Is your child’s Richland school passing or failing? See its new SC state report card
Parents are generally expected to keep a close eye on how their children perform in school.
But what about the schools themselves?
South Carolina education officials recently unveiled the school report cards for the 2023-2024 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, 18.4% of schools received an overall ranking of just excellent, lower than the 22.5% of schools that reached that level the previous year.
There were 477 schools that ranked average, a nearly 8% jump from the 442 in the prior school year.
There was a 20% rise in the number of schools with below average rankings year over year. However, there was also a more than 22% decline in schools with an unsatisfactory ranking, year over year.
But how did schools in Richland County perform?
Overall, Richland had a 46% decrease in the number of schools with excellent ratings, year-over-year. The county also had a 7% drop in the number of schools ranked good or average.
Below is a breakdown of how all schools in Richland County performed in the 2023-2024 school year, as well as how they performed the year prior.
To view report cards for every school in the state, click here .
How the rating system works
Ratings for high schools
Excellent schools range with scores from 67 to 100; good scores range from 60 to 66; average ranges from 51-59; below average ranges from 40 to 50 and unsatisfactory schools have scores 39 and lower.
Ratings for middle schools
Excellent schools range with scores from 56 to 100; good scores range from 48 to 55; average ranges from 36 to 47; below average ranges from 29 to 35 and unsatisfactory schools have scores 28 and lower.
Ratings for elementary schools
Excellent schools range with scores from 61 to 100; good scores range from 53 to 60; average ranges from 42 to 52; below average ranges from 34 to 41 and unsatisfactory schools have scores 33 and lower.
Richland school ratings
Brockman Elementary: 68 (73 in 2022)
Hopkins Elementary: 61 (49 in 2022)
Richland One Middle College: 91 (95 in 2022)
Satchel Ford Elementary School: 64 (61 in 2022)
Kelly Mill Med Pro Middle (elementary students): 65 (65 in 2022)
Muller Road Middle (elementary students): 62 (69 in 2022)
Bookman Road Elementary: 62 (65 in 2022)
Carver-Lyon Elementary: 56 (55 in 2022)
Logan Elementary: 56 (48 in 2022)
A.C. Flora High: 60 (58 in 2022)
A.C. Moore Elementary: 53 (45 in 2022)
Bradley Elementary: 56 (52 in 2022)
Rosewood Elementary: 54 (62 in 2022)
Crayton Middle: 53 (61 in 2022)
Brennen Elementary: 54 (70 in 2022)
Lake Carolina Elementary upper campus: 60 (51 in 2022)
Round Top Elementary: 53 (69 in 2022)
Blythewood High: 66 (66 in 2022)
Catawba Trail Elementary: 58 (49 in 2022)
Forest Lake Elementary: 54 (58 in 2022)
Blythewood Middle: 48 (53 in 2022)
E.L. Wright Middle (elementary students): 60 (74 in 2022)
Annie Burnside Elementary: 47 (57 in 2022)
Dreher High: 59 (61 in 2022)
Gadsden Elementary: 46 (51 in 2022)
Mill Creek Elementary: 50 (44 in 2022)
South Kilbourne Elementary: 43 (49 in 2022)
W.A. Perry Middle: 38 (32 in 2022)
H.B. Rhame Elementary: 42 (44 in 2022)
Arden Elementary: 52 (41 in 2022)
Hand Middle: 45 (41 in 2022)
Horrell Hill Elementary: 50 (38 in 2022)
Webber Elementary: 52 (50 in 2022)
W.G. Sanders Middle: 43 (47 in 2022)
Meadowfield Elementary: 47 (61 in 2022)
Hyatt Park Elementary: 45 (42 in 2022)
Forest Heights Elementary: 52 (46 in 2022)
Carolina School for Inquiry: 43 (57 in 2022)
Bethel-Hanberry Elementary: 52 (54 in 2022)
Pontiac Elementary: 49 (47 in 2022)
Summit Parkway Middle: 40 (46 in 2022)
Langford Elementary: 50 (46 in 2022)
Muller Road Middle (middle school students): 41 (44 in 2022)
Rice Creek Elementary: 51 (50 in 2022)
Sandlapper Elementary: 47 (50 in 2022)
Dent Middle: 36 (46 in 2022)
Jackson Creek Elementary: 45 (44 in 2022)
Longleaf Middle: 36 (51 in 2022)
North Springs Elementary: 47 (45 in 2022)
Spring Valley High: 59 (61 in 2022)
Windsor Elementary: 43 (40 in 2022)
Joseph Keels Elementary: 50 (51 in 2022)
Lonnie B. Nelson Elementary: 51 (48 in 2022)
Ridge View High: 59 (57 in 2022)
Summit Parkway Middle (elementary students): 52 (66 in 2022)
Below average
A.J. Lewis Greenview Elementary: 36 (45 in 2022)
John P. Thomas Elementary: 39 (43 in 2022)
Pine Grove Elementary: 37 (38 in 2022)
W.J. Keenan High: 42 (39 in 2022)
Caughman Road Elementary: 38 (36 in 2022)
Eau Claire High: 42 (38 in 2022)
Hopkins Middle: 35 (41 in 2022)
Southeast Middle: 31 (41 in 2022)
Columbia High: 44 (34 in 2022)
Lower Richland High: 41 (41 in 2022)
St. Andrews Middle: 34 (38 in 2022)
Alcorn Middle: 30 (31 in 2022)
Heyward Gibbes Middle: 31 (42 in 2022)
Bridge Creek Elementary: 41 (48 in 2022)
E.L. Wright Middle (middle students): 32 (41 in 2022)
Kelly Mill Med Pro Middle (middle students): 29 (39 in 2022)
Westwood High: 43 (49 in 2022)
Killian Elementary: 41 (58 in 2022)
L.W. Condor Elementary: 41 (56 in 2022)
Polo Road Elementary: 37 (46 in 2022)
