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What's the most underrated thing about Devon Forest Elementary that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
925
Elementary
DISTRICT 713 · STATE 526
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BERKELEY 01·NCES 450117000035
Devon Forest Elementary
1127 Dorothy Street, Goose Creek, SC 29455 · (843) 820-3880 · Berkeley County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL925 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 6% of South Carolina public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ·Beats expectations Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded South Carolina public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
60 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.5:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
,
Title I proxy
DISTRICT 100% · STATE 77%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 78 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 155 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 143 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 141 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 135 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 135 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 138 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (155) is 12% larger than its 5th grade class (138).
Student demographics
73%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · STATE 67% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
SC READY 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
39.2%
SC avg 59.7% . +7.4pp since 2023
Math
26.8%
SC avg 44.2% . +5.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the SC READY, South Carolina's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all South Carolina schools, those numbers are about 60 and 44. Reading and writing scores are up about 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
SC READY results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.2% | 26.8% |
| 2023-24 | 31.8% | 21.5% |
% Meets or Exceeds Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SC READY. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
Where Devon Forest Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In South Carolina | In Berkeley County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.8% | #568 of 635 ▲ 25 | #23 of 27 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.2% | #576 of 635 ▼ 11 | #24 of 27 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 925 | #43 of 709 | #8 of 29 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.4:1 | #542 of 656 | #10 of 28 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.8% | #8 of 656 | #2 of 28 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.6% | #149 of 187 | #6 of 8 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
925
-51 (-5%) vs 2020
-4% since 2000-01, when it was 959
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
was 16.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 925 | 60 | 15.4:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 938 | 59.4 | 15.8:1 | 100% (938) |
| 2022-23 | 970 | 62.4 | 15.5:1 | 100% (970) |
| 2020-21 | 976 | 61 | 16.0:1 | 65% (637) |
| 2017-18 | 893 | 55 | 16.2:1 | 65% (576) |
| 2015-16 | 937 | 55 | 17.0:1 | 69% (650) |
| 2010-11 | 876 | 51 | 17.2:1 | 65% (573) |
| 2000-01 | 959 | 62 | 15.5:1 | 46% (437) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Devon Forest Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (893 to 925); teachers up 9% (55 to 60).
About Devon Forest Elementary
Devon Forest Elementary is a large elementary school for students in Goose Creek, South Carolina. It reported 925 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. Elementary schools in South Carolina have about 526 students on average; enrollment here is 76% higher.
A total of 47 schools make up Berkeley 01, with 39,543 students enrolled.
Black students make up 36% of enrollment at Devon Forest Elementary, the largest share of any group. Next come 28% White, 21% Hispanic, and 12% multiracial. That compares with about 23% Black among all Berkeley County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 73%.
Devon Forest Elementary has 60 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.4:1. The school's 15.4:1 compares with an average of 13.3:1 for elementary schools in South Carolina.
Among South Carolina public elementary schools, Devon Forest Elementary outscored 6%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
Looking at the county, Berkeley County, the median household earns about $84,358 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 31%, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Berkeley County has 49 public schools with about 40,966 students, including Devon Forest Elementary.
The closest school to Devon Forest Elementary is College Park Middle, located about 1.6 miles away. Devon Forest Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
Over 4 years, enrollment decreased by 51 students, from 976 to 925.
This page is set up for the Devon Forest Elementary community to discuss open houses, carpools, and field trips. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Berkeley County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
246,802
Census ACS
Median income
$84,358
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
49
40,966 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Berkeley 01
- Stratford HighHigh · 2,605 students
- Cane Bay HighHigh · 2,412 students
- Berkeley HighHigh · 2,047 students
- Goose Creek HighHigh · 1,973 students
- Berkeley MiddleMiddle · 1,477 students
- Cane Bay MiddleMiddle · 1,464 students
Other schools in Goose Creek
- Stratford HighHigh · 2,605 students
- Goose Creek HighHigh · 1,973 students
- Sedgefield MiddleMiddle · 950 students
- Goose Creek ElementaryElementary · 923 students
- Westview MiddleMiddle · 840 students
- Mevers School of ExcellenceElementary · 772 students
Nearby schools
- College Park Middle1.6 mi · 666
- Stratford High1.8 mi · 2,605
- College Park Elementary1.8 mi · 750
- Sangaree Intermediate1.8 mi · 521
- Sangaree Elementary1.9 mi · 578
- Sangaree Middle2.1 mi · 637
Frequently asked questions
About Devon Forest ElementaryHow many students attend Devon Forest Elementary?
Devon Forest Elementary enrolls approximately 925 students in grades PK-05.
Is Devon Forest Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Devon Forest Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Devon Forest Elementary have?
Devon Forest Elementary employs 60 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.4:1.
How diverse is Devon Forest Elementary?
Devon Forest Elementary reports a student body of 28% White, 21% Hispanic, 36% Black, 0% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Who oversees Devon Forest Elementary?
Devon Forest Elementary is overseen by Berkeley 01 in Berkeley County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.