Devon Forest Elementary

Summary:

Devon Forest Elementary is a public elementary school in Goose Creek, South Carolina, serving 970 students in grades PK-5. The school is part of the Berkeley 01 School District, which is ranked 37 out of 75 districts in the state and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Compared to nearby schools, Devon Forest Elementary has a more diverse student population, with a higher percentage of African American (36.7%) and Hispanic (25.88%) students. However, the school has seen a significant decline in its statewide ranking, dropping from a high of 234 out of 624 South Carolina elementary schools in 2017-2018 (3-star rating) to 601 out of 638 in 2023-2024 (0-star rating). This is significantly lower than the nearby Nexton Elementary, which ranked 181 out of 638 in 2023-2024 (4-star rating). Devon Forest Elementary also struggles to perform well across various student subgroups, often ranking in the bottom 20-30% of South Carolina elementary schools for African American, White, English Language Learner, and Low Socioeconomic Status students.

The academic performance of Devon Forest Elementary, as measured by proficiency rates on state assessments, is significantly lower than the Berkeley 01 district and the state averages. For example, in 2023-2024, only 30.4% of 3rd-grade students were proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to 50.1% for the district and 53.8% for the state. This concerning trend warrants further investigation, and addressing the root causes of these disparities should be a priority for the school and district.


Detail:

Public PK, KG-5

 1127 Dorothy Street
       Goose Creek, SC  29455


(843) 820-3880

District: Berkeley 01

SchoolDigger Rank:
601st of 638 South Carolina Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $11,245 Help


Students who attend Devon Forest Elementary usually attend:

High:    Stratford High

Student/teacher ratio:  15.5 Help
Number of students:  970

Racial breakdown:

African American:
36.7%
White:
27.8%
Hispanic:
25.9%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  100% Help


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Compare Details Devon Forest Elementary ranks worse than 94.2% of elementary schools in South Carolina. It also ranks 22nd 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 9.91. (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 Devon Forest 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 Devon Forest Elementary is $11,245. 16 elementary schools in the Berkeley 01 School District spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Devon Forest Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Devon Forest Elementary 601st of 638 South Carolina public elementary schools. (See Devon Forest Elementary in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:


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Berkeley 01:

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


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Rank History for Devon Forest Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Devon Forest Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools SC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2003 57.75 244th 542 55.0%
2004 55.02 271st 550 50.7%
2005 55.33 274th 557 50.8%
2006 59.38 248th 559 55.6%
2007 59.18 242nd 566 57.2%
2008 52.88 300th 577 48.0%
2009 47.27 333rd 580 42.6%
2010 62.80 211th 589 64.2%
2011 53.06 312th 597 47.7%
2012 54.77 304th 594 48.8%
2013 48.60 343rd 599 42.7%
2014 48.98 359th 630 43.0%
2015 44.17 358th 638 43.9%
2016 52.02 297th 619 52.0%
2017 58.57 248th 639 61.2%
2018 61.31 234th 624 62.5%
2019 41.61 386th 643 40.0%
2021 32.88 418th 622 32.8%
2022 28.28 447th 625 28.5%
2023 15.67 557th 644 13.5%
2024 9.91 601st 638 5.8%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Devon Forest Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools SC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 88.38 7th 82 91.5%
2019 59.75 40th 104 61.5%
2021 18.20 74th 84 11.9%
2022 24.60 64th 84 23.8%
2023 21.69 57th 72 20.8%
2024 13.85 73rd 79 7.6%
See the entire list of Best South Carolina Elementary Schools for English Language Learner Students!

Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Devon Forest Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools SC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 68.49 166th 588 71.8%
2019 45.01 350th 600 41.7%
2021 38.50 371st 580 36.0%
2022 34.84 406th 600 32.3%
2023 14.08 555th 608 8.7%
2024 9.51 576th 599 3.8%
See the entire list of Best South Carolina Elementary Schools for Low Socio Economic Status Students!

Rank History for Female students at Devon Forest Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools SC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 61.30 220th 570 61.4%
2019 40.05 371st 588 36.9%
2021 23.98 428th 554 22.7%
2022 21.88 448th 573 21.8%
2023 9.80 545th 580 6.0%
2024 7.17 551st 565 2.5%
See the entire list of Best South Carolina Elementary Schools for Female Students!

Rank History for Disabled students at Devon Forest Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools SC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 49.65 54th 122 55.7%
2022 21.63 128th 151 15.2%
2023 24.29 139th 174 20.1%
2024 11.57 138th 143 3.5%
See the entire list of Best South Carolina Elementary Schools for Disabled Students!

Rank History for Male students at Devon Forest Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools SC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 58.91 232nd 571 59.4%
2019 40.54 367th 590 37.8%
2021 37.60 356th 561 36.5%
2022 32.59 394th 579 32.0%
2023 22.63 463rd 582 20.4%
2024 12.58 509th 568 10.4%
See the entire list of Best South Carolina Elementary Schools for Male Students!

Rank History for African American students at Devon Forest Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools SC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 61.20 127th 412 69.2%
2019 47.06 230th 421 45.4%
2021 41.61 204th 350 41.7%
2022 37.10 249th 393 36.6%
2023 21.53 348th 394 11.7%
2024 11.57 361st 369 2.2%
See the entire list of Best South Carolina Elementary Schools for African American Students!

Rank History for Hispanic students at Devon Forest Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools SC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 79.27 13th 104 87.5%
2019 47.12 68th 116 41.4%
2021 28.80 61st 86 29.1%
2022 26.03 90th 115 21.7%
2023 17.25 100th 115 13.0%
2024 19.22 98th 115 14.8%
See the entire list of Best South Carolina Elementary Schools for Hispanic Students!

Rank History for White students at Devon Forest Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools SC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 53.09 224th 457 51.0%
2019 40.85 298th 472 36.9%
2021 33.86 305th 439 30.5%
2022 26.70 352nd 455 22.6%
2023 15.33 405th 463 12.5%
2024 7.78 425th 441 3.6%
See the entire list of Best South Carolina Elementary Schools for White Students!

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 Devon Forest 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 864 864
1994 681 165 20 12 2 n/a n/a 0 880
1995 623 151 12 10 5 n/a n/a 0 801
1996 623 151 12 10 5 n/a n/a 0 801
1997 650 166 9 12 6 n/a n/a 0 843
1998 667 199 11 15 7 n/a n/a 0 899
1999 645 201 15 22 3 n/a n/a 0 886
2000 666 229 10 20 5 n/a n/a 0 930
2001 696 219 12 24 8 n/a n/a 0 959
2002 727 260 17 35 7 n/a n/a 0 1046
2003 727 260 17 35 7 n/a n/a 0 1046
2004 702 229 24 48 6 n/a n/a 2 1011
2005 694 238 24 67 6 n/a n/a 2 1031
2006 675 279 28 78 6 n/a n/a 3 1069
2007 737 283 23 86 6 n/a n/a 0 1135
2008 683 314 25 102 4 n/a n/a 0 1128
2009 702 321 17 99 5 n/a n/a 1 1145
2010 493 210 10 83 2 n/a n/a 2 800
2011 460 214 7 119 2 1 73 0 876
2012 463 211 8 119 5 1 76 0 883
2013 491 228 7 122 4 1 89 0 942
2014 466 231 14 134 4 1 63 0 913
2015 466 248 19 133 4 0 68 0 938
2016 458 257 13 120 5 3 81 0 937
2017 437 226 14 122 3 3 87 0 892
2018 403 237 12 157 2 2 80 0 893
2019 337 346 8 172 1 1 82 0 947
2020 348 382 4 172 1 1 96 0 1004
2021 318 360 4 190 2 0 102 0 976
2022 281 351 7 225 0 1 108 0 973
2023 270 356 2 251 0 1 90 0 970

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

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For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Devon Forest Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1993 864 41.0 21.1 30.9
1994 880 46.0 19.1 25.3
1995 801 43.5 18.4 25.2
1996 801 43.5 18.4 25.2
1997 843 47.0 17.9 28.5
1998 899 49.0 18.3 35.3
1999 886 57.0 15.5 47.7
2000 930 60.5 15.4 41.3
2001 959 62.0 15.5 45.6
2002 1046 65.0 16.1 48.9
2003 1046 65.0 16.1 48.9
2004 1011 60.0 16.9 46.9
2005 1031 59.4 17.4 51.7
2006 1069 63.0 17.0 48.4
2007 1135 94.5 12.0 49.7
2008 1128 66.0 17.1 54.9
2009 1145 67.0 17.1 58.7
2010 800 47.5 16.8 58.8
2011 876 51.0 17.1 65.4
2012 883 52.0 16.9 67.2
2013 942 54.0 17.4 69.9
2014 913 55.0 16.6 67.8
2015 938 57.0 16.4 57.7
2016 937 55.0 17.0 69.4
2017 892 52.0 17.1 64.5
2018 893 55.0 16.2 64.5
2019 947 56.0 16.9 66.4
2020 1004 61.0 16.4 66.4
2021 976 61.0 16.0 65.3
2022 973 61.0 15.9 100
2023 970 62.4 15.5 100

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 Devon Forest Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1993 864 41.0 21.1 30.9
1994 880 46.0 19.1 25.3
1995 801 43.5 18.4 25.2
1996 801 43.5 18.4 25.2
1997 843 47.0 17.9 28.5
1998 899 49.0 18.3 35.3
1999 886 57.0 15.5 47.7
2000 930 60.5 15.4 41.3
2001 959 62.0 15.5 45.6
2002 1046 65.0 16.1 48.9
2003 1046 65.0 16.1 48.9
2004 1011 60.0 16.9 46.9
2005 1031 59.4 17.4 51.7
2006 1069 63.0 17.0 48.4
2007 1135 94.5 12.0 49.7
2008 1128 66.0 17.1 54.9
2009 1145 67.0 17.1 58.7
2010 800 47.5 16.8 58.8
2011 876 51.0 17.1 65.4
2012 883 52.0 16.9 67.2
2013 942 54.0 17.4 69.9
2014 913 55.0 16.6 67.8
2015 938 57.0 16.4 57.7
2016 937 55.0 17.0 69.4
2017 892 52.0 17.1 64.5
2018 893 55.0 16.2 64.5
2019 947 56.0 16.9 66.4
2020 1004 61.0 16.4 66.4
2021 976 61.0 16.0 65.3
2022 973 61.0 15.9 100
2023 970 62.4 15.5 100

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 Devon Forest 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 $706 (8.0%) $477 (5.4%) $1,183 (13.4%) $6,392 (72.5%) $1,246 (14.1%) $7,638 (86.6%) $8,821
2020 $384 (3.7%) $115 (1.1%) $499 (4.8%) $8,310 (79.3%) $1,672 (16.0%) $9,982 (95.2%) $10,480
2021 $397 (5.8%) $463 (6.8%) $861 (12.6%) $5,767 (84.4%) $206 (3.0%) $5,973 (87.4%) $6,834
2022 $602 (5.9%) $761 (7.5%) $1,363 (13.4%) $7,562 (74.3%) $1,250 (12.3%) $8,812 (86.6%) $10,175
2023 $422 (3.8%) $1,096 (9.7%) $1,518 (13.5%) $8,267 (73.5%) $1,460 (13.0%) $9,727 (86.5%) $11,245

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Devon Forest Elementary

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 386th of 643 Elementary schoolsRanks 557th of 644 Elementary schools
 26.5%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade English Language Arts (Devon Forest Elementary)4537.3
 7.7%
   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 (Devon Forest Elementary)48.330
 18.3%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Berkeley 01)52.946.5
 6.4%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (South Carolina)57.753.6
 4.1%
4th Grade Science (Devon Forest Elementary)43.128.3
 14.8%
   4th Grade Science (Berkeley 01)53.640.2
 13.4%
   4th Grade Science (South Carolina)5246.6
 5.4%
4th Grade English Language Arts (Devon Forest Elementary)39.240.7
 1.5%
   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 (Devon Forest Elementary)38.624.2
 14.4%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Berkeley 01)46.437.9
 8.5%
   4th Grade Mathematics (South Carolina)50.547
 3.5%
5th Grade English Language Arts (Devon Forest Elementary)32.230.3
 1.9%
   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 (Devon Forest Elementary)44.516.1
 28.4%
   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 Students947970
 2.4%
African American346356
 2.9%
American Indian10
 100%
Asian82
 75%
Hispanic172251
 45.9%
Pacific Islander11
White337270
 19.9%
Two or More Races8290
 9.8%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients66.4%100%
 33.6%


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Students who attend Devon Forest Elementary usually go on to attend:

High : Stratford High

Devon Forest Elementary ranks in the bottom 5.8% of South Carolina elementary schools.

Students at Devon Forest Elementary are 37% African American, 28% White, 26% Hispanic, 9% Two or more races.

In the 2022-23 school year, 970 students attended Devon Forest Elementary.


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