Teachers: 53488
Student Enrollment: 783419

2019-2020 Overall Rating

0 out of 0

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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.

No Data Available

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Academic Achievement

Participation Rate by Subgroup

No Data Available

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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.

Additional Information

Kindergarten Readiness Assessment

Percentage of Students enrolling in Kindergarten and Demonstrating readiness to learn

	Statewide
Overall	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	53.3%
Language and Literacy	33.6%
Mathematics	29.4%
Physical Well-Being	55.4%

No Data Available

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

	Statewide
	%	N
Second grade students who are on track for success in English Language Arts at the third grade.	33%	40078
Second grade students who are on track for success in Mathematics at the third grade.	36.6%	40078
First grade students who are on track for success in English Language Arts at the second grade	33%	40376
First grade students who are on track for success in Mathematics at the second grade	38.7%	40376

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High School Civics Exam

	School
	%	N
Percentage of students enrolled in a US Government course who score at or above the designated passing score on the civics test	60.3	36948

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EL Students who Met Progress Toward Proficiency Target

Percent of EL Students who Met Progress Toward Proficiency Target	44.4
Number of EL Students who Met Progress Toward Proficiency Target	18872
Number of EL Students included in Accountability Calculation	42513
Number of EL Students in EL Subgroup	64386

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Additional South Carolina NAEP data are available here: Nation's Report Card

SOUTH CAROLINA STATE LEVEL NAEP RESULTS

Reading Grade 4 by Achievement Levels

All Students	Percent Below NAEP Basic	Percent at or Above NAEP Basic	Percent at or Above NAEP Proficient	Percent at NAEP Advanced
Two or More Races	27	23	7
Students with Disabilities	78	14	7	1
English Language Learners	59	25	13	3
Free or reduced lunch eligible	51	29	16	4
Black	57	29	13	2
Hispanic	46	27	21	6
All Students	39
Two or More Races	43
All Students	29	23	8
White	25	31	31	13

Reading Grade 4 Inclusion Rates for Specific Subgroups

	Percent Include
Students with Disabilities	94
English Language Learners	95

Mathematics Grade 4 by Achievement Levels

All Students	Percent Below NAEP Basic	Percent at or Above NAEP Basic	Percent at or Above NAEP Proficient	Percent at NAEP Advanced
Black	39	46	14	1
Hispanic	29	44	24	3
Two or More Races	26
English Language Learners	37
All Students	23	40
Two or More Races	40
English Language Learners	42
All Students	29
Two or More Races	29
English Language Learners	20
All Students	7
English Language Learners	1
Two or More Races	4
White	11
Free or reduced lunch eligible	32
White	36
Students with Disabilities	57
Free or reduced lunch eligible	45
Students with Disabilities	30
White	41
Free or reduced lunch eligible	20
Students with Disabilities	11
White	12
Free or reduced lunch eligible	3
Students with Disabilities	3

Mathematics Grade 4 Inclusion Rates for Specific Subgroups

	Percent Include
English Language Learners	94
Students with Disabilities	94

Reading Grade 8 by Achievement Levels

All Students	Percent Below NAEP Basic	Percent at or Above NAEP Basic	Percent at or Above NAEP Proficient	Percent at NAEP Advanced
Two or More Races	41	27	1
Students with Disabilities	75	20	5	0
English Language Learners	49	38	12	2
Free or reduced lunch eligible	41	40	18
Black	49
Free or reduced lunch eligible	1
Black	38
All Students	31
Black	12
All Students	39
Black	1
All Students	27
Hispanic	36
All Students	3
Hispanic	40
White	20
Hispanic	23
White	40
Hispanic	1
White	35
Two or More Races	31
White	4

Reading Grade 8 Inclusion Rates for Specific Subgroups

	Percent Include
Students with Disabilities	92
English Language Learners	93

Mathematics Grade 8 by Achievement Levels

All Students	Percent Below NAEP Basic	Percent at or Above NAEP Basic	Percent at or Above NAEP Proficient	Percent at NAEP Advanced
Two or More Races	36	23
Black	57
Two or More Races	6
Black	33
Students with Disabilities	82
Black	9
Students with Disabilities	15
Black	1
Students with Disabilities	3
Hispanic	42
Students with Disabilities	1
Hispanic	36
English Language Learners	54
Hispanic	16
English Language Learners	34
Hispanic	6
English Language Learners	11
Two or More Races	35
English Language Learners	2
All Students	36	35
Free or reduced lunch eligible	50	34
All Students	21
Free or reduced lunch eligible	13
All Students	8
Free or reduced lunch eligible	3
White	23	36	28	13

Mathematics Grade 8 Inclusion Rates for Specific Subgroups

	Percent Include
Students with Disabilities	92
English Language Learners	97

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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.

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.

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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.

Additional Information

	Our State	Change from Last Year
Percent of Students (7th and 8th grade) enrolled in high school credit courses	35.3	N/A
Percent of students served by gifted and talented program	20.2	Down from 20.9
Percent of students retained	1.4	No change
Principal's/Superintendent's/Director's years at school/district	6	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	13.8	Up from 13.1
Percent of 8th Graders with Individual Graduation Plan (IGP)	99.1	N/A

Results of Teacher, Student, and Parent Opinion Surveys

No Current Records Available.

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	Our State	Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers	53488	Up from 52733
Percent of K-3 teachers who are certified in Read to Succeed reading certification	48.1	Up from 37.4
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees	60.9	Down from 61.0
Average teacher salary	$52,210	Up from $49,737
Percent of teachers on continuing contract	73.6	Down from 74.1
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year	92.7	Up from 91
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average	91.8	Up from 91.6
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks	1.3	No change
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes	12.2	Down from 13.8
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes	3009	Down from 3151
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes	1.8	Down from 2.4
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes	445	Down from 548

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	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?	1	Yes
Was a homicide committed at your school?	0	No
Incidents of rape or attempted rape	14	14
Incidents of sexual assault (not rape)	139	139
Incidents of robbery w/ weapon	1	1
Incidents of robbery w/ firearm or explosive	0	0
Incidents of robbery w/out weapon	11	11
Incidents of physical attack w/ weapon	1	1
Incidents of physical attack w/ firearm or explosive	0	0
Incidents of physical attack w/out weapon	1392	1392
Incidents of threats of physical attack w/ weapon	0	0
Incidents of threats of physical attack w/ firearm or explosive	0	0
Incidents of threats of physical attack w/out weapon	6096	6096
Incidents of possession of firearm or explosive	47	47
Students with in-school suspensions	0	0
Students with out of school suspensions	0	0
Students expelled	0	0
School related arrests and referrals to law enforcement	0	0
Incidents of bullying and harassment	3467	3467

NOTE: For additional information, visit the National Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) website here: https://ocrdata.ed.gov/

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State level Financial Information

	Our State	Change from Prev Year
Average teacher salary	$52,210	Up from $49,737
Percent of expenditures for instruction	53.0	Down from 54.6
Percent of expenditures for teacher salaries	46.2	Down from 48.3
Average administrator salary	$90,172	Up from $87,373
Percent of students in poverty (TANF, Medicaid, SNAP, foster child, homeless or migrant)	61.1	Down from 61.7
Prior fiscal year State & Local Personnel Per Pupil Expenditure	$8,040	Up from 7711
Prior fiscal year Federal Personnel Per Pupil Expenditure	$931	Up from 820
Prior fiscal year State & Local Non-Personnel Per Pupil Expenditure	$1,633	Up from 1614
Prior fiscal year Federal Non-Personnel Per Pupil Expenditure	$572	Up from 498
Prior fiscal year Total State & Local Per Pupil Expenditure	$9,673	Up from 9211
Prior fiscal year Total Federal Per Pupil Expenditure	$1,503	Up from 1302
Prior fiscal year Total Per Pupil Expenditure	$11,176	Up from 10513