How does the state calculate the ratings? State Report Card How does the state calculate the ratings?

State Report Card Ratings Absolute rating - a measure of a school’s effectiveness on various achievement measures Growth rating - compare current performance to the previous year’s performance There is both an absolute index (number from 1 to 5) and an absolute rating (descriptive word, such as Average). Similarly, there is a growth index (numerical) and a growth rating (descriptive word).

Summary of How to Calculate Report Card Ratings Absolute Rating Elementary and middle Number from 1 to 5, usually around 3.0 Change to At Risk, Below Average, Average, Good, and Excellent using a chart Based on each student’s individual PASS scores High schools Based on five criteria: Longitudinal HSAP, 1st-Attempt HSAP, End of Course, On-Time Grad Rate, and Five-Year Grad Rate District Based on 50% elementary and middle school test scores and 50% four criteria: 1st-Attempt HSAP, End of Course, On-Time Grad Rate, and Five-Year Grad Rate Growth Rating Number from 40 to 140, usually around 90 Based on each student’s growth or decline on PASS scores High schools and district Small number, usually around plus or minus .1 Subtract last year's absolute index from this year's absolute index

Aiken County Public Schools State Report Card Rating 2009 2010 2011 Absolute Below Average 2.7 Average 2.97 3.02 Growth At-Risk -0.46 Excellent 0.4 0.0 (0.05)

2009-2011 Absolute Rating Comparison School 2009 2010 2011 JEFFERSON Average AIKEN Excellent BELVEDERE BYRD J D LEVER CLEARWATER EAST AIKEN GLOVERVILLE GREENDALE HAMMOND HILL MILLBROOK Good NORTH AIKEN Below Average NORTH AUGUSTA RIDGE SPRING-MONETTA Elem/Middle CYRIL B BUSBEE WARRENVILLE OAKWOOD-WINDSOR REDCLIFFE CHUKKER CREEK MOSSY CREEK

2009-2011 Absolute Rating Comparison School 2009 2010 2011 PAUL KNOX MIDDLE Average LANGLEY-BATH-CLEARWATER MIDDLE LEAVELLE-MCCAMPBELL MIDDLE NEW ELLENTON MIDDLE NORTH AUGUSTA MIDDLE Good Excellent MINNIE B KENNEDY MIDDLE A L CORBETT MIDDLE Below Average SCHOFIELD MIDDLE JACKSON MIDDLE AIKEN MIDDLE RIDGE SPRING-MONETTA MIDDLE At-Risk

2009-2011 Absolute Rating Comparison School 2009 2010 2011 AIKEN HIGH Average SOUTH AIKEN HIGH Good Excellent MIDLAND VALLEY HIGH NORTH AUGUSTA HIGH SILVER BLUFF HIGH RIDGE-SPRING MONETTA HIGH Below Average WAGENER SALLEY HIGH ACC&TC

2009-2011 Growth Rating Comparison School 2010 2011 JEFFERSON Average AIKEN Good Excellent BELVEDERE BYRD J D LEVER CLEARWATER EAST AIKEN GLOVERVILLE GREENDALE HAMMOND HILL MILLBROOK NORTH AIKEN Below Average NORTH AUGUSTA RIDGE SPRING-MONETTA Elem/Middle At-Risk CYRIL B BUSBEE WARRENVILLE OAKWOOD-WINDSOR REDCLIFFE CHUKKER CREEK MOSSY CREEK

2009-2011 Growth Rating Comparison School 2009 2010 2011 PAUL KNOX MIDDLE Average LANGLEY-BATH-CLEARWATER MIDDLE LEAVELLE-MCCAMPBELL MIDDLE NEW ELLENTON MIDDLE NORTH AUGUSTA MIDDLE Good Excellent MINNIE B KENNEDY MIDDLE A L CORBETT MIDDLE Unsatisfactory Below Average SCHOFIELD MIDDLE JACKSON MIDDLE AIKEN MIDDLE RIDGE SPRING-MONETTA MIDDLE At-Risk

2009-2011 Growth Rating Comparison School 2009 2010 2011 AIKEN HIGH Below Average SOUTH AIKEN HIGH Excellent Average MIDLAND VALLEY HIGH Good At-Risk NORTH AUGUSTA HIGH SILVER BLUFF HIGH RIDGE-SPRING MONETTA HIGH WAGENER SALLEY HIGH ACC&TC

“Districts Like Ours” Plus or minus 5% poverty.

Operation dollars spent per Pupil District Poverty Index Student Population Absolute Rating Index Operation dollars spent per Pupil Percent of Operations spent on Instruction and Support Total dollars spent per pupil on Instruction SPARTANBURG 01 64.96% 5,077 3.67 $9,227 72.99% $6,734.79 BEAUFORT 01 66.09% 19,715 2.9 $10,606 70.38% $7,464.50 LANCASTER 01 66.28% 11,652 3.02 $8,820 72.25% $6,372.45 ANDERSON 02 66.45% 3,691 3.26 $7,995 72.77% $5,817.96 ANDERSON 04 66.78% 2,849 3.34 $9,785 70.30% $6,878.86 SC PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL DISTRICT 66.83% 9,167 2.09   GREENWOOD 52 66.93% 1,607 $8,744 $5,843.62 KERSHAW 01 67.66% 10,347 3.1 $8,567 72.04% $6,171.67 ANDERSON 05 67.83% 12,500 3.18 $8,356 70.74% $5,911.03 SPARTANBURG 06 68.10% 10,564 3.48 $8,655 73.37% $6,350.17 SPARTANBURG 04 68.60% 2,991 3.25 $7,482 71.09% $5,318.95 AIKEN 01 69.72% 24,600 $7,537 74.01% $5,578.13 OCONEE 01 69.80% 10,567 $9,671 71.59% $6,923.47 CLARENDON 03 70.02% 1,237 $8,452 70.40% $5,950.21 BERKELEY 01 70.64% 29,263 3.11 $8,332 70.20% $5,849.06 EDGEFIELD 01 70.71% 4,007 3 $8,080 67.14% $5,424.91 YORK 01 70.88% 5,205 3.15 $8,875 70.70% $6,274.63 FLORENCE 01 71.58% 15,906 3.08 $9,221 73.82% $6,806.94 SPARTANBURG 03 72.40% 2,999 $9,938 68.83% $6,840.33 GREENWOOD 50 73.23% 9,068 3.06 $8,726 69.73% $6,084.64 HORRY 01 73.53% 38,517 3.24 $9,944 71.69% $7,128.85 GEORGETOWN 01 74.03% 9,747 $9,739 69.75% $6,792.95 BAMBERG 01 74.08% 1,494 3.01 $9,751 69.26% $6,753.54 FLORENCE 05 74.19% 1,472 3.53 $9,865 72.13% $7,115.62

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