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Virtus Academy Of Sc

Principal: Brittany Hamilton

Phone:
843-799-4032
School Address:
2407 Pisgah Road Florence, SC 29501
Serving Grades: K-7
Student Enrollment: 495

2020-2021 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

SC Ready English Language Arts and Mathematics

English Language Arts (Reading and Writing) - Percent Met or Exceeding

School 34.1%    (46 / 135)
34.1%
District 43.9%    (1795 / 4086)
43.9%
State 42.6%    (128425 / 301118)
42.6%

Mathematics - Percent Met or Exceeding

School 32.1%    (42 / 131)
32.1%
District 32.1%    (1312 / 4085)
32.1%
State 37.3%    (112523 / 301914)
37.3%


Additional Information

Our School Change from Last Year
Prime instructional time 93.5 N/A

Academic Achievement

Details Student Performance across District and State

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.


Does Not Meet ExpectationsApproaches ExpectationsMeets ExpectationsExceeds Expectations
Our School 34.8 31.1 19.3 14.8
Does Not Meet ExpectationsApproaches ExpectationsMeets ExpectationsExceeds Expectations
Our District 25.5 30.6 26.2 17.7
Does Not Meet ExpectationsApproaches ExpectationsMeets ExpectationsExceeds Expectations
Statewide 29.1 28.2 23.5 19.1

Mathematics

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



Does Not Meet ExpectationsApproaches ExpectationsMeets ExpectationsExceeds Expectations
Our School 45 22.9 26.7 5.3
Does Not Meet ExpectationsApproaches ExpectationsMeets ExpectationsExceeds Expectations
Our District 36.1 31.8 19.4 12.8
Does Not Meet ExpectationsApproaches ExpectationsMeets ExpectationsExceeds Expectations
Statewide 34.7 28.1 19.6 17.7

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.


Grade 3Grade 4Grade 5
Our School Percent Met or Exceeding 37.3 36.6 27.9

Mathematics

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


Grade 3Grade 4Grade 5
Our School Percent Met or Exceeding 40.8 33.3 20.9

Academic Achievement

Participation Rate by Subgroup

Our SchoolOur DistrictStatewide
Homeless 100 51.1 87.6
Our SchoolOur DistrictStatewide
Foster 100 77.3 82.2
Our SchoolOur DistrictStatewide
Military Connected Data N/A 35.2 85.1
Our SchoolOur DistrictStatewide
Migrant Data N/A Data N/A 94.4
Our SchoolOur DistrictStatewide
Female 98.4 53.8 87.9
Our SchoolOur DistrictStatewide
Male 97.4 52.2 88
Our SchoolOur DistrictStatewide
NonEconomically Disadvantaged 98.9 54.9 90.2
Our SchoolOur DistrictStatewide
Economically Disadvantaged 97.3 51.6 86.6
Our SchoolOur DistrictStatewide
Not Disabled 98.5 53.4 88.3
Our SchoolOur DistrictStatewide
Disabled 95.2 50.2 86.1
Our SchoolOur DistrictStatewide
English Learner Data N/A 78.1 93.2
Our SchoolOur DistrictStatewide
Caucasian 97.6 53 90.6
Our SchoolOur DistrictStatewide
Hispanic 100 58.9 91
Our SchoolOur DistrictStatewide
American Indian 100 39.6 88.4
Our SchoolOur DistrictStatewide
Asian Pacific Islander 100 58.6 90.2
Our SchoolOur DistrictStatewide
African American 98.4 51.1 83.2
Our SchoolOur DistrictStatewide
ALL STUDENTS 97.9 53 87.9

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

SCPASS Science

Science - Percent Met or Exceeding

School 43.9%    (18 / 41)
43.9%
District 46.8%    (631 / 1348)
46.8%
State 43.3%    (43210 / 99859)
43.3%


Additional Information

Kindergarten Readiness Assessment

Percentage of Students enrolling in Kindergarten and Demonstrating readiness to learn

Percentage of students Demonstrating Readiness on the KRA 26.1%
26.1%
Percentage of students Approaching Readiness on the KRA 44.3%
44.3%
Percentage of students Emerging Readiness on the KRA 29.5%
29.5%
Our SchoolOur DistrictStatewide
Overall 26.1% 33.4% 26.8%
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 % % %
Language and Literacy 33% 39.1% 32.4%
Mathematics 33% 37.9% 28.3%
Physical Well-Being % % %

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. 53.5% 86 1375 63.9% 51.9% 47348
Second grade students who are on track for success in Mathematics at the third grade. 86 40.7% 63.1% 1375 54.2% 47348
First grade students who are on track for success in English Language Arts at the second grade 50% 92 74.3% 1463 55.8% 47515
First grade students who are on track for success in Mathematics at the second grade 52.2% 92 72.9% 1463 60.2% 47515

Preparing for Success

Details Student Performance across District and State

SCPASS Science

Science

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


Does Not Meet ExpectationsApproaches ExpectationsMeets ExpectationsExceeds Expectations
Our School 24.4 31.7 24.4 19.5
Does Not Meet ExpectationsApproaches ExpectationsMeets ExpectationsExceeds Expectations
Our District 29.9 23.3 27 19.8
Does Not Meet ExpectationsApproaches ExpectationsMeets ExpectationsExceeds Expectations
Statewide 34.6 22.1 23.8 19.5

School Level Details

SCPASS Performance by Grade Level

Science

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


Grade 4
Our School Percent Met or Exceeding 43.9

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 33.7%    (128 / 380)
33.7%
State 31.7%    (11900 / 37543)
31.7%

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 Data N/A
Number of EL Students in EL Subgroup Data N/A

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 2021
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 0.0 N/A
Percent of students served by gifted and talented program 5.8 Down from 13.8
Percent of students retained 0.8 Up from 0.0
Principal's/Superintendent's/Director's years at school/district 1 No change
Percent of classrooms with wireless access 62 Down from 100
Percent of students served by 1:1 learning 61 Down from 75
Chronic Absenteeism Rate (Note: Data are from prior school year) 3.6 Down from 9.3
Percent of 8th Graders with Individual Graduation Plan (IGP) N/AV N/A

Results of Teacher, Student, and Parent Opinion Surveys

Teachers Students Parents
Number of surveys returned 20 28 85
Percent satisfied with learning environment 75%
67.9%
76.2%
Percent satisfied with social and physical environment 85%
64.3%
80%
Percent satisfied with school-home relations 90%
71.4%
70.6%

Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 34 Up from 22
Teacher attendance rate 99.8 N/A
Average teacher salary $42,882 Up from $41,122
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 53.8 Down from 90
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average N/AV N/A
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 32.4 Up from 4.5
Prime instructional time 93.5 N/A
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 21.5 to 1 N/A
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 33.3 Up from 10
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 4 Up from 1
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 8.3 Down from 10
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 1 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.” 93 85
“My child’s teachers and school staff prevent or stop bullying at school.” 63.5 85
Evaluations By Teachers Percent Agree/Strongly Agree Total Responses
“I feel safe at my school before and after hours.” 100 20
“The rules for behavior are enforced at my school.” 40 20

Unsafe Incident Information as reported in the 2020-2021 Incident Management System (IMS)

Number of Incidents
Have there been any incidents involving a firearm? 0 No
Was a homicide committed at your school? 0 No
Incidents of rape or attempted rape 0 0
Incidents of sexual assault (not rape) 0 0
Incidents of robbery w/ weapon 0 0
Incidents of robbery w/ firearm or explosive 0 0
Incidents of robbery w/out weapon 0 0
Incidents of physical attack w/ weapon 0 0
Incidents of physical attack w/ firearm or explosive 0 0
Incidents of physical attack w/out weapon 0 0
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 3 3
Incidents of possession of firearm or explosive 0 0
Students with in-school suspensions 4 4
Students with out of school suspensions 24 24
Students expelled 0 0
School related arrests and referrals to law enforcement 1 1
Incidents of bullying and harassment 13 13
NOTE: For additional information, visit the National Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) website here: https://ocrdata.ed.gov/

Financial Data

School level Financial Information

Our School Change from Prev Year
Average teacher salary $42,882 Up from $41,122
Average administrator salary $79,200 Up from $76,967
Percent of students in poverty (TANF, Medicaid, SNAP, foster child, homeless or migrant) 60.7 Up from 44.0