Summary:
The city of Bamberg, South Carolina is home to a single elementary school, Richard Carroll Elementary. This school serves students from grades 3 through 6 and is the only elementary institution in the Bamberg 03 school district.
Richard Carroll Elementary has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger and ranks 385 out of 640 elementary schools in South Carolina. While the school's performance has been relatively consistent over the past few years, its students perform below the state average in both English Language Arts and Mathematics across all grade levels. The school's strongest performance is in 3rd grade ELA, where 65.1% of students are proficient or better, compared to the state average of 61.8%. However, the school's weakest performance is in 6th grade Mathematics, where only 28.6% of students are proficient or better, compared to the state average of 39.4%.
Despite the school's below-average academic performance, it allocates significant resources towards supporting its students. Richard Carroll Elementary spends $12,765 per student, which is higher than the state average, and has a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 14:1. However, the school faces challenges with a high chronic absenteeism rate of 22.5%, which can have a significant impact on student learning and academic performance.
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