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State Report Cards Are In: Majority Of District Schools Rated Excellent And Good, HCS Scholars Academy Ranked #1 High School in State
South Carolina schools receive descriptive overall ratings of Excellent, Good, Average, Below Average, and Unsatisfactory, based on a 100-point scale. Schools also receive ratings on key report card indicators, which contain information about schools and districts regarding how well students performed on state and national assessments, student growth, graduation rates, English language proficiency, and more.
Horry County Schools’ performance on the 2024 state report cards, based on overall ratings, shows that 36 out of 50 district schools (72%) were rated as Excellent or Good. Of those, 14 HCS schools were rated Excellent, while 22 were rated Good. No HCS schools were rated Below Average or Unsatisfactory. Early childhood, primary, alternative, and academy schools do not receive SC state report cards, and charter schools are not included in this count. The state of South Carolina overall only had 42.4% of schools receive a rating of Excellent or Good.
The 2023-2024 report cards also contain school, local, state, and federal per-pupil expenditure data as part of federal accountability requirements under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). This includes the results from standardized tests such as SC READY, the End-of-Course Examination Program, and the SC Career Ready Test, which we’ve already shared.
There are, however, some highlights from this year’s report cards that we haven’t already shared!
- The on-time graduation rate for HCS rose to 86.3% in 2024, compared to 82.1% in 2023. This is the highest graduation rate the district has recorded since the current accountability system was put into place in 2018.
- Of the HCS 2024 graduating cohort, 77.6% were identified as college- or career-ready. This is an increase of 12 percentage points from last year’s 65.6%.
- In its first year receiving a state report card, HCS Scholars Academy High School earned a report card score of 99.34 out of 100, making it the #1 ranked high school in the state! Congratulations, Scholars Academy!
State report cards present an opportunity for communities to learn what they can do to help students and schools, and they help foster conversations to support continuous improvement. You can see previous HCS school report cards on our website or visit the South Carolina school report card website to compare districts and view past school report cards.