Principal: Chris Timmons

Phone:
803-475-6021
School Address:
6865 Kershaw Camden Highway Kershaw, SC 29067
Serving Grades: 6-8
Student Enrollment: 473

2021-2022 Overall Rating

Average
47 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	N/AV	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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SCPASS Science

Science - Percent Met or Exceeding

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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	Data N/A
Number of EL Students who Met Progress Toward Proficiency Target	Data N/A
Number of EL Students included in Accountability Calculation	5
Number of EL Students in EL Subgroup	5

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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	21.4	Up from 17.7
Percent of students retained	0.2	No change
Principal's/Superintendent's/Director's years at school/district	N/AV	N/A
Percent of classrooms with wireless access	N/AV	N/A
Percent of students served by 1:1 learning	N/AV	N/A
Chronic Absenteeism Rate (Note: Data are from prior school year)	12.4	Up from 8.7
Percent of 8th Graders with Individual Graduation Plan (IGP)	89.5	Up from 89.0

Results of Teacher, Student, and Parent Opinion Surveys

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	Our School	Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers	29	Down from 30
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees	65.5	Down from 70.0
Teacher attendance rate	N/AV	N/A
Average teacher salary	$56,624	Up from $55,800
Percent of teachers on continuing contract	100.0	No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year	72.4	Down from 93.1
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average	84.5	Down from 90.3
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks	N/AV	N/A
Prime instructional time	N/AV	N/A
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects	N/AV	26.7 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers	21.9	N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers	7	N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers	9.4	N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers	3	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.”	100.0	22
“My child’s teachers and school staff prevent or stop bullying at school.”	57.1	22
Evaluations By Teachers	Percent Agree/Strongly Agree	Total Responses
“I feel safe at my school before and after hours.”	100.0	22
“The rules for behavior are enforced at my school.”	95.5	22

Unsafe Incident Information as reported in the 2021-2022 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	8	8
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	23	23
Incidents of possession of firearm or explosive	0	0
Students with in-school suspensions	132	132
Students with out of school suspensions	112	112
Students expelled	1	1
School related arrests and referrals to law enforcement	0	0
Incidents of bullying and harassment	38	38

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	$56,624	Up from $55,800
Percent of expenditures for instruction	68.0	Down from 70.2
Percent of expenditures for teacher salaries	62.8	Down from 65.8
Average administrator salary	$96,272	Up from $84,694
Percent of students in poverty (TANF, Medicaid, SNAP, foster child, homeless or migrant)	62.2	Down from 63.2
Prior fiscal year State & Local Personnel Per Pupil Expenditure	$8,212	Down from 8248
Prior fiscal year Federal Personnel Per Pupil Expenditure	$449	Up from 292
Prior fiscal year State & Local Non-Personnel Per Pupil Expenditure	$961	Down from 1231
Prior fiscal year Federal Non-Personnel Per Pupil Expenditure	$270	Up from 63
Prior fiscal year Total State & Local Per Pupil Expenditure	$9,173	Down from 9478
Prior fiscal year Total Federal Per Pupil Expenditure	$720	Up from 355
Prior fiscal year Total Per Pupil Expenditure	$9,893	Up from 9833