Principal: Joseph Guarino

Phone:
843-782-4512
School Address:
633 Hiers Corner Road Walterboro, SC 29488
Serving Grades: 1-5
Student Enrollment: 472

2024-2025 Overall Rating

Average
43 out of 100
School performance meets 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	85.8	N/A

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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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SC-Ready Science

Science - Percent Met or Exceeding

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Additional Information

Kindergarten Readiness Assessment

Percentage of Students enrolling in Kindergarten and Demonstrating readiness to learn

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.	38.9%	90	37.3%	316	53%	56238
Second grade students who are on track for success in Mathematics at the third grade.	23.3%	90	26.9%	316	51.1%	56238
First grade students who are on track for success in English Language Arts at the second grade	40%	95	37.1%	348	53.3%	55790
First grade students who are on track for success in Mathematics at the second grade	30.5%	95	34.2%	348	52.6%	55790

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SC-Ready Science

Science

Note: Results from alternate assessments were included in the calculations where available.

School Level Details

SC-Ready Performance by Grade Level

Science

Note: Results from alternate assessments were included in the calculations where 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	28
Number of Students in the ML Subgroup who Met Progress Toward Proficiency Target	7
Number of Students in the ML Subgroup included in the Met Progress calculation	25
Number of Students in the ML Subgroup	35
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	14.3
Number of Students taking the English language proficiency test	30

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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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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	6.6	Up from 5.2
Percent of students retained	0.8	Down from 1.8
Principal's/Superintendent's/Director's years at school/district	3	Up from 2
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)	39.8	Up from 33.3
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	28	Up from 25
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees	46.4	Down from 56.0
Teacher attendance rate	93.8	Down from 94.6
Average teacher salary	$55,297	Down from $57,729
Percent of teachers on continuing contract	89.3	Up from 88.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year	71.4	Down from 83.3
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average	71.6	Down from 73.3
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks	14.3	Up from 12.0
Prime instructional time	85.8	N/A
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects	23.6 to 1	Up from 23.2 to 1
Percent of inexperienced principals	0.0	N/A
Number of inexperienced principals	0.0	N/A
Percent of inexperienced other school leaders	50.0	N/A
Number of inexperienced other school leaders	1.0	N/A
Percent of inexperienced teachers	42.2	Up from 25.9
Number of inexperienced teachers	19	Up from 7
Percent of out-of-field teachers	31.1	Up from 18.5
Number of out-of-field teachers	14	Up from 5

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.

Note: The method for calculating prime instructional time was adjusted for 2025 school report cards. Comparing 2025 prime instructional time to prior years is not appropriate.

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Evaluations By Parents	Percent Agree/Strongly Agree	Total Responses
“My child feels safe at school.”	90.2	49
“My child’s teachers and school staff prevent or stop bullying at school.”	85	49
Evaluations By Teachers	Percent Agree/Strongly Agree	Total Responses
“I feel safe at my school before and after hours.”	97.1	35
“The rules for behavior are enforced at my school.”	82.9	35
Evaluations By Students	Percent Agree/Strongly Agree	Total Responses
“I feel safe at my school during the school day.”	90.2	261
“Adults at my school prevent bullying from happening.”	89.1	261
“The rules for behavior are enforced at my school.”	91	261

Unsafe Incident Information as reported in the 2024-2025 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	4
Incidents of possession of firearm or explosive	0
Students with in-school suspensions	18
Students with out of school suspensions	33
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	$55,297	Down from $57,729
Percent of expenditures for instruction	67.0	Down from 71.0
Percent of expenditures for teacher salaries	60.6	Down from 61.3
Average administrator salary	$95,854	Up from $94,021
Percent of students in poverty (TANF, Medicaid, SNAP, foster child, homeless or migrant)	88.7	Down from 91.7
Prior fiscal year State & Local Personnel Per Pupil Expenditure	$9,513	Down from $9899
Prior fiscal year Federal Personnel Per Pupil Expenditure	$2,580	Down from $2848
Prior fiscal year State & Local Non-Personnel Per Pupil Expenditure	$2,412	Down from $2738
Prior fiscal year Federal Non-Personnel Per Pupil Expenditure	$2,027	Up from $1593
Prior fiscal year Total State & Local Per Pupil Expenditure	$11,925	Down from $12637
Prior fiscal year Total Federal Per Pupil Expenditure	$4,608	Up from $4442
Prior fiscal year Total Per Pupil Expenditure	$16,533	Down from $17079