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Mevers School of Excellence
- C+Test 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
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 71 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 88 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 87 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 90 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 82 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 73 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 100 | 13% |
| Grade 7 | 101 | 13% |
| Grade 8 | 80 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (71) is 11% smaller than its 8th grade class (80).
Test scores
SC READY 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds ExpectationsWhat this means: On the SC READY, South Carolina's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all South Carolina schools, those numbers are about 60 and 44. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
SC READY results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 55.5% | 39.5% |
| 2023-24 | 55.0% | 36.2% |
Where Mevers School of Excellence ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In South Carolina | In Berkeley County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.5% | #439 of 635 ▲ 1 | #15 of 27 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.5% | #384 of 635 ▼ 99 | #15 of 27 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 772 | #109 of 709 | #11 of 29 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.0:1 | #32 of 656 | #1 of 28 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.5% | #113 of 656 | #12 of 28 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 772 | 77.5 | 10.0:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 873 | 65 | 13.4:1 | 76% (664) |
| 2022-23 | 932 | 59.5 | 15.7:1 | 58% (536) |
| 2020-21 | 936 | 57 | 16.4:1 | 50% (466) |
About Mevers School of Excellence
The public elementary school Mevers School of Excellence is located in Goose Creek, South Carolina. The latest federal count shows 772 students in kindergarten through 8. The average for elementary schools in South Carolina is about 526 students, so this school is 47% above average.
Charter Institute at Erskine (30 schools, 28,041 students) runs Mevers School of Excellence.
Federal enrollment data show Black students as the largest group at Mevers School of Excellence, at 48%. Beyond that, enrollment is 24% White, 17% Hispanic, and 9% multiracial. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 23%. Pick two students at random and there is a 68% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Mevers School of Excellence's 77.5 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 10.0:1. On average, elementary schools in South Carolina have 13.3:1, compared with 10.0:1 here.
Measured against South Carolina public elementary schools, Mevers School of Excellence receives a C+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
In Berkeley County (population about 246,802), the median household income is $84,358, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 31%, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Mevers School of Excellence is one of 49 public schools in the county.
The shortest distance from Mevers School of Excellence to another public school is about 1.6 miles, to Boulder Bluff Elementary. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large. Federal records list Mevers School of Excellence as a charter school.
Enrollment declined 18% from its 2020-21 level of 936. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 16.4:1 to 10.0:1.
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