Principal: Heather Touchberry

Phone:
864-397-2200
School Address:
156 McKissick Rd. Easley, SC 29640
Serving Grades: PK-5
Student Enrollment: 510

2023-2024 Overall Rating

Good
59 out of 100
School performance exceeds the criteria to ensure all students meet the Profile of the SC Graduate

Support Status: ATSI

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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	92.1	Up from 87.1

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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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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	30.8%	38.5%	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	32.3%	50.6%	51%
Language and Literacy	33.8%	33%	37.1%
Mathematics	35.4%	38.1%	37%
Physical Well-Being	43.1%	55.7%	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.	37.8%	82	1219	50.7%	51.2%	57730
Second grade students who are on track for success in Mathematics at the third grade.	82	48.8%	58.1%	1219	50.3%	57730
First grade students who are on track for success in English Language Arts at the second grade	47.6%	82	47.2%	1203	53.9%	56264
First grade students who are on track for success in Mathematics at the second grade	64.6%	82	65.6%	1203	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	43.2
Number of Students in the ML Subgroup who Met Progress Toward Proficiency Target	16
Number of Students in the ML Subgroup included in the Met Progress calculation	37
Number of Students in the ML Subgroup	55
Number of Students in the ML Subgroup who Achieved English Language Level Proficiency	13
Percent of Students in the ML Subgroup who Achieved English Language Level Proficiency	23.6
Number of Students taking the English language proficiency test	46

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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	16.8	Up from 16.0
Percent of students retained	0.2	No change
Principal's/Superintendent's/Director's years at school/district	7	Up from 6
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)	19.6	Down from 25.0
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	30	Down from 35
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees	56.7	Down from 60.0
Teacher attendance rate	98.4	Up from 93.8
Average teacher salary	$56,403	Up from $51,877
Percent of teachers on continuing contract	96.7	Down from 100.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year	69.4	Down from 80.6
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average	76.2	Up from 76.1
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks	0.0	No change
Prime instructional time	92.1	Up from 87.1
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects	21.3 to 1	Up from 20.1 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers	12.8	Down from 31.6
Number of inexperienced teachers	5	Down from 12
Percent of out-of-field teachers	12.8	Up from 10.5
Number of out-of-field teachers	5	Up from 4
Percent of inexperienced school leaders	50.0	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.”	94.9	87
“My child’s teachers and school staff prevent or stop bullying at school.”	90.9	87
Evaluations By Teachers	Percent Agree/Strongly Agree	Total Responses
“I feel safe at my school before and after hours.”	100	38
“The rules for behavior are enforced at my school.”	84.2	38

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	7
Incidents of possession of firearm or explosive	0
Students with in-school suspensions	2
Students with out of school suspensions	41
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	$56,403	Up from $51,877
Percent of expenditures for instruction	66.3	Up from 64.9
Percent of expenditures for teacher salaries	61	Down from 61.2
Average administrator salary	$99,488	Up from $94,466
Percent of students in poverty (TANF, Medicaid, SNAP, foster child, homeless or migrant)	77.0	Down from 78.3
Prior fiscal year State & Local Personnel Per Pupil Expenditure	$8,548	Up from 7902
Prior fiscal year Federal Personnel Per Pupil Expenditure	$1,226	Down from 1244
Prior fiscal year State & Local Non-Personnel Per Pupil Expenditure	$1,066	Up from 936
Prior fiscal year Federal Non-Personnel Per Pupil Expenditure	$733	Down from 742
Prior fiscal year Total State & Local Per Pupil Expenditure	$9,615	Up from 8838
Prior fiscal year Total Federal Per Pupil Expenditure	$1,960	Down from 1987
Prior fiscal year Total Per Pupil Expenditure	$11,574	Up from 10825