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Alma Elementary

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Public Grades
161
Students ?
10.0
Student/teacher ratio ?
100%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 213 Alma Street
       Gaffney, SC  29340

(864) 206-6482

District: Cherokee 01

Racial breakdown:

White:
50.9%
African American:
37.3%
Hispanic:
10.6%
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At a glance
▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 10th percentile in 2011 → 28th in 2021
Strengths
✓Ranking is trending up — up 18 percentile points since 2011
✓Small classes — about 10 students per teacher
Worth a look
!Test scores below the South Carolina average (27% vs 43% meeting standards)
!Science scores 24 pts below the South Carolina average
Students meeting standards (2020-2021) ?
This school27%
District avg33%
South Carolina avg43%
Not ranked this year
Alma Elementary did not have enough recent test-score data to be ranked. Check the trend below for past years.
58th of 75Cherokee 01 among South Carolina districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankSouth Carolina percentileRating
202127.7445 of 62228.5%★☆☆☆☆
201930.3450 of 64330.0%★★☆☆☆
201816.2546 of 62412.5%★☆☆☆☆
20179.1611 of 6394.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201614.3565 of 6198.7%☆☆☆☆☆
201519.1573 of 63810.2%★☆☆☆☆
201416.0582 of 6307.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201316.2547 of 5998.7%☆☆☆☆☆
201210.1562 of 5945.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201116.8537 of 59710.1%★☆☆☆☆
20107.5571 of 5893.1%☆☆☆☆☆
200938.2399 of 58031.2%★★☆☆☆
200841.5379 of 57734.3%★★☆☆☆
200740.6388 of 56631.4%★★☆☆☆
200613.2518 of 5597.3%☆☆☆☆☆
200513.7518 of 5577.0%☆☆☆☆☆
200427.5440 of 55020.0%★☆☆☆☆
200323.9452 of 54216.6%★☆☆☆☆
By subject vs South Carolina (2020-2021) ?
English Language Arts28%-15 vs state
Mathematics28%-15 vs state
Science20%-24 vs state

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Students at Alma Elementary are 51% White, 37% African American, 11% Hispanic, 1% Two or more races.

In the 2020-21 school year, 161 students attended Alma Elementary.


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