Federal Standards: Lexington-Richland 5 Keeps Its 'A'

Lexington-Richland School District Five saw its federal accountability grade fall more than 1 point in 2013 — but remain an A and one of the top in the state.

The district scored 91 on the 100-point scale, for an A grade, in 2013. In 2012, Lexington-Richland Five scored 92.3, also an A. Only seven S.C. districts fared better.

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 Lexington-Richland Five schools:

LAKE MURRAY ELEMENTARY A 100.0
BALLENTINE ELEMENTARY A 98.6
RIVER SPRINGS ELEMENTARY A 94.1
OAK POINTE ELEMENTARY A 93.2
SEVEN OAKS ELEMENTARY A 92.5
H E CORLEY ELEMENTARY A 92.4
IRMO MIDDLE A 91.7
CROSSROADS MIDDLE A 91.7
DUTCH FORK HIGH A 91.5
DUTCH FORK MIDDLE A 91.3
DUTCH FORK ELEMENTARY A 90.5
CHAPIN HIGH A 90.3
CHAPIN MIDDLE A 90.3
HARBISON WEST ELEMENTARY A 90.0
NURSERY ROAD ELEMENTARY B 89.8
IRMO ELEMENTARY B 88.9
CHAPIN ELEMENTARY B 87.6
IRMO HIGH B 85.5
LEAPHART ELEMENTARY B 81.3

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

More than 90 percent of the 1,244 Lexington-Richland Five students who took the exit exam for the first time passed. 

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

Chapin High 319 96.6
Dutch Fork High 516 93.2
Irmo High 409 82.6