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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 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
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
809
Classroom Teachers
58

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to South Carolina

10

(10 is best)

Better than 96.9% 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
82%
53%
79%
53%
84%
53%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 4

80 60 40 20 0
76%
52%
76%
57%
75%
47%
    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
12
14
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Kindergarten 152 18.8%
Grade 1 146 18.0%
Grade 2 158 19.5%
Grade 3 166 20.5%
Grade 4 187 23.1%
Total 809 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 85.3% 58.1% 50.8%
Black 4.3% 30.6% 33.4%
Hispanic 5.6% 7.4% 13.5%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 4.4% 3.3% 1.9%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.4% 0.6% 0.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 18.5% 63.4% 70.0%
Free lunch eligible 17.2% 61.7% 66.7%
Reduced lunch eligible 1.4% 1.7% 3.3%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 102,619 5,373,555
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 787.6 177
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 4.5% 5.5%
5-19 YEARS OLD 20.2% 18.9%
20-44 YEARS OLD 29.6% 31.7%
45-64 YEARS OLD 27.5% 25.5%
65 OR OLDER 18.3% 18.5%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 40,651 2,070,390
Single Parent Households With Children 8.9% 8.5%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 96.0% 89.6%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 46.5% 31.5%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 22.6% 15.7%
$100,000 - $149,999 18.8% 16.1%
$75,000 - $99,999 15.4% 12.9%
$50,000 - $74,999 16.3% 17.2%
$30,000 - $49,999 14.6% 16.4%
$15,000 - $29,999 7.3% 11.7%
$15,000 or less 5.0% 9.9%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,663 $133,814,000 49.7%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,132 $19,775,584 7.3%
Staff $626 $10,928,000 4.1%
General Administration $77 $1,345,000 0.5%
School Administration $952 $16,617,000 6.2%
Operation $1,679 $29,321,000 10.9%
Transportation $482 $8,421,416 3.1%
Other $670 $11,701,000 4.3%
Total Support $5,618 $98,109,000 36.4%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,142 $37,411,000 13.9%
Total Expenditures $15,423 $269,334,000 100.0%
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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