South Carolina – Education Statistics and Statistical Reports

SC K-12 and Higher Education Statistical Abstracts

• Current statistical abstract - K-12, higher education
• 1998 - K-12, higher education
• Higher Education Statistical Abstracts

SC K-12 School and District Report Cards

• 2007
• 2006
• 2005
• 2004
• 2003
• 2002
• 2001

SC Public School Test Scores

• 2007 standardized test results
  –  ACT
  –  AP exams - 2006 data
  –  AYP - No Child Left Behind Adequate Yearly Progress
  –  End of Course Exam - formerly BSAP - seniors only
  –  HSAP - High School Assessment Program Test Scores
  –  PACT
  –  SAT
  

• Previous standardized test results - 2001-2006

• Previous SAT scores
  –  By school - 1996-1998
  –  By district - 1996-1998
  –  By state - 1998
  

South Carolina Kids Count

• About SC Kids Count - reports on the condition of SC children
  –  First Steps to Success - early childhood development
  –  Success by Seventeen - risk factors
  

• Current Rankings, Reports
  –  Statewide, 2007 data
  –  By county, 2007 data
  –  By topic - 35+ topics - by county
  –  Special Education - percentage enrolled, ages 8-9
  

SC Educational Trends

• Mapping South Carolina's Educational Progress 2008 - short brochure compares SC schools to national standards and averages - requires Adobe Reader
  
• SC Children at Risk: State Trends - 1990-2000
  
• Statewide, county trends - 1980, 1990, 2005 - economic, elementary ed, scholastic achievement, family, infant health, adolescent risk
  

Related SC Education Statistics

• Public education expenditure per pupil - by county - 1998-2003
  
• Quick facts about South Carolina Public Schools - 2005 - Adobe Reader
  
• SC teacher salaries by subject area - hourly, annual
  
• SC teacher salaries by metro area
  –  Aiken, Augusta
  –  Charleston
  –  Columbia
  –  Florence
  –  Greenville, Spartanburg, Anderson
  –  Myrtle Beach
  –  Rock Hill, Charlotte
  –  Sumter
  

National Education Resources

• National Center for Education Statistics
• National Science Foundation - Division of Science Resources Studies
  
• White House Social Statistics Briefing Room - education statistics