Teachers: 49892
Student Enrollment: 789231

2022-2023 Overall Rating

0 out of 0

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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

End-of-Course Assessment Results in English 2 and Algebra 1

English - Scoring C or Higher

Algebra - Scoring C or Higher

Additional Information

	Our State	Change from Last Year
Prime instructional time	86.8	Up from 85.9

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SC READY English Language Arts and Mathematics

English Language Arts (Reading and Writing)

Mathematics

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End-of-Course Assessment Results in English 2 and Algebra 1

English

Algebra

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Academic Achievement

Participation Rate by Subgroup

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SCPASS Science

Science - Percent Met or Exceeding

End-of-Course Assessment Results in Biology and US History and the Constitution

Biology - Scoring C or Higher

US History and the Constitution - Scoring C or Higher

Additional Information

Kindergarten Readiness Assessment

Percentage of Students enrolling in Kindergarten and Demonstrating readiness to learn

	Statewide
Overall	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	49.4%
Language and Literacy	34.6%
Mathematics	35.2%
Physical Well-Being	53.4%

First and Second Grade Students on Track for Success in ELA and Math

	Statewide
	%	N
Second grade students who are on track for success in English Language Arts at the third grade.	51.1%	55077
Second grade students who are on track for success in Mathematics at the third grade.	51.3%	55077
First grade students who are on track for success in English Language Arts at the second grade	53%	56191
First grade students who are on track for success in Mathematics at the second grade	54.4%	56191

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High School Civics Exam

	School
	%	N
Percentage of students enrolled in a US Government course who score at or above the designated passing score on the civics test	85.7	50911

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SCPASS Science

Science

End-of-Course Assessment

Biology

US History and the Constitution

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Percent of Students in the ML Subgroup who Met Progress Toward Proficiency Target	53.3
Number of Students in the ML Subgroup who Met Progress Toward Proficiency Target	34814
Number of Students in the ML Subgroup included in the Met Progress calculation	65316
Number of Students in the ML Subgroup	70761
Number of Students in the ML Subgroup who Achieved English Language Level Proficiency	21081
Percent of Students in the ML Subgroup who Achieved English Language Level Proficiency	32.3

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Additional South Carolina NAEP data are available here: Nation's Report Card

SOUTH CAROLINA STATE LEVEL NAEP RESULTS

Reading Grade 4 by Achievement Levels

All Students	Percent Below NAEP Basic	Percent at or Above NAEP Basic	Percent at or Above NAEP Proficient	Percent at NAEP Advanced
Hispanic	3
Two or More Races	35	65	33	7
Students with Disabilities	75	25	11
White	14
Students with Disabilities	1
All Students	39
Black	56
English Language Learners	64
Black	44
All Students	61
English Language Learners	36
Black	15
All Students	32
English Language Learners	12
Black	2
All Students	9
English Language Learners	2
Hispanic	55
White	25
Hispanic	45
White	75
Hispanic	17
White	46

Reading Grade 4 Inclusion Rates for Specific Subgroups

	Percent Include
Students with Disabilities	92
English Language Learners	95

Mathematics Grade 4 by Achievement Levels

All Students	Percent Below NAEP Basic	Percent at or Above NAEP Basic	Percent at or Above NAEP Proficient	Percent at NAEP Advanced
Black	43	57	14	1
Free or reduced lunch eligible	21
Hispanic	32
Free or reduced lunch eligible	2
Hispanic	68	24
English Language Learners	37
Hispanic	3
English Language Learners	63
All Students	74
English Language Learners	19
All Students	34
English Language Learners	1
All Students	6
Free or reduced lunch eligible	35
White	13
Free or reduced lunch eligible	65
Two or More Races	33
White	87
All Students	26
Two or More Races	67
White	49
Two or More Races	27
White	10
Two or More Races	3
Students with Disabilities	61	39	11	2

Mathematics Grade 4 Inclusion Rates for Specific Subgroups

	Percent Include
Students with Disabilities	95
English Language Learners	95

Reading Grade 8 by Achievement Levels

All Students	Percent Below NAEP Basic	Percent at or Above NAEP Basic	Percent at or Above NAEP Proficient	Percent at NAEP Advanced
Hispanic	54	18	1
Two or More Races	41	59
White	75
Two or More Races	21
White	37
Two or More Races	1
Students with Disabilities	80
White	4
Students with Disabilities	20
Black	52
Students with Disabilities	3
Black	48
Students with Disabilities	0
Black	13
English Language Learners	67
Black	1
English Language Learners	33
Hispanic	46
English Language Learners	3	0
All Students	37	63	27	2
White	25

Reading Grade 8 Inclusion Rates for Specific Subgroups

	Percent Include
Students with Disabilities	94
English Language Learners	90

Mathematics Grade 8 by Achievement Levels

All Students	Percent Below NAEP Basic	Percent at or Above NAEP Basic	Percent at or Above NAEP Proficient	Percent at NAEP Advanced
Hispanic	18	3
Two or More Races	39	61	24	5
Students with Disabilities	83	17	4	1
English Language Learners	75	25	4	0
White	32	8
All Students	44
Black	65	35
All Students	56
Black	7
All Students	22
Black	1
All Students	5
Hispanic	49	51
White	29	71

Mathematics Grade 8 Inclusion Rates for Specific Subgroups

	Percent Include
Students with Disabilities	92
English Language Learners	91

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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 State	Change from Last Year
Percent of Students (7th and 8th grade) enrolled in high school credit courses	33.4	Up from 28.0
Percent of students served by gifted and talented program	19.4	Up from 18.7
Percent of students retained	0.9	Down from 1.9
Principal's/Superintendent's/Director's years at school/district	5	Down from 6
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)	24.7	Up from 20.3
Percent of 8th Graders with Individual Graduation Plan (IGP)	97.4	Down from 97.9

Results of Teacher, Student, and Parent Opinion Surveys

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	Our State	Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers	49892	Down from 53306
Percent of K-3 teachers who are certified in Read to Succeed reading certification	61.4	Up from 56.2
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees	63.3	Up from 62.2
Teacher attendance rate	93.8	Up from 92.9
Average teacher salary	$55,941	Up from $53,081
Percent of teachers on continuing contract	97.9	Down from 98.2
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year	89.7	Up from 87.1
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average	90.0	Down from 91.1
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks	2.5	Up from 2.1
Prime instructional time	86.8	Up from 85.9
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects	23.8 to 1	Down from 24.1 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in low poverty schools	14.8	Down from 19.4
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in low poverty schools	3055	Down from 3386
Percent of inexperienced school leaders teaching in low poverty schools	11	Down from 14
Number of inexperienced school leaders teaching in low poverty schools	980	Up from 85
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in low poverty schools	11.9	Up from 11.8
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in low poverty schools	2466	Up from 2051
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in high poverty schools	16.9	Down from 28.6
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in high poverty schools	1651	Down from 2716
Percent of inexperienced school leaders teaching in high poverty schools	16	Up from 11
Number of inexperienced school leaders teaching in high poverty schools	691	Up from 86
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in high poverty schools	24.5	Up from 20.1
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in high poverty schools	2397	Up from 1907
Percent of inexperienced teachers	16.3	Down from 23.2
Number of inexperienced teachers	8844	Down from 12798
Percent of out-of-field teachers	15.9	Up from 13.8
Number of out-of-field teachers	8656	Up from 7611

Inexperienced Teacher- a teacher with less than 4 years of experience.
Inexperienced School Leader- a School Administrator that has not completed their formal evaluation process (Tier 1)
Out of Field Teacher- a teacher teaching a course or courses outside their field of certification when a certification is required for that course.

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.”	91.7	84237
“My child’s teachers and school staff prevent or stop bullying at school.”	83.9	84237
Evaluations By Teachers	Percent Agree/Strongly Agree	Total Responses
“I feel safe at my school before and after hours.”	97.3	53545
“The rules for behavior are enforced at my school.”	80.6	53545

Unsafe Incident Information as reported in the 2022-2023 Incident Management System (IMS)

	Number of Incidents
Have there been any incidents involving a firearm?	1	Yes
Was a homicide committed at your school?	0	No
Incidents of rape or attempted rape	7	7
Incidents of sexual assault (not rape)	139	139
Incidents of robbery w/ weapon	0	0
Incidents of robbery w/ firearm or explosive	0	0
Incidents of robbery w/out weapon	22	22
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	2202	2202
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	1400	1400
Incidents of possession of firearm or explosive	135	135
Students with in-school suspensions	101407	101407
Students with out of school suspensions	95982	95982
Students expelled	1422	1422
School related arrests and referrals to law enforcement	3413	3413
Incidents of bullying and harassment	5526	5526

NOTE: For additional information, visit the National Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) website here: https://ocrdata.ed.gov/

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State level Financial Information

	Our State	Change from Prev Year
Average teacher salary	$55,941	Up from $53,081
Percent of expenditures for instruction	54.3	Down from 55.3
Percent of expenditures for teacher salaries	46.7	Down from 47.6
Average administrator salary	$97,035	Up from $93,196
Percent of students in poverty (TANF, Medicaid, SNAP, foster child, homeless or migrant)	61.6	Up from 60.6
Prior fiscal year State & Local Personnel Per Pupil Expenditure	$9,064	Up from 8904
Prior fiscal year Federal Personnel Per Pupil Expenditure	$1,329	Up from 1043
Prior fiscal year State & Local Non-Personnel Per Pupil Expenditure	$1,799	Up from 1693
Prior fiscal year Federal Non-Personnel Per Pupil Expenditure	$1,191	Up from 873
Prior fiscal year Total State & Local Per Pupil Expenditure	$10,450	Up from 9943
Prior fiscal year Total Federal Per Pupil Expenditure	$2,425	Up from 1774
Prior fiscal year Total Per Pupil Expenditure	$13,383	Up from 11717