Principal: Sandee Blankenship

Phone:
864-898-4511
School Address:
698 Concord Church Rd Pickens, SC 29671
Serving Grades: 6-8
Student Enrollment: 239

2021-2022 Overall Rating

Excellent
64 out of 100
School performance substantially exceeds 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	92.9	Up from 84.2

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

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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	19.4	Down from 25.3
Percent of students served by gifted and talented program	37.3	Up from 30.9
Percent of students retained	0.0	No change
Principal's/Superintendent's/Director's years at school/district	8	Up from 7
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)	3.6	Up from 0.0
Percent of 8th Graders with Individual Graduation Plan (IGP)	100.0	No change

Results of Teacher, Student, and Parent Opinion Surveys

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	Our School	Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers	17	Up from 12
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees	64.7	Up from 58.3
Teacher attendance rate	97.2	Up from 97.1
Average teacher salary	$52,075	Up from $50,598
Percent of teachers on continuing contract	88.2	Up from 83.3
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year	91.7	Up from 88.9
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average	89.4	Up from 81.0
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks	11.8	Up from 0.0
Prime instructional time	92.9	Up from 84.2
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects	23.9 to 1	Down from 24.4 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers	14.3	N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers	2	N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers	28.6	N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers	4	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	31
“My child’s teachers and school staff prevent or stop bullying at school.”	92.6	31
Evaluations By Teachers	Percent Agree/Strongly Agree	Total Responses
“I feel safe at my school before and after hours.”	100	13
“The rules for behavior are enforced at my school.”	100	13

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	2	2
Incidents of possession of firearm or explosive	0	0
Students with in-school suspensions	0	0
Students with out of school suspensions	2	2
Students expelled	0	0
School related arrests and referrals to law enforcement	0	0
Incidents of bullying and harassment	4	4

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	$52,075	Up from $50,598
Percent of expenditures for instruction	N/AV	N/A
Percent of expenditures for teacher salaries	N/AV	N/A
Average administrator salary	$78,803	Up from $75,110
Percent of students in poverty (TANF, Medicaid, SNAP, foster child, homeless or migrant)	40.7	Up from 35.1
Prior fiscal year State & Local Personnel Per Pupil Expenditure	N/AV	N/A
Prior fiscal year Federal Personnel Per Pupil Expenditure	N/AV	N/A
Prior fiscal year State & Local Non-Personnel Per Pupil Expenditure	N/AV	N/A
Prior fiscal year Federal Non-Personnel Per Pupil Expenditure	N/AV	N/A
Prior fiscal year Total State & Local Per Pupil Expenditure	N/AV	N/A
Prior fiscal year Total Federal Per Pupil Expenditure	N/AV	N/A
Prior fiscal year Total Per Pupil Expenditure	N/AV	N/A