Superintendent:  Laura Hickson
Board Chair:  Barbara Bryant
Phone:
Data N/A
District Address:
125 North Blanding Street Lake City, SC 29560
Student Enrollment: 3406

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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

End-of-Course Assessment Results in English 1 and Algebra 1

English - Scoring C or Higher

Algebra - Scoring C or Higher

Additional Information

	Our District	Change from Last Year
Prime instructional time	88.3	Down from 88.6

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SC READY English Language Arts and Mathematics

English Language Arts (Reading and Writing)

Mathematics

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End-of-Course Assessment Results in English 1 and Algebra 1

English

Algebra

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District Level Details

SC READY Performance by Grade Level

English Language Arts (Reading and Writing)

Mathematics

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Academic Achievement

Participation Rate by Subgroup

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SCPASS Science and Social Studies

Science - Percent Met or Exceeding

End-of-Course Assessment Results in Biology and US History and the Constitution

Biology - Scoring C or Higher

US History and the Constitution - Scoring C or Higher

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Additional Information

Kindergarten Readiness Assessment

Percentage of Students enrolling in Kindergarten and Demonstrating readiness to learn

	Our District	Statewide
Overall	29.3%	37.2%
By Domains: (The cut score for "Overall" was used across all domains in order to provide comparative information. Does not necessarily reflect domain level readiness.)
Social Foundation	51%	49.2%
Language and Literacy	23.7%	33%
Mathematics	17.3%	29.3%
Physical Well-Being	52.2%	52.1%

First and Second Grade Students on Track for Success in ELA and Math

	Our District		Statewide
	%	N	%	N
Second grade students who are on track for success in English Language Arts at the third grade.	2.1%	284	48%	56115
Second grade students who are on track for success in Mathematics at the third grade.	2.1%	284	48%	56115
First grade students who are on track for success in English Language Arts at the second grade	2.4%	247	50.8%	56394
First grade students who are on track for success in Mathematics at the second grade	10.9%	247	54.1%	56394

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SCPASS Science and Social Studies

Science

End-of-Course Assessment

Biology

US History and the Constitution

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District Level Details

SCPASS Performance by Grade Level

Science

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EL Students who Met Progress Toward Proficiency Target

Percent of EL Students who Met Progress Toward Proficiency Target	25.6
Number of EL Students who Met Progress Toward Proficiency Target	30
Number of EL Students included in Accountability Calculation	117
Number of EL Students in EL Subgroup	127

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District Four-Year Cohort Graduation Rate

	2016	2017	2018	2019
District	76.3	86.5	74.6	72.4
State	82.6	84.6	81	81.1

Additional Information

	Our District	Change from Last Year
Annual Dropout Rate	3.4	Down from 3.9
Dropout Recovery Rate	19.6	Down from 20.0

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College and Career Readiness

Note: In 2020, the cohort of students measured for CCR changed from just graduates to all students in the four-year on-time graduation cohort (graduates and non graduates).

No Current Records for School(s) Available.

Additional Information

	Our District	Change from Last Year
Number of seniors who have completed FAFSA forms	N/AV	N/A
Percent of seniors completing college applications	N/AV	N/A
Percent of seniors eligible for LIFE scholarship	28.2	N/A
Percent of seniors eligible for Palmetto Fellows scholarship	1.1	N/A
College Enrollment: Percentage of graduates from the prior year’s four-year graduation cohort who were enrolled in an in-state or out-of-state two- or four-year college in the Fall immediately following their on-time graduation year.	54.4	Down from 58.9

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Career and Technical Education (CTE)

	Number
Students enrolled in CTE courses	518
CTE completers	45
Total students earning national or state credential	86
Industry Credentials earned by Career Cluster (A student may have earned multiple credentials)
Education & Training	0
Finance	0
Government & Public Administration	Data N/A
Health Science	82
Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources	0
Architecture & Construction	6
Arts, A/V Technology & Communications	0
Manufacturing	0
Business Management & Administration	0
Marketing	0
Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics	0
Hospitality & Tourism	2
Transportation, Distribution & Logistics	0
Human Services	0
Information Technology	0
Law, Public Safety, Corrections & Security	54
Other *	0

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College and Career Readiness Details

College Ready

Career Ready

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Average ACT Score Achieved by Students : English, Math, Reading, Science, Composite of all four tests

Average ACT Score Achieved by Students : Writing

Percent of Students Meeting ACT College-Ready Benchmarks

ACT^® benchmarks are scores on the ACT subject-area tests that represent the level of achievement required for students to have a 50% chance of obtaining a B or higher or about a 75% chance of obtaining a C or higher in corresponding credit-bearing first-year college courses. The ACT is a registered trademark of ACT, Inc.

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Career Readiness Assessment

Percent of Students Earning Platinum, Gold, Silver, or Bronze Ready to Work (R2W) Certificate

Percent and Number of Students Taking Career Readiness Assessment and Earning Ready to Work (R2W) Certificate

Level score requirements for each certificate level

Certificate Level	Level Score Requirements	Certificate levels correspond to the skill requirements of profiled jobs in the ACT JobPro® database
Platinum	Minimum score of 6 on each of the three core subtests*	Indicates the skills required for approximately 99% of profiled jobs
Gold	Minimum score of 5 on each of the three core subtests*	Indicates the skills required for at least 93% of profiled jobs
Silver	Minimum score of 4 on each of the three core subtests*	Indicates the skills required for at least 69% of profiled jobs
Bronze	Minimum score of 3 on each of the three core subtests*	Indicates the skills required for at least 17% of profiled jobs

*The three core Career Readiness subtests are: Applied Mathematics,Reading for Information, and Locating Information.

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	Advanced Placement (AP)	International Baccalaureate ®(IB)
Percent of Exams with Passing Scores (AP: 3 OR higher/IB: 4 or higher)	0%	Data N/A
Number of Students Taking Exam	2	Data N/A
Number of Exams Administered	2	Data N/A

Number of students enrolled in Dual Enrollment Courses	48
Percent of students enrolled in Dual Enrollment Courses	14.1%
Percent of 11th/12th grade students who completed six hours of dual enrollment course work with a grade of C or higher	70.8%

	Percent of Students Tested	Average Evidence-Based Reading and Writing Score	Average Math Score	Average Composite Score
Our District	18.4	462	419	881
Statewide	57.2	521	500	1021

The highest composite score on the SAT is 1600. For each of the two sections of the test, the highest score is 800.

Note: The new SAT data (as of 2017) cannot be compared to that of previous years because the redesigned SAT is a different assessment using a different scale.

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Additional South Carolina NAEP data are available here: Nation's Report Card

SOUTH CAROLINA STATE LEVEL NAEP RESULTS

Reading Grade 4 by Achievement Levels

All Students	Percent Below NAEP Basic	Percent at or Above NAEP Basic	Percent at or Above NAEP Proficient	Percent at NAEP Advanced
Two or More Races	27	23
Black	57
Two or More Races	7
English Language Learners	59
Black	29
Students with Disabilities	78
Black	13
Students with Disabilities	14
English Language Learners	25
Black	2
Students with Disabilities	7
English Language Learners	13
Hispanic	46
Students with Disabilities	1
Hispanic	27
English Language Learners	3
All Students	39
Hispanic	21
All Students	29
Hispanic	6
Free or reduced lunch eligible	51
All Students	23
Two or More Races	43
All Students	8
Free or reduced lunch eligible	29
White	25
Free or reduced lunch eligible	16
White	31	31
Free or reduced lunch eligible	4
White	13

Reading Grade 4 Inclusion Rates for Specific Subgroups

	Percent Include
Students with Disabilities	94
English Language Learners	95

Mathematics Grade 4 by Achievement Levels

All Students	Percent Below NAEP Basic	Percent at or Above NAEP Basic	Percent at or Above NAEP Proficient	Percent at NAEP Advanced
Black	39	46	14	1
Hispanic	29	44	24	3
Two or More Races	26
All Students	23	40	29	7
White	11
English Language Learners	37
White	36
Two or More Races	40	29
White	41
English Language Learners	42
Two or More Races	4
Students with Disabilities	57
White	12
Students with Disabilities	30
English Language Learners	20
Students with Disabilities	11	3
English Language Learners	1
Free or reduced lunch eligible	32	45	20	3

Mathematics Grade 4 Inclusion Rates for Specific Subgroups

	Percent Include
English Language Learners	94
Students with Disabilities	94

Reading Grade 8 by Achievement Levels

All Students	Percent Below NAEP Basic	Percent at or Above NAEP Basic	Percent at or Above NAEP Proficient	Percent at NAEP Advanced
Two or More Races	41	27	1
Black	49	38
Students with Disabilities	75
Black	12	1
Students with Disabilities	20
Hispanic	36	40
Students with Disabilities	5
Hispanic	23	1
Two or More Races	31
Students with Disabilities	0
All Students	31	39	27
English Language Learners	49
All Students	3
White	20
English Language Learners	38
White	40	35
English Language Learners	12
White	4
English Language Learners	2
Free or reduced lunch eligible	41	40	18	1

Reading Grade 8 Inclusion Rates for Specific Subgroups

	Percent Include
Students with Disabilities	92
English Language Learners	93

Mathematics Grade 8 by Achievement Levels

All Students	Percent Below NAEP Basic	Percent at or Above NAEP Basic	Percent at or Above NAEP Proficient	Percent at NAEP Advanced
Two or More Races	36
Black	57
Two or More Races	23
Black	33
Two or More Races	6
Black	9
Students with Disabilities	82
Black	1
Students with Disabilities	15
Hispanic	42
Students with Disabilities	3
Hispanic	36
Students with Disabilities	1
Hispanic	16	6
English Language Learners	54
Two or More Races	35
English Language Learners	34
All Students	36
English Language Learners	11
All Students	35
English Language Learners	2
All Students	21	8
Free or reduced lunch eligible	50
White	23
Free or reduced lunch eligible	34
White	36
Free or reduced lunch eligible	13
White	28
Free or reduced lunch eligible	3
White	13

Mathematics Grade 8 Inclusion Rates for Specific Subgroups

	Percent Include
Students with Disabilities	92
English Language Learners	97

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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	2019
Percent scoring level 2 or above - English/ELA - All Students	74.2%	79.5%	82.1%	90.0%	73.2%
Percent scoring level 2 or above - Math - All Students	75.8%	79.5%	82.1%	90.0%	73.3%
Percent scoring level 3 or above - English/ELA - All Students	43.2%	47.7%	56.6%	70.0%	49.5%
Percent scoring level 3 or above - Math - All Students	46.0%	50.0%	58.0%	70.0%	48.9%
Percent of Students Graduating On-Time* (All Students)	82.6%	83.8%	86.3%	90.0%	81.1%
Percent of EL Students meeting 70% proficiency target	31.0%	37.4%	50.2%	70.0%	49.8%

*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 District	Change from Last Year
Percent of students served by gifted and talented program	10.7	Down from 11.5
Percent of students retained	5.2	Up from 4.4
Principal's/Superintendent's/Director's years at school/district	4	Up from 3
Chronic Absenteeism Rate	17.3	Up from 11.3

Results of Teacher, Student, and Parent Opinion Surveys

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	Our District	Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers	226.0	Down from 238.0
Percent of K-3 teachers who are certified in Read to Succeed reading certification	50.0	N/A
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees	60.2	Up from 50.8
Teacher attendance rate	94.4	Down from 94.8
Average teacher salary	$47,241	Up from $45,499
Percent of teachers on continuing contract	65.5	Down from 67.2
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year	79.1	Up from 76.3
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average	79.2	Up from 79.0
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks	1.3	N/A
Prime instructional time	88.3	Down from 88.6
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects	13.7 to 1	Down from 24.1 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes	5.5	N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes	4	N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes	2.7	N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes	2	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.”	84	131
“My child’s teachers and school staff prevent or stop bullying at school.”	70.6	131
Evaluations By Teachers	Percent Agree/Strongly Agree	Total Responses
“I feel safe at my school before and after hours.”	93.3	224
“The rules for behavior are enforced at my school.”	71	224

Unsafe Incident Information as reported in the 2018-2019 Incident Management System (IMS)

	Number of Incidents
Have there been any incidents involving a firearm?	1	Yes
Was a homicide committed at your school?	0	No
Incidents of rape or attempted rape	0	0
Incidents of sexual assault (not rape)	0	0
Incidents of robbery w/ weapon	0	0
Incidents of robbery w/ firearm or explosive	0	0
Incidents of robbery w/out weapon	0	0
Incidents of physical attack w/ weapon	1	1
Incidents of physical attack w/ firearm or explosive	0	0
Incidents of physical attack w/out weapon	35	35
Incidents of threats of physical attack w/ weapon	0	0
Incidents of threats of physical attack w/ firearm or explosive	0	0
Incidents of threats of physical attack w/out weapon	71	71
Incidents of possession of firearm or explosive	1	1
Students with in-school suspensions	648	648
Students with out of school suspensions	827	827
Students expelled	2	2
School related arrests and referrals to law enforcement	8	8
Incidents of bullying and harassment	15	15

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

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District level Financial Information

	Our District	Change from Prev Year
Average teacher salary	$47,241	Up from $45,499
Percent of expenditures for instruction	52.2	Down from 52.4
Percent of expenditures for teacher salaries	42.9	Down from 49.6
Average administrator salary	$68,903	Down from $70,280
Percent of students in poverty (TANF, Medicaid, SNAP, foster child, homeless or migrant)	88.8	Up from 87.9
Prior fiscal year State & Local Personnel Per Pupil Expenditure	$7,426	N/A
Prior fiscal year Federal Personnel Per Pupil Expenditure	$798	N/A
Prior fiscal year State & Local Non-Personnel Per Pupil Expenditure	$1,911	N/A
Prior fiscal year Federal Non-Personnel Per Pupil Expenditure	$527	N/A
Prior fiscal year Total State & Local Per Pupil Expenditure	$9,337	N/A
Prior fiscal year Total Federal Per Pupil Expenditure	$1,325	N/A
Prior fiscal year Total Per Pupil Expenditure	$10,662	Down from 11007