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Lake Murray Elementary School

Serves grades KG - 4

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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
1531 Three Dog Road
Chapin, SC 29036
Phone
(803) 476-4600
District
LEXINGTON 05
County
RICHLAND COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
894
Classroom Teachers
61

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to South Carolina

10

(10 is best)

Better than 99.2% of all SC schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

10

(10 is best)

Lake Murray Elementary School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 3

100 80 60 40 20 0
85%
54%
82%
50%
87%
57%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 4

100 80 60 40 20 0
82%
51%
82%
51%
82%
50%
    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
13
14
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Kindergarten 144 16.1%
Grade 1 175 19.6%
Grade 2 186 20.8%
Grade 3 174 19.5%
Grade 4 215 24.0%
Total 894 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 87.4% 59.5% 51.5%
Black 4.4% 30.2% 34.3%
Hispanic 3.6% 6.5% 12.0%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 4.4% 3.2% 1.8%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.2% 0.6% 0.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 10.5% 45.6% 62.0%
Free lunch eligible 8.6% 42.5% 58.6%
Reduced lunch eligible 1.9% 3.1% 3.5%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 105,863 5,190,705
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 669.3 170
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.3% 5.6%
5-19 YEARS OLD 20.1% 19.0%
20-44 YEARS OLD 29.5% 31.6%
45-64 YEARS OLD 27.7% 26.0%
65 OR OLDER 17.4% 17.7%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 40,312 1,976,447
Single Parent Households With Children 10.8% 8.7%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 96.1% 88.8%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 45.1% 29.8%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 17.4% 11.7%
$100,000 - $149,999 18.9% 14.3%
$75,000 - $99,999 15.1% 12.7%
$50,000 - $74,999 17.3% 18.0%
$30,000 - $49,999 17.2% 18.0%
$15,000 - $29,999 9.0% 14.0%
$15,000 or less 5.1% 11.4%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,083 $123,272,532 51.0%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,213 $21,111,052 8.7%
Staff $598 $10,407,592 4.3%
General Administration $83 $1,444,532 0.6%
School Administration $880 $15,315,520 6.3%
Operation $1,627 $28,316,308 11.7%
Transportation $418 $7,274,872 3.0%
Other $567 $9,868,068 4.1%
Total Support $5,387 $93,755,348 38.8%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,425 $24,800,700 10.3%
Total Expenditures $13,895 $241,828,580 100.0%
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%

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