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Mary Ford Early Learning And Family Center

Principal: Loretta Hart

Phone:
843-745-7131
School Address:
3180 Thomasina McPherson Blvd North Charleston, SC 29405
Serving Grades: PK-K
Student Enrollment: 294

2022-2023 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 as well as on the State Assessment Results pages.

Overall Student Performance

No Data Available


Additional Information

Our School Change from Last Year
Prime instructional time 87.3 Up from 80.5

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 35.1%
35.1%
Percentage of students Approaching Readiness on the KRA 31.9%
31.9%
Percentage of students Emerging Readiness on the KRA 33%
33%
Our SchoolOur DistrictStatewide
Overall 35.1% 53.1% 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 38.3% 59.8% 49.4%
Language and Literacy 28.7% 49.2% 34.6%
Mathematics 36.2% 46.7% 35.2%
Physical Well-Being 56.4% 66.7% 53.4%

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 3799 63% 51.1% 55077
Second grade students who are on track for success in Mathematics at the third grade. 0 Data N/A 59.4% 3799 51.3% 55077
First grade students who are on track for success in English Language Arts at the second grade Data N/A 0 63.9% 3833 53% 56191
First grade students who are on track for success in Mathematics at the second grade Data N/A 0 60.7% 3833 54.4% 56191

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 Data N/A
Number of Students in the ML Subgroup who Met Progress Toward Proficiency Target Data N/A
Number of Students in the ML Subgroup included in the Met Progress calculation 2
Number of Students in the ML Subgroup 2
Number of Students in the ML Subgroup who Achieved English Language Level Proficiency Data N/A
Percent of Students in the ML Subgroup who Achieved English Language Level Proficiency Data N/A

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 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 1 Down from 3
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) 15.5 Up from 14.8
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 24 Data N/A 10
Percent satisfied with learning environment 95.7%
Data N/A
100%
Percent satisfied with social and physical environment 91.7%
Data N/A
100%
Percent satisfied with school-home relations 83.3%
Data N/A
100%

Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 22 No change
Percent of K-3 teachers who are certified in Read to Succeed reading certification 0.0 Down from 100.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 68.2 Up from 56.8
Teacher attendance rate 96.1 Up from 91.2
Average teacher salary $61,517 Up from $57,685
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 Up from 95.5
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 100.0 Up from 76.2
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 76.1 Up from 70.5
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 87.3 Up from 80.5
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 19.0 to 1 Up from 12.4 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 28.6 Down from 38.5
Number of inexperienced teachers 4 Down from 5
Percent of out-of-field teachers 50.0 Down from 53.8
Number of out-of-field teachers 7 No change
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 0.0 Down from 50
Number of inexperienced school leaders 0 Down from 1

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 10
“My child’s teachers and school staff prevent or stop bullying at school.” 90 10
Evaluations By Teachers Percent Agree/Strongly Agree Total Responses
“I feel safe at my school before and after hours.” 91.7 24
“The rules for behavior are enforced at my school.” 90.9 24

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 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 1 1
Incidents of possession of firearm or explosive 0 0
Students with in-school suspensions 0 0
Students with out of school suspensions 4 4
Students expelled 0 0
School related arrests and referrals to law enforcement 1 1
Incidents of bullying and harassment 0 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 $61,517 Up from $57,685
Percent of expenditures for instruction 55.9 Up from 55.3
Percent of expenditures for teacher salaries 43.2 Up from 41.9
Average administrator salary $112,678 Up from $106,534
Percent of students in poverty (TANF, Medicaid, SNAP, foster child, homeless or migrant) 94.6 Down from 96.8
Prior fiscal year State & Local Personnel Per Pupil Expenditure $56,980 Up from 44185
Prior fiscal year Federal Personnel Per Pupil Expenditure $10,884 Up from 7462
Prior fiscal year State & Local Non-Personnel Per Pupil Expenditure $13,882 Up from 12726
Prior fiscal year Federal Non-Personnel Per Pupil Expenditure $7,707 Up from 5517
Prior fiscal year Total State & Local Per Pupil Expenditure $70,862 Up from 56911
Prior fiscal year Total Federal Per Pupil Expenditure $18,591 Up from 12979
Prior fiscal year Total Per Pupil Expenditure $89,453 Up from 69890