School Climate

Horse Creek Academy - Kershaw


Excellent
9.01/ 10
Points earned

Overall Ratings Scale


Excellent:

School performance substantially exceeds the criteria to ensure all students meet the Profile of the SC Graduate

Good:

School performance exceeds the criteria to ensure all students meet the Profile of the SC Graduate

Average:

School performance meets the criteria to ensure all students meet the Profile of the SC Graduate

Below Average:

School performance is in jeopardy of not meeting the criteria to ensure all students meet the Profile of the SC Graduate

Unsatisfactory:

School performance fails to meet the criteria to ensure all students meet the Profile of the SC Graduate


South Carolina uses a minimum n-size of 20 students for inclusion in Accountability calculations.


Excellent
9.01/ 10
Points earned

Overall Perceptions of School Climate

School    (9.01 / 10)
90.10%
District    (7.48 / 10)
74.80%
State    (7.19 / 10)
71.90%

3-Year Trend

2024 2025 2026
School N/A N/A 90.1%
District 78.2% 74.4% 74.8%
State 69% 69.3% 71.9%

Factors of School Climate

Teacher Perceptions of Instructional Focus

(14 of 14 participated – 100%)

School    (9.3 / 10)
93%
District    (6.6 / 10)
66%
State    (7.5 / 10)
75%

3-Year Trend

2024 2025 2026
School N/A N/A 93%
District 81.1% 68% 66%
State 77.7% 72.9% 75%

Teacher Perceptions of Working Conditions

(14 of 14 participated – 100%)

School    (10 / 10)
100%
District    (7.9 / 10)
79%
State    (7.8 / 10)
78%

3-Year Trend

2024 2025 2026
School N/A N/A 100%
District 86.2% 77.3% 79%
State 75.3% 76% 78%

Teacher Perceptions of Safety

(14 of 14 participated – 100%)

School    (10 / 10)
100%
District    (8.8 / 10)
88%
State    (8.7 / 10)
87%

3-Year Trend

2024 2025 2026
School N/A N/A 100%
District 91.7% 86.5% 88%
State 83.1% 85.5% 87%

Student Perceptions of Social-Physical Environment

(86 of 87 participated – 98.85%)

School    (7.5 / 10)
75%
District    (6.1 / 10)
61%
State    (4.7 / 10)
47%

3-Year Trend

2024 2025 2026
School N/A N/A 75%
District 55.5% 60.9% 61%
State 41.5% 43.2% 47%

Student Perceptions of Safety

(85 of 87 participated – 97.70%)

School    (8.3 / 10)
83%
District    (8 / 10)
80%
State    (7.3 / 10)
73%

3-Year Trend

2024 2025 2026
School N/A N/A 83%
District 76.7% 79.3% 80%
State 67.6% 68.8% 73%

Participation Rate

Teacher Participation Rate

School 93.30%    (14 / 15)
93.30%
District 84.40%    (396 / 469)
84.40%
State 92.80%    (54936 / 59188)
92.80%

3-Year Trend

2024 2025 2026
School N/A N/A 93.3%
District 94.8% 87.5% 84.4%
State 91.4% 92.4% 92.8%

Student Participation Rate

School 91.60%    (87 / 95)
91.60%
District 80.40%    (4475 / 5564)
80.40%
State 91.40%    (472264 / 516443)
91.40%

3-Year Trend

2024 2025 2026
School N/A N/A 91.6%
District 96.2% 78.9% 80.4%
State 89.5% 89.7% 91.4%

Results of Teacher, Student, and Parent Opinion Surveys

Teachers Students Parents
Number of surveys returned 17 95 58
Percent satisfied with learning environment 100%
95.7%
93.1%
Percent satisfied with social and physical environment 100%
97.9%
94.7%
Percent satisfied with school-home relations 100%
100%
95.9%

Additional Information

Our School Change from Last Year
Percent of students served by gifted and talented program 10.9 N/A
Percent of students retained 0.0 N/A
Principal's/Superintendent's/Director's years at school/district 1 N/A
Percent of students served by 1:1 learning 100 N/A
Chronic Absenteeism Rate (Note: Data are from prior school year) N/AV N/A
Percent of 8th Graders with Individual Graduation Plan (IGP) N/AV N/A

Overall Ratings Scale


Excellent:

School performance substantially exceeds the criteria to ensure all students meet the Profile of the SC Graduate

Good:

School performance exceeds the criteria to ensure all students meet the Profile of the SC Graduate

Average:

School performance meets the criteria to ensure all students meet the Profile of the SC Graduate

Below Average:

School performance is in jeopardy of not meeting the criteria to ensure all students meet the Profile of the SC Graduate

Unsatisfactory:

School performance fails to meet the criteria to ensure all students meet the Profile of the SC Graduate


South Carolina uses a minimum n-size of 20 students for inclusion in Accountability calculations.