Principal: Lewis Compton

Phone:
864-984-2400
School Address:
1035 West Main Street Laurens, SC 29360
Serving Grades: 6-8
Student Enrollment: 428

2021-2022 Overall Rating

Average
40 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	82.9	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	39
Number of EL Students who Met Progress Toward Proficiency Target	30
Number of EL Students included in Accountability Calculation	77
Number of EL Students in EL Subgroup	79

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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	15.3	Up from 14.3
Percent of students served by gifted and talented program	9.6	Down from 10.5
Percent of students retained	0.0	No change
Principal's/Superintendent's/Director's years at school/district	2	Up from 1
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)	42.8	Up from 10.1
Percent of 8th Graders with Individual Graduation Plan (IGP)	96.7	Down from 100.0

Results of Teacher, Student, and Parent Opinion Surveys

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	Our School	Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers	26	Down from 28
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees	50.0	Up from 46.4
Teacher attendance rate	92.6	N/A
Average teacher salary	$50,302	Up from $47,231
Percent of teachers on continuing contract	96.2	Down from 100.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year	80.8	Up from 80
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average	79.8	Down from 82.2
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks	0.0	No change
Prime instructional time	82.9	N/A
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects	23.8 to 1	Down from 24.2 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers	39.5	N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers	17	N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers	25.6	N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers	11	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.”	92.3	15
“My child’s teachers and school staff prevent or stop bullying at school.”	75	15
Evaluations By Teachers	Percent Agree/Strongly Agree	Total Responses
“I feel safe at my school before and after hours.”	93.8	32
“The rules for behavior are enforced at my school.”	80.6	32

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	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	105	105
Students with out of school suspensions	113	113
Students expelled	0	0
School related arrests and referrals to law enforcement	0	0
Incidents of bullying and harassment	0	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	$50,302	Up from $47,231
Percent of expenditures for instruction	66.0	Down from 66.9
Percent of expenditures for teacher salaries	60.4	Down from 61.5
Average administrator salary	$90,166	Up from $86,420
Percent of students in poverty (TANF, Medicaid, SNAP, foster child, homeless or migrant)	80.0	Up from 78.0
Prior fiscal year State & Local Personnel Per Pupil Expenditure	$9,184	Up from 8519
Prior fiscal year Federal Personnel Per Pupil Expenditure	$721	Up from 297
Prior fiscal year State & Local Non-Personnel Per Pupil Expenditure	$1,718	Up from 1618
Prior fiscal year Federal Non-Personnel Per Pupil Expenditure	$772	Up from 303
Prior fiscal year Total State & Local Per Pupil Expenditure	$10,902	Up from 10138
Prior fiscal year Total Federal Per Pupil Expenditure	$1,493	Up from 599
Prior fiscal year Total Per Pupil Expenditure	$12,395	Up from 10737