Mount Holly Elementary

Summary:

Mount Holly Elementary is a public elementary school in Goose Creek, South Carolina, serving students from pre-kindergarten to 5th grade as part of the Berkeley 01 school district.

Despite a diverse student population, Mount Holly Elementary has consistently ranked in the bottom half of South Carolina elementary schools, with significantly below-average performance on state assessments across all grade levels and subject areas. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, only 31.7% of 3rd graders, 43.2% of 4th graders, and 50.6% of 5th graders were proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to the state averages of 53.8%, 57.2%, and 55.7%, respectively. In mathematics, the proficiency rates were even lower, with only 30.5% of 3rd graders, 25% of 4th graders, and 39.8% of 5th graders meeting or exceeding the standards, compared to the state averages of 54.5%, 51%, and 45.8%. The school's performance varies significantly across different student subgroups, with African American and Hispanic students generally performing better than the overall averages, while White students, students with disabilities, and English Language Learners struggle significantly.

When compared to nearby schools in the Berkeley 01 district, such as Westview Elementary, Hanahan Elementary, and Bowen's Corner Elementary, Mount Holly Elementary consistently underperforms, with the nearby Howe Hall AIMS Elementary, a public charter school, significantly outperforming the school on academic measures. The high percentage of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds at Mount Holly Elementary, with 100% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, likely contributes to the school's academic challenges.


Detail:

Public PK, KG-5

 225 Garwood Drive
       Goose Creek, SC  29445


(843) 820-4090

District: Berkeley 01

SchoolDigger Rank:
484th of 638 South Carolina Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $12,606 Help


Students who attend Mount Holly Elementary usually attend:

Middle:    Sedgefield Middle
High:    Goose Creek High

Student/teacher ratio:  14.6 Help
Number of students:  555

Racial breakdown:

African American:
30.6%
Hispanic:
29.4%
White:
25.9%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  100% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Mount Holly Elementary ranks worse than 75.9% of elementary schools in South Carolina. It also ranks 17th among 23 ranked elementary schools in the Berkeley 01 School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 24.77. (See more...)
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Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Mount Holly Elementary has the largest elementary school student body size in the Berkeley 01 School District.  (See more...)
Finance
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Mount Holly Elementary is $12,606, which is the 8th highest among 23 elementary schools in the Berkeley 01 School District.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Mount Holly Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Mount Holly Elementary 484th of 638 South Carolina public elementary schools. (See Mount Holly Elementary in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:


English Language Learner students:
Low Socio Economic Status students:
Female students:
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Hispanic students:
White students:


Berkeley 01:

SchoolDigger ranks Berkeley 01 37th of 75 South Carolina school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Mount Holly Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Mount Holly Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools SC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2003 43.57 337th 542 37.8%
2004 41.33 362nd 550 34.2%
2005 39.09 381st 557 31.6%
2006 52.20 301st 559 46.2%
2007 57.95 251st 566 55.7%
2008 49.07 334th 577 42.1%
2009 45.44 345th 580 40.5%
2010 56.26 273rd 589 53.7%
2011 50.02 338th 597 43.4%
2012 45.89 363rd 594 38.9%
2013 29.39 480th 599 19.9%
2014 35.51 447th 630 29.0%
2015 29.38 487th 638 23.7%
2016 27.31 476th 619 23.1%
2017 25.68 485th 639 24.1%
2018 20.43 511th 624 18.1%
2019 22.93 506th 643 21.3%
2021 22.87 476th 622 23.5%
2022 25.57 463rd 625 25.9%
2023 20.75 527th 644 18.2%
2024 24.77 484th 638 24.1%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Mount Holly Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools SC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 13.69 4th 5 20.0%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Mount Holly Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools SC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 23.98 67th 82 18.3%
2024 15.97 71st 79 10.1%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Mount Holly Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools SC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 28.63 454th 588 22.8%
2019 26.38 470th 600 21.7%
2021 27.01 439th 580 24.3%
2022 31.13 427th 600 28.8%
2023 28.44 465th 608 23.5%
2024 28.42 449th 599 25.0%
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Rank History for Female students at Mount Holly Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools SC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 19.39 481st 570 15.6%
2019 24.23 465th 588 20.9%
2021 23.04 435th 554 21.5%
2022 27.04 422nd 573 26.4%
2023 22.42 465th 580 19.8%
2024 20.08 467th 565 17.3%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Mount Holly Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools SC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 19.89 144th 161 10.6%
2019 16.54 172nd 189 9.0%
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Rank History for Male students at Mount Holly Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools SC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 20.77 477th 571 16.5%
2019 20.99 484th 590 18.0%
2021 20.43 446th 561 20.5%
2022 24.10 448th 579 22.6%
2023 21.02 474th 582 18.6%
2024 28.47 413th 568 27.3%
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Rank History for African American students at Mount Holly Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools SC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 32.22 313th 412 24.0%
2019 29.11 337th 421 20.0%
2021 41.29 209th 350 40.3%
2022 37.49 248th 393 36.9%
2023 32.58 284th 394 27.9%
2024 39.65 230th 369 37.7%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Mount Holly Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools SC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 24.51 82nd 104 21.2%
2019 24.96 89th 116 23.3%
2021 24.99 71st 86 17.4%
2022 24.16 93rd 115 19.1%
2023 16.20 101st 115 12.2%
2024 27.51 79th 115 31.3%
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Rank History for White students at Mount Holly Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools SC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 12.76 434th 457 5.0%
2019 17.73 412th 472 12.7%
2021 17.79 380th 439 13.4%
2022 19.93 385th 455 15.4%
2023 8.21 443rd 463 4.3%
2024 21.48 371st 441 15.9%
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Data source: test scores: South Carolina Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Data source: South Carolina Department of Education

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Enrollment information for Mount Holly Elementary

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1993 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 803 803
1994 521 216 46 4 2 n/a n/a 0 789
1995 443 217 38 11 3 n/a n/a -2 710
1996 443 217 38 11 3 n/a n/a -2 710
1997 417 231 34 10 6 n/a n/a 0 698
1998 422 265 33 11 4 n/a n/a 0 735
1999 377 288 29 18 1 n/a n/a 0 713
2000 365 290 24 22 2 n/a n/a 0 703
2001 337 312 28 20 5 n/a n/a 0 702
2002 342 323 33 41 1 n/a n/a 0 740
2003 342 323 33 41 1 n/a n/a 0 740
2004 263 271 23 50 2 n/a n/a 0 609
2005 242 261 26 50 0 n/a n/a 3 582
2006 222 240 22 70 1 n/a n/a 2 557
2007 239 229 26 73 1 n/a n/a 0 568
2008 233 289 23 75 0 n/a n/a 0 620
2009 222 328 28 73 1 n/a n/a 0 652
2010 224 311 24 73 2 n/a n/a 2 636
2011 223 293 17 80 1 2 46 0 662
2012 229 318 17 114 2 3 53 0 736
2013 241 319 18 129 2 5 59 0 773
2014 251 291 16 133 2 3 76 0 772
2015 231 311 19 146 2 4 71 0 784
2016 244 327 22 173 1 2 65 0 834
2017 240 330 24 210 1 1 57 0 863
2018 225 288 16 219 1 1 58 0 808
2019 189 187 7 120 2 0 64 0 569
2020 156 177 9 120 6 0 61 0 529
2021 140 200 13 139 4 0 68 0 564
2022 146 174 7 138 3 0 75 0 543
2023 144 170 8 163 1 0 69 0 555

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

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Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Mount Holly Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1993 803 40.0 20.1 34.6
1994 789 43.0 18.3 36
1995 710 37.5 18.9 44.5
1996 710 37.5 18.9 44.5
1997 698 39.5 17.7 46.3
1998 735 41.5 17.7 53.7
1999 713 43.5 16.4 62.8
2000 703 48.5 14.5 66.4
2001 702 44.0 16.0 55.8
2002 740 39.0 19.0 66.8
2003 740 39.0 19.0 66.8
2004 609 35.0 17.4 70.4
2005 582 37.0 15.7 71.7
2006 557 35.0 15.9 65.6
2007 568 46.0 12.3 68.7
2008 620 36.0 17.2 69.8
2009 652 34.0 19.2 73.2
2010 636 36.0 17.6 77.6
2011 662 39.0 16.9 79.3
2012 736 40.0 18.4 78.8
2013 773 42.0 18.4 79.3
2014 772 45.0 17.1 81.9
2015 784 46.0 17.0 80.1
2016 834 47.0 17.7 81.3
2017 863 48.0 17.9 100
2018 808 48.0 16.8 100
2019 569 39.0 14.5 72.9
2020 529 38.0 13.9 65
2021 564 38.0 14.8 63.7
2022 543 40.0 13.5 100
2023 555 38.0 14.6 100

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Mount Holly Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1993 803 40.0 20.1 34.6
1994 789 43.0 18.3 36
1995 710 37.5 18.9 44.5
1996 710 37.5 18.9 44.5
1997 698 39.5 17.7 46.3
1998 735 41.5 17.7 53.7
1999 713 43.5 16.4 62.8
2000 703 48.5 14.5 66.4
2001 702 44.0 16.0 55.8
2002 740 39.0 19.0 66.8
2003 740 39.0 19.0 66.8
2004 609 35.0 17.4 70.4
2005 582 37.0 15.7 71.7
2006 557 35.0 15.9 65.6
2007 568 46.0 12.3 68.7
2008 620 36.0 17.2 69.8
2009 652 34.0 19.2 73.2
2010 636 36.0 17.6 77.6
2011 662 39.0 16.9 79.3
2012 736 40.0 18.4 78.8
2013 773 42.0 18.4 79.3
2014 772 45.0 17.1 81.9
2015 784 46.0 17.0 80.1
2016 834 47.0 17.7 81.3
2017 863 48.0 17.9 100
2018 808 48.0 16.8 100
2019 569 39.0 14.5 72.9
2020 529 38.0 13.9 65
2021 564 38.0 14.8 63.7
2022 543 40.0 13.5 100
2023 555 38.0 14.6 100

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Mount Holly Elementary

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YearPersonnel Expenditures from Federal FundsNon-Personnel Expenditures from Federal FundsTotal Expenditures from Federal FundsPersonnel Expenditures from State and Local FundsNon-Personnel Expenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $1,034 (11.5%) $667 (7.4%) $1,701 (19.0%) $6,045 (67.4%) $1,219 (13.6%) $7,264 (81.0%) $8,965
2020 $993 (7.4%) $227 (1.7%) $1,220 (9.1%) $9,779 (73.3%) $2,346 (17.6%) $12,125 (90.9%) $13,345
2021 $881 (11.2%) $331 (4.2%) $1,212 (15.4%) $6,371 (81.2%) $263 (3.4%) $6,633 (84.6%) $7,845
2022 $961 (9.0%) $604 (5.6%) $1,565 (14.6%) $7,855 (73.2%) $1,317 (12.3%) $9,172 (85.4%) $10,737
2023 $1,336 (10.6%) $869 (6.9%) $2,206 (17.5%) $8,888 (70.5%) $1,512 (12.0%) $10,401 (82.5%) $12,606

Data source: South Carolina Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Mount Holly Elementary

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 506th of 643 Elementary schoolsRanks 527th of 644 Elementary schools
 3.1%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade English Language Arts (Mount Holly Elementary)42.337.1
 5.2%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Berkeley 01)50.951.9
 1%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (South Carolina)49.753.5
 3.8%
3rd Grade Mathematics (Mount Holly Elementary)39.235.9
 3.3%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Berkeley 01)52.946.5
 6.4%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (South Carolina)57.753.6
 4.1%
4th Grade Science (Mount Holly Elementary)2525.7
 0.7%
   4th Grade Science (Berkeley 01)53.640.2
 13.4%
   4th Grade Science (South Carolina)5246.6
 5.4%
4th Grade English Language Arts (Mount Holly Elementary)38.440.3
 1.9%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Berkeley 01)52.553.9
 1.4%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (South Carolina)51.357.2
 5.9%
4th Grade Mathematics (Mount Holly Elementary)27.729.3
 1.6%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Berkeley 01)46.437.9
 8.5%
   4th Grade Mathematics (South Carolina)50.547
 3.5%
5th Grade English Language Arts (Mount Holly Elementary)28.242.5
 14.3%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Berkeley 01)44.848.7
 3.9%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (South Carolina)4155.2
 14.2%
5th Grade Mathematics (Mount Holly Elementary)26.121.5
 4.6%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Berkeley 01)42.833
 9.8%
   5th Grade Mathematics (South Carolina)45.444.6
 0.8%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students569555
 2.5%
African American187170
 9.1%
American Indian21
 50%
Asian78
 14.3%
Hispanic120163
 35.8%
Pacific Islander00
White189144
 23.8%
Two or More Races6469
 7.8%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients72.9%100%
 27.1%


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Mount Holly Elementary ranks in the bottom 24.1% of South Carolina elementary schools.

Students at Mount Holly Elementary are 31% African American, 29% Hispanic, 26% White, 12% Two or more races, 1% Asian.

Students who attend Mount Holly Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Sedgefield Middle
High : Goose Creek High

In the 2022-23 school year, 555 students attended Mount Holly Elementary.


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