Here’s how to see which SC schools are doing the best or the worst right now
Well, at least South Carolina schools don’t have to bring their report cards home to their mothers.
South Carolina education officials recently unveiled 2022 school report cards, showing how the state’s education system performed during the previous school year. Compiled by the South Carolina Department of Education and the South Carolina Education Oversight Committee, these are the first report cards for the system released since 2019.
To view report cards for individual schools in the state, click here.
High schools, elementary schools and middle schools in the state received ratings on a 100-point scale. The ratings follow terms outlined in state law — excellent, good, average, below average and unsatisfactory. Schools also received ratings on multiple indicators, including graduation rate, academic achievement and college career readiness.
Statewide, 20.6% of schools received an overall rating of excellent, which was about the same as what was reported in 2019, according to a department of education press release.
While education officials are celebrating schools rebounding from the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, they stressed that there is much work ahead for all students to reach college and career readiness, the press release states.
“I commend the effort of South Carolina educators and students,” EOC Executive Director Matthew Ferguson said in the press release. “These results beat all expectations of what was thought possible while living through the COVID disruptions.”
The reports show the number of high schools with excellent ratings dropped to 16.7% in 2022 from 26% in 2019.
Meanwhile, the number of high schools with unsatisfactory ratings increased to 7.9% in 2022 from 4.4% in 2019.
Ferguson said that the report cards present an opportunity for parents, families, community leaders, business people and others to learn what they can do to help students and schools.
“The children remain our inspiration and north star in this work – we believe in their potential, and we want every child to have the opportunity to succeed,” Ferguson said. “Preparing students to meet college and career readiness standards should not just be an aspirational goal but a promise delivered to each and every student no matter their circumstances.”
This story was originally published October 18, 2022 at 11:09 AM.
