Principal: Jessica L. Keisler

Phone:
803-821-2300
School Address:
325 Main Street Pelion, SC 29123
Serving Grades: 6-8
Student Enrollment: 566

2022-2023 Overall Rating

Average
38 out of 100
School performance meets the criteria to ensure all students meet the Profile of the SC Graduate

Support Status: ATSI

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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	82.5	Up from 81.7

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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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Percent of Students in the ML Subgroup who Met Progress Toward Proficiency Target	53.4
Number of Students in the ML Subgroup who Met Progress Toward Proficiency Target	31
Number of Students in the ML Subgroup included in the Met Progress calculation	58
Number of Students in the ML Subgroup	62
Number of Students in the ML Subgroup who Achieved English Language Level Proficiency	24
Percent of Students in the ML Subgroup who Achieved English Language Level Proficiency	41.4

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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%
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	15.0	Down from 21.1
Percent of students served by gifted and talented program	9.8	Down from 10.6
Percent of students retained	0.0	No change
Principal's/Superintendent's/Director's years at school/district	1	No change
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)	42.6	Up from 33.8
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	40	Down from 45
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees	60.0	No change
Teacher attendance rate	93.5	Up from 92.5
Average teacher salary	$55,544	Up from $54,245
Percent of teachers on continuing contract	97.5	Down from 100.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year	78.0	Down from 88.4
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average	82.3	Down from 83.5
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks	5.0	Up from 0.0
Prime instructional time	82.5	Up from 81.7
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects	23.6 to 1	Down from 25.0 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers	17.4	Down from 24.5
Number of inexperienced teachers	8	Down from 12
Percent of out-of-field teachers	8.7	Up from 8.2
Number of out-of-field teachers	4	No change
Percent of inexperienced school leaders	33.3	Up from 0
Number of inexperienced school leaders	1	Up from 0

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	29
“My child’s teachers and school staff prevent or stop bullying at school.”	70.6	29
Evaluations By Teachers	Percent Agree/Strongly Agree	Total Responses
“I feel safe at my school before and after hours.”	97.6	42
“The rules for behavior are enforced at my school.”	82.5	42

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	5	5
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	0	0
Incidents of possession of firearm or explosive	1	1
Students with in-school suspensions	231	231
Students with out of school suspensions	142	142
Students expelled	3	3
School related arrests and referrals to law enforcement	12	12
Incidents of bullying and harassment	5	5

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	$55,544	Up from $54,245
Percent of expenditures for instruction	61.4	Down from 65.3
Percent of expenditures for teacher salaries	59.5	Up from 55.1
Average administrator salary	$98,337	Down from $99,385
Percent of students in poverty (TANF, Medicaid, SNAP, foster child, homeless or migrant)	78.6	Up from 76.9
Prior fiscal year State & Local Personnel Per Pupil Expenditure	$10,733	Down from 11221
Prior fiscal year Federal Personnel Per Pupil Expenditure	$1,077	Down from 1393
Prior fiscal year State & Local Non-Personnel Per Pupil Expenditure	$1,488	Down from 1940
Prior fiscal year Federal Non-Personnel Per Pupil Expenditure	$467	Down from 844
Prior fiscal year Total State & Local Per Pupil Expenditure	$12,222	Down from 13161
Prior fiscal year Total Federal Per Pupil Expenditure	$1,544	Down from 2237
Prior fiscal year Total Per Pupil Expenditure	$13,766	Down from 15398