Table of contents
•	Title page
•	Introduction
•	Acknowledgments
•	National Summary
	State Profiles
	-	Alabama
	-	Alaska
	-	Arizona
	-	Arkansas
	-	California
	-	Colorado
	-	Connecticut
	-	Delaware
	-	District of Columbia
	-	Florida
	-	Georgia
	-	Hawaii
	-	Idaho
	-	Illinois
	-	Indiana
	-	Iowa
	-	Kansas
	-	Kentucky
	-	Louisiana
	-	Maine
	-	Maryland
	-	Massachusetts
	-	Michigan
	-	Minnesota
	-	Mississippi
	-	Missouri
	-	Montana
	-	Nebraska
	-	Nevada
	-	New Hampshire
	-	New Jersey
	-	New Mexico
	-	New York
	-	North Carolina
	-	North Dakota
	-	Ohio
	-	Oklahoma
	-	Oregon
	-	Pennsylvania
	-	Puerto Rico
	-	Rhode Island
	-	South Carolina
	-	South Dakota
	-	Tennessee
	-	Texas
	-	Utah
	-	Vermont
	-	Virginia
	-	Washington
	-	West Virginia
	-	Wisconsin
	-	Wyoming
•	Sources
•	Appendix A
•	Appendix B
•	Appendix C
•	Full report in PDF format (956K)

State Education Indicators With a Focus on Title I

A r c h i v e d I n f o r m a t i o n

South Carolina
sde.state.sc.us

School and Teacher Demographics
Student Demographics
Statewide Accountability Information
Title I Schools
Assessment Information
Student Achievement 1998-1999
NAEP State Results
Printable version of this profile (PDF format)

School and Teacher Demographics

Number of districts
(CCD, 1998-99)

Number of public schools in state
(CCD, 1998-99)
Elementary	Middle	High	Combined	Other
588	245	204	19	2

Student/teacher ratio
(CCD, 1998-99)
Elementary	Middle	High
15:1	16:1	16:1

Number of FTE teachers in state
(CCD, 1998-99)
Elementary	Middle	High	Combined	Other
20,437	9,882	11,435	551	117

Public school enrollment
	1989-90	1998-99
K-8 (CCD)	443,712	468,852
9-12 (CCD)	172,465	186,745
Pre-K (by state definition)	n/a	n/a

Sources of funding
District average
(CCD, 1996-97)

State 51.5%, Local 40.0%, Federal 8.5%

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Student Demographics

Race/ethnicity
(CCD, K-12)
	1989-90	1998-99
American Indian/Alaskan Natives	0.1%	0.2%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.6	0.9
Black	41.1	42.0
Hispanic	0.3	1.2
White	57.9	55.7

Students with disabilities
(OSEP, K-12)
1990-91	1998-99
n/a	13.6%

Limited English proficient
(USED/NCBE, K-12)
1989-90	1996-97
n/a	3,202

Migrant
(OME, K-12)
1993-94	1998-99
2,227	1,803

High school dropout rate
(CCD, event)
1993-94	1997-98
n/a	n/a

Postsecondary enrollment
(IPEDS, High school grads enrolled in college)
1994-95	1997-98
58%	59%

All schools by percent of students eligible to participate in the Free Lunch Program*
(CCD, 1998-99)

For 0 to 34%, 394 schools; 35 to 49%, 210 schools; 50 to 74%, 285 schools; and 75 to 100%, 141 schools.

*28 schools did not report.

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Statewide Accountability Information

Statewide Goal for Schools on State Assessment
Beginning 2001: Rating based on percent students meeting standard (5 levels)

Expected School Improvement on Assessment
Rewards for high improvement of students using matched longitudinal data

Indicators for School Accountability
CRT scores

Title I Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) for Schools
Annual improvement toward 75 percent Basic in E/LA and 70% Basic in Math

Schools Meeting Title I AYP Goal
424 (85.0%)

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Title I Schools

Title I enrollment
(USED)
	1998-99
K-8	197,844
9-12	6,882
Pre-K	n/a

Race/ethnicity
(USED, K-12)
	Schoolwide	Targeted Assistance
American Indian/Alaskan Natives	481	30
Asian/Pacific Islander	946	41
Black	124,604	3,950
Hispanic	3,408	88
White	75,841	3,197

Title I allocation
(Includes Basic, Concentration, and LEA grants, Capital Expenditures, Even Start, Migrant Education, and Neglected & Delinquent, USED, 1998-99)

$96,977,396

Number of schools with Title I programs
Schoolwide vs. targeted assistance (USED)

In 1996, 151 schools with schoolwide programs and 329 schools with targeted assistance; in 1998, 399 schoolwide, 96 targeted assistance; in 1999, 419 schoolwide, 80 targeted assistance

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Assessment Information

Assessment Reported
Palmetto Achievement Challenge Test

Progress Toward Assessment Aligned with Standards
Performance standards did not meet review criteria of the U.S. Department of Education.

State Definition of "Proficient" used since 1995-1996
Students who perform at the "Proficient" level on the PACT have met expectations for student performance based on the curriculum standards approved by the State board of Education.

Exclusion from Assessment
During the 1999-2000 school year, students who qualify for the PACT Alternate Assessment are exempt. Some LEP students may be exempt based on the curriculum standards approved by the State Board of Education

Other Assessments
BSAP

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Student Achievement 1998-1999

Percentage of students meeting state proficiency levels

Grade 4

Reading/ Language Arts
		Below Basic	Basic	Proficient	Advanced
All Students		35%	37%	26%	3%
Title I Schoolwide		43	37	19	1
Title I Targeted		30	38	29	3
Percent of School in Poverty
	00-34
	75-100
LEP Students		63	30	7	0
Migrant students

Mathematics
		Below Basic	Basic	Proficient	Advanced
All Students		45%	37%	13%	5%
Title I Schoolwide		55	34	8	2
Title I Targeted		39	40	16	5
Percent of School in Poverty
	00-34
	75-100
LEP Students		57	36	5	2
Migrant students

Grade 8

Reading/Language Arts
		Below Basic	Basic	Proficient	Advanced
All Students		38%	41%	19%	3%
Title I Schoolwide		51	39	10	1
Title I Targeted		29	43	24	4
Percent of School in Poverty
	00-34
	75-100
LEP Students		85	15	0	0
Migrant students

Mathematics
		Below Basic	Basic	Proficient	Advanced
All Students		49%	36%	10%	5%
Title I Schoolwide		63	30	5	2
Title I Targeted		38	39	14	9
Percent of School in Poverty
	00-34
	75-100
LEP Students		71	29	0	0
Migrant students

Grade

Reading
	Below Basic	Basic	Proficient	Advanced
All Students
Title I Schoolwide
Title I Targeted

Mathematics
	Below Basic	Basic	Proficient	Advanced
All Students
Title I Schoolwide
Title I Targeted

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NAEP State Results
	Grade 4	Grade 8
Reading, 1998:
Proficient level and above	22%	22%
Basic level and above	55%	65%
Math, 2000:
Proficient level and above	18%	17%
Basic level and above	60%	54%