Boundary St. Elementary

Summary:

Boundary St. Elementary is a public elementary school in Newberry, South Carolina, serving 432 students in grades PK-5. The school is part of the Newberry 01 School District, which is ranked 32 out of 75 districts in the state and has a 3-star rating.

Boundary St. Elementary stands out for its diverse student population, with a higher percentage of African American (45.14%) and Hispanic (28.94%) students compared to nearby schools. However, the school's academic performance, as measured by proficiency rates in English Language Arts and Mathematics, is generally lower than the district and state averages. For example, in 2023-2024, the school's 3rd-grade proficiency rates were 43.6% in ELA and 46.5% in Math, compared to the district's 52.4% and 56.4%, respectively, and the state's 53.8% and 54.5%. Boundary St. Elementary has consistently ranked in the bottom half of South Carolina elementary schools, earning a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Despite the challenges, Boundary St. Elementary has seen some positive trends, such as increasing per-student spending, which has risen from $10,872 in 2019-2020 to $16,617 in 2022-2023, higher than the state average. Additionally, while the school's performance is generally lower than nearby schools, some other schools in the Newberry 01 district, such as Whitmire Community School and Little Mountain Elementary, have stronger academic outcomes and higher rankings, suggesting opportunities for improvement through targeted interventions and best practices.


Detail:

Public PK, KG-5

 1406 Boundary Street
       Newberry, SC  29108


(803) 321-2616

District: Newberry 01

SchoolDigger Rank:
462nd of 638 South Carolina Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $16,617 Help


Students who attend Boundary St. Elementary usually attend:

Middle:    Newberry Middle
High:    Newberry High

Student/teacher ratio:  11.6 Help
Number of students:  467

Racial breakdown:

African American:
45.0%
Hispanic:
29.6%
White:
19.5%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  100% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Boundary St. Elementary ranks worse than 72.4% of elementary schools in South Carolina. It also ranks 5th among 7 ranked elementary schools in the Newberry 01 School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 27.26. (See more...)
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Student Body
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Compare Details Boundary St. Elementary has the largest elementary school student body size in the Newberry 01 School District. Student population at Boundary St. Elementary is diverse. Racial makeup is: African American (45%), Hispanic (29.6%), White (19.5%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 100% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Boundary St. Elementary is 11.6, which is the lowest among 8 elementary schools in the Newberry 01 School District! (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Boundary St. Elementary is $16,617, which is the 2nd highest among 7 elementary schools in the Newberry 01 School District.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Boundary St. Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Boundary St. Elementary 462nd of 638 South Carolina public elementary schools. (See Boundary St. Elementary in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:


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Newberry 01:

SchoolDigger ranks Newberry 01 32nd of 75 South Carolina school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Boundary St. Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Boundary St. Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools SC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2003 32.09 404th 542 25.5%
2004 22.44 472nd 550 14.2%
2005 28.44 442nd 557 20.6%
2006 20.85 485th 559 13.2%
2007 14.49 522nd 566 7.8%
2008 22.11 497th 577 13.9%
2009 34.82 418th 580 27.9%
2010 30.87 455th 589 22.8%
2011 44.30 379th 597 36.5%
2012 42.49 388th 594 34.7%
2013 32.62 454th 599 24.2%
2014 36.92 438th 630 30.5%
2015 25.49 519th 638 18.7%
2016 14.00 567th 619 8.4%
2017 27.55 473rd 639 26.0%
2018 31.36 435th 624 30.3%
2019 39.93 397th 643 38.3%
2021 31.19 426th 622 31.5%
2022 32.39 426th 625 31.8%
2023 27.07 472nd 644 26.7%
2024 27.26 462nd 638 27.6%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Boundary St. Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools SC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 62.01 31st 82 62.2%
2019 45.83 59th 104 43.3%
2023 35.00 46th 72 36.1%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Boundary St. Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools SC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 34.36 406th 588 31.0%
2019 44.15 354th 600 41.0%
2021 40.72 357th 580 38.4%
2022 35.15 402nd 600 33.0%
2023 31.96 440th 608 27.6%
2024 24.43 471st 599 21.4%
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Rank History for Female students at Boundary St. Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools SC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 31.83 410th 570 28.1%
2019 33.04 417th 588 29.1%
2021 17.71 464th 554 16.2%
2022 24.47 437th 573 23.7%
2023 18.81 487th 580 16.0%
2024 27.59 420th 565 25.7%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Boundary St. Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools SC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 32.05 108th 161 32.9%
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Rank History for Male students at Boundary St. Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools SC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 30.90 404th 571 29.2%
2019 45.43 337th 590 42.9%
2021 36.40 366th 561 34.8%
2022 38.92 364th 579 37.1%
2023 25.76 443rd 582 23.9%
2024 26.80 422nd 568 25.7%
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Rank History for African American students at Boundary St. Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools SC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 40.29 263rd 412 36.2%
2019 44.31 244th 421 42.0%
2021 60.43 107th 350 69.4%
2022 42.74 216th 393 45.0%
2023 36.02 265th 394 32.7%
2024 43.05 207th 369 43.9%
See the entire list of Best South Carolina Elementary Schools for African American Students!

Rank History for Hispanic students at Boundary St. Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools SC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 51.74 54th 104 48.1%
2019 49.00 66th 116 43.1%
2023 24.46 89th 115 22.6%
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Rank History for White students at Boundary St. Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools SC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 35.14 317th 457 30.6%
2019 89.01 34th 472 92.8%
2023 25.85 374th 463 19.2%
2024 61.33 182nd 441 58.7%
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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 Boundary St. Elementary

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 253 297 5 0 4 n/a n/a 0 559
1989 247 314 5 0 1 n/a n/a 0 567
1990 247 319 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 566
1991 237 290 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 527
1992 214 275 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 489
1993 220 292 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 512
1994 215 278 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 493
1995 168 292 8 2 0 n/a n/a 0 470
1996 168 292 8 2 0 n/a n/a 0 470
1997 177 279 4 4 0 n/a n/a 0 464
1998 148 298 5 22 0 n/a n/a 0 473
1999 151 302 2 27 0 n/a n/a 0 482
2000 114 324 1 40 1 n/a n/a 0 480
2001 112 328 0 56 0 n/a n/a 0 496
2002 135 274 0 87 0 n/a n/a 0 496
2003 135 274 0 87 0 n/a n/a 0 496
2004 131 280 0 92 0 n/a n/a 0 503
2005 145 239 0 75 0 n/a n/a 1 460
2006 142 243 1 71 2 n/a n/a 2 461
2007 136 244 2 92 2 n/a n/a 0 476
2008 146 246 1 90 1 n/a n/a 4 488
2009 135 227 1 101 0 n/a n/a 5 469
2010 118 213 2 113 0 n/a n/a 4 450
2011 128 203 6 110 0 0 11 0 458
2012 120 172 8 107 2 0 13 0 422
2013 114 178 8 110 1 0 15 0 426
2014 131 193 6 126 1 0 12 0 469
2015 119 217 7 141 1 0 15 0 500
2016 122 237 4 132 3 0 16 0 514
2017 126 230 2 146 6 0 19 0 529
2018 127 234 3 133 4 1 23 0 525
2019 114 235 5 120 6 1 23 0 504
2020 109 241 4 119 3 0 16 0 492
2021 116 219 3 112 3 0 18 0 471
2022 97 195 2 113 4 0 29 0 440
2023 86 195 1 125 3 0 22 0 432
2024 91 210 0 138 3 0 25 0 467

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 Boundary St. Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 559 29.3 19.0 n/a
1989 567 32.5 17.4 n/a
1990 566 34.3 16.5 n/a
1991 527 33.1 15.9 51.6
1992 489 30.8 15.8 56.2
1993 512 31.0 16.5 56.4
1994 493 30.0 16.4 59.2
1995 470 31.0 15.2 58.9
1996 470 31.0 15.2 58.9
1997 464 35.0 13.3 64.7
1998 473 34.0 13.9 70
1999 482 37.0 13.0 81.5
2000 480 37.0 13.0 75.6
2001 496 37.0 13.4 79.6
2002 496 37.0 13.4 73.6
2003 496 37.0 13.4 73.6
2004 503 37.0 13.6 72.4
2005 460 37.0 12.4 72.5
2006 461 36.0 12.8 73.6
2007 476 61.0 7.8 74.2
2008 488 35.0 13.9 73.6
2009 469 34.0 13.8 76.5
2010 450 34.0 13.2 79.4
2011 458 32.0 14.3 79.9
2012 422 29.0 14.5 78.4
2013 426 29.0 14.6 80
2014 469 29.0 16.1 79.5
2015 500 33.0 15.1 74.8
2016 514 34.0 15.1 78.4
2017 529 35.0 15.1 100
2018 525 37.0 14.1 100
2019 504 37.0 13.6 100
2020 492 38.0 12.9 100
2021 471 38.0 12.3 100
2022 440 40.0 11.0 100
2023 432 39.0 11.0 100
2024 467 40.0 11.6 100

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 Boundary St. Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 559 29.3 19.0 n/a
1989 567 32.5 17.4 n/a
1990 566 34.3 16.5 n/a
1991 527 33.1 15.9 51.6
1992 489 30.8 15.8 56.2
1993 512 31.0 16.5 56.4
1994 493 30.0 16.4 59.2
1995 470 31.0 15.2 58.9
1996 470 31.0 15.2 58.9
1997 464 35.0 13.3 64.7
1998 473 34.0 13.9 70
1999 482 37.0 13.0 81.5
2000 480 37.0 13.0 75.6
2001 496 37.0 13.4 79.6
2002 496 37.0 13.4 73.6
2003 496 37.0 13.4 73.6
2004 503 37.0 13.6 72.4
2005 460 37.0 12.4 72.5
2006 461 36.0 12.8 73.6
2007 476 61.0 7.8 74.2
2008 488 35.0 13.9 73.6
2009 469 34.0 13.8 76.5
2010 450 34.0 13.2 79.4
2011 458 32.0 14.3 79.9
2012 422 29.0 14.5 78.4
2013 426 29.0 14.6 80
2014 469 29.0 16.1 79.5
2015 500 33.0 15.1 74.8
2016 514 34.0 15.1 78.4
2017 529 35.0 15.1 100
2018 525 37.0 14.1 100
2019 504 37.0 13.6 100
2020 492 38.0 12.9 100
2021 471 38.0 12.3 100
2022 440 40.0 11.0 100
2023 432 39.0 11.0 100
2024 467 40.0 11.6 100

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 Boundary St. 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 $992 (9.6%) $522 (5.0%) $1,514 (14.6%) $7,447 (71.9%) $1,398 (13.5%) $8,845 (85.4%) $10,359
2020 $845 (7.8%) $235 (2.2%) $1,080 (9.9%) $7,949 (73.1%) $1,843 (17.0%) $9,792 (90.1%) $10,872
2021 $1,199 (10.0%) $291 (2.4%) $1,491 (12.4%) $8,732 (72.9%) $1,764 (14.7%) $10,496 (87.6%) $11,986
2022 $1,689 (12.9%) $1,173 (8.9%) $2,862 (21.8%) $8,716 (66.3%) $1,565 (11.9%) $10,280 (78.2%) $13,142
2023 $1,785 (10.7%) $1,458 (8.8%) $3,243 (19.5%) $11,437 (68.8%) $1,937 (11.7%) $13,374 (80.5%) $16,617

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Boundary St. Elementary

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 397th of 643 Elementary schoolsRanks 472nd of 644 Elementary schools
 11.6%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade English Language Arts (Boundary St. Elementary)33.332.7
 0.6%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Newberry 01)39.439.6
 0.2%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (South Carolina)49.753.5
 3.8%
3rd Grade Mathematics (Boundary St. Elementary)40.540.3
 0.2%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Newberry 01)48.744
 4.7%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (South Carolina)57.753.6
 4.1%
4th Grade Science (Boundary St. Elementary)35.124.5
 10.6%
   4th Grade Science (Newberry 01)50.334.9
 15.4%
   4th Grade Science (South Carolina)5246.6
 5.4%
4th Grade English Language Arts (Boundary St. Elementary)36.837.2
 0.4%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Newberry 01)44.842.4
 2.4%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (South Carolina)51.357.2
 5.9%
4th Grade Mathematics (Boundary St. Elementary)38.626.7
 11.9%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Newberry 01)50.136
 14.1%
   4th Grade Mathematics (South Carolina)50.547
 3.5%
5th Grade English Language Arts (Boundary St. Elementary)41.655.1
 13.5%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Newberry 01)31.949.6
 17.7%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (South Carolina)4155.2
 14.2%
5th Grade Mathematics (Boundary St. Elementary)61.149
 12.1%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Newberry 01)42.638
 4.6%
   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 Students504432
 14.3%
African American235195
 17%
American Indian63
 50%
Asian51
 80%
Hispanic120125
 4.2%
Pacific Islander10
 100%
White11486
 24.6%
Two or More Races2322
 4.3%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients100%100%


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Boundary St. Elementary ranks 462nd of 638 South Carolina elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

In the 2023-24 school year, 467 students attended Boundary St. Elementary.

Students who attend Boundary St. Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Newberry Middle
High : Newberry High

Students at Boundary St. Elementary are 45% African American, 30% Hispanic, 19% White, 5% Two or more races.


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