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Blue Ridge Middle School

Principal: Karen Bullard

Phone:
864-355-1900
School Address:
2423 E. Tyger Bridge Rd. Greer, SC 29651
Serving Grades: 6-8
Student Enrollment: 916

2022-2023 Overall Rating

Excellent
61 out of 100
School performance substantially exceeds 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 as well as on the State Assessment Results pages.

Overall Student Performance

SC Ready English Language Arts and Mathematics

English Language Arts (Reading and Writing) - Percent Met or Exceeding

School 70.8%    (619 / 874)
70.8%
District 61.7%    (20782 / 33670)
61.7%
State 53.9%    (184573 / 342443)
53.9%

Mathematics - Percent Met or Exceeding

School 52.4%    (458 / 874)
52.4%
District 50.8%    (17109 / 33670)
50.8%
State 40.9%    (139957 / 342443)
40.9%


Additional Information

Our School Change from Last Year
Prime instructional time 92.8 Up from 92.2

Academic Achievement

Details Student Performance across District and State

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.


Not TestedDoes Not Meet ExpectationsApproaches ExpectationsMeets ExpectationsExceeds Expectations
Our School 0.2 10 19 28.8 42
Not TestedDoes Not Meet ExpectationsApproaches ExpectationsMeets ExpectationsExceeds Expectations
Our District 0.4 17.4 20.6 23.5 38.2
Not TestedDoes Not Meet ExpectationsApproaches ExpectationsMeets ExpectationsExceeds Expectations
Statewide 0.7 20.7 24.7 25 28.9

Mathematics

Note: Results from alternate assessments were included in the calculations where available.



Not TestedDoes Not Meet ExpectationsApproaches ExpectationsMeets ExpectationsExceeds Expectations
Our School 0.2 18.6 28.7 26.3 26.1
Not TestedDoes Not Meet ExpectationsApproaches ExpectationsMeets ExpectationsExceeds Expectations
Our District 0.4 23.4 25.4 22.9 27.9
Not TestedDoes Not Meet ExpectationsApproaches ExpectationsMeets ExpectationsExceeds Expectations
Statewide 0.7 30.3 28.2 21 19.9

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.


Grade 6Grade 7Grade 8
Our School Percent Met or Exceeding 73 71.8 68.4

Mathematics

Note: Results from alternate assessments were included in the calculations where available.


Grade 6Grade 7Grade 8
Our School Percent Met or Exceeding 61.8 48.2 47.9

Academic Achievement

Participation Rate by Subgroup

Our SchoolOur DistrictStatewide
Homeless Data N/A 98.2 97.6
Our SchoolOur DistrictStatewide
Foster Data N/A 99.2 96.9
Our SchoolOur DistrictStatewide
Military Connected Data N/A 100 99.4
Our SchoolOur DistrictStatewide
Migrant Data N/A Data N/A 99.2
Our SchoolOur DistrictStatewide
Female 99.5 99.5 99.2
Our SchoolOur DistrictStatewide
Male 99.8 99.3 99
Our SchoolOur DistrictStatewide
NonEconomically Disadvantaged 100 99.8 99.6
Our SchoolOur DistrictStatewide
Economically Disadvantaged 99.3 99.1 98.8
Our SchoolOur DistrictStatewide
Not Disabled 99.7 99.6 99.3
Our SchoolOur DistrictStatewide
Disabled 99.4 98.6 98.3
Our SchoolOur DistrictStatewide
English Learner 100 99.6 99.5
Our SchoolOur DistrictStatewide
Caucasian 99.7 99.5 99.3
Our SchoolOur DistrictStatewide
Hispanic 100 99.5 99.3
Our SchoolOur DistrictStatewide
American Indian Data N/A 97.9 98.4
Our SchoolOur DistrictStatewide
Asian Pacific Islander Data N/A 99.9 99.6
Our SchoolOur DistrictStatewide
African American 98 99.1 98.9
Our SchoolOur DistrictStatewide
ALL STUDENTS 99.7 99.4 99.1

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.

Overall Student Performance

SCPASS Science

Science - Percent Met or Exceeding

School 61.2%    (175 / 286)
61.2%
District 56.4%    (6230 / 11039)
56.4%
State 45.1%    (50704 / 112478)
45.1%



Preparing for Success

Details Student Performance across District and State

SCPASS Science

Science

Note: Results from alternate assessments were included in the calculations where available.


Not TestedDoes Not Meet ExpectationsApproaches ExpectationsMeets ExpectationsExceeds Expectations
Our School 1 21 16.8 29.7 31.5
Not TestedDoes Not Meet ExpectationsApproaches ExpectationsMeets ExpectationsExceeds Expectations
Our District 0.7 25.1 17.8 24.7 31.7
Not TestedDoes Not Meet ExpectationsApproaches ExpectationsMeets ExpectationsExceeds Expectations
Statewide 0.7 32.6 21.6 24.7 20.4

School Level Details

SCPASS Performance by Grade Level

Science

Note: Results from alternate assessments were included in the calculations where available.


Grade 6
Our School Percent Met or Exceeding 61.8

Multilingual Learners' Progress

Multilingual Learners - ML

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 Students in the ML Subgroup who Met Progress Toward Proficiency Target 52.6
Number of Students in the ML Subgroup who Met Progress Toward Proficiency Target 20
Number of Students in the ML Subgroup included in the Met Progress calculation 38
Number of Students in the ML Subgroup 41
Number of Students in the ML Subgroup who Achieved English Language Level Proficiency 16
Percent of Students in the ML Subgroup who Achieved English Language Level Proficiency 42.1

Student Progress

Overall Percentage of Progress Points Earned

School 61%    (21 / 35)
District 52.5%    (18 / 35)
52.5%
State 51.2%    (18 / 35)
51.2%

Student Progress Components - Percent of Progress Points Earned

All Students

School 65.8%    (23 / 35)
65.8%
District 52.9%    (19 / 35)
52.9%
State 51.1%    (18 / 35)
51.1%

Lowest Performing 20% of Students

School 56.3%    (20 / 35)
56.3%
District 52.1%    (18 / 35)
52.1%
State 51.2%    (18 / 35)
51.2%

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)

School 61.2%    (1008 / 1646)
61.2%
District 56.7%    (30281 / 53388)
56.7%
State 55.8%    (294688 / 528459)
55.8%

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

School 48.9%    (805 / 1646)
48.9%
District 42.9%    (22903 / 53388)
42.9%
State 39.8%    (210233 / 528459)
39.8%

Student Progress

Overall Percentage of Progress Points Earned by Subgroup

Our School
NonEconomically Disadvantaged 69.3
Our School
Economically Disadvantaged 61.5
Our School
Not Disabled 69.2
Our School
Disabled 48.6
Our School
English Learner 69.7
Our School
Caucasian 66.2
Our School
Hispanic 64.8
Our School
American Indian 64
Our School
Asian Pacific Islander 0
Our School
African American 58.9
Our School
ALL STUDENTS 61
Our District
NonEconomically Disadvantaged 57.7
Our District
Economically Disadvantaged 49.5
Our District
Not Disabled 54.2
Our District
Disabled 45.6
Our District
English Learner 61.3
Our District
Caucasian 52.5
Our District
Hispanic 55.4
Our District
American Indian 49.8
Our District
Asian Pacific Islander 69.5
Our District
African American 49.7
Our District
ALL STUDENTS 52.5
Statewide
NonEconomically Disadvantaged 56.5
Statewide
Economically Disadvantaged 48.5
Statewide
Not Disabled 52.2
Statewide
Disabled 44.6
Statewide
English Learner 59.4
Statewide
Caucasian 51.5
Statewide
Hispanic 54.5
Statewide
American Indian 50.4
Statewide
Asian Pacific Islander 68.1
Statewide
African American 48.8
Statewide
ALL STUDENTS 51.2

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 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%
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.

Student Engagement

Additional Information

Our School Change from Last Year
Percent of Students (7th and 8th grade) enrolled in high school credit courses 20.1 Up from 18.0
Percent of students served by gifted and talented program 31.3 Up from 31.0
Percent of students retained 0.0 No change
Principal's/Superintendent's/Director's years at school/district 5 Up from 4
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) 23.8 Down from 25.5
Percent of 8th Graders with Individual Graduation Plan (IGP) N/AV NULL

Results of Teacher, Student, and Parent Opinion Surveys

Teachers Students Parents
Number of surveys returned 60 893 65
Percent satisfied with learning environment 100%
90.3%
88.9%
Percent satisfied with social and physical environment 98.3%
88.3%
91.1%
Percent satisfied with school-home relations 98.2%
94.7%
89.4%

Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 50 Down from 54
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 60.0 Down from 65.0
Teacher attendance rate 83.5 Down from 83.6
Average teacher salary $62,833 Up from $59,075
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 86.3 Down from 91.5
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 84.9 Down from 87.5
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 6.0 Up from 0.0
Prime instructional time 92.8 Up from 92.2
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 24.8 to 1 Up from 23.4 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 11.3 Down from 18.2
Number of inexperienced teachers 6 Down from 10
Percent of out-of-field teachers 3.8 Up from 1.8
Number of out-of-field teachers 2 Up from 1
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.


Student Safety

Evaluations By Parents Percent Agree/Strongly Agree Total Responses
“My child feels safe at school.” 87.9 65
“My child’s teachers and school staff prevent or stop bullying at school.” 71.4 65
Evaluations By Teachers Percent Agree/Strongly Agree Total Responses
“I feel safe at my school before and after hours.” 100 60
“The rules for behavior are enforced at my school.” 96.6 60

Unsafe Incident Information as reported in the 2022-2023 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 1 1
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 10 10
Incidents of possession of firearm or explosive 0 0
Students with in-school suspensions 118 118
Students with out of school suspensions 147 147
Students expelled 0 0
School related arrests and referrals to law enforcement 0 0
Incidents of bullying and harassment 16 16
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 $62,833 Up from $59,075
Percent of expenditures for instruction 62.0 Up from 61.5
Percent of expenditures for teacher salaries 57.3 Down from 61.5
Average administrator salary $96,028 Up from $88,992
Percent of students in poverty (TANF, Medicaid, SNAP, foster child, homeless or migrant) 46.0 Down from 52.1
Prior fiscal year State & Local Personnel Per Pupil Expenditure $8,574 Up from 7843
Prior fiscal year Federal Personnel Per Pupil Expenditure $985 Down from 1147
Prior fiscal year State & Local Non-Personnel Per Pupil Expenditure $770 Up from 637
Prior fiscal year Federal Non-Personnel Per Pupil Expenditure $642 Up from 394
Prior fiscal year Total State & Local Per Pupil Expenditure $9,345 Up from 8480
Prior fiscal year Total Federal Per Pupil Expenditure $1,626 Up from 1541
Prior fiscal year Total Per Pupil Expenditure $10,971 Up from 10021