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Lake Carolina Elementary Lower

Principal: Jacqueline J. Norton

Phone:
803-714-1300
School Address:
1151 Kelly Mill Road Blythewood, SC 29016 Blythewood, SC 29016
Serving Grades: PK-2
Student Enrollment: 494

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

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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 98.9 Up from 87.8

Preparing for Success

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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 48.9%
48.9%
Percentage of students Approaching Readiness on the KRA 32.6%
32.6%
Percentage of students Emerging Readiness on the KRA 18.5%
18.5%
Our SchoolOur DistrictStatewide
Overall 48.9% 45.8% 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 57.8% 56.8% 49.4%
Language and Literacy 43.7% 42.3% 34.6%
Mathematics 47.4% 39.2% 35.2%
Physical Well-Being 60.7% 60.2% 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. 82.8% 151 1903 76.5% 51.1% 55077
Second grade students who are on track for success in Mathematics at the third grade. 151 86.1% 82.5% 1903 51.3% 55077
First grade students who are on track for success in English Language Arts at the second grade 86.8% 144 89.7% 1792 53% 56191
First grade students who are on track for success in Mathematics at the second grade 86.1% 144 92.2% 1792 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 15
Number of Students in the ML Subgroup 16
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 0.5 No change
Principal's/Superintendent's/Director's years at school/district 2 Up from 1
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) 5.4 Up from 3.9
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 37 Data N/A 37
Percent satisfied with learning environment 97.3%
Data N/A
85.3%
Percent satisfied with social and physical environment 97.3%
Data N/A
87.9%
Percent satisfied with school-home relations 89.2%
Data N/A
74.1%

Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 34 No change
Percent of K-3 teachers who are certified in Read to Succeed reading certification 50.0 Down from 52.4
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 58.8 Up from 55.9
Teacher attendance rate 94.8 Up from 92.2
Average teacher salary $53,173 Down from $53,239
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 80.0 Down from 87.5
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 84.9 Down from 88.3
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 98.9 Up from 87.8
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 0.7 to 1 Down from 2.2 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 26.5 Down from 33.3
Number of inexperienced teachers 9 Down from 12
Percent of out-of-field teachers 5.9 Down from 13.9
Number of out-of-field teachers 2 Down from 5
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 0.0 Down from 33.3
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.” 90.9 37
“My child’s teachers and school staff prevent or stop bullying at school.” 78.6 37
Evaluations By Teachers Percent Agree/Strongly Agree Total Responses
“I feel safe at my school before and after hours.” 97.3 37
“The rules for behavior are enforced at my school.” 89.2 37

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 0 0
Incidents of possession of firearm or explosive 0 0
Students with in-school suspensions 15 15
Students with out of school suspensions 22 22
Students expelled 0 0
School related arrests and referrals to law enforcement 0 0
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 $53,173 Down from $53,239
Percent of expenditures for instruction 67.6 Up from 65.8
Percent of expenditures for teacher salaries 57.2 Up from 56.6
Average administrator salary $106,779 Up from $106,325
Percent of students in poverty (TANF, Medicaid, SNAP, foster child, homeless or migrant) 48.5 Up from 40.0
Prior fiscal year State & Local Personnel Per Pupil Expenditure $10,608 Down from 11442
Prior fiscal year Federal Personnel Per Pupil Expenditure $905 Up from 777
Prior fiscal year State & Local Non-Personnel Per Pupil Expenditure $1,433 Up from 1385
Prior fiscal year Federal Non-Personnel Per Pupil Expenditure $754 Up from 456
Prior fiscal year Total State & Local Per Pupil Expenditure $12,040 Down from 12826
Prior fiscal year Total Federal Per Pupil Expenditure $1,659 Up from 1232
Prior fiscal year Total Per Pupil Expenditure $13,699 Down from 14059