Principal: David Sims

Phone:
803-936-3400
School Address:
160 Cougar Drive West Columbia, SC 29169
Serving Grades: PK-5
Student Enrollment: 1002

2023-2024 Overall Rating

Average
46 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	86.5	Down from 87.4

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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	31.2%	33.9%	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	45.2%	44.4%	51%
Language and Literacy	26.8%	30.9%	37.1%
Mathematics	25.5%	32%	37%
Physical Well-Being	44.6%	47.8%	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.	35.5%	152	605	46.8%	51.2%	57730
Second grade students who are on track for success in Mathematics at the third grade.	152	Data N/A	41.6%	605	50.3%	57730
First grade students who are on track for success in English Language Arts at the second grade	65%	137	53.4%	586	53.9%	56264
First grade students who are on track for success in Mathematics at the second grade	70.8%	137	69.3%	586	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	35.4
Number of Students in the ML Subgroup who Met Progress Toward Proficiency Target	98
Number of Students in the ML Subgroup included in the Met Progress calculation	277
Number of Students in the ML Subgroup	391
Number of Students in the ML Subgroup who Achieved English Language Level Proficiency	66
Percent of Students in the ML Subgroup who Achieved English Language Level Proficiency	16.9
Number of Students taking the English language proficiency test	320

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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
		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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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	15.1	Down from 16.2
Percent of students retained	0.0	Down from 0.5
Principal's/Superintendent's/Director's years at school/district	6	Up from 5
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)	14.9	Up from 12.7
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	61	Down from 71
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees	54.1	Up from 47.9
Teacher attendance rate	92.8	Down from 93.3
Average teacher salary	$58,177	Up from $53,645
Percent of teachers on continuing contract	96.7	Down from 100.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year	74.6	Down from 81.9
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average	81.4	Down from 86.3
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks	1.6	Down from 4.2
Prime instructional time	86.5	Down from 87.4
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects	23.3 to 1	Down from 24.8 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers	21.0	Down from 29.7
Number of inexperienced teachers	13	Down from 19
Percent of out-of-field teachers	11.3	Up from 4.7
Number of out-of-field teachers	7	Up from 3
Percent of inexperienced school leaders	25.0	N/A
Number of inexperienced school leaders	1	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	59
“My child’s teachers and school staff prevent or stop bullying at school.”	94.1	59
Evaluations By Teachers	Percent Agree/Strongly Agree	Total Responses
“I feel safe at my school before and after hours.”	100	74
“The rules for behavior are enforced at my school.”	87.8	74

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	3
Incidents of possession of firearm or explosive	0
Students with in-school suspensions	94
Students with out of school suspensions	60
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	$58,177	Up from $53,645
Percent of expenditures for instruction	72.1	N/A
Percent of expenditures for teacher salaries	69.3	N/A
Average administrator salary	$108,928	Up from $105,241
Percent of students in poverty (TANF, Medicaid, SNAP, foster child, homeless or migrant)	78.6	Up from 77.7
Prior fiscal year State & Local Personnel Per Pupil Expenditure	$10,363	Up from 9333
Prior fiscal year Federal Personnel Per Pupil Expenditure	$669	Down from 1116
Prior fiscal year State & Local Non-Personnel Per Pupil Expenditure	$1,789	Up from 1581
Prior fiscal year Federal Non-Personnel Per Pupil Expenditure	$1,378	Down from 2536
Prior fiscal year Total State & Local Per Pupil Expenditure	$12,151	Up from 10914
Prior fiscal year Total Federal Per Pupil Expenditure	$2,047	Down from 3652
Prior fiscal year Total Per Pupil Expenditure	$14,199	Down from 14566