Principal: Nicholas Gillcrese

Phone:
803-936-3400
School Address:
160 Cougar Drive West Columbia, SC 29169
Serving Grades: PK-5
Student Enrollment: 996

2024-2025 Overall Rating

Average
50 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	88.0	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

	Our School	Our District	Statewide
Overall	41.7%	34.8%	38.9%
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	56.9%	52.1%	51.1%
Language and Literacy	38.9%	30.7%	34.9%
Mathematics	25.7%	23.3%	34%
Physical Well-Being	59.7%	55.2%	55.6%

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.	42.3%	149	41.9%	621	53%	56238
Second grade students who are on track for success in Mathematics at the third grade.	46.3%	149	39.5%	621	51.1%	56238
First grade students who are on track for success in English Language Arts at the second grade	47.6%	147	44.9%	639	53.3%	55790
First grade students who are on track for success in Mathematics at the second grade	54.4%	147	51.8%	639	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	33.2
Number of Students in the ML Subgroup who Met Progress Toward Proficiency Target	92
Number of Students in the ML Subgroup included in the Met Progress calculation	277
Number of Students in the ML Subgroup	384
Number of Students in the ML Subgroup who Achieved English Language Level Proficiency	80
Percent of Students in the ML Subgroup who Achieved English Language Level Proficiency	20.8
Number of Students taking the English language proficiency test	307

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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	20.2	Up from 15.1
Percent of students retained	0.0	No change
Principal's/Superintendent's/Director's years at school/district	1	Down 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)	17.9	Up from 14.9
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	73	Up from 61
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees	53.4	Down from 54.1
Teacher attendance rate	94.2	Up from 92.8
Average teacher salary	$60,510	Up from $58,177
Percent of teachers on continuing contract	97.3	Up from 96.7
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year	82.4	Up from 74.6
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average	79.6	Down from 81.4
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks	0.0	Down from 1.6
Prime instructional time	88.0	N/A
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects	20.8 to 1	Down from 23.3 to 1
Percent of inexperienced principals	100.0	N/A
Number of inexperienced principals	1.0	N/A
Percent of inexperienced other school leaders	33.3	N/A
Number of inexperienced other school leaders	1.0	N/A
Percent of inexperienced teachers	32.4	Up from 21
Number of inexperienced teachers	22	Up from 13
Percent of out-of-field teachers	2.9	Down from 11.3
Number of out-of-field teachers	2	Down from 7

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.”	98.5	311
“My child’s teachers and school staff prevent or stop bullying at school.”	93.6	311
Evaluations By Teachers	Percent Agree/Strongly Agree	Total Responses
“I feel safe at my school before and after hours.”	100	78
“The rules for behavior are enforced at my school.”	87.2	78
Evaluations By Students	Percent Agree/Strongly Agree	Total Responses
“I feel safe at my school during the school day.”	91.7	420
“Adults at my school prevent bullying from happening.”	82	420
“The rules for behavior are enforced at my school.”	89.5	420

Unsafe Incident Information as reported in the 2024-2025 Incident Management System (IMS)

	Number of Incidents
Students with in-school suspensions	0
Students with out of school suspensions	0
Students expelled	0
School related arrests and referrals to law enforcement	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	$60,510	Up from $58,177
Percent of expenditures for instruction	69.8	Down from 72.1
Percent of expenditures for teacher salaries	67.3	Down from 69.3
Average administrator salary	$111,186	Up from $108,928
Percent of students in poverty (TANF, Medicaid, SNAP, foster child, homeless or migrant)	79.6	Up from 78.6
Prior fiscal year State & Local Personnel Per Pupil Expenditure	$11,947	Up from 10363
Prior fiscal year Federal Personnel Per Pupil Expenditure	$589	Down from 669
Prior fiscal year State & Local Non-Personnel Per Pupil Expenditure	$2,213	Up from 1789
Prior fiscal year Federal Non-Personnel Per Pupil Expenditure	$1,504	Up from 1378
Prior fiscal year Total State & Local Per Pupil Expenditure	$14,160	Up from 12151
Prior fiscal year Total Federal Per Pupil Expenditure	$2,092	Up from 2047
Prior fiscal year Total Per Pupil Expenditure	$16,252	Up from 14199