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Mary Ford Early Childhood Learning And Family Center

Principal: Ruth Taylor

Phone:
843-745-7131
School Address:
3180 Thoasina McPherson Blvd North Charleston, SC 29405
Serving Grades: PK-K
Student Enrollment: 216

2021-2022 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

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.

Overall Student Performance

No Data Available


Additional Information

Our School Change from Last Year
Prime instructional time 80.5 Down from 86.6

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.



Additional Information

Kindergarten Readiness Assessment

Percentage of Students enrolling in Kindergarten and Demonstrating readiness to learn

Percentage of students Demonstrating Readiness on the KRA 22.2%
22.2%
Percentage of students Approaching Readiness on the KRA 42.9%
42.9%
Percentage of students Emerging Readiness on the KRA 34.9%
34.9%
Our SchoolOur DistrictStatewide
Overall 22.2% 50.9% 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 46.0% 61.2% 52.2%
Language and Literacy 23.8% 46.2% 29.8%
Mathematics 19.0% 39.8% 28.1%
Physical Well-Being 41.3% 62.5% 51.5%

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. Data N/A 0 46.5% 3525 51.9% 49894
Second grade students who are on track for success in Mathematics at the third grade. Data N/A 0 61.0% 3525 54.7% 49894
First grade students who are on track for success in English Language Arts at the second grade Data N/A 0 40.4% 3843 53.2% 49892
First grade students who are on track for success in Mathematics at the second grade Data N/A 0 58.6% 3843 58.8% 49892

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.

Percent of EL Students who met progress toward proficiency target

District 47.7%    (2109 / 4418)
47.7%
State 54.3%    (33790 / 62238)
54.3%

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 1
Number of EL Students in EL Subgroup 3

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 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.

Student Engagement

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 N/AV N/A
Percent of students retained 0.0 No change
Principal's/Superintendent's/Director's years at school/district 3 Up from 2
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) 14.8 Up from 7.3
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 28 Data N/A 18
Percent satisfied with learning environment 85.7%
Data N/A
94.4%
Percent satisfied with social and physical environment 89.3%
Data N/A
100.0%
Percent satisfied with school-home relations Data N/A
Data N/A
94.4%

Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 22 Down from 25
Percent of K-3 teachers who are certified in Read to Succeed reading certification 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 56.8 Up from 55.3
Teacher attendance rate 91.2 Down from 96.1
Average teacher salary $57,685 Up from $55,011
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 95.5 Down from 95.9
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 76.2 Up from 52
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 70.5 Up from 67.8
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 80.5 Down from 86.6
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 12.4 to 1 Down from 13.7 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 38.5 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers 5 N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers 53.8 N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers 7 N/A
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 50.0 N/A
Number of inexperienced school leaders 1 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.


Student Safety

Evaluations By Parents Percent Agree/Strongly Agree Total Responses
“My child feels safe at school.” 100.0 18
“My child’s teachers and school staff prevent or stop bullying at school.” 100.0 18
Evaluations By Teachers Percent Agree/Strongly Agree Total Responses
“I feel safe at my school before and after hours.” 89.3 28
“The rules for behavior are enforced at my school.” 82.1 28

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 1
Students with out of school suspensions 2
Students expelled 0
School related arrests and referrals to law enforcement 0
Incidents of bullying and harassment 0
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 $57,685 Up from $55,011
Percent of expenditures for instruction 55.3 Down from 60.9
Percent of expenditures for teacher salaries 41.9 Down from 51.9
Average administrator salary $106,534 Up from $101,145
Percent of students in poverty (TANF, Medicaid, SNAP, foster child, homeless or migrant) 96.8 No change
Prior fiscal year State & Local Personnel Per Pupil Expenditure $44,185 Up from 12170
Prior fiscal year Federal Personnel Per Pupil Expenditure $7,462 Up from 1319
Prior fiscal year State & Local Non-Personnel Per Pupil Expenditure $12,726 Up from 3093
Prior fiscal year Federal Non-Personnel Per Pupil Expenditure $5,517 Up from 1199
Prior fiscal year Total State & Local Per Pupil Expenditure $56,911 Up from 15264
Prior fiscal year Total Federal Per Pupil Expenditure $12,979 Up from 2518
Prior fiscal year Total Per Pupil Expenditure $69,890 Up from 17782