Principal: Dr. Edward J. Anderson

Phone:
864-355-4500
School Address:
44 Merriwoods Drive Greenville, SC 29611
Serving Grades: 6-8
Student Enrollment: 692

2017-2018 Overall Rating

Average
37 out of 100
School performance meets the criteria to ensure all students meet the Profile of the SC Graduate

Support Status: Standard

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SC Ready English Language Arts and Mathematics

English Language Arts (Reading and Writing) - Percent Met or Exceeding

Mathematics - Percent Met or Exceeding

Additional Information

	Our School	Change from Last Year
Prime instructional time	85.0	Down from 86.3

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SC READY English Language Arts and Mathematics

English Language Arts (Reading and Writing)

Note: Results from alternate assessments were included in the calculations where available.

Mathematics

Note: Results from alternate assessments were included in the calculations where available.

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School Level Details

SC READY Performance by Grade Level

English Language Arts (Reading and Writing)

Note: Results from alternate assessments were included in the calculations where available.

Mathematics

Note: Results from alternate assessments were included in the calculations where available.

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Academic Achievement

Participation Rate by Subgroup

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SCPASS Science and Social Studies

Science - Percent Met or Exceeding

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SCPASS Science and Social Studies

Science

Note: Results from alternate assessments were included in the calculations where available.

School Level Details

SCPASS Performance by Grade Level

Science

Note: Results from alternate assessments were included in the calculations where available.

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EL Students who Met Progress Toward Proficiency Target

Percent of EL Students who Met Progress Toward Proficiency Target	22.9
Number of EL Students who Met Progress Toward Proficiency Target	38
Number of EL Students included in Accountability Calculation	166
Number of EL Students in EL Subgroup	228

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Student Progress Components - Percent of Progress Points Earned

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Student Progress

Overall Percentage of Progress Points Earned by Subgroup

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Federal law requires that each state report card include long-term goals and measurements of interim progress for all students and defined subgroups of students. This section reports the long-term goals and performance of all students statewide. Information on subgroup performance may be found in the "Download Data" section on the main page.

	Baseline	Targets			Current Year
State Goals	2017	2020	2026	2035	2018
Percent scoring level 2 or above - English/ELA - All Students	74.2%	79.5%	82.1%	90.0%	72.4%
Percent scoring level 2 or above - Math - All Students	75.8%	79.5%	82.1%	90.0%	74.5%
Percent scoring level 3 or above - English/ELA - All Students	43.2%	47.7%	56.6%	70.0%	46.0%
Percent scoring level 3 or above - Math - All Students	46.0%	50.0%	58.0%	70.0%	50.0%
Percent of Students Graduating On-Time* (All Students)	82.6%	83.8%	86.3%	90.0%	81.0%
Percent of EL Students meeting 70% proficiency target	31.0%	37.4%	50.2%	70.0%	48.6%

*On-time graduation means graduation within four years of the initial enrollment in High School.

State Goals Defined As:

90% of Students at Level 2 or higher on following state assessments

70% of Students at Level 3 or higher on following state assessments

Level	Elementary/Middle Schools English language arts (ELA) and Math Based on SC READY Results	High School End-of-Course Assessment in English language arts (English 1) and Math (Algbra 1)	SC ALT*
	Does Not Meet Expectations	F	Emerging
2	Approaches Expectations	D	Foundational
3	Meets Expectations	C	Increasing
	Exceeds Expectations	B	Applied
		A

*SC ALT - is an alternate assessment that is developed to meet the needs of students with significant disabilities who cannot particiapte in the regular assessment even with appropriate accommodations.

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Domains of School Engagement

Participation Rate

(Note: if fewer than 80% of the students participated in the survey, the "Total Percent Committed" was lowered prior to calculating a rating. For more information about the methodology, please see the EOC Accountability Manual.)

Additional Information

	Our School	Change from Last Year
Percent of Students (7th and 8th grade) enrolled in high school credit courses	32	Up from 25
Percent of students served by gifted and talented program	6.3	N/A
Percent of students retained	0.4	Down from 0.8
Principal's/Superintendent's/Director's years at school/district	1	Down from 9
Percent of classrooms with wireless access	100	Change from 91-100%
Percent of students served by 1:1 learning	100	91-100%
Chronic Absenteeism Rate	4.1	N/A
Percent of 8th Graders with Individual Graduation Plan (IGP)	0.0	N/A

Results of Teacher, Student, and Parent Opinion Surveys

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	Our School	Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers	48.0	Up from 46.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees	60.4	Down from 65.2
Teacher attendance rate	91.2	Down from 92.4
Average teacher salary	$51,521	Up from $50,567
Percent of teachers on continuing contract	70.8	Down from 71.7
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year	81.0	N/A
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average	80.7	Down from 82.5
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks	0.0	Down from 4.5
Prime instructional time	85.0	Down from 86.3
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects	23.2 to 1	Up from 23.1 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes	23.3	N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes	7	N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes	0.0	N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes	0	N/A

ESSA regulations require states to post on their report cards information about teachers with emergency or provisional credentials. South Carolina does not award emergency or provisional credentials, thus that metric is not listed.

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Evaluations By Parents	Percent Agree/Strongly Agree	Total Responses
“My child feels safe at school.”	64.0	62
“My child’s teachers and school staff prevent or stop bullying at school.”	54.8	62
Evaluations By Teachers	Percent Agree/Strongly Agree	Total Responses
“I feel safe at my school before and after hours.”	98.0	49
“The rules for behavior are enforced at my school.”	85.7	49

Unsafe Incident Information as reported in the 2017-2018 Incident Management System (IMS)

	Number of Incidents
Have there been any incidents involving a firearm?	No
Was a homicide committed at your school?	No
Incidents of rape or attempted rape	0
Incidents of sexual assault (not rape)	0
Incidents of robbery w/ weapon	0
Incidents of robbery w/ firearm or explosive	0
Incidents of robbery w/out weapon	0
Incidents of physical attack w/ weapon	0
Incidents of physical attack w/ firearm or explosive	0
Incidents of physical attack w/out weapon	8
Incidents of threats of physical attack w/ weapon	0
Incidents of threats of physical attack w/ firearm or explosive	0
Incidents of threats of physical attack w/out weapon	31
Incidents of possession of firearm or explosive	0
Other criminal offenses	0

NOTE: For additional information, visit the National Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) website here: https://ocrdata.ed.gov/

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School level Financial Information

	Our School	Change from Prev Year
Average teacher salary	$51,521	Up from $50,567
Percent of expenditures for instruction	N/AV	N/A
Percent of expenditures for teacher salaries	N/AV	N/A
Average administrator salary	N/AV	N/A
Percent of students in poverty (TANF, Medicaid, SNAP, foster child, homeless or migrant)	87.8	No change