Knightsville Elementary

Summary:

Knightsville Elementary is a public elementary school in Summerville, South Carolina, serving 699 students in grades PK-5 as part of the Dorchester 02 school district, which is ranked 17th out of 75 districts in the state.

Knightsville Elementary has a higher percentage of White students (60.09%) compared to nearby schools, which range from 37.2% to 68.39% White students. The school's academic performance is generally on par with or slightly below the district and state averages, with some notable exceptions, such as a significantly lower proficiency rate in 3rd grade English Language Arts (48.9% vs. 61.5% district and 53.8% state) and a higher proficiency rate in 5th grade Mathematics (58.4% vs. 51.5% district and 45.8% state). The school's ranking among student subgroups varies, with male students and White students performing better than female students and African American students, and low socioeconomic status students ranking the lowest.

Knightsville Elementary has seen a significant increase in the percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, from 46.09% in 2020-2021 to 58.08% in 2022-2023. The school's per-student spending has also increased, from $10,201 in 2020-2021 to $11,809 in 2022-2023, which is higher than the state average. While Knightsville Elementary is a solid school within the Dorchester 02 district, it lags behind some of the higher-performing nearby schools, such as Beech Hill Elementary and William M. Reeves Elementary.


Detail:

Public PK, KG-5

 847 Orangeburg Road
       Summerville, SC  29483


(843) 873-4851

District: Dorchester 02

SchoolDigger Rank:
265th of 638 South Carolina Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $11,809 Help


Students who attend Knightsville Elementary usually attend:

Middle:    Charles B. DuBose Middle
    Rollings Middle School of the Arts
High:    Summerville High

Student/teacher ratio:  15.2 Help
Number of students:  699

Racial breakdown:

White:
60.1%
African American:
20.2%
Two or more races:
10.4%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  58.1% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Knightsville Elementary ranks better than 58.5% of elementary schools in South Carolina. It also ranks 9th among 15 ranked elementary schools in the Dorchester 02 School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 57.79. (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 Knightsville Elementary has the largest elementary school student body size in the Dorchester 02 School District.  (See more...)
Finance
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Knightsville Elementary is $11,809, which is the 6th highest among 15 elementary schools in the Dorchester 02 School District.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Knightsville Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Knightsville Elementary 265th of 638 South Carolina public elementary schools. (See Knightsville Elementary in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:


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Dorchester 02:

SchoolDigger ranks Dorchester 02 17th of 75 South Carolina school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Knightsville Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Knightsville Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools SC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2003 73.53 132nd 542 75.6%
2004 75.58 126th 550 77.1%
2005 64.99 205th 557 63.2%
2006 68.98 165th 559 70.5%
2007 67.46 175th 566 69.1%
2008 55.64 277th 577 52.0%
2009 70.77 152nd 580 73.8%
2010 69.13 165th 589 72.0%
2011 72.50 145th 597 75.7%
2012 70.90 160th 594 73.1%
2013 64.37 214th 599 64.3%
2014 69.52 179th 630 71.6%
2015 74.99 101st 638 84.2%
2016 82.46 88th 619 85.8%
2017 80.88 107th 639 83.3%
2018 73.05 143rd 624 77.1%
2019 73.69 158th 643 75.4%
2021 53.20 281st 622 54.8%
2022 62.89 222nd 625 64.5%
2023 70.57 182nd 644 71.7%
2024 57.79 265th 638 58.5%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Knightsville Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools SC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 65.26 200th 588 66.0%
2019 70.50 157th 600 73.8%
2021 39.92 361st 580 37.8%
2022 49.85 303rd 600 49.5%
2023 62.16 209th 608 65.6%
2024 42.23 358th 599 40.2%
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Rank History for Female students at Knightsville Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools SC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 72.78 140th 570 75.4%
2019 73.20 144th 588 75.5%
2021 49.92 264th 554 52.3%
2022 59.71 223rd 573 61.1%
2023 61.73 219th 580 62.2%
2024 62.35 203rd 565 64.1%
See the entire list of Best South Carolina Elementary Schools for Female Students!

Rank History for Disabled students at Knightsville Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools SC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 32.62 107th 161 33.5%
2019 50.65 80th 189 57.7%
2021 36.22 78th 122 36.1%
2024 39.34 90th 143 37.1%
See the entire list of Best South Carolina Elementary Schools for Disabled Students!

Rank History for Male students at Knightsville Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools SC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 69.73 153rd 571 73.2%
2019 69.90 168th 590 71.5%
2021 51.38 265th 561 52.8%
2022 62.28 218th 579 62.3%
2023 73.29 148th 582 74.6%
2024 51.47 270th 568 52.5%
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Rank History for African American students at Knightsville Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools SC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 92.13 17th 412 95.9%
2019 86.34 30th 421 92.9%
2021 35.51 240th 350 31.4%
2022 56.51 149th 393 62.1%
2023 62.15 116th 394 70.6%
2024 38.25 235th 369 36.3%
See the entire list of Best South Carolina Elementary Schools for African American Students!

Rank History for White students at Knightsville Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools SC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 52.74 229th 457 49.9%
2019 52.75 234th 472 50.4%
2021 32.48 309th 439 29.6%
2022 54.53 226th 455 50.3%
2023 61.74 175th 463 62.2%
2024 50.51 236th 441 46.5%
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 Knightsville Elementary

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 483 172 3 0 2 n/a n/a 0 660
1989 522 187 1 1 2 n/a n/a 0 713
1990 541 201 4 5 5 n/a n/a 0 756
1991 561 197 3 5 10 n/a n/a 0 776
1992 585 210 6 4 10 n/a n/a 0 815
1993 447 153 4 2 10 n/a n/a 0 616
1994 432 150 2 0 10 n/a n/a 0 594
1995 394 147 1 1 7 n/a n/a 0 550
1996 394 147 1 1 7 n/a n/a 0 550
1997 401 131 1 7 9 n/a n/a 0 549
1998 598 197 0 10 12 n/a n/a 0 817
1999 653 191 0 11 5 n/a n/a 0 860
2000 672 227 3 14 3 n/a n/a 0 919
2001 746 217 3 12 2 n/a n/a 0 980
2002 782 233 9 14 3 n/a n/a 2 1043
2003 782 233 9 14 3 n/a n/a 2 1043
2004 784 204 6 26 5 n/a n/a 3 1028
2005 796 255 9 30 7 n/a n/a 2 1099
2006 873 259 14 33 6 n/a n/a 4 1189
2007 859 282 19 34 5 n/a n/a 0 1199
2008 550 233 15 41 9 n/a n/a 0 848
2009 640 265 19 52 12 n/a n/a 0 988
2010 685 257 22 35 12 n/a n/a 0 1011
2011 683 259 15 56 13 9 0 0 1035
2012 739 229 11 61 9 3 51 0 1103
2013 820 246 5 62 9 1 70 0 1213
2014 908 295 6 70 6 1 87 0 1373
2015 917 311 7 70 6 3 113 0 1427
2016 959 308 7 68 3 2 119 0 1466
2017 541 144 6 39 2 2 75 0 809
2018 482 143 8 44 3 1 71 0 752
2019 475 133 5 40 1 1 61 0 716
2020 471 140 5 44 1 1 63 0 725
2021 390 126 4 41 1 0 65 0 627
2022 423 138 3 48 3 1 62 0 678
2023 420 141 6 54 4 1 73 0 699

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

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

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 Knightsville Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 660 39.5 16.7 n/a
1989 713 37.6 18.9 n/a
1990 756 39.7 19.0 n/a
1991 776 41.1 18.8 24.9
1992 815 38.7 21.0 26.1
1993 616 37.0 16.6 31.2
1994 594 35.0 17.0 36
1995 550 33.0 16.7 37.6
1996 550 33.0 16.7 37.6
1997 549 33.5 16.4 38.4
1998 817 51.0 16.0 38.2
1999 860 53.0 16.2 43.8
2000 919 55.0 16.7 39.2
2001 980 63.0 15.6 38.5
2002 1043 64.0 16.3 44.2
2003 1043 64.0 16.3 44.2
2004 1028 66.5 15.5 42.7
2005 1099 71.5 15.4 43.7
2006 1189 75.0 15.9 40.9
2007 1199 96.0 12.5 39.4
2008 848 59.0 14.4 40.8
2009 988 60.0 16.5 42.3
2010 1011 60.0 16.8 47.1
2011 1035 60.0 17.2 43.8
2012 1103 65.0 16.9 42.9
2013 1213 73.0 16.6 47.5
2014 1373 77.5 17.7 48.4
2015 1427 80.0 17.8 42.2
2016 1466 82.0 17.8 43.7
2017 809 49.0 16.5 41.7
2018 752 53.0 14.1 41.6
2019 716 49.0 14.6 38.5
2020 725 48.0 15.1 40.3
2021 627 48.1 13.0 46.1
2022 678 51.8 13.0 45.3
2023 699 45.8 15.2 58.1

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 Knightsville Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 660 39.5 16.7 n/a
1989 713 37.6 18.9 n/a
1990 756 39.7 19.0 n/a
1991 776 41.1 18.8 24.9
1992 815 38.7 21.0 26.1
1993 616 37.0 16.6 31.2
1994 594 35.0 17.0 36
1995 550 33.0 16.7 37.6
1996 550 33.0 16.7 37.6
1997 549 33.5 16.4 38.4
1998 817 51.0 16.0 38.2
1999 860 53.0 16.2 43.8
2000 919 55.0 16.7 39.2
2001 980 63.0 15.6 38.5
2002 1043 64.0 16.3 44.2
2003 1043 64.0 16.3 44.2
2004 1028 66.5 15.5 42.7
2005 1099 71.5 15.4 43.7
2006 1189 75.0 15.9 40.9
2007 1199 96.0 12.5 39.4
2008 848 59.0 14.4 40.8
2009 988 60.0 16.5 42.3
2010 1011 60.0 16.8 47.1
2011 1035 60.0 17.2 43.8
2012 1103 65.0 16.9 42.9
2013 1213 73.0 16.6 47.5
2014 1373 77.5 17.7 48.4
2015 1427 80.0 17.8 42.2
2016 1466 82.0 17.8 43.7
2017 809 49.0 16.5 41.7
2018 752 53.0 14.1 41.6
2019 716 49.0 14.6 38.5
2020 725 48.0 15.1 40.3
2021 627 48.1 13.0 46.1
2022 678 51.8 13.0 45.3
2023 699 45.8 15.2 58.1

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 Knightsville 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 $907 (9.0%) $329 (3.3%) $1,236 (12.2%) $7,472 (74.0%) $1,393 (13.8%) $8,865 (87.8%) $10,101
2020 $825 (8.1%) $323 (3.2%) $1,149 (11.3%) $7,778 (76.3%) $1,265 (12.4%) $9,043 (88.7%) $10,192
2021 $742 (7.3%) $327 (3.2%) $1,070 (10.5%) $7,824 (76.7%) $1,308 (12.8%) $9,131 (89.5%) $10,201
2022 $774 (6.6%) $732 (6.3%) $1,506 (12.9%) $8,956 (76.5%) $1,240 (10.6%) $10,196 (87.1%) $11,702
2023 $972 (8.2%) $769 (6.5%) $1,741 (14.7%) $8,706 (73.7%) $1,362 (11.5%) $10,068 (85.3%) $11,809

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Knightsville Elementary

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 158th of 643 Elementary schoolsRanks 182nd of 644 Elementary schools
 3.7%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade English Language Arts (Knightsville Elementary)55.664.5
 8.9%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Dorchester 02)61.261.8
 0.6%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (South Carolina)49.753.5
 3.8%
3rd Grade Mathematics (Knightsville Elementary)60.657.1
 3.5%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Dorchester 02)65.358.1
 7.2%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (South Carolina)57.753.6
 4.1%
4th Grade Science (Knightsville Elementary)55.953.8
 2.1%
   4th Grade Science (Dorchester 02)58.253.7
 4.5%
   4th Grade Science (South Carolina)5246.6
 5.4%
4th Grade English Language Arts (Knightsville Elementary)58.562.4
 3.9%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Dorchester 02)61.567.1
 5.6%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (South Carolina)51.357.2
 5.9%
4th Grade Mathematics (Knightsville Elementary)57.650.4
 7.2%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Dorchester 02)60.152.9
 7.2%
   4th Grade Mathematics (South Carolina)50.547
 3.5%
5th Grade English Language Arts (Knightsville Elementary)5765.7
 8.7%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Dorchester 02)53.565.3
 11.8%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (South Carolina)4155.2
 14.2%
5th Grade Mathematics (Knightsville Elementary)62.856.7
 6.1%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Dorchester 02)51.950.8
 1.1%
   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 Students716699
 2.4%
African American133141
 6%
American Indian14
 300%
Asian56
 20%
Hispanic4054
 35%
Pacific Islander11
White475420
 11.6%
Two or More Races6173
 19.7%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients38.5%58.1%
 19.5%


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Students who attend Knightsville Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Charles B. DuBose Middle
Middle : Rollings Middle School of the Arts
High : Summerville High

Knightsville Elementary ranks 265th of 638 South Carolina elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

In the 2022-23 school year, 699 students attended Knightsville Elementary.

Students at Knightsville Elementary are 60% White, 20% African American, 10% Two or more races, 8% Hispanic.


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the South Carolina Department of Education.

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