Principal: Loretta A. Holmes

Phone:
864-206-6054
School Address:
192 Vaughan Road Gaffney, SC 29341
Serving Grades: PK-5
Student Enrollment: 366

2018-2019 Overall Rating

Below Average
34 out of 100
School performance is in jeopardy of not meeting 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	86.2	Down from 87.6

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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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Additional Information

Kindergarten Readiness Assessment

Percentage of Students enrolling in Kindergarten and Demonstrating readiness to learn

	Our School	Our District	Statewide
Overall	28.6%	30.2%	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	53.6%	48.7%	49.2%
Language and Literacy	19.6%	27.4%	33%
Mathematics	5.4%	20.4%	29.3%
Physical Well-Being	46.4%	46.7%	52.1%

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

	Our School		Our District		Statewide
	%	N	%	N	%	N
Second grade students who are on track for success in English Language Arts at the third grade.	8.9%	56	44.4%	631	48%	56115
Second grade students who are on track for success in Mathematics at the third grade.	56	33.9%	44.4%	631	56115	48%
First grade students who are on track for success in English Language Arts at the second grade	17.6%	51	42.5%	690	50.8%	56394
First grade students who are on track for success in Mathematics at the second grade	19.6%	51	44.9%	690	54.1%	56394

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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	45.7
Number of EL Students who Met Progress Toward Proficiency Target	37
Number of EL Students included in Accountability Calculation	81
Number of EL Students in EL Subgroup	88

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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

No Data Available

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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 School	Change from Last Year
Percent of students served by gifted and talented program	6.6	Down from 8.2
Percent of students retained	3.9	Up from 0.9
Principal's/Superintendent's/Director's years at school/district	1	Down from 3
Percent of classrooms with wireless access	100	No change
Percent of students served by 1:1 learning	100	No change
Chronic Absenteeism Rate	13.0	Up from 0.6

Results of Teacher, Student, and Parent Opinion Surveys

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	Our School	Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers	26.0	Down from 27.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees	61.5	Down from 63.0
Teacher attendance rate	91.9	Down from 93.4
Average teacher salary	$48,504	Up from $47,215
Percent of teachers on continuing contract	53.8	Down from 66.7
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year	76.0	Up from 69.2
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average	76.8	Down from 83.5
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks	0.0	No change
Prime instructional time	86.2	Down from 87.6
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects	17.0 to 1	Down from 21.1 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes	35.7	Down from 37.5
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes	5	Down from 6
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes	0.0	No change
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes	0	No change

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.”	91.7	12
“My child’s teachers and school staff prevent or stop bullying at school.”	66.6	12
Evaluations By Teachers	Percent Agree/Strongly Agree	Total Responses
“I feel safe at my school before and after hours.”	84	25
“The rules for behavior are enforced at my school.”	80	25

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

	Number of Incidents
Have there been any incidents involving a firearm?	0	No
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	0	0
Incidents of physical attack w/ firearm or explosive	0	0
Incidents of physical attack w/out weapon	0	0
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	2	2
Incidents of possession of firearm or explosive	0	0
Students with in-school suspensions	40	40
Students with out of school suspensions	50	50
Students expelled	0	0
School related arrests and referrals to law enforcement	0	0
Incidents of bullying and harassment	5	5

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	$48,504	Up from $47,215
Percent of expenditures for instruction	N/AV	N/A
Percent of expenditures for teacher salaries	N/AV	N/A
Average administrator salary	$78,798	Down from $79,693
Percent of students in poverty (TANF, Medicaid, SNAP, foster child, homeless or migrant)	96.0	Up from 92.7
Prior fiscal year State & Local Personnel Per Pupil Expenditure	$8,031	N/A
Prior fiscal year Federal Personnel Per Pupil Expenditure	$1,021	N/A
Prior fiscal year State & Local Non-Personnel Per Pupil Expenditure	$1,047	N/A
Prior fiscal year Federal Non-Personnel Per Pupil Expenditure	$759	N/A
Prior fiscal year Total State & Local Per Pupil Expenditure	$9,078	N/A
Prior fiscal year Total Federal Per Pupil Expenditure	$1,780	N/A
Prior fiscal year Total Per Pupil Expenditure	$10,858	N/A