Principal: James Whitehair Jr

Phone:
843-849-2809
School Address:
2705 Bulrush Basket Lane Mount Pleasant, SC 29466
Serving Grades: 6-8
Student Enrollment: 1024

2023-2024 Overall Rating

Excellent
65 out of 100
School performance substantially 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	91.8	Up from 91.6

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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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No Data Available

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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	Data N/A
Number of Students in the ML Subgroup who Met Progress Toward Proficiency Target	Data N/A
Number of Students in the ML Subgroup included in the Met Progress calculation	15
Number of Students in the ML Subgroup	35
Number of Students in the ML Subgroup who Achieved English Language Level Proficiency	Data N/A
Percent of Students in the ML Subgroup who Achieved English Language Level Proficiency	Data N/A
Number of Students taking the English language proficiency test	Data N/A

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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	52.2	Up from 50.8
Percent of students served by gifted and talented program	44.3	Down from 52.5
Percent of students retained	0.0	Down from 0.6
Principal's/Superintendent's/Director's years at school/district	11	Up from 10
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)	8.1	Down from 8.8
Percent of 8th Graders with Individual Graduation Plan (IGP)	100.0	No change

Results of Teacher, Student, and Parent Opinion Surveys

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	Our School	Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers	49	Down from 53
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees	67.4	Up from 66.0
Teacher attendance rate	95.8	Up from 95.4
Average teacher salary	$69,992	Up from $63,877
Percent of teachers on continuing contract	100.0	No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year	84.6	Up from 70.2
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average	76.7	Down from 79.3
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks	0.0	No change
Prime instructional time	91.8	Up from 91.6
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects	26.9 to 1	Up from 25.9 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers	10.2	Down from 13.1
Number of inexperienced teachers	6	Down from 8
Percent of out-of-field teachers	5.1	Down from 9.8
Number of out-of-field teachers	3	Down from 6
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.”	93.2	67
“My child’s teachers and school staff prevent or stop bullying at school.”	78.8	67
Evaluations By Teachers	Percent Agree/Strongly Agree	Total Responses
“I feel safe at my school before and after hours.”	100	62
“The rules for behavior are enforced at my school.”	93.5	62

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	5
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	14
Incidents of possession of firearm or explosive	0
Students with in-school suspensions	149
Students with out of school suspensions	91
Students expelled	3
School related arrests and referrals to law enforcement	73
Incidents of bullying and harassment	70

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	$69,992	Up from $63,877
Percent of expenditures for instruction	66.5	Up from 64.7
Percent of expenditures for teacher salaries	58	Down from 61.4
Average administrator salary	$112,477	Down from $112,678
Percent of students in poverty (TANF, Medicaid, SNAP, foster child, homeless or migrant)	21.8	Up from 21.3
Prior fiscal year State & Local Personnel Per Pupil Expenditure	$18,249	Up from 8704
Prior fiscal year Federal Personnel Per Pupil Expenditure	$3,092	Up from 1385
Prior fiscal year State & Local Non-Personnel Per Pupil Expenditure	$5,241	Up from 2176
Prior fiscal year Federal Non-Personnel Per Pupil Expenditure	$1,917	Up from 957
Prior fiscal year Total State & Local Per Pupil Expenditure	$23,490	Up from 10880
Prior fiscal year Total Federal Per Pupil Expenditure	$5,010	Up from 2341
Prior fiscal year Total Per Pupil Expenditure	$28,500	Up from 13221