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