Principal: Zakaria Watson

Phone:
8649843986
School Address:
601 Lucas Avenue Laurens, SC 29360
Serving Grades: PK-5
Student Enrollment: 442

2021-2022 Overall Rating

Below Average
39 out of 100
School performance is in jeopardy of not meeting 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	79.0	Down from 83.8

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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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SCPASS 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	16.2%	27.3%	36.0%
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	33.8%	46.8%	52.2%
Language and Literacy	10.8%	23.3%	29.8%
Mathematics	24.3%	21.3%	28.1%
Physical Well-Being	29.7%	39.0%	51.5%

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.	18.8%	69	25.7%	354	51.9%	49894
Second grade students who are on track for success in Mathematics at the third grade.	24.6%	69	34.5%	354	54.7%	49894
First grade students who are on track for success in English Language Arts at the second grade	25.4%	59	14.4%	396	53.2%	49892
First grade students who are on track for success in Mathematics at the second grade	47.5%	59	40.7%	396	58.8%	49892

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SCPASS Science

Science

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

School Level Details

SCPASS Performance by Grade Level

Science

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

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EL Students who Met Progress Toward Proficiency Target

Percent of EL Students who Met Progress Toward Proficiency Target	30.2
Number of EL Students who Met Progress Toward Proficiency Target	38
Number of EL Students included in Accountability Calculation	126
Number of EL Students in EL Subgroup	128

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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

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Student Progress

Overall Percentage of Progress Points Earned by Subgroup

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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	2022
Percent scoring level 2 or above - English/ELA - All Students	74.2%	79.5%	82.1%	90.0%	74.8%
Percent scoring level 2 or above - Math - All Students	75.8%	79.5%	82.1%	90.0%	67.7%
Percent scoring level 3 or above - English/ELA - All Students	43.2%	47.7%	56.6%	70.0%	50.9%
Percent scoring level 3 or above - Math - All Students	46.0%	50.0%	58.0%	70.0%	41.3%
Percent of Students Graduating On-Time* (All Students)	82.6%	83.8%	86.3%	90.0%	83.8%
Percent of EL Students meeting 70% proficiency target	31.0%	37.4%	50.2%	70.0%	54.3%

*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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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	2.6	Down from 3.0
Percent of students retained	3.1	Down from 4.6
Principal's/Superintendent's/Director's years at school/district	5	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 (Note: Data are from prior school year)	20.9	Up from 9.6
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	32	Down from 33
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees	56.3	Down from 57.6
Teacher attendance rate	88.5	Down from 91.1
Average teacher salary	$51,553	Up from $50,901
Percent of teachers on continuing contract	87.5	Down from 93.9
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year	74.2	Down from 81.8
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average	77.3	Up from 76.4
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks	9.4	Down from 69.7
Prime instructional time	79.0	Down from 83.8
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects	23.3 to 1	Up from 17.3 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers	32.3	N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers	10	N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers	22.6	N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers	7	N/A
Percent of inexperienced school leaders	N/AV	N/A
Number of inexperienced school leaders	N/AV	N/A

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.”	90.0	13
“My child’s teachers and school staff prevent or stop bullying at school.”	100.0	13
Evaluations By Teachers	Percent Agree/Strongly Agree	Total Responses
“I feel safe at my school before and after hours.”	94.1	35
“The rules for behavior are enforced at my school.”	60.0	35

Unsafe Incident Information as reported in the 2021-2022 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	2
Incidents of possession of firearm or explosive	0
Students with in-school suspensions	41
Students with out of school suspensions	30
Students expelled	0
School related arrests and referrals to law enforcement	3
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	$51,553	Up from $50,901
Percent of expenditures for instruction	66.8	Down from 68.1
Percent of expenditures for teacher salaries	59.4	Down from 60.4
Average administrator salary	$90,166	Up from $86,420
Percent of students in poverty (TANF, Medicaid, SNAP, foster child, homeless or migrant)	91.7	Down from 92.6
Prior fiscal year State & Local Personnel Per Pupil Expenditure	$9,091	Up from 8469
Prior fiscal year Federal Personnel Per Pupil Expenditure	$1,251	Up from 672
Prior fiscal year State & Local Non-Personnel Per Pupil Expenditure	$1,912	Up from 1736
Prior fiscal year Federal Non-Personnel Per Pupil Expenditure	$900	Up from 365
Prior fiscal year Total State & Local Per Pupil Expenditure	$11,003	Up from 10205
Prior fiscal year Total Federal Per Pupil Expenditure	$2,151	Up from 1038
Prior fiscal year Total Per Pupil Expenditure	$13,154	Up from 11243