Principal: Dr. Kathleen Corley

Phone:
843-707-0600
School Address:
10 Box Elder Street Bluffton, SC 29909
Serving Grades: PK-5
Student Enrollment: 601

2022-2023 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	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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Additional Information

Kindergarten Readiness Assessment

Percentage of Students enrolling in Kindergarten and Demonstrating readiness to learn

	Our School	Our District	Statewide
Overall	31.2%	35.0%	38.3%
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	34.4%	39.1%	49.4%
Language and Literacy	34.4%	32.9%	34.6%
Mathematics	35.5%	35.8%	35.2%
Physical Well-Being	35.5%	44.9%	53.4%

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.	56.7%	104	60.0%	1496	51.1%	55077
Second grade students who are on track for success in Mathematics at the third grade.	52.9%	104	57.6%	1496	51.3%	55077
First grade students who are on track for success in English Language Arts at the second grade	78.6%	84	63.7%	1417	53.0%	56191
First grade students who are on track for success in Mathematics at the second grade	67.9%	84	59.9%	1417	54.4%	56191

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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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ML Students who Met Progress Toward Proficiency Target

Percent of ML Students who Achieved English Level Proficiency

Percent of ML Students who Met Progress Toward Proficiency Target	66.5
Number of ML Students who Met Progress Toward Proficiency Target	103
Number of ML Students Assessed	155
Number of ML Students in ML Subgroup	171
Number of Number of ML Students who Achieved English Level Proficiency	42
Percent of Percent of ML Students who Achieved English Level Proficiency	27.1

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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

Percentage of students meeting Median Annual Targets (MATs), individual growth targets reflecting median historically observed gains for similar prior-year goals

Students meeting Median Annual Targets (MATs)

Percentage of students meeting Added-Value Targets (AVTs), individual growth targets set to reflect progressive learning gains designed to move students toward proficiency

Students meeting Added

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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	2023
Percent scoring level 2 or above - English/ELA - All Students	74.2%	79.5%	82.1%	90.0%	79.6%
Percent scoring level 2 or above - Math - All Students	75.8%	79.5%	82.1%	90.0%	68.2%
Percent scoring level 3 or above - English/ELA - All Students	43.2%	47.7%	56.6%	70.0%	58.0%
Percent scoring level 3 or above - Math - All Students	46.0%	50.0%	58.0%	70.0%	41.8%
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%	53.3%

*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	25.3	Up from 14.8
Percent of students retained	1.8	No change
Principal's/Superintendent's/Director's years at school/district	14	Up from 13
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)	6.6	Up from 3.5
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	53	Down from 54
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees	56.6	Up from 55.6
Teacher attendance rate	N/AV	N/A
Average teacher salary	$64,526	Up from $55,505
Percent of teachers on continuing contract	100.0	No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year	98.1	Up from 88.9
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average	92.5	Up from 90.5
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks	0.0	No change
Prime instructional time	N/AV	N/A
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects	13.7 to 1	Down from 14.2 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers	18.5	Down from 20
Number of inexperienced teachers	10	Down from 11
Percent of out-of-field teachers	24.1	Down from 25.5
Number of out-of-field teachers	13	Down from 14
Percent of inexperienced school leaders	0.0	No change
Number of inexperienced school leaders	0	No change

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	44
“My child’s teachers and school staff prevent or stop bullying at school.”	100.0	44
Evaluations By Teachers	Percent Agree/Strongly Agree	Total Responses
“I feel safe at my school before and after hours.”	100.0	57
“The rules for behavior are enforced at my school.”	96.4	57

Unsafe Incident Information as reported in the 2022-2023 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	0
Incidents of possession of firearm or explosive	0
Students with in-school suspensions	13
Students with out of school suspensions	3
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/

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School level Financial Information

	Our School	Change from Prev Year
Average teacher salary	$64,526	Up from $55,505
Percent of expenditures for instruction	74.2	Down from 74.3
Percent of expenditures for teacher salaries	67.8	No change
Average administrator salary	$98,460	Up from $90,707
Percent of students in poverty (TANF, Medicaid, SNAP, foster child, homeless or migrant)	61.7	Up from 58.5
Prior fiscal year State & Local Personnel Per Pupil Expenditure	$12,917	Up from 11375
Prior fiscal year Federal Personnel Per Pupil Expenditure	$1,639	Up from 997
Prior fiscal year State & Local Non-Personnel Per Pupil Expenditure	$1,992	Up from 1785
Prior fiscal year Federal Non-Personnel Per Pupil Expenditure	$1,197	Up from 996
Prior fiscal year Total State & Local Per Pupil Expenditure	$14,909	Up from 13160
Prior fiscal year Total Federal Per Pupil Expenditure	$2,836	Up from 1993
Prior fiscal year Total Per Pupil Expenditure	$17,745	Up from 15153