Superintendent:  Elliot Smalley
Board Chair:  Laban Chappell
Phone:
803-734-8322
District Address:
3710 Landmark Drive Suite 201 Columbia, SC 29204
Student Enrollment: 20290

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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	95.2	Up from 94.9

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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	35.7%	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	44.9%	49.2%
Language and Literacy	33.7%	33%
Mathematics	34.7%	29.3%
Physical Well-Being	44.6%	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.	48.2%	974	48%	56115
Second grade students who are on track for success in Mathematics at the third grade.	48.2%	974	48%	56115
First grade students who are on track for success in English Language Arts at the second grade	54.1%	975	50.8%	56394
First grade students who are on track for success in Mathematics at the second grade	66.3%	975	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	55.5
Number of EL Students who Met Progress Toward Proficiency Target	352
Number of EL Students included in Accountability Calculation	634
Number of EL Students in EL Subgroup	1045

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District Four-Year Cohort Graduation Rate

	2016	2017	2018	2019
District	51	60	63.5	72.3
State	82.6	84.6	81	81.1

Additional Information

	Our District	Change from Last Year
Annual Dropout Rate	3.8	Down from 5.2
Dropout Recovery Rate	8.0	Up from 3.7

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No Current Records Available.

No Current Records Available.

No Current Records Available.

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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	100.0	No change
Percent of seniors eligible for LIFE scholarship	28.5	N/A
Percent of seniors eligible for Palmetto Fellows scholarship	4.8	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.	72.6	Up from 66.8

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Career and Technical Education (CTE)

	Number
Students enrolled in CTE courses	2354
CTE completers	1
Total students earning national or state credential	Data N/A
Industry Credentials earned by Career Cluster (A student may have earned multiple credentials)
Education & Training	Data N/A
Finance	Data N/A
Government & Public Administration	Data N/A
Health Science	Data N/A
Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources	Data N/A
Architecture & Construction	Data N/A
Arts, A/V Technology & Communications	Data N/A
Business Management & Administration	Data N/A
Manufacturing	Data N/A
Marketing	Data N/A
Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics	Data N/A
Transportation, Distribution & Logistics	Data N/A
Other *	Data N/A
Hospitality & Tourism	Data N/A
Human Services	Data N/A
Information Technology	Data N/A
Law, Public Safety, Corrections & Security	Data N/A

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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)	42.7%	Data N/A
Number of Students Taking Exam	358	Data N/A
Number of Exams Administered	447	Data N/A

Number of students enrolled in Dual Enrollment Courses	948
Percent of students enrolled in Dual Enrollment Courses	28.2%
Percent of 11th/12th grade students who completed six hours of dual enrollment course work with a grade of C or higher	77.4%

	Percent of Students Tested	Average Evidence-Based Reading and Writing Score	Average Math Score	Average Composite Score
Our District	56	537	503	1039
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	7
Students with Disabilities	78
Black	57
Students with Disabilities	14
English Language Learners	59
Black	29
Students with Disabilities	7
Black	13
English Language Learners	25
Black	2
English Language Learners	13
Students with Disabilities	1
Hispanic	46
English Language Learners	3
Hispanic	27	21
Free or reduced lunch eligible	51
Hispanic	6
All Students	39
Free or reduced lunch eligible	29
Two or More Races	43
Free or reduced lunch eligible	16
All Students	29
Free or reduced lunch eligible	4
All Students	23	8
White	25	31	31	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	36	41	12
English Language Learners	37	42	20	1
Free or reduced lunch eligible	32	45
Two or More Races	40
Free or reduced lunch eligible	20
Two or More Races	29
Free or reduced lunch eligible	3
Two or More Races	4
Students with Disabilities	57	30	11	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
Students with Disabilities	75	20	5	0
Black	49	38
English Language Learners	49
Black	12
English Language Learners	38
Black	1
English Language Learners	12
Hispanic	36
English Language Learners	2
Hispanic	40
Free or reduced lunch eligible	41
Hispanic	23
Free or reduced lunch eligible	40
Hispanic	1
Free or reduced lunch eligible	18
Two or More Races	31
All Students	31
Free or reduced lunch eligible	1
All Students	39	27	3
White	20	40	35	4

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

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	16.1	Up from 11.8
Percent of students retained	1.7	Down from 2.1
Principal's/Superintendent's/Director's years at school/district	4	Up from 3
Chronic Absenteeism Rate	3.8	Down from 10.2

Results of Teacher, Student, and Parent Opinion Surveys

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	Our District	Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers	1192.0	Down from 1425.0
Percent of K-3 teachers who are certified in Read to Succeed reading certification	0.0	N/A
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees	46.7	Down from 49.5
Teacher attendance rate	95.4	Down from 96.9
Average teacher salary	$44,725	Up from $43,341
Percent of teachers on continuing contract	57.6	Down from 63.8
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year	60.9	Down from 78.9
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average	73.3	Down from 80.2
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks	10.4	N/A
Prime instructional time	95.2	Up from 94.9
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects	24.2 to 1	Down from 25.0 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes	14.6	N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes	50	N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes	11.1	N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes	38	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.”	90.4	1238
“My child’s teachers and school staff prevent or stop bullying at school.”	72.7	1238
Evaluations By Teachers	Percent Agree/Strongly Agree	Total Responses
“I feel safe at my school before and after hours.”	88.2	932
“The rules for behavior are enforced at my school.”	74.9	932

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	1	1
Incidents of robbery w/out weapon	0	0
Incidents of physical attack w/ weapon	0	0
Incidents of physical attack w/ firearm or explosive	0	0
Incidents of physical attack w/out weapon	2	2
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	77	77
Incidents of possession of firearm or explosive	1	1
Students with in-school suspensions	633	633
Students with out of school suspensions	784	784
Students expelled	19	19
School related arrests and referrals to law enforcement	2	2
Incidents of bullying and harassment	77	77

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	$44,725	Up from $43,341
Percent of expenditures for instruction	0.0	N/A
Percent of expenditures for teacher salaries	0.0	N/A
Average administrator salary	$75,138	Up from $74,776
Percent of students in poverty (TANF, Medicaid, SNAP, foster child, homeless or migrant)	50.0	Down from 53.5
Prior fiscal year State & Local Personnel Per Pupil Expenditure	$3,631	N/A
Prior fiscal year Federal Personnel Per Pupil Expenditure	$239	N/A
Prior fiscal year State & Local Non-Personnel Per Pupil Expenditure	$2,847	N/A
Prior fiscal year Federal Non-Personnel Per Pupil Expenditure	$81	N/A
Prior fiscal year Total State & Local Per Pupil Expenditure	$6,478	N/A
Prior fiscal year Total Federal Per Pupil Expenditure	$320	N/A
Prior fiscal year Total Per Pupil Expenditure	$6,799	N/A