All Richland schools rated best to worst for 2023 in new SC state report. Take a look
Do you know how well your child’s school is performing?
South Carolina education officials recently unveiled the school report cards for the 2022-2023 school year. Compiled by the South Carolina Department of Education, the report cards are designed to increase accessibility and accountability in the state’s public schools with easy-to-understand information.
Every high school, elementary and middle school 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, 22.5% of schools received an overall rating of excellent, representing an almost 2% increase from the previous year, according to a department of education press release.
Also, half of all students in South Carolina public schools are enrolled in a school with an excellent or good overall rating.
But how did schools in Richland County perform?
Overall, Richland had a 23.5% decrease in schools with excellent ratings year-over-year. The county also had a sizable 62.5% jump in the number of schools considered average compared to last year.
Below is a breakdown of how Richland County schools performed in the 2022-2023 school year.
To view report cards for every school in the state, click here.
Excellent
- Rosewood Elementary: 62
- Satchel Ford Elementary School: 61
- Brockman Elementary: 73
- Richland One Middle College: 95
- E.L. Wright Middle: 74
- Summit Parkway Middle (elementary students): 66
- Bookman Road Elementary: 65
- Round Top Elementary: 69
- Muller Road Middle (elementary students): 69
- Brennen Elementary: 70
- Crayton Middle: 61
- Meadowfield Elementary: 61
- Kelly Mill Med Pro Middle (elementary students): 65
Good
- Bethel-Hanberry Elementary: 54
- Forest Lake Elementary: 58
- Blythewood Middle: 53
- Dreher High: 61
- Spring Valley High: 61
- L.W. Condor Elementary: 56
- Blythewood High: 66
- Annie Burnside Elementary: 57
- Carver-Lyon Elementary: 55
- Killian Elementary: 58
- Longleaf Middle: 51
- Sandel Elementary: 53
- Carolina School for Inquiry: 57
Average
- Lonnie B. Nelson Elementary: 48
- Pontiac Elementary: 47
- Bridge Creek Elementary: 48
- Catawba Trail Elementary: 49
- Sandlapper Elementary: 50
- A.C. Flora High: 58
- W.G. Sanders Middle: 47
- Gadsden Elementary: 51
- Hand Middle: 41
- Hopkins Elementary: 49
- Joseph Keels Elementary: 51
- North Springs Elementary: 45
- Summit Parkway Middle: 46
- Rice Creek Elementary: 50
- Ridge View High: 57
- Langford Elementary: 46
- Muller Road Middle: 44
- Lake Carolina Elementary upper campus: 51
- Jackson Creek Elementary: 44
- Hopkins Middle: 41
- St. Andrews Middle: 38
- Bradley Elementary: 52
- Logan Elementary: 48
- A.C. Moore Elementary: 45
- South Kilbourne Elementary: 49
- H.B. Rhame Elementary: 44
- John P. Thomas Elementary: 43
- Forest Heights Elementary: 46
- Dent Middle: 46
- E.L. Wright Middle (middle students): 41
- Kelly Mill Med Pro Middle (middle students): 39
- Polo Road Elementary: 46
- Heyward Gibbes Middle: 42
- Mill Creek Elementary: 44
- Edward E. Taylor Elementary: 51
- Webber Elementary: 50
- Southeast Middle: 41
- A.J. Lewis Greenview Elementary: 45
- Hyatt Park Elementary: 42
Below average
- Arden Elementary: 41
- Horrell Hill Elementary: 38
- W.A. Perry Middle: 32
- Windsor Elementary: 40
- Lower Richland High: 41
- Alcorn Middle: 31
- Caughman Road Elementary: 36
- Richland Northeast High: 41
- Westwood High: 49
- Pine Grove Elementary: 38
Unsatisfactory
- W.J. Keenan High: 39
- Columbia High: 34
- Eau Claire High: 38
- Burton-Pack Elementary: 23
- Watkins-Nance Elementary: 33
- C.A. Johnson High: 30
This story was originally published October 12, 2023 at 6:00 AM.
