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Kenneth Gardner Leadership Academy School

Serves grades 3 - 5

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2023 – 2024 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2022
  • Educational Environment: 2023 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated June 2025

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School Overview

Address
1503 Woodland Drive
Kingstree, SC 29556
Phone
(843) 355-7233
District
Williamsburg 01
County
WILLIAMSBURG COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
368
Classroom Teachers
24

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to South Carolina

3

(10 is best)

Better than 28.4% of all SC schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

3

(10 is best)

Kenneth Gardner Leadership Academy School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 3

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
32%
54%
33%
54%
31%
54%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 4

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
31%
54%
39%
57%
22%
51%
31%
54%
39%
57%
22%
51%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 5

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
44%
50%
43%
55%
45%
45%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
15
12
14
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 3 128 34.8%
Grade 4 118 32.1%
Grade 5 122 33.2%
Total 368 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 6.9% 6.7% 50.3%
Black 88.6% 90.7% 33.1%
Hispanic 2.5% 1.6% 14.2%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 1.4% 0.7% 2.0%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.6% 0.3% 0.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 100.0% 99.8% 69.6%
Free lunch eligible 100.0% 99.8% 67.0%
Reduced lunch eligible 0.0% 0.0% 2.6%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 30,517 5,373,555
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 32.7 177
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 4.7% 5.5%
5-19 YEARS OLD 16.5% 18.9%
20-44 YEARS OLD 29.7% 31.7%
45-64 YEARS OLD 27.1% 25.5%
65 OR OLDER 22.0% 18.5%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 12,160 2,070,390
Single Parent Households With Children 7.0% 8.5%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 83.4% 89.6%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 15.4% 31.5%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 5.9% 15.7%
$100,000 - $149,999 10.4% 16.1%
$75,000 - $99,999 7.6% 12.9%
$50,000 - $74,999 18.6% 17.2%
$30,000 - $49,999 18.5% 16.4%
$15,000 - $29,999 16.5% 11.7%
$15,000 or less 22.5% 9.9%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $10,648 $30,048,000 52.9%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,249 $3,525,116 6.2%
Staff $1,390 $3,922,000 6.9%
General Administration $173 $488,000 0.9%
School Administration $1,155 $3,258,000 5.7%
Operation $2,370 $6,689,000 11.8%
Transportation $677 $1,909,884 3.4%
Other $628 $1,771,000 3.1%
Total Support $7,641 $21,563,000 37.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,851 $5,224,000 9.2%
Total Expenditures $20,140 $56,835,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,367 $5,848,387,000 46.7%
Support Expenditures
Student $995 $789,839,477 6.3%
Staff $764 $606,664,000 4.8%
General Administration $111 $87,785,000 0.7%
School Administration $820 $650,716,000 5.2%
Operation $1,215 $964,420,000 7.7%
Transportation $438 $347,940,523 2.8%
Other $587 $466,129,000 3.7%
Total Support $4,930 $3,913,494,000 31.2%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,491 $2,771,207,000 22.1%
Total Expenditures $15,788 $12,533,088,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $9,169 $453,314,948,000 49.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,031 $50,976,033,477 5.6%
Staff $799 $39,519,417,000 4.3%
General Administration $308 $15,224,255,000 1.7%
School Administration $850 $42,029,112,000 4.6%
Operation $1,430 $70,704,769,000 7.7%
Transportation $613 $30,295,759,523 3.3%
Other $623 $30,798,344,000 3.4%
Total Support $5,654 $279,547,690,000 30.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,675 $181,697,172,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $18,499 $914,559,810,000 100.0%

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