Principal: Tara Newton

Phone:
8436648169
School Address:
1012 CONGAREE DR Florence, SC 29501
Serving Grades: K-6
Student Enrollment: 576

2018-2019 Overall Rating

Average
51 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	91.5	Up from 91.1

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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	23.1%	22.8%	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	35.4%	34.7%	49.2%
Language and Literacy	15.4%	19.5%	33%
Mathematics	23.1%	22.2%	29.3%
Physical Well-Being	47.7%	36.7%	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.	75%	72	64.3%	1196	48%	56115
Second grade students who are on track for success in Mathematics at the third grade.	72	80.6%	64.3%	1196	48%	56115
First grade students who are on track for success in English Language Arts at the second grade	60.5%	81	58.3%	1241	50.8%	56394
First grade students who are on track for success in Mathematics at the second grade	64.2%	81	69.6%	1241	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	Data N/A
Number of EL Students who Met Progress Toward Proficiency Target	Data N/A
Number of EL Students included in Accountability Calculation	8
Number of EL Students in EL Subgroup	15

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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	16.2	Up from 14.6
Percent of students retained	0.9	Down from 1.0
Principal's/Superintendent's/Director's years at school/district	5	Up from 4
Percent of classrooms with wireless access	100	No change
Percent of students served by 1:1 learning	100	Change from 76
Chronic Absenteeism Rate	15.9	Up from 13.3

Results of Teacher, Student, and Parent Opinion Surveys

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	Our School	Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers	40.0	Up from 39.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees	65.0	Down from 66.7
Teacher attendance rate	94.9	Down from 96.0
Average teacher salary	$52,803	Up from $52,494
Percent of teachers on continuing contract	87.5	Up from 84.6
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year	92.3	Up from 90.5
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average	91.8	Up from 91.1
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks	0.0	No change
Prime instructional time	91.5	Up from 91.1
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects	19.0 to 1	Up from 18.1 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes	0.0	Down from 4.3
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes	0	Down from 1
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes	4.8	Up from 0
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes	1	Up from 0

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.”	83	54
“My child’s teachers and school staff prevent or stop bullying at school.”	72.2	54
Evaluations By Teachers	Percent Agree/Strongly Agree	Total Responses
“I feel safe at my school before and after hours.”	97.4	38
“The rules for behavior are enforced at my school.”	100	38

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	81	81
Students with out of school suspensions	90	90
Students expelled	0	0
School related arrests and referrals to law enforcement	0	0
Incidents of bullying and harassment	0	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	$52,803	Up from $52,494
Percent of expenditures for instruction	N/AV	N/A
Percent of expenditures for teacher salaries	N/AV	N/A
Average administrator salary	$80,284	Up from $75,321
Percent of students in poverty (TANF, Medicaid, SNAP, foster child, homeless or migrant)	65.5	Down from 65.8
Prior fiscal year State & Local Personnel Per Pupil Expenditure	$7,176	N/A
Prior fiscal year Federal Personnel Per Pupil Expenditure	$441	N/A
Prior fiscal year State & Local Non-Personnel Per Pupil Expenditure	$1,105	N/A
Prior fiscal year Federal Non-Personnel Per Pupil Expenditure	$177	N/A
Prior fiscal year Total State & Local Per Pupil Expenditure	$8,280	N/A
Prior fiscal year Total Federal Per Pupil Expenditure	$619	N/A
Prior fiscal year Total Per Pupil Expenditure	$8,899	N/A