Principal: Jeffery A. Gaines

Phone:
843-673-1199
School Address:
1102 S. Ebenezer Road Florence, SC 29501
Serving Grades: 6-8
Student Enrollment: 663

2023-2024 Overall Rating

0 out of 0
School performance is not yet rated based on 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	87.3	Up from 86.0

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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	50
Number of Students in the ML Subgroup who Met Progress Toward Proficiency Target	11
Number of Students in the ML Subgroup included in the Met Progress calculation	22
Number of Students in the ML Subgroup	30
Number of Students in the ML Subgroup who Achieved English Language Level Proficiency	5
Percent of Students in the ML Subgroup who Achieved English Language Level Proficiency	16.7
Number of Students taking the English language proficiency test	25

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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	10.1	Down from 21.0
Percent of students served by gifted and talented program	10.8	Down from 14.4
Percent of students retained	3.3	Up from 1.7
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)	32.4	Down from 36.1
Percent of 8th Graders with Individual Graduation Plan (IGP)	99.1	Down from 99.6

Results of Teacher, Student, and Parent Opinion Surveys

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	Our School	Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers	45	Down from 48
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees	48.9	Up from 43.8
Teacher attendance rate	95.4	Up from 94.5
Average teacher salary	$56,489	Up from $54,061
Percent of teachers on continuing contract	82.2	Down from 87.5
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year	41.9	Down from 71.7
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average	58.1	Down from 70.7
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks	0.0	Down from 2.1
Prime instructional time	87.3	Up from 86.0
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects	22.1 to 1	Down from 23.1 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers	6.2	Down from 11.5
Number of inexperienced teachers	4	Down from 7
Percent of out-of-field teachers	32.3	Down from 47.5
Number of out-of-field teachers	21	Down from 29
Percent of inexperienced school leaders	20.0	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.”	Data N/A	9
“My child’s teachers and school staff prevent or stop bullying at school.”	Data N/A	9
Evaluations By Teachers	Percent Agree/Strongly Agree	Total Responses
“I feel safe at my school before and after hours.”	100	60
“The rules for behavior are enforced at my school.”	100	60

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)	2
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	2
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	15
Incidents of possession of firearm or explosive	0
Students with in-school suspensions	292
Students with out of school suspensions	235
Students expelled	0
School related arrests and referrals to law enforcement	38
Incidents of bullying and harassment	14

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	$56,489	Up from $54,061
Percent of expenditures for instruction	66.2	Down from 66.3
Percent of expenditures for teacher salaries	59.3	Down from 59.6
Average administrator salary	$93,893	Up from $91,721
Percent of students in poverty (TANF, Medicaid, SNAP, foster child, homeless or migrant)	80.6	Up from 77.9
Prior fiscal year State & Local Personnel Per Pupil Expenditure	$10,018	Down from 10822
Prior fiscal year Federal Personnel Per Pupil Expenditure	$1,056	Down from 1092
Prior fiscal year State & Local Non-Personnel Per Pupil Expenditure	$2,016	Up from 1714
Prior fiscal year Federal Non-Personnel Per Pupil Expenditure	$1,209	Up from 1187
Prior fiscal year Total State & Local Per Pupil Expenditure	$12,035	Down from 12536
Prior fiscal year Total Federal Per Pupil Expenditure	$2,265	Down from 2279
Prior fiscal year Total Per Pupil Expenditure	$14,300	Down from 14815