The Current State of Education
The challenges are many and, unfortunately, South Carolina’s educational system is not meeting the needs of all students. We’re falling even further behind our peers around the country, a fact that we can’t ignore any longer. It’s time to get real about education and that starts with the cold, hard facts.
Statistics, Rankings, and Data
#44
SC’s 2019 ranking for 4th Grade Reading on the “Nation’s Report Card”.
Source: NAEP Release, National Center for Education Statistics
-5
Number of spots SC slipped between 2015 and 2019 on the “Nation’s Report Card”.
Source: NAEP Release, National Center for Education Statistics
40%
The percentage of students in grades 3-8 who are meeting grade-level expectations on SC READY, an end-of-the-school-year assessment that measures proficiency in Reading and Writing.
27%
Percentage of South Carolina high school graduates that met college ready benchmarks in mathematics in 2019.
Source: ACT Release of “The Condition of College & Career Readiness 2019
25%
Only one out of four South Carolina high school graduates met college ready benchmarks in science in 2019.
Source: ACT Release of “The Condition of College & Career Readiness 2019
6%
The percentage of SC African American students in the 2019 graduating class that met three or more college readiness benchmarks.
Source: ACT Release of “The Condition of College & Career Readiness 2019
61%
The percentage of SC kindergartners considered “not ready” based on a 2019 Kindergarten Readiness Assessment administered to 55,694 students.
Source: EOC Analysis of Kindergarten Readiness Assessment (KRA) Results, School Year 2019-20
#40
SC’s 2019 ranking for 4th Grade Math on the “Nation’s Report Card”.
Source: Source: NAEP Release, National Center for Education Statistics
40%
Percentage of 5th and 6th graders meeting grade-level expectations on SC READY, an end-of-the-school-year assessment that measures proficiency in math.
30%
Percentage of 7th and 8th graders meeting grade-level expectations on SC READY, an end-of-the-school-year assessment that measures proficiency in math.
33%
Only one out of 3 South Carolina high school graduates met college ready benchmarks in reading in 2019.
Source: ACT Release of “The Condition of College & Career Readiness 2019
Source: Chronicle of Higher Education
