Federal Standards: Richland 1's Grade Falls to 'C'

Richland School District 1 saw its federal accountability grade fall nearly 10 points in 2013.

The district scored 74.6 on the 100-point scale, for a C grade, in 2013. In 2012, Richland 1 scored 84.2, for a B.

The grade, posted for each school and district statewide and released by the S.C. Department of Education on Thursday morning, is part of the federal No Child Left Behind legislation. 

State Education Superintendent Mick Zais was granted a waiver to change from the federal Annual Yearly Progress scorecard (Met/Not Met) to a new scoring system that he believed provided more depth to districts and parents.

According to SCDE spokesman Jay Ragley, every district, school (charter, magnet or traditional) and subgroup (race, gender, etc.) was given the same targets for 2013 in reading/language arts and math. And those goals represented an improvement, or increase, over 2012.

Here are the individual 2013 results for Richland 1 schools:

BROCKMAN ELEMENTARY A 100.0
GADSDEN ELEMENTARY A 99.5
CAUGHMAN ROAD ELEMENTARY A 98.0
S KILBOURNE ELEMENTARY A 97.8
WEBBER ELEMENTARY A 97.5
PINE GROVE ELEMENTARY A 96.8
EDWARD E TAYLOR ELEMENTARY A 95.2
CAROLINA SCHOOL FOR INQUIRY A 95.0
A J LEWIS GREENVIEW ELEMENTARY A 94.5
DREHER HIGH A 93.4
FOREST HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY A 92.3
ROSEWOOD ELEMENTARY A 91.5
ARDEN ELEMENTARY A 90.1
HAND MIDDLE B 89.9
SATCHEL FORD ROAD ELEMENTARY B 88.5
BRENNEN ELEMENTARY B 87.4
LOGAN ELEMENTARY B 87.0
MILL CREEK ELEMENTARY B 86.7
CRAYTON MIDDLE B 86.4
HORRELL HILL ELEMENTARY B 84.1
MEADOWFIELD ELEMENTARY B 80.6
HOPKINS ELEMENTARY C 78.8
W J KEENAN HIGH C 77.5
H B RHAME ELEMENTARY C 72.2
BRADLEY ELEMENTARY D 68.1
GIBBES MIDDLE D 67.9
A C MOORE ELEMENTARY D 66.7
ANNIE BURNSIDE ELEMENTARY D 66.2
A C FLORA HIGH D 64.5
WATKINS-NANCE ELEMENTARY D 61.0
ST ANDREWS MIDDLE D 60.2
HYATT PARK ELEMENTARY F 58.8
BURTON PACK ELEMENTARY F 58.3
W A PERRY MIDDLE F 51.6
JOHN P THOMAS ELEMENTARY F 49.8
ALCORN MIDDLE F 43.4
COLUMBIA HIGH F 42.5
WILLIAM S SANDEL ELEMENTARY F 42.5
C A JOHNSON HIGH F 39.1
EAU CLAIRE HIGH F 34.2
CARVER-LYON ELEMENTARY F 33.5
SOUTHEAST MIDDLE F 31.8
W G SANDERS MIDDLE F 31.3
HOPKINS MIDDLE F 26.7
LOWER RICHLAND HIGH F 23.6

Also on Thursday, the state released figures on high school exit exams.

Less than 73 percent of the 1,533 Richland 1 students who took the exit exam for the first time passed. 

Here are Richland 1 schools, the number who took the test for the first time and the percent who passed:

A C Flora High 327 78.0
C A Johnson High 105 52.4
Columbia High 173 67.6
Dreher High 292 86.6
Eau Claire High 140 72.9
Keenan High 175 72.0
Lower Richland High 314 63.4