Andrews Elementary, Andrews SC - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Andrews Elementary

Andrews Elementary is a regular public school serving pre-kindergarten through fifth grade in the small rural town of Andrews, South Carolina, part of the Georgetown County School District. The school sits in a community that originated as a railroad and lumber town and has experienced population decline over the past several decades. The town itself spans two counties and retains a compact layout with a downtown core, a public library branch, and a general aviation airfield. Publicly reported information describes the town’s economic history as tied to railroads and timber, with little indication of recent large-scale growth or new housing development.

The student body at Andrews Elementary is diverse in terms of race and ethnicity, with Black and white students each making up a large share and a much smaller Hispanic population, along with small numbers of Asian and multiracial students. Every student at the school is eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which means the school serves a community where poverty is a factor for all families. This is a high-poverty setting, and that context matters when interpreting academic results.

Academic performance on South Carolina’s state assessments shows a mixed picture across grades and subjects. In reading, roughly half of fourth and fifth graders scored proficient, while about a third of third graders did. In math, the share of students reaching proficiency ranged from about a third in third grade to about half in fourth grade, with fifth grade landing between those two. Science results for fourth graders showed about a third proficient. Proficiency rates are below the levels many families hope to see, and a parent may want to ask the school how it supports students who are not yet meeting grade-level expectations. No trend data is available because the assessment results cover only a single recent year, and recent changes to cut scores in some subjects mean comparisons with prior years are not reliable.

The school does not serve high school grades, so there is no graduation rate to report. Information on special education services, English learner support, discipline, staffing ratios, and chronic absenteeism was not available in the data. Because the county has only one school district, there is no way to compare Andrews Elementary’s performance against other local districts.

Housing in the area is notably more affordable than state and national averages, with home values well below the typical figures for South Carolina and the country. That affordability may be a consideration for families looking to live in a small town.

Andrews Elementary operates as a standard elementary school with no charter or magnet designation. The district brief notes one recent pedagogical change at a different school in the district, Plantersville Elementary, which became a digital immersion school. No such change was reported for Andrews Elementary. The school’s setting is a small, declining rural town, and the student population reflects the community’s demographics and economic circumstances. For a family that values a neighborhood school in a tight-knit, historically rooted town and is comfortable with a high-poverty environment, Andrews Elementary may be a reasonable fit. The academic results suggest that a family should engage directly with the school to understand the specific supports and interventions available, especially in early literacy and math.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 333%

School 33% · District 43% · ▼ 9 pts below district

▼ 19 pts below state median

Grade 450%

School 50% · District 48% · ▲ 2 pts above district

▼ 1 pts below state median

Grade 545%

School 45% · District 44% · ▲ 1 pts above district

even with state median

English language arts

Grade 336%

School 36% · District 56% · ▼ 20 pts below district

▼ 23 pts below state median

Grade 455%

School 55% · District 61% · ▼ 6 pts below district

▼ 6 pts below state median

Grade 556%

School 56% · District 58% · ▼ 2 pts below district

▼ 4 pts below state median

Science

Grade 431%

School 31% · District 38% · ▼ 7 pts below district

▼ 14 pts below state median

Social studies

Grade 549%

School 49% · District 61% · ▼ 12 pts below district

▼ 23 pts below state median

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Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 4Lower-income51%Higher-income70%19 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income49%Higher-income74%25 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 4Lower-income42%Higher-income74%32 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income39%Higher-income65%27 pp gap