.2% 3.3%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 187,878 5,282,634
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 331.2 174
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 4.8% 5.5%
5-19 YEARS OLD 16.3% 18.8%
20-44 YEARS OLD 27.0% 31.8%
45-64 YEARS OLD 24.1% 25.6%
65 OR OLDER 27.9% 18.2%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 76,101 2,023,085
Single Parent Households With Children 6.1% 8.6%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 93.6% 89.3%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 43.4% 30.6%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 21.4% 14.3%
$100,000 - $149,999 17.9% 15.4%
$75,000 - $99,999 14.6% 12.9%
$50,000 - $74,999 16.9% 17.5%
$30,000 - $49,999 13.6% 16.9%
$15,000 - $29,999 8.9% 12.7%
$15,000 or less 6.6% 10.3%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,567 $183,670,000 45.2%
Support Expenditures
Student $977 $20,937,013 5.2%
Staff $761 $16,317,000 4.0%
General Administration $52 $1,115,000 0.3%
School Administration $843 $18,079,000 4.4%
Operation $1,295 $27,772,000 6.8%
Transportation $457 $9,792,987 2.4%
Other $618 $13,245,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,003 $107,258,000 26.4%
Non-instructional Expenditures $5,382 $115,383,000 28.4%
Total Expenditures $18,952 $406,311,000 100.0%
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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