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Black student results in Lancaster

Across 22 schools in Lancaster, 49.8% of Black students meet met or exceeding. That is 1.3 points above the South Carolina average for Black students.

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64.6%
All students
49.8%
Black
40.7%
Hispanic
73.6%
White
37.6%
Asian

Average across the 22 schools in Lancaster with reportable results, giving each school equal weight regardless of size. A group is omitted from a school when too few students were tested to report safely.

The distance inside one district

Among the 19 schools here with at least 25 Black student results, Harrisburg Elementary reports 77.8% of Black students meeting the standard. South Middle, in the same district, reports 28.1%. That is a 49.7-point spread across schools under one administration, serving one community, funded by one tax base.

Every school in Lancaster

Ranked by the share of Black students meeting met or exceeding. Every group is shown alongside, because a school that serves one group well and another poorly is telling you something too.

SchoolAllBlackHispanicWhiteAsian
Harrisburg Elementary 89.1% 77.8% 85.1% 88.1% 97%
Indian Land Elementary 87% 76.5% 78.5% 90.4% 94.4%
Indian Land Intermediate 83.5% 74.3% 76.3% 84.9% 96.3%
Van Wyck Elementary 84.1% 74.1% 84.6% 86.4% 95.7%
Indian Land High 77.2% 71.1% 65.1% 81.3% 89.3%
Indian Land Middle 72.7% 59.9% 69.7% 73.3% 91.6%
Buford High 60.9% 58.3% 0% 61.7%
Kershaw Elementary 78.1% 57.4% 0% 85.9%
Buford Middle 62.6% 56.5% 64.2% 62.8% 0%
Buford Elementary 85.4% 55.6% 0% 88.9% 0%
McDonald Green Elementary 62.6% 50% 56.5% 78.6% 0%
North Elementary 60.3% 48.6% 57.8% 80% 0%
Andrew Jackson High Magnet 64.7% 47.4% 0% 71.4% 0%
Lancaster High 52.9% 44.3% 55.4% 67.7%
Andrew Jackson Middle 56.9% 42.9% 0% 64% 0%
Heath Springs Elementary 58.8% 41.9% 0% 67.1%
Clinton Elementary 42.9% 36.6% 44.4% 66.7% 0%
Brooklyn Springs Elementary 42.2% 33% 48.8% 53.7%
Erwin Elementary 44.8% 32.6% 44.8% 62.9%
A. R. Rucker Middle 38.6% 28.2% 32.4% 64.9% 0%
South Middle 34% 28.1% 31.2% 48.4% 0%
Discovery Charter of Lancaster Charter 82.7% 0% 0% 90%

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How to read this. South Carolina suppresses results for groups with too few students tested. Schools without a reportable Black student result are excluded rather than shown as zero — 1,241 of the state's schools have reportable data. Because every state sets its own proficiency standard, South Carolina figures should not be compared against another state's.

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