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Theodore Lester Elementary

Principal: E. Janette Williams

Phone:
843-664-8459
School Address:
3501 E. Palmetto Street Florence, SC 29506
Serving Grades: K-6
Student Enrollment: 360

2019-2020 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

Note on missing data: On March 26, 2021, the U.S. Department of Education waived federal accountability requirements and granted flexibility in administering assessments due to COVID-19. The results displayed within this report card should not be compared to those of other years due to the testing limitations as a result of the pandemic. In addition, these results may be incomplete and may not be representative of the make-up of the State, district, or school population.

Academic Achievement

Questions about what your child should be learning in school?

NOTE: Additional Achievement results disaggregated across subgroups can be found in the Download Data section of this website as well as on the State Assessment Results pages.

Overall Student Performance

No Data Available



Academic Achievement

Details Student Performance across District and State


Academic Achievement

Participation Rate by Subgroup

No Data Available

Note on missing data: On March 26, 2021, the U.S. Department of Education waived federal accountability requirements and granted flexibility in administering assessments due to COVID-19. The results displayed within this report card should not be compared to those of other years due to the testing limitations as a result of the pandemic. In addition, these results may be incomplete and may not be representative of the make-up of the State, district, or school population.

Preparing for Success

Questions about what your child should be learning in school?

This indicator displays the SC READY Science test results for elementary and middle school students and the End-of-Course Biology and U.S. History test results for high school students.

Overall Student Performance

No Data Available

Additional Information

Kindergarten Readiness Assessment

Percentage of Students enrolling in Kindergarten and Demonstrating readiness to learn

Percentage of students Demonstrating Readiness on the KRA 37.8%
37.8%
Percentage of students Approaching Readiness on the KRA 42.2%
42.2%
Percentage of students Emerging Readiness on the KRA 20.0%
20.0%
Our SchoolOur DistrictStatewide
Overall 37.8% 32.1% 39.2%
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 68.9% 44.7% 53.3%
Language and Literacy 20.0% 26.8% 33.6%
Mathematics 15.6% 25.4% 29.4%
Physical Well-Being 64.4% 46.6% 55.4%

First and Second Grade Students on Track for Success in ELA and Math

  Our SchoolOur DistrictStatewide
  % N % N % N
Second grade students who are on track for success in English Language Arts at the third grade. Data N/A 46 3.2% 1094 33.0% 40078
Second grade students who are on track for success in Mathematics at the third grade. Data N/A 46 3.3% 1094 36.6% 40078
First grade students who are on track for success in English Language Arts at the second grade Data N/A 48 2.3% 1044 33.0% 40376
First grade students who are on track for success in Mathematics at the second grade Data N/A 48 3.9% 1044 38.7% 40376

Preparing for Success

Details Student Performance across District and State


English Learners' Progress

English Learners - EL

The goal is that students who are learning the English language will become proficient in English within at least five years of their initial enrollment in public schools.

EL Students who Met Progress Toward Proficiency Target

District 60.8%    (237 / 390)
60.8%
State 44.4%    (18872 / 42513)
44.4%

Percent of EL Students who Met Progress Toward Proficiency Target Data N/A
Number of EL Students who Met Progress Toward Proficiency Target Data N/A
Number of EL Students included in Accountability Calculation 9
Number of EL Students in EL Subgroup 13

Note on missing data: On March 26, 2021, the U.S. Department of Education waived federal accountability requirements and granted flexibility in administering assessments due to COVID-19. The results displayed within this report card should not be compared to those of other years due to the testing limitations as a result of the pandemic. In addition, these results may be incomplete and may not be representative of the make-up of the State, district, or school population.

Student Progress

No Data Available

Student Progress

Overall Percentage of Progress Points Earned by Subgroup

No Data Available

Note on missing data: On March 26, 2021, the U.S. Department of Education waived federal accountability requirements and granted flexibility in administering assessments due to COVID-19. The results displayed within this report card should not be compared to those of other years due to the testing limitations as a result of the pandemic. In addition, these results may be incomplete and may not be representative of the make-up of the State, district, or school population.

State Goals

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 2020
Percent scoring level 2 or above - English/ELA - All Students 74.2% 79.5% 82.1% 90.0% Data N/A
Percent scoring level 2 or above - Math - All Students 75.8% 79.5% 82.1% 90.0% Data N/A
Percent scoring level 3 or above - English/ELA - All Students 43.2% 47.7% 56.6% 70.0% Data N/A
Percent scoring level 3 or above - Math - All Students 46.0% 50.0% 58.0% 70.0% Data N/A
Percent of Students Graduating On-Time* (All Students) 82.6% 83.8% 86.3% 90.0% Data N/A
Percent of EL Students meeting 70% proficiency target 31.0% 37.4% 50.2% 70.0% Data N/A
*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.

Note on missing data: On March 26, 2021, the U.S. Department of Education waived federal accountability requirements and granted flexibility in administering assessments due to COVID-19. The results displayed within this report card should not be compared to those of other years due to the testing limitations as a result of the pandemic. In addition, these results may be incomplete and may not be representative of the make-up of the State, district, or school population.

Student Engagement

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 4.2 No change
Percent of students retained 2.5 Up from 2.3
Principal's/Superintendent's/Director's years at school/district 3 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 27.9 Up from 25.3
Percent of 8th Graders with Individual Graduation Plan (IGP) N/AV N/A

Results of Teacher, Student, and Parent Opinion Surveys


No Current Records Available.





Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 37 No change
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 59.5 Down from 67.6
Average teacher salary $49,651 Up from $47,903
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 62.2 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 82.8 Up from 73.5
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 77.8 Down from 80.1
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 2.7 Down from 5.4
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 8.3 Down from 11.1
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 1 No change
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 0.0 No change
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 0 No change

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.


Student Safety

Evaluations By Parents Percent Agree/Strongly Agree Total Responses
“My child feels safe at school.” Data N/A Data N/A
“My child’s teachers and school staff prevent or stop bullying at school.” Data N/A Data N/A
Evaluations By Teachers Percent Agree/Strongly Agree Total Responses
“I feel safe at my school before and after hours.” Data N/A Data N/A
“The rules for behavior are enforced at my school.” Data N/A Data N/A

Unsafe Incident Information as reported in the 2019-2020 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 1
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 3
Incidents of possession of firearm or explosive 0
Students with in-school suspensions 10
Students with out of school suspensions 30
Students expelled 0
School related arrests and referrals to law enforcement 0
Incidents of bullying and harassment 1
NOTE: For additional information, visit the National Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) website here: https://ocrdata.ed.gov/

Financial Data

Note: Additional detailed finance data are available on the Financial Data page of this downloadable dataset.

School level Financial Information

Our School Change from Prev Year
Average teacher salary $49,651 Up from $47,903
Percent of expenditures for instruction 67.6 N/A
Percent of expenditures for teacher salaries 52.8 N/A
Average administrator salary $83,438 Up from $80,284
Percent of students in poverty (TANF, Medicaid, SNAP, foster child, homeless or migrant) 91.9 Down from 92.2
Prior fiscal year State & Local Personnel Per Pupil Expenditure $13,024 Up from 10296
Prior fiscal year Federal Personnel Per Pupil Expenditure $14,519 Up from 1323
Prior fiscal year State & Local Non-Personnel Per Pupil Expenditure $2,481 Up from 1438
Prior fiscal year Federal Non-Personnel Per Pupil Expenditure $2,596 Up from 338
Prior fiscal year Total State & Local Per Pupil Expenditure $15,505 Up from 11734
Prior fiscal year Total Federal Per Pupil Expenditure $17,115 Up from 1661
Prior fiscal year Total Per Pupil Expenditure $32,619 Up from 13395