Principal: Jacqueline Osteen

Phone:
803-641-2580
School Address:
255 East Pine Log Road Aiken, SC 29803
Serving Grades: PK-5
Student Enrollment: 684

2023-2024 Overall Rating

Good
53 out of 100
School performance exceeds 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	85.6	Down from 86.7

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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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No Data Available

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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	49.1%	42.1%	40.8%
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	62%	51.1%	51%
Language and Literacy	46.3%	39.7%	37.1%
Mathematics	40.7%	35.7%	37%
Physical Well-Being	61.1%	58.1%	55.4%

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.	36.9%	122	1744	35.4%	51.2%	57730
Second grade students who are on track for success in Mathematics at the third grade.	122	68.9%	56%	1744	50.3%	57730
First grade students who are on track for success in English Language Arts at the second grade	69.9%	113	64.9%	1751	53.9%	56264
First grade students who are on track for success in Mathematics at the second grade	66.4%	113	71.3%	1751	54.5%	56264

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Students in the ML Subgroup who Met Progress Toward Proficiency Target

Students in the ML Subgroup who Achieved English Language Level Proficiency

Percent of Students in the ML Subgroup who Met Progress Toward Proficiency Target	82.9
Number of Students in the ML Subgroup who Met Progress Toward Proficiency Target	29
Number of Students in the ML Subgroup included in the Met Progress calculation	35
Number of Students in the ML Subgroup	55
Number of Students in the ML Subgroup who Achieved English Language Level Proficiency	16
Percent of Students in the ML Subgroup who Achieved English Language Level Proficiency	29.1
Number of Students taking the English language proficiency test	43

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Overall Percentage of Progress Points Earned

Student Progress Components - Percent of Progress Points Earned

All Students

Lowest Performing 20% of Students

Percentage of students meeting Median Annual Targets (MATs), individual growth targets reflecting median historically observed gains for similar prior-year goals

Students meeting Median Annual Targets (MATs)

Percentage of students meeting Added-Value Targets (AVTs), individual growth targets set to reflect progressive learning gains designed to move students toward proficiency

Students meeting Added

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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	2024
Percent scoring level 2 or above - English/ELA - All Students	74.2%	79.5%	82.1%	90.0%	79.7%
Percent scoring level 2 or above - Math - All Students	75.8%	79.5%	82.1%	90.0%	70.6%
Percent scoring level 3 or above - English/ELA - All Students	43.2%	47.7%	56.6%	70.0%	59%
Percent scoring level 3 or above - Math - All Students	46.0%	50.0%	58.0%	70.0%	45.3%
Percent of Students Graduating On-Time* (All Students)	82.6%	83.8%	86.3%	90.0%	85.4%
Percent of EL Students meeting 70% proficiency target	31.0%	37.4%	50.2%	70.0%	38.5%

*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
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*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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Additional Information

	Our School	Change from Last Year
Percent of Students (7th and 8th grade) enrolled in high school credit courses	N/AV	N/A
Percent of students served by gifted and talented program	13.0	Up from 11.9
Percent of students retained	1.2	Down from 2.4
Principal's/Superintendent's/Director's years at school/district	1	No change
Percent of classrooms with wireless access	100	No change
Percent of students served by 1:1 learning	100	No change
Chronic Absenteeism Rate (Note: Data are from prior school year)	20.6	Up from 15.8
Percent of 8th Graders with Individual Graduation Plan (IGP)	N/AV	N/A

Results of Teacher, Student, and Parent Opinion Surveys

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	Our School	Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers	42	Down from 43
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees	61.9	Down from 65.1
Teacher attendance rate	93.2	Down from 93.4
Average teacher salary	$62,481	Up from $59,528
Percent of teachers on continuing contract	100.0	No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year	88.4	Up from 81.4
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average	83.1	Down from 84.2
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks	2.4	Up from 0.0
Prime instructional time	85.6	Down from 86.7
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects	20.7 to 1	Down from 21.3 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers	7.0	Down from 13.2
Number of inexperienced teachers	3	Down from 5
Percent of out-of-field teachers	16.3	Up from 13.2
Number of out-of-field teachers	7	Up from 5
Percent of inexperienced school leaders	N/AV	N/A
Number of inexperienced school leaders	N/AV	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.”	98.3	62
“My child’s teachers and school staff prevent or stop bullying at school.”	92	62
Evaluations By Teachers	Percent Agree/Strongly Agree	Total Responses
“I feel safe at my school before and after hours.”	100	51
“The rules for behavior are enforced at my school.”	96	51

Unsafe Incident Information as reported in the 2023-2024 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	0
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	8
Incidents of possession of firearm or explosive	0
Students with in-school suspensions	38
Students with out of school suspensions	29
Students expelled	0
School related arrests and referrals to law enforcement	0
Incidents of bullying and harassment	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	$62,481	Up from $59,528
Percent of expenditures for instruction	75.7	Up from 74.3
Percent of expenditures for teacher salaries	69.2	Up from 64.9
Average administrator salary	$96,592	Up from $92,886
Percent of students in poverty (TANF, Medicaid, SNAP, foster child, homeless or migrant)	65.4	Up from 64.5
Prior fiscal year State & Local Personnel Per Pupil Expenditure	$8,403	Up from 8289
Prior fiscal year Federal Personnel Per Pupil Expenditure	$1,356	Up from 1235
Prior fiscal year State & Local Non-Personnel Per Pupil Expenditure	$939	Up from 778
Prior fiscal year Federal Non-Personnel Per Pupil Expenditure	$607	Up from 563
Prior fiscal year Total State & Local Per Pupil Expenditure	$9,342	Up from 9066
Prior fiscal year Total Federal Per Pupil Expenditure	$1,963	Up from 1798
Prior fiscal year Total Per Pupil Expenditure	$11,305	Up from 10865