Principal: Angela Burns

Phone:
(803) 738-7224
School Address:
5000 Clemson Avenue Columbia, SC 29206
Serving Grades: 6-8
Student Enrollment: 1019

2025-2026 Overall Rating

Excellent
57 out of 100
School performance substantially exceeds the criteria to ensure all students meet the Profile of the SC Graduate

Support Status: Not yet available.

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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	85.2	No change

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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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SC-Ready Science

Science - Percent Met or Exceeding

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SC-Ready Science

Science

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

School Level Details

SC-Ready Performance by Grade Level

Science

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

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Students in the ML Subgroup who Met Progress Toward Proficiency Target

Students in the ML Subgroup who Achieved English Language Level Proficiency

Percent of Students in the ML Subgroup who Met Progress Toward Proficiency Target	50
Number of Students in the ML Subgroup who Met Progress Toward Proficiency Target	16
Number of Students in the ML Subgroup included in the Met Progress calculation	32
Number of Students in the ML Subgroup	53
Number of Students in the ML Subgroup who Achieved English Language Level Proficiency	21
Percent of Students in the ML Subgroup who Achieved English Language Level Proficiency	39.6
Number of Students taking the English language proficiency test	32

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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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Additional Information

	Our School	Change from Last Year
Percent of Students (7th and 8th grade) enrolled in high school credit courses	65.8	Down from 73.4
Percent of students served by gifted and talented program	41.8	Down from 41.9
Percent of students retained	0.1	Down from 0.3
Principal's/Superintendent's/Director's years at school/district	9	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)	16.6	Down from 17.4
Percent of 8th Graders with Individual Graduation Plan (IGP)	97.1	N/A

Results of Teacher, Student, and Parent Opinion Surveys

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	Our School	Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers	61	Down from 63
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees	63.9	Down from 69.8
Teacher attendance rate	95.7	Up from 95.3
Average teacher salary	$62,971	Down from $63,317
Percent of teachers on continuing contract	98.4	Down from 100.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year	79.4	Down from 83.3
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average	81.1	Up from 75.9
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks	0.0	Down from 112.7
Prime instructional time	85.2	No change
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects	24.9 to 1	Up from 22.1 to 1
Percent of inexperienced principals	0.0	No change
Number of inexperienced principals	0.0	No change
Percent of inexperienced other school leaders	0.0	No change
Number of inexperienced other school leaders	0.0	No change
Percent of inexperienced teachers	16.9	Up from 11
Number of inexperienced teachers	12	Up from 8
Percent of out-of-field teachers	7.0	Down from 9.6
Number of out-of-field teachers	5	Down from 7

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.

Note: The method for calculating prime instructional time was adjusted for 2025 school report cards. Comparing 2025 prime instructional time to prior years is not appropriate.

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Evaluations By Parents	Percent Agree/Strongly Agree	Total Responses
“My child feels safe at school.”	Data N/A	9
“My child’s teachers and school staff prevent or stop bullying at school.”	Data N/A	9
Evaluations By Teachers	Percent Agree/Strongly Agree	Total Responses
“I feel safe at my school before and after hours.”	100	73
“The rules for behavior are enforced at my school.”	78.1	73
Evaluations By Students	Percent Agree/Strongly Agree	Total Responses
“I feel safe at my school during the school day.”	90.9	899
“Adults at my school prevent bullying from happening.”	78	899
“The rules for behavior are enforced at my school.”	93.8	899

Unsafe Incident Information as reported in the 2025-2026 Incident Management System (IMS)

	Number of Incidents
Have there been any incidents involving a firearm?	No
Was a homicide committed at your school?	No
Incidents of rape or attempted rape	0
Incidents of sexual assault (not rape)	0
Incidents of robbery w/ weapon	0
Incidents of robbery w/ firearm or explosive	0
Incidents of robbery w/out weapon	0
Incidents of physical attack w/ weapon	0
Incidents of physical attack w/ firearm or explosive	0
Incidents of physical attack w/out weapon	7
Incidents of threats of physical attack w/ weapon	0
Incidents of threats of physical attack w/ firearm or explosive	0
Incidents of threats of physical attack w/out weapon	18
Incidents of possession of firearm or explosive	0
Students with in-school suspensions	188
Students with out of school suspensions	186
Students expelled	0
School related arrests and referrals to law enforcement	0
Incidents of bullying and harassment	3

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	$62,971	Down from $63,317
Percent of expenditures for instruction	73.4	Down from 74.1
Percent of expenditures for teacher salaries	68.7	Up from 67.8
Average administrator salary	$108,963	Up from $107,214
Percent of students in poverty (TANF, Medicaid, SNAP, foster child, homeless or migrant)	47.3	Down from 47.8
Prior fiscal year State & Local Personnel Per Pupil Expenditure	$13,454	Up from $12672
Prior fiscal year Federal Personnel Per Pupil Expenditure	$927	Down from $1415
Prior fiscal year State & Local Non-Personnel Per Pupil Expenditure	$2,429	Up from $2090
Prior fiscal year Federal Non-Personnel Per Pupil Expenditure	$890	Down from $1114
Prior fiscal year Total State & Local Per Pupil Expenditure	$15,883	Up from $14761
Prior fiscal year Total Federal Per Pupil Expenditure	$1,816	Down from $2529
Prior fiscal year Total Per Pupil Expenditure	$17,699	Up from $17291